LOOKING BACK

• CASA appointed Ken Smerdon, Alethea Smerdon, Sendy Hudson, Keena Zarcone, Cheryl Woodard, Rhonda Shelton and David Rossignol as Court Appointed Special Advocates by the Honorable Virginia Schnarr.

• PISD Superintendent Judy Pollan bestowed Dr. Dan Kincaid with a certificate of appreciation for his service on the school board.

• Patrick Honzell opened Rocking H Stump Grinding.

His family, as well as Chamber Vice-President, Jackson Boyd; board member, Nita DeWoody; and Chamber Director, Allen Weatherford were there to celebrate the opening.

20 YEARS AGO

• The Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum was the site of the 15th annual Samuel Morse Day.

• The Pittsburg Rodeo Association presented the 44th annual rodeo sponsored by Dodge.

Alford Dodge of Pittsburg was co-sponsoring the event.

• Tom Pauken, an ex-Ronald Reagan official, spoke to the Camp County Republicans.

• Cypress Basin Hospice provided a grief workshop titled “Hidden Rainbows”. They also hosted its second annual “Get Away and Play” golf tournament, at the Mount Pleasant Country Club.

30 YEARS AGO

• Dr. Charles Florio was named interim president of Northeast Texas Community College.

• Sandi Thomas was the new principal at Pittsburg Middle School.

• The Gazette editor Susan Taft won first place in column writing from the North and East Texas Press Association. The Gazette took second in advertising and feature writing.

40 YEARS AGO

• Keith Sewell and Susan Hicks were named to All-District golf team.

• John Kilburn, Jimmy Stewart, Ricky Crowder, Eric Wright, Tony Williamson and Richard Taylor qualified for the regional

track meet.

50 YEARS AGO

• Toni White was selected as Outstanding Senior of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority at The University of Texas in Austin.

• Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mc Casland represented the board of directors of the Sulphur-Cypress Soil and Water Conservation District in Washington, along with 900 other district directors from throughout Texas.

60 YEARS AGO

• Jimmy Cure won a scholarship at The University of Texas department of chemical engineering.

• The finest quality bacon was 53 cents a pound.

70 YEARS AGO

• Alice Winkle and Ruth Covin were named as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

• A cast of 400 children took part in the May Fete.

• Mr. and Mrs. H. B.

Howard observed 50th wedding anniversary at First United Methodist Church.

80 YEARS AGO

• A robbery occurred at the home of John Smith.

• Henry James received burns on his face and hands when gas in a water heater at the locker plant exploded.

• The rainfall in April was 87/8 inches.

• Frank Ellis bought the two-story Hargrove Building.

• Bobby Law was wounded in Germany.

90 YEARS AGO

• Neil Shrum was tied to a chair and robbed of $23.73.

• Three and one-half inches of rain was received.

120 YEARS AGO

• The Moore Grocery Co. opened a wholesale grocery business in Pittsburg. C. A.

Duke was manager.

140 YEARS AGO

• Local railroads were running special trains for picnic occasions.

• A burglar entered T. M. McKissock’s smokehouse at Diana and stole $700 in gold. The burglar overlooked $3,000 more.