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 1938, The Greenfield Daily Times reported that President of the Highland County Agricultural Conservation Association Irvin Roush said in 1939 each Highland County township would be electing their community, with the election happening from Oct. 3 to Oct. 8.
“Several thousand” Highland countians gathered on the streets of Hillsboro for the Fall Festival parade, with some prize-winning floats being by the Hillsboro F.O.E. Aerie and Rotary Chapter and the Southern Ohio Electric Co. float, among others.
Pastor at First M.E. Church Dr. Ross Wilhide announced an upcoming young people’s meeting, with a group of “young people” from Dr. Burkhart’s Community Church in Columbus planned to be in attendance to “direct a sing-song and games.”
The formal dedication of the new Greenfield federal and post office building was planned, with Postmaster J. Paul Watt and the Post Office Department in Washington, D.C. to both send official representatives to be in attendance.
In sports, the McClain Tigers junior high team was set to get its first action of the season when it was scheduled to play Chillicothe, as Tommy Doyle, the junior high head coach, put Bob Davis and Marmion Purdin in the backfield, among others, and Bob Wahl at center.
The Rand Theatre, located in Greenfield, advertised multiple showings, including “Four’s a Crowd,” starring Walter Connelly, Bugh Hervert and Melville Cooper, and “Convicted,” starring Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth.
Kroger advertised multiple products, including a five-pound sack of pastry flour for 15 cents, three jars of jelly for 25 cents, a mixing bowl and spoon for 15 cents, two heads of lettuce for 13 cents and five pounds of bananas for 25 cents.
This week in 1963, The Greenfield Daily Times reported that Margaret Emerson of Akron, also known as 1963’s Miss Ohio, was scheduled to be the guest at the sixth annual Leesburg-Fairfield Fire Department fish fry and festival to crown Carol Bobb as “Miss Fireman.”
A Hillsboro man located on Rt. 4 was charged with first-degree murder for firing a shotgun at a neighbor, fatally wounding them, with the incident, according to witnesses, coming from an argument due to a theft between the victim and suspect.
The “net” proceeds from the Sabin polio vaccine clinics held in Highland County, $2,270.96, were given out to the various public welfare organizations in the county, as $211.82 was given out to the Polio Chapter, the Heart Council and the Red Cross Chapter, among others.
Two Troy, Ohio attorneys filed a petition to the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission asking for executive clemency as well as a full pardon for Edward McMullen, formerly of Greenfield, convicted of holdup-murder, saying McMullen “was not given a fair trial.”
In sports, the McClain Tigers varsity football team was still without a win in its last 19 games, as the team lost to Hillsboro by a score of 36-22, with Hillsboro scoring an astounding 22 points in the fourth quarter to take the win out from under the Tigers.
The Centerfield Drive-In Pike, located “just off” Rt. 20 near Greenfield, advertised “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain,” written by Lamar Trotti, directed by Henry King and starred Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun and Barbara Bates.
Eavey’s Super-Valu advertised multiple products, including a pound of pork liver for 10 cents, a pound of onions for five cents, a “tall” can of milk for 10 cents, a pound of sliced bacon for 59 cents and a one-pound box of crackers for 19 cents.
This week in 1988, The Greenfield Daily Times reported that Ohio State University Extension Economist Sam Crawford helped at a training session in the Greenfield City Council chambers for those participating in a new economic development program beginning in that week.
Randy Crabtree was formally hired as the Leesburg police chief following the resignation of Kenny Jenkins to pursue employment elsewhere, with another former police chief Jack Kerns Jr. still a patrol officer in Leesburg.
Highland County would be the home of the newest president of the Ohio State Junior Fair Board for the 1989 Ohio State Fair, as Mark Lerch, a 1988 Hillsboro High School graduate, was elected as the president during the second of his two-year term on the Ohio Farm Bureau Youth.
Paul Cunningham, a senior at McClain High School, was designated as a Commended Student in the 1989 National Merit Scholarship Program by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, with Cunningham reportedly placing in the top 50,000 of the participants.
In sports, the McClain Tigers freshman team picked up a 22-16 win over the Washington Court House team thanks to a touchdown in the dying minutes by Jeremy Purdin, with a “crushing downfield block” by Vernie Haywood the catalyst for the score.
Buckeye Theatres, located on Rt. 35 and Bridge Street in Chillicothe, advertised multiple films, including “Tiger Warsaw,” starring Patrick Swayze and Piper Laurie, and “Eight Men Out,” starring John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd and Charlie Sheen.
Convenient Food Mart, located in Greenfield, advertised multiple products, including a two-liter bottle of soda for 99 cents, a pound of smoked sausage for $1.99, a gallon of milk for $1.79 and a half-gallon of orange juice for $1.59.
This week in 2013, The Times-Gazette reported that the Highland County Clerk of Courts helped the Highland County Sheriff’s Department with the purchase of a new 2014 police cruiser, giving $14,500 which went toward the purchase.
A partial government shutdown saw its effects in Highland County, with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) office on Harry Sauner Road closed, with that office the home for the USDA Rural Development Services, Farm Service Agency and the Soil and Water Conservation office.
An “allegedly intoxicated” Carmel man was driven back home by a Hillsboro police officer, after which he took a van at the home, wrecked that vehicle and was then arrested and charged on multiple crimes.
In sports, the East Clinton Astros decimated the McClain Tigers through the air, as quarterback Dalton Floyd threw three touchdown passes in the first half alone to defeat the Tigers by a score of 27-21.
Abe’s Used Cars, LLC., located at 8345 U.S. Rt. 50 East near Hillsboro, advertised multiple vehicles, including a 2004 Chevy Tracker for $4,195, a 2002 Hyundai Elantra for $3,495 and a 1996 Honda Civic for $2,995.
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