Blast From The Past - February 3, 2023

10 years ago
(January 31, 2013)

Winter homecoming candidates for Ulysses High School were: Jonah Pfingsten, Maggie Koops, Elipidio Cortez Jr., Erika Romero, Xavier Rodriguez, Aubrey Swinehart, Jacob Smith, and Amanda Langley.

20 years ago
(January 30, 2003)

Jackie McBride, Field Administrator for Ulysses ExxonMobil, presented Grant County Library Curator Francis Roberts with a $1,000 grant. The grant was from ExxonMobil Foundation to Friends of the Grant County Library Foundation for general operating support.

30 years ago
(February 3, 1993)

Soil conservation winners named at Sullivan Elementary School were: Hunter Kreie, poster, honorable mention; Sandra Dillion, Essay, second place; Levi Walker, poster, third place; Richard Wolf, poster, second place; Jarred Grice, poster, first place; Melissa Taylor, Limerick, first place; Verancio Ramirez, Limerick, second place; Lucy Baeza, Limerick, honorable mention; Candi Lopez, essat, first place, and poster, honorable mention; Gentry Diehl, essay, second place; Matt Cook, Limerick, third place; Ana Montanez, Limerick, honorable mention. Hickok Elementary winners were: Vanessa Dehao, poster, second place; Nathan Bowen, poster, third place; and Chris Barnes, poster, honorable mention.

40 years ago
(February 3, 1983)

LaVonne Michael, Grant County Senior Citizens Director, was named the 1983 Citizen of the Year for Grant County. Pamela Sue Anderson, second grade teacher at Hickok Elementary was named Outstanding Young Educator; Richard Langdon,Ulysses Police Officer, was named Outstanding Young Public Defender.

50 years ago
(February 1, 1973)

Construction was expected to begin in July on the $500,000 new Grant County State Bank building, which was to occupy the area north of the post office and south of Central Avenue, back to Baughman Street.

Jay Baugh, editor emeritus of the Ulysses News and the Johnson Pioneer died in his home after putting in a full day's work as usual on Monday. Baugh was editor for 50 years.

60 years ago
(January 31, 1963)

K. Akagi was named the 1962 grain sorghum champion of Grant County, leading all contestants in the most abundant year of the 18-year recordof the Grant County 100-bushel Milo Club.

70 years ago
(January 29, 1953)

For the fourth consecutive year two Grant County sugar beet growers gained recognition for being among the high 10 producers in this area: Clyde Albertson and Merle Nickerson.

80 years ago
(February 4, 1943)

Nine students enrolled in the week-day church school were placed on the honor roll for January: Clara Jean Schroll, Earl Cook, Bob Elliott, Lawrence Rickard, Betty Hampton, Edla Rickard, Charlotte Dennis, Paul Workman, and Glenn Cantrell.

90 years ago
(February 2, 1933)

The Riverside Rural P.T.A. held their first meeting on January 25, 1933. This is the first rural P.T.A., to be organized in Grant County. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Ralph Tuttle; Vice President, John H. Lewis; Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Ione Coerber; Chairman of Publicity Committee, Mrs. John H. Lewis; General Committee, Mrs. J.H. Lewis, Mrs. Charley Hazel, and M.W. Alexander.

100 years ago
(February 3, 1923)

J.H. Lee, the leading citizen of Ryus, was in Ulysses yesterday trading.

A baby girl weighing three and one half pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Corley, at Garden City on January 25. It is said the young lady can rest very comfortably in a common shoe box.