Coosa Valley Tech announced plans to expand to a four-quarter-per-year day and night operation beginning with the fall quarter of 1968, which was scheduled to start at the end of August. The expansion to a 12-month program would enable students in most of the courses to complete their skilled trade training in two years instead of three or four, according to CVT director CM Culberson.
Sandra McPhee of East Rome High School was named first runner-up in the "Miss Stay and See Georgia" contest on Tuesday night, June 18th. While Sandra was a Gladiator, her win deserves a mention here because her father was West Rome principal Dick McPhee. (I always wondered why Mr. McPhee didn't take advantage of the program that allowed teachers to have their children attend school at the same school where the parent worked; I guess he figured its might be better not to have his daughter at his high school, just in case someone might blame her for the decisions or actions of her father.)
The Rome City Board of Education announced plans for a referendum for school construction to enable the city to meet desegregation requirements set by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Without some extra classroom construction, Superintendent McDonald said that the city would have to add two periods to the school day--one in the morning and one in the afternoon--and have students come to school on shifts.
The Second Avenue Bridge was closed for repairs this week in 1968, which meant that West Romans who wanted to go to Broad Street could either take a detour to North Fifth Avenue or they could take Turner McCall around to Broad Street. As might be expected, the bridge closing added bout ten or fifteen minutes to most West Romans' drive into town. Thankfully, the closing wasn't expected to last more than a week.
Citizens Federal increased its passbook saving account rate to 4.75%, while their 12 month certificates of deposit were paying 5.6%, while National City bank was paying 5% for savings account and 5.95% for certificates of deposit. Makes you wonder why we feel lucky to get more than 2% today, doesn't it?
Piggly Wiggly had chicken breasts for 39¢ a pound, lettuce for 19¢ a head, and Showboat chili with beans for 29¢ a can. Big Apple had chuck roast for 37¢ a pound, Diet-Rite Cola for 99¢ a case (plus deposit), and cling peaches for a dime a can. Kroger had sirloin steak for 99¢ a pound, Starkist tuna for a quarter ra can, and tomatoes for 25¢ a pound. A&P had ground chuck for 59¢ a pound, cantaloupes for 33¢ each, and a one-pound can of Chase & Sanborn coffee for 79¢. Couch's had Cudahy Bar-S bacon for 69¢ a pound, okra for 19¢ a pound, and a 48-ounce jar of JFG peanut butter for $1.09.
The cinematic week began with Shakiest Gun in the West (starring Don Knotts) at the DeSoto Theatre, In Cold Blood (starring Robert Blake) at the First Avenue, and Bonnie & Clyde (starring Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty) at the West Rome Drive-In. The midweek switchout brought Speedway (starring Elvis Presley & Nancy Sinatra) to the DeSoto, Planet of the Apes (starring Charlton Heston) to the First Avenue, and A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (as spaghetti Western starring Alex Cord & Arthur Kennedy) to the West Rome Drive-In.
Herb Alpert took the number one slot this week in 1968 with his solo single "This Guy's In Love With You." Other top ten hits included "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris (#2); "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (#3); "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the Ohio Express (#4); "The Look of Love" by Sergio Mendez & Brasil '66 (#5); "Mony Mony" by Tommy James & the Shondells (#6); "Think" by Aretha Franklin (#7); "Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts (#8); "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & The Drells (#9); and "Reach Out of the Darkness" by Friend & Lover (#10).
One of the most successful albums of the 1960s, In-A-Gadda-da-Vida by Iron Butterfly, was released this week in 1968 on Atlantic Records' Atco label. The title song, which filled up the entirety of side two, is credited by some as being the precursor to heavy metal rock; others list it as the first psychedelic mega-hit. The album would go on to sell 30 million copies, and would remain the biggest-selling album in Atlantic Records history until Led Zeppelin IV finally surpassed it in 1972.
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