Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by.
This week in 1937, The Greenfield Daily Times reported that Paint Aeries, No. 1325 F.O.E. approved a proposed around $6,000 acquisition, remodel and furnishment of a large room opposite its present home to move to a larger space.
A Bell’s Hollow resident was brought forward on charges of intoxication and resisting an officer following the perpetrator refusing to obey the officer’s order and running on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks until they got to Tenth Street, where they fell in weeds.
The Greenfield and Hillsboro Rotary Clubs planned a joint meeting between the two at The Seven Caves where a tour of the “resort” would be held alongside the principal speaker, that being Gabriel Paul, information director of the Cincinnati Reds.
Highland County Treasurer-elect Joe Gavey announced that Louise Skinner of Greenfield would be one of his two deputies, her being a second assistant, with Harry Nelson Satterfield announced to be his chief deputy.
In sports, Gerald “Red” Armstrong called for the first football practice to be held on Monday, Aug. 23, at 9 a.m.; the team returning all offensive line lettermen apart from center and both running back starters, those being John Miller and “Sonny” Jackson.
The Forum Theatre, located in Hillsboro, advertised multiple showings, including “Married Before Breakfast,” starring Robert Young and Florenee Rice, “The Rangers Step In,” starring Rob Allen and Eleaner Stewart, and “Saratoga,” starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow.
The Greenfield Furniture Company, located in Greenfield, advertised multiple products, including table lamps for $1.69, bed springs for $3.98, mattresses for $4.98, lounge chairs and ottomans for $19.98, floor lamps for $2.98 and living room suites from $39.98 to $99.98.
This week in 1962, The Press-Gazette reported that 80 people were selected to be grand and petit jurors for the September term of Highland County Common Pleas Court, with some of them being Lena Chance, Cornelia McMahon, Maxine Frye and Marie Pearce.
Weekend activities at Rocky Fork Lake were headlined by a boating mishap when a boat with a 50-horsepower motor “upset” while making a turn and was hit by the wake of another passing boat, but none of the boat’s four passengers were hurt.
Judge John Houston, seated in Highland County Common Pleas Court, took a suit involving both New Markets and Marshall School Districts against Highland County Board of Education and County Superintendent W. Hilty.
The Ohio Department of Highways was reportedly planning to make a survey for a possible state highway between Hillsboro and Milford, with the survey also meant to “determine the feasibility and advisability of acquiring the right-of-way” of the B&O Railroad between Hillsboro to Blanchester for a state highway right-of-way.
Highland County school officials announced that school bells would begin for the around 3,000 students on September 4, which would be resignation day and only last from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
In sports, the Hillsboro Eagles side finished its season with a 36-5 record in its summer season, totaling a 36-5 record across all competitions, which included a 15-9 record in the Big Four League where the team won the league championship.
Chakere’s Colony Theatre, located in Hillsboro, advertised multiple films, including “Spartacus,” starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Oliver, and “Judgment at Nuremberg,” starring Spencer Tracy and Maximillian Schell.
This week in 1987, The Greenfield Daily Times reported that the Greenfield finance committee recommended to the Greenfield City Council to not enact a $5 vehicle registration tax, that tax being the discussion of the previous meeting.
The Greenfield Board of Education announced the adoption of a new attendance policy planned to be enacted for the 1987-88 school year, that policy giving a “loss of credit if a student is absent in excess of 20 days during the year.”
The Highland County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to place on the upcoming election a measure for an additional sales tax to go toward the county’s general fund, which was for the purpose of the construction and maintenance of a new county jail and sheriff’s office.
Community Development Director Peg Beekman formally submitted her letter of resignation from her position at the City of Greenfield for “personal reasons,” saying that she wanted to spend more time on the business she ran with her husband, Rainbow’s End.
Uhl’s IGA Family Center, located at 1013 Jefferson St. in Greenfield, advertised multiple products, including a 2.5-gallon jug of “pure” spring water for 99 cents, four rolls of Charmin bath tissue for 89 cents and a 100-count box of Lipton tea for $1.99.
The Ranch Drive-In Theatre, located in Greenfield, advertised multiple films, including “Robocop,” starring Peter Waller and Nancy Allen,” and “Platoon,” starring Willen Dafoe, Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen.
This week in 2012, The Times-Gazette reported that two people, a pilot and passenger, were able to “miraculously” walk away from a plane crash near Leesburg, as the Ohio State Highway Patrol said that the crash was caused due to an engine malfunction during takeoff.
Member of Hillsboro City Council Dave Shoemaker left a message on City Auditor Gary Lewis’s voicemail warning Lewis about his comments to The Times-Gazette, calling them unprofessional, with Lewis then saying he wouldn’t “kowtow” to threats.
Highland County was tied for sixth of the 88 counties in the state in terms of motorists being convicted for passing a stopped school bus, according to Ohio State Highway Board statistics, the county having reportedly tallied five convictions from 2009 through 2011.
The Greenfield Historical Society announced its plans to host a new Cemetery Stroll at the Greenfield Cemetery, the stroll showing off multiple “points of interest,” which included the Sellers family gravemarker, who lost a son in the Civil War.
In sports, the Hillsboro varsity golf team picked up its first win of the South Central Ohio League season over the McClain team by a score of 182-185 at the Hillsboro Elks Golf Course, with Austin Bagshaw the best of the day with a 38 on the course.
Reach Jacob Clary at 937-402-2570.
