This photo is dated March 27, 1999.
100 years ago
Henderson buried by avalanche of papers
H.B. Henderson, county superintendent of school is in the midst of about 500 examination papers submitted from the examination of March 15 by about 500 seventh and eighth grade pupils of public schools of the county for graduation.
Work of grading has been completed on the Carr township manuscripts, where 31 took the test. Of these 7 passed, 9 were conditioned and 15 failed.
75 years ago
Minor damage reported here in high winds
Wind estimated to be as high as 90 miles an hour whipped into Seymour Friday morning, increasing in ferocity as the day progressed, and left the city dazed, shattered and partly uprooted before departing at nightfall.
50 years ago
BC schools mourn death of principal
No classes will be held in the Brownstown Central Community Schools Monday due to the death of James T. Blevins, 48, assistant principal at Brownstown Central High School, who was shot to death Friday morning.
A 17-year-old BCHS senior is being held in connection with the fatal shooting which occurred at about 7:55 a.m. Friday in the high school parking lot.
25 years ago
Celebration in the making
Freetown is well-known for its annual celebration, held for many years on the Fourth of July and now conducted in the latter part of June.
The celebration coming up, however, may be the biggest one yet, as the town prepares to mark its 150th anniversary. Meetings are now underway to plan the event, and if Freetown’s past festivities are any indication, the sesquicentennial celebration will prove to be a time to remember.
Ona Williams, owner of the Freetown General Store, along with long-time town residents Ray Burnside and Orville Mann, talked recently about how the town has changed, but endured.
“A lot of these buildings have been here for years and years,” said Williams, noting that businesses have changed hands and changed in nature, but still are housed in buildings rich in the town’s history, as Burnside recalled which long-ago businesses was housed in which present-day shops.