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

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/1/1965 to 3/7/1965

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West Rome Science Fair first place winners included Ben Nelms and Tim Moran, tied for first place in botany; Marsha Hall,  first place in ba...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/22/1965 to 2/28/1965

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The week began pleasantly enough, weather-wise, but by Wednesday night, a blast of arctic air brought freezing rain and snow to Rome. A half...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/15/1965 to 2/21/1965

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Rome was involved in an education controversy when it was revealed that school secretaries at some Rome elementary schools--including West E...
Saturday, February 07, 2015

Why Do I Do the Things I Do?

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"Why do you spend all that time doing those 'Fifty Years Ago' articles?" That question was posed to me a few weeks ago, ...
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Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/8/1965 to 2/14/1965

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Rapid growth in the Rome and Floyd County area in particular led to the seventh district becoming the state's most populous congressiona...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/1/1965 to 2/7/1965

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Winter just wouldn't let go of Rome: once again, snow and ice hit the area on February 1st and 2nd. By Tuesday morning, the temperature ...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 1/25/1965 to 1/31/1965

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What a waste of perfectly good snow; Rome had another snow and ice storm in January 1965--but this one arrived early on Saturday morning, wh...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 1/181965 to 1/24/1965

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Rome began the week in the deep freeze, with temperatures in the single digits early Monday morning, climbing to a high in the low 30s Monda...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 1/11/1965 to 1/17/1965

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The Chieftains took on Pepperell on the basketball court on Friday, January 15th, winning the game handily 52-32, led by Gerry Law's 16 ...
Saturday, January 03, 2015

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 1/4/1965 to 1/10/1965

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Here's a local story that sounds like the plot to a TV movie: six prisoners in a Floyd County Public Works Camp detail had a chance to e...
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