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Fifty years ago this week, Rome’s very first Medicare card was officially presented to Fire Chief Emeritus WT McKinney. He was chosen by the...

Rome got just under an inch of snow on January 26th, but it wasn’t enough to close schools for the day—much to the dismay of students, I’m s...

In early January, the draft board announced that childless married men could be eligible for the draft. That got a lot more definite on Janu...

It's been many, many years since I had any sort of tube amplifier. I think the last tube amp I had was built into the family stereo syst...

Another very uneventful week this week in 1966. Most of the news attention was devoted to the Floyd County School System; Floyd was hoping t...

Coach Paul Kennedy was named State Coach of the Year for 1965 by the Atlanta Touchdown Club in an public announcement made on January 9th. K...

The old year ended and the new year began with very little fanfare fifty years ago. Kids were out of school, the weather was seasonably cold...

On December 21st, the school system announced that Jean Jackson (clarinet), Sue Pilgrim (French horn), and Matt Oldham (baritone horn) were ...

The Rome Boys Club Choir—which included a number of Chieftains—held a concert at the Boys Club on the evening of December 13th to raise mone...

Before we go on to our coverage, I must remedy a major omission: Somehow, I failed to report on a a big Rome event that occurred back on Nov...