LOOKING BACK

5 YEARS AGO

• Frederick Douglass Alumni plans annual reunion July 28-31.

• Law enforcement confirms that methamphetamine is a growing issue in the county.

• Judge Cravey unofficially notified the Commissioners he would be retiring in the fall.

• Pittsburg Elite Track Club is going to state meet.

• NTCC plans new student orientations.

• It was announced to patients in a newsletter that two beloved doctors from Camp County, Dr. Rodney Burrow, and Dr. Craig Delisi, would be moving their practices to Mount Pleasant, effective July 14.

15 YEARS AGO

• It was the Camp County chicken growers with Pilgrim’s Pride contracts versus the Camp Central Appraisal District (CCAD) in a hearing. The appraisal review board voted in the CCAD’s favor. • Average chicken house is valued at $35,700.

• City Judge Steven Simmons to implement increase in city court fines.

• The John F. Turner family reunion was held this weekend. All activities were held at the building across from the Rocky Mound Volunteer Fire Department.

• The Texas Association of Community Colleges has named Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Northeast Texas Community College, the 2008 recipient of the Carl M. Nelson Administrative Leadership Award.

25 YEARS AGO

• Jeff Harwell arrives at McDonald’s at 5:30 a.m. on opening day to ensure he is the first person to order at the drive-thru window.

• Melinda Jones is named principal at the intermediate school. • Fires continue to scorch Camp County.

35 YEARS AGO

• Jerry Webster hired as senior vice president at First State Bank.

• Ribbon cutting held at The Hair Company. The new business is owned by Lou and Cary White.

• Leesburg mail carrier Don Seay receives a commendation from the United States Postal Service. Seay recently spotted an unattended brush fire and stopped while on his route to put it out.

45 YEARS AGO

• City residents are asked to limit water usage due to a shortage in water supply.

• Community mourning sudden death of Dr. P.A. Reitz.

• City council votes to purchase old Pittsburg National Bank building at the corner of Rusk and Marshall streets.

55 YEARS AGO

• A family reunion is held at the H.R. Seale home with five generations in attendance.

• Prize peaches are on display in banks during peach festival.

• Rumsey descendents have annual reunion.

65 YEARS AGO

• Senator Lyndon B. Johnson attends luncheon give by Lone Star Steel at dedication of Ferrell’s Bridge Dam and Reservoir.

• Henry E. Strube family to host home editor of The Progressive Farmer.

• Five band students attend Chicago conclave at Lions International Convention with the Kilgore High School band.

75 YEARS AGO

• Pirate semi-pro baseball team plays under lights at the park.

• Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower spurns presidential race.

• J.G. Malcolm visits New York and Washington.

85 YEARS AGO

• A barefoot burglar enters several Pittsburg homes.

• Congressman Morgan Sanders speaks in Pittsburg.

• Approximately 200 men were working Pittsburg’s new sewage plant

110 YEARS AGO

• The scholastic population of the county is 2,765 (The 2,765 was for 11 grades.)

• J.W. Debenport is elected secretary-manager of the Northeast Texas Fair.

• Pittsburg has shipped 62 carloads of Elberta peaches. Prices range from 63 cents to $1 a bushel.

115 YEARS AGO

• The peach crop is netting growers 27 1/2 cents a bushel.

• A Bob Williams Club organized at Pittsburg with 45 members.

• Dr. C.F. Henderson moves from Lafayette to Pittsburg