Go Owls! Members of the Girls’ Pep Club at Seymour High School cheer on their team during the first home basketball game of the season in the SHS fieldhouse. The Owls held on for an 89-84 victory after the Cardinals fought back from a 24-point halftime deficit. This picture was taken Dec. 8, 1973.
100 years ago
Longer hours for holiday shopping
Retail stores in this city will be open at night during the remainder of the holiday buying season, affording longer shopping hours for the people of Seymour and the vicinity.
The night business schedule will go into effect Monday in accordance with an agreement reached by merchants at a meeting about two weeks ago. As usual, the stores will be open tonight.
75 years ago
Big Inch break to mean more gas for Kentuckiana
A recent break in the Big Inch pipeline has turned out to be a good “break” for gas consumers in Indiana and Kentucky.
The pipeline blew up several weeks ago, wrecking the firm’s pumping station near Seymour.
The power commission Friday authorized Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. to deliver additional gas to Texas Gas Transmission Corp. on a temporary basis for sale to customers in the two states.
50 years ago
Dedication planned for new Brownstown school
Plans for the dedication of the new Brownstown Elementary School building have been announced by Superintendent William B. Sharp.
The dedication will be held Sunday, Dec. 16, beginning at 2 p.m.
Following the invocation by Evan Bolejack, minister of Brownstown Christian Church, the fifth grade choir, under the direction of Mrs. Joseph Persinger, will perform “Christmas Canon.”
25 years ago
Stop before luck runs out
New safety features are added to school buses nearly every year.
Engineers have redesigned the lighting system outside the bus, engineered a more child-friendly handrail and even changed the color of the paint on top of the bus to compensate for the lack of air conditioning.
But no engineer to date has been able to create a device to prevent drivers from zooming by a bus with its stop arm out.
Stop arm violations have become a serious problem in Jackson County this school year, police say, with six local residents having received citations from the Indiana State Police in the past month alone.
“I’ve been in this position 24 years, and in the past 12 months, the violations have increased dramatically,” said Bill Lasater, Seymour Public Schools transportation director.