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

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/31/1969 to 4/6/1969

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Nick Hyder may have been West Rome's football coach, but he was willing to host a public forum t East Rome High School if the cutes was ...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/24/1969 to 3/30/1969

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The city was ready to go on a four-lane highway from Shorter Avenue along Lavender Drive and Redmond Circle all the way to Alabama Road (a r...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/17/1969 to 3/23/1969

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Alas, this is a particularly skimpy Fifty Years Ago... column for reasons beyond my control: the Rome News-Tribune is apparently missing...
Friday, March 08, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/10/1969 to 3/16/1969

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Cold snaps in March are nothing new: on March 10th, 1969, Rome set a low temperature record when the mercury fell to 21 degrees. The cold sn...
Friday, March 01, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 3/3/1969 to 3/9/1969

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West Rome High School's marching band received a superior rating in Class B concert and sight reading at the Seventh District Music Fest...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/24/1969 to 3/2/1969

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 West Rome's Mike Jenkins and Billy Houston both won division championships in the Class AA Wrestling Tournament; Jenkins took the top s...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/17/1969 to 2/23/1969

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The snow and ice that kept Romans indoors on Saturday and Sunday miraculously cleared by Monday morning, which meant a normal school and wor...
Saturday, February 09, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/10/1969 to 2/16/1969

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After a warm beginning to the week, a sudden cold snap brought freezing rain, ice, and snow to Rome on Saturday evening, causing hazardous d...
Saturday, February 02, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 2/3/1969 to 2/9/1969

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What started off as a cold rain turned into an icy mess Monday night and Tuesday morning as temperatures dropped below freezing, causing rai...
Friday, January 25, 2019

Fifty Years Ago This Week in West Rome - 1/27/1969 to 2/2/1969

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West Romans awoke to a light dusting of snow on Monday, January 27th--but it wasn't enough to cover the grass, much less to close school...
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