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maintaining a fifty-seven year tradition of commenting on things that interest me...

Sunday, August 03, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/3/1964 to 8/9/1964

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This was a quiet week in West Rome. Summer was coming to an end, and the school year was looming in the not-too-distant future. August began...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/27/1964 to 8/2/1964

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Seventh District congressman John W. Davis, a Democrat, discussed with Romans the many positive effects of the 1964 tax cuts. "Present ...

A Little Bit of Sole...

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Time to retire another pair of Rockport Pro Walkers... For the past fourteen years plus, I have walked about five miles a day, sometimes...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/20/1964 to 7/26/1964

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The series of weeklong summer camps at Glen Holla Boys' Camp came to an end this week in 1964. These weeklong sessions were sponsored by...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/13/1964 to 7/19/1964

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Rome and Floyd County continued to show strong economic growth in the summer of 1964, with Rome unemployment coming in at only 4.4% for the ...
Saturday, July 05, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 7/6/1964 to 7/12/1964

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Several Rome businesses—including some restaurants, drive-ins, and motion picture theaters—ended their policies of segregation this week in ...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Lucky Thirteen

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Today's mail was noteworthy in that it contained a copy of the 1959 Watanyah , the first West Rome High School yearbook. I've been...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 6/29/1964 to 7/5/1964

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With school out, kids had plenty of time on their hands—which is why the Carnegie and Tri-County Regional Libraries launched their Summer Sa...

A Life In Four Colors Sidebar--1964: Teevee & Me

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 Anyone who knows me is aware that I'm an enthusiastic television viewer. I still consider the sitcom to be television's finest cont...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 6/22/1964 to 6/28/1964

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Rome's summer heat wave continued as high temperatures continued in the upper 90s early in the week, with a 100-degree temperature on Ju...
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