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

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Setting the Super Status Quo

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Recently, I was reading through some issues of Superman  and Action Comics from 1953 and 1954. These were books that I had never read befor...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 5/27/1968 to 6/2/1968

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Rome police officers raided Shorter Heights Drive-In at 414 Shorter Avenue on Tuesday night and arrested thirteen Rome residents (ten from ...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 5/20/1968 to 5/26/1968

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Rome City Schools submitted a five-step plan to eliminate the remnants of its segregated school system before the beginning of the 1968-196...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Thanks, Mom!

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I can't thank Mom in person on Mother's day (can she really have been gone for more than fifteen years now? How can that be?), so I ...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 5/13/1968 to 5/19/1968

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We take high school for granted nowadays, but a survey of the class of 1966 showed that only 55% of those who started the first grade in th...
Friday, May 04, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 5/6/1968 to 5/12/1968

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The May term Floyd County grand jury issued a strong criticism of the inequitable enforcement of liquor sales laws in the area. The grand j...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 4/29/1968 to 5/5/1968

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West Rome didn’t just win their four-way track meet against Cherokee, Pepperell, & Coosa on April 30th, they demolished their competiti...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 4/22/1968 to 4/28/1968

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Daylight saving time went into effect for the second year in a row on Sunday morning, April 28th, much to the dismay of most Romans. A loca...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 4/14/1968 to 4/21/1968

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The Board of Regents finally gave into local pressure to build a junior college in the Rome-Floyd County area, agreeing to let Rome and Flo...
Friday, April 06, 2018

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 4/8/1968 to 4/14/1968

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West Rome students had a very short school week—one day long, in fact. (The week was less short for athletes, since both the baseball team ...
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