100 years ago

Railway Bridges are reinforced

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul has a gang of men at work in Jackson county on its bridges, strengthening them with heavier piles in order, it is said, to handle larger freight traffic. The men have been at work several days and state that they have in all six bridges to strengthen in the county. The work, however, is not in this county alone, but will include all bridges at least south of Terre Haute, that are supported by heavy piles.

75 years ago

Heavy demand locally for bonus, NSLI Forms

Jackson county World War II veterans have applied for approximately 950 Indiana bonus forms and more than 1,500 National Service Life Insurance dividend blanks since the two forms first became available at county distribution points, a check revealed today.

50 years ago

Crowd applauds plays in community theatre

“Royal-off-the-Square” Jackson County’s new playhouse, came alive for the first time since 1958 Friday night when a capacity crowd of some 170 persons thronged into the rustic Brownstown theater to view three one-act plays and a musical melodrama, presented by the Jackson County Community Theatre, Inc.

25 years ago

Seymour native edits reference book

Anne Keller, a Seymour native, recently completed a 17-month research and editing project for the 2000 edition of The Almanac of American Politics.

The 25-year-old, who now lives in Washington, D.C., presented a copy of that book to the Jackson County Public Library in Seymour this week. It will be placed in the library’s reference section, Reference Librarian Mary Clare Speckner said during the presentation.

The book co-authored by Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa contains profiles of the governors of every state, 100 United States senators and 435 U.S. representatives.

Keller worked on profiles from 13 states, including Indiana and Ninth District Rep. Baron Hill of Seymour.