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Friday, August 29, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/31/1964 to 9/6/1964

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At long last, a work order was issued for the East Rome US 411/US 27 interchange at the site then known as "Goat Hill." This was t...

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/24/1964 to 8/30/1964

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Summer came to an end this week in 1964 as school registration took place on Wednesday, August 26th, with students returning to school on Th...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/17/1964 to 8/23/1964

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Rome was particularly quiet in mid-August 1964.  School was just a week away, and students were already being bombarded with the usual pre-s...
Saturday, August 09, 2014

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 8/10/1964 to 8/16/1964

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On August 10th, the Rome News-Tribune shared the news that most students were just as happy not knowing: the final two weeks of summer vaca...
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 ...
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