Looking Back on Camp County for the week of April 4

10 YEARS AGO
Fiftieth anniversary celebration held at Lone Star Steel Company.
Ribbon cuttings held at Wayne’s Body Shop, E-Tex Service s & Supply and Club Tan Boutique.
Pittsburg High School cafeteria will undergo renovations.
20 YEARS AGO
Gov. Ann Richards visits Pittsburg Middle School.
Dennis Boerner receives the chamber of commerce’s Man of the Year award. Linda Grundish is named Woman of the Year. John E. Smith is winner of the Aubrey E. Pilgrim award.
Anthony Ray Traylor’s body is found in the middle of Dixon Street. Mr. Traylor had three bullet wounds.
30 YEARS AGO
Fifteenth annual junior livestock show held.
Chamber of commerce membership at an all-time high.
Renea Ryan is 13AAA girls’ tennis champion.
40 YEARS AGO
County-wide cancer crusade planned.
Dumping becomes big problem on newly-cleared right-of-way in the county.
Dad-daughter Scout banquet is a success.
City sales tax for three months is $18,452.46.
Freddie Moton receives scholarship to University of Houston.
Runaway car crashes into J.B. Hamm self-service station.
Pirates split double-header with Mount Pleasant Tigers.
50 YEARS AGO
Dr. James W. Coldsnow reelected as chamber of commerce president.
Members of the FFA Woodland contest team are Randy Henderson, Frankie Buck King and Kenneth Lindley. Their advisor was Joe Winkle.
Newsome telephone patrons got good news in efforts to have their telephone services to include Pittsburg numbers.
60 YEARS AGO
Band members bring home nine first division medals.
Work progressing on new Little League baseball field.
Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Johnson have 20th child.
Twenty boxers represent Pittsburg at district boxing tournament.
70 YEARS AGO
J.H. Brison was appointed chairman of the Camp County draft board.
The price of sweet potatoes was pegged by government.
105 YEARS AGO
A Joe Bailey Club was organized in Pittsburg with W.R. Heath elected chairman.
A meeting was called by E.W. Lightfoot to organize an anti-Bailey Club.
Merchants sign up to close their stores at 6:30 p.m.
110 YEARS AGO
F.E. Prince and G.D. Stoner purchase the furniture factory and order machinery for a box and crate factory.