Looking back

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10 YEARS AGO
Avian flu infection is discovered in East Texas.
An open house to kick off the EZ Tech for Seniors (50+) computer classes will be held June 10.
Pittsburg High School senior shortstop Samantha Brummell has committed to attend LeTourneau University and play ball for the Lady Jackets.
 
20 YEARS AGO
Kelli Bomar is the 1994 rodeo queen.
Wade Johns is named infantry band drum major of the 1994-95 Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band.
Ruth West is elected to the Silver-Haired Legislature.
 
30 YEARS AGO
Primary school students show a marked improvement in California achievement tests.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartsell Lampkin celebrate 50th wedding anniversary.
Pittsburg Medical Center offers free Lamaze classes.
 
40 YEARS AGO
Gail Groce named Miss Pittsburg.
One hundred and twenty- three seniors received diplomas from Claude Harcrow, school superintendent.
A cool front moved into Texas bringing a 2-inch rainfall and high winds. Temperatures dropped to the mid 50s.
 
50 YEARS AGO
Lyndon Bell was commissioned as Navy Ensign; he received it from the US Naval Academy.
Kay McNutt and John Cason Ellis graduated from Texas Christian University.
 
60 YEARS AGO
Ruth Covin is band sweetheart.
Coach Harold Measle announced plans for full summer recreational program for the children of the Pittsburg area.
 
70 YEARS AGO
Price of sweet potato slips dropped to $1 per 1,000.
Total rainfall for the past year (1943) was 32 inches according to records kept by J. L. Garrett.
 
80 YEARS AGO
The public schools listed 43 graduates.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Winkle move to Pittsburg from Mount Vernon.
A thief took eight shirts from a clothesline at W. T. Smith’s home.
 
92 YEARS AGO
Lightning killed a horse and mule belonging to J. D. Reeves.
R. L. Driggers exhibited an onion which measured 17 inches around.
There were 18 graduates in the public school.
 
110 YEARS AGO
A thief steals 78 fryers from the Rev. J. T. Smith’s place.
An addition of several rooms was made to the Alamo Hotel.
R. D. Hughey was a candidate for justice of the peace.
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