10 years ago
(December 13, 2012)
Members of the Legacy @ Park View Board voted via email in favor of increasing rates by $5 per day. The monthly Park View apartment rental increased by $50 per month. Fees for additional services were to remain the same. The reason for the increase was given as due to the increase of cost in utilities, food, labor, insurance and supplies.
20 years ago
(December 12, 2002)
Lorine Myers was presented a District Manager of the Year award for her significant contributions to the Conservation District Program.
30 years ago
(December 16, 1992)
A new 911 system was put in to the law enforcement center. Every telephone number in Ulysess began being charged 75 cents per month for three years in order to pay for the system.
40 years ago
(December 16, 1982)
Building permits in Ulysses for 1982 increased over the previous year. The total through December 1982 was $2,333,455. In 1981 they were $1,518,596.
50 years ago
(December14, 1972)
Pride Chairman Chet Davis reported that Ulysses was "way ahead" in its work for community betterment. The four PRIDE ribbons earned resulted from work already undertaken prior to the PRIDE committee being formed. The four areas Ulysses gained recognition were transportation, housing, planning and economic development.
60 years ago
(December 13, 1962)
Ulysses may get a new post office in the future. A regional post office official was to be in Ulysses soon to review the local situation.
70 years ago
(December 11, 1952)
Seven men left Hugoton for Kansas City, Mo., where they were forwarded for pre-induction physical examinations. The group included Robert G. Gindlesberger of Ulysses.
Ted Chester of Kansas Motor Coaches announced a daily round trip bus service to Dodge City was available to residents of Grant County.
80 years ago
(December 17, 1942)
Truck gasoline ration books for Grant County have as a whole been distributed.
90 years ago
(December 15, 1932)
The Southwestern College Octet was set to sing at Methodist Episcopal Church in Ulysses.
100 years ago
(December 16, 1922)
There was to be a car of good coal in Ulysses for $12.50 per ton.
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