100 years ago

Council votes to extend city limits

The ordinance to annex the sections of the city which were disannexed shortly after the present council entered upon its administration was passed with a vote of five for and two against the measure on a vote following its final third reading before the city council last night in its regular meeting.

75 years ago

Preliminary steps taken for sewers

Preliminary steps have been taken toward the proposed construction of several major sanitary sewers in Seymour that are to be laid at an estimated cost of $80,000, and the city council will be asked for its approval of the bond issue at its next meeting, it was announced today.

50 years ago

RECP plan explained

The Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office will be responsible for administering the new 1974 Rural Environmental Conservation Program. The new program, which replaces and modifies the old REAP, has several new aspects of interest to Jackson County residents.

25 years ago

Abduction raises bar

Officials of Girls Inc. near downtown Seymour have taken steps to prevent an abduction similar to one reported to police on Wednesday night by a 10-year-old girl.

The Jackson County youth was abducted in the 500 bock of West Second Street in the area of the Girls Inc. clubhouse.

“We have decided soon that we are going to let all parents know that they have to come to the facility to pick up their children,” Rexanne Ude, executive director of Girls Inc., said late Friday afternoon.

Girls Inc. conducts a child abuse prevention program, Kidability, and also conducts a program where the girls are made aware of safety and club rule. That program occurs every six weeks, and ironically, it was in progress this week, Ude said.

Ude added Girls Inc. has never had an abduction during her years with the club, but there have been a couple of incidents where club officials were suspicious about an individual inquiring about children in the club.