by Dave Kitchell
Local Columnist
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10 Years Ago
Jenna Easterday set a Fulton County 4-H Fair record when she sold her 1,173-pound steer for $5.30 a pound.
A judge has awarded Florida smokers $145 billion in damages.
Logansport and Cass County officials are studying the possible combination of city and county parks administrator posts.
In Monon, 330 workers have been idled at HPA Monon, but 700 remain on the job.
“Big Momma” is playing at the Eastwood in Peru.
Notre Dame Coach Matt Doherty is being interviewed for the head coaching job at his alma mater, North Carolina.
Carol Rush, 82, who served on the Logansport Memorial Hospital Board and the Cass County Board of Health, has passed away. She was active in the Presbyterian church and was involved in several charitable organizations.
Donald Trump sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at the Cubs-Sox game in Chicago.
City employees will be receiving a 3 percent raise.
The Iron Horse Museum is getting a makeover.
Mary Walls is the Iron Horse Festival queen, and that marks the third straight year a Pioneer student has won the honor.
One headline asks when reality will hit the concept of reality TV shows.
25 Years Ago
David Stockman has resigned as White House budget director to take a Wall Street job.
After facing a furious outcry, Coca-Cola officials have decided to go back to the 99-year-old formula for the drink, scrapping the “new Coke” formula. Coke stock hit a 12-year high. Pepsi, which declared a corporate holiday when Coke changed its formula, saw its stock drop 75 cents.
Herschel Walker is the most valuable player of the United States Football League.
Jeff Wild of Logansport has graduated from Anderson College.
William Roth, Mike Maddock and Andy Harmon have been sworn in as new members of the Twin Lakes School Board.
An Iron Horse Festival home tour on Bankers Row will open the doors of 106, 110, 118 and 128 Eel River Ave.
Logansport’s advertised tax rate will be 20 percent higher than last year’s, but Clerk-Treasurer Charles Knepper expects the final rate to be much lower. Current tax laws will prompt local industries to reduce inventories, he said.
Joe Namath will succeed Dandy Don Meredith as the color analyst for Monday Night Football.
“Goonies” is playing at the Skyline.
The first Indiana test tube baby has been born, and it’s a girl.
Don Shelhart has been selected by Democrat precinct committeemen to succeed John Shanks on the city council.
Rep. Elwood “Bud” Hillis, R-Kokomo, has announced he will not seek another two-year term next year.
Steve Alford scored in the final moments of Indiana’s 73-71 win over the Chinese National Team in Beijing.
The gospel group Light is so popular it turned down 200 requests to perform last year.
The Casablanca Restaurant will have a Mardi Gras theme night.
Larry Gura and Dick Ruthven will assume temporary positions in the Cubs’ rotation while Rick Sutcliffe and Dennis Eckersley recover from injuries.
50 Years Ago
Virginia Haynes tossed a no-hitter against Louisville and Sue Jones stroked the only RBI has the Loganettes won a huge contest at Riverside Park.
The Logansport Blue Caps will tune up for a matchup with the famed Kansas City Monarchs by playing Winamac. The Monarchs are a Negro League team that produced the likes of Elston Howard and Ernie Banks, who just led the National League to a victory in the first of two All-Star games this summer.
“Doc Ed” Lybrook is being honored on his 50th anniversary of practicing in Young America.
Negro churches in nine states have been asked to join the Methodist Church conference.
Leota Damm, 212 14th St., is celebrating her 89th birthday.
A burglar only made off with change in a break-in at the Gulf Station at 436 Michigan Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Hoover of Lucerne are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary.
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is playing at the Logan.
“The Gallant Hours,” the story of Adm. Halsey, is playing at the State. The film stars James Cagney.
Mr. and Mrs. William Knepper, 419 W. Miami Ave., are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary.
Virginia Baker will chair a United Fund committee.
Sen. John F. Kennedy has chosen Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas as his running mate. While the choice has many stunned, it is expected to help the ticket carry portions of the South.
Rotary dial phones have arrived in Winamac.
Tommy Glaze of Plymouth and Culver is the new Miss Indiana.
100 Years Ago
Dr. J.P. Hetherington has placed a lightning rod on his home on Pottawattomie Point.
Paul McGreevey has resigned his post office job to work as a contractor.
Local postal carriers have a raise from $1,100 annually to $1,200.
John Dunn was overcome by heat while exercising inside the Knights of Columbus Hall.
Roscoe Grable is traveling to Fort Wayne to meet his brother, Harry, a physician for the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
A lamp ignited a fire at 709 Bates St., but the fire was quickly extinguished.
Nine former township trustees have been determined to have insufficient funds in their accounts because of improper purchases.
Harry Yost will be the acting street car superintendent.
The first wheat of the season is being taken from the Fred Seybold farm west of the city.
Employees of the Vandalia and Panhandle shops are having a summer picnic at Lake Maxinkuckee.
• Dave Kitchell is a columnist for the Pharos-Tribune. He can be reached through the newspaper at ptnews@pharostribune.com.
