West Rome drum majorette Kippy Scarborough represented Rome and Floyd County in the Georgia Jaycee Junior Miss Pageant on Friday and Saturday, January 17th and January 18th--and she made a great impression on the judges, winning the title at the Georgia Junior Miss Pageant in Cartersville. That meant that Kippy would go on to represent Georgia in May at the National Junior Miss Pageant in Mobile, Alabama.
The Chieftains took on Cass on Friday, January 17th. While West Rome had a better win/loss record that Cass, Coach Randall Kent warned that the Colonels had been particularly strong since mid-December. Turned out he was right to be worried: Cass racked up an 83-55 victory over West Rome's boys. Thankfully, the girls team stopped the evening from being a total disaster, racking up a 58-34 victory; Juanita Williams was the leading scorer for the Chieftains with 24 points.
Rome landed a premier industry this week in 1969 with the announcement that Bekaert Steel Wire Corporation would be constructing a 135,000 square foot building on the US 411 interchange at Furnace Road. The plant was expected to initially employee sixty people, but could eventually expand to employ more than 100. And that wasn't the only bid of good news on the manufacturing front for Rome: Design Homes Corporation announced plans to build a mobile home manufacturing plant on Old Lindale Road, which would ultimately employ 120 people.
Governor Lester Maddox unveiled his proposed two-year state budget of $2.3 billion, which included $18.5 million for new state health facilities (including a tuberculosis treatment center) in Rome. The proposal also included an increase in the state sales tax from 3% to 4%. One state representative said that Governor Maddox was "asking for a Cadillac on a Ford budget."
Rome's state senator, Sm Doss, introduced a bill to repeal legislation passed in 1968 that secured retirement pensions for state legislators. "I feel that legislators are not entitled to a retirement program," Rome state representative Charles Graves said in support of Doss. Graves and Doss said they had already lined up a number of votes to support their efforts to reverse the retirement program for legislators.
Navy Lieutenant William Covington, attached to the Civil Engineer Corps, was announced missing in action after his helicopter was shot down on a mission from Da Nang to Chu Lai, Vietnam. Covington was shot down on January 7th, but the military withheld the announcement until it completed five days of searching for the helicopter crew.
Piggly Wiggly had top round steak for 98¢ a pound, large eggs for 53¢ a dozen, and Bama jelly for 26¢ a jar. Kroger had chuck roast for 39¢ a pound, Del Monte fruit cocktail for a quarter a can, and Blue Plate mayonnaise for 38¢ a quart. A&P had smoked ham for 35¢ a pound, Eight O'Clock coffee for 65¢ a pound, and a 1.5 pound can of Poss Brunswick stew for 49¢. Big Apple had pork chops for 89¢ a pound, Banquet frozen cream pies for 29¢ each, and RC or Diet Rite cola for 33¢ a carton (plus deposit). Couch's had chicken breast for 45¢ pound, Van Camp's pork &I beans for 17¢ a can, and bananas for a dime a pound.
The cinematic week began with The Impossible Years (starring David Niven) at the DeSoto Theatre, Don't Raise the Bridge—Lower the River (starring Jerry Lewis) at the First Avenue, and Wild in the Streets (starring Shelley Winters) at the West Rome Drive-In. The midweek switchout brought The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (starring Dean Jones) to the DeSoto Theatre, Barbarella (starring Jane Fonda) to the First Avenue, and The Other Side of Bonnie & Clyde (starring Burl Ives) to the West Rome Drive-In.
Marvin Gaye held on to the number one slot for the seventh week with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Other top ten hits included "Crimson & Clover" by Tommy James & The Shondells (#2); "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations (#3); "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited (#4); "Everyday People" by Sly & The Family Stone (#5); "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas (#6); "Touch Me" by The Doors (#6); "Worst That Could Happen" by Brooklyn Bridge (#8); "I Started a Joke" by the Bee Gees (#9); and "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield (#10).
Iron Butterfly followed up their monster hit album In-A-Gadda-da-Vida with their third album, Ball, released this week in 1969. The album was the final one to feature the lineup of Doug Ingle, Ron Bushy, Lee Dorman, and Erik Brann. While critics agreed that the album was more ambitious and more diversified than the group's prior release, it failed to duplicate In-A-Gadda-da-Vida's success.
Dick York, well known as Darrin on the hit series Bewitched, collapsed on the set of the show on January 13th and was subsequently hospitalized. Within days, York's serious health issues led to his abrupt resignation from the series, and York was replaced with Dick Sargent, who played Darrin Stephens for the remainder of the series.
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