Blast From The Past - November 4, 2022

10 Years Ago
(Week of November 1, 2012)

Communities In Schools brought in Randy Combs the SRO officer from Lakin to Sullivan school to discuss Red Ribbon Week. Randy has been speaking at different schools for several years. He brought in visual aides to show the students what tobacco and huffing can do to your body. He reemphasized to the students the importance of saying NO to Drugs.

20 Years Ago
(Week of October 31, 2002)

Five arrests have been made in what authorities suspect was a conspiracy to commit murder. It all began almost a year ago when Ulysses resident and former Dodge City resident was charged with one count of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated battery, and one count of aggravated burglary. The other four were contacted early Tuesday morning in Ulysses and were taken to the Ulysses Police Department.

30 Years Ago
(Week of November 4, 1992)

At the Senior Center on Thursday, Oct. 16, we were entertained by the Varsity Choir from the Ulysses High School. It was a top performance. Everyone enjoyed their singing and appreciated their coming to the Senior Center. Their Director, Kathi Fischer, chose a varied program. Leo Jo Lowry accompanied them on the piano.

40 Years Ago
(Week of November 4, 1982)

The Movies has taken a 30-year leap forward in the past week. On Tuesday of last week, Ross B. Krantz, of Cinema Engineering Service of Sandia Park, N.M., arrived in town. Throughout the following week, he was busy installing a Dolby Stereophonic Sound System, which Dudley described as “the Cadillac of movie sound systems.” The system consists of three large speakers behind the movie screen, and a series of smaller speakers on the side walls. It insures that, when a stereophonic movie is shown at the theatre, local viewers can get the full benefit of the sound system.

50 Years Ago
(Week of November 2, 1972)

Liz Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verlan Phillips, was a Kansas University pom-pom cheerleader at the homecoming last week.

60 Years Ago
(Week of November 1, 1962)

Saturday’s beautiful fall weather brought a large crowd to town early and apparently there was no let up during the day. It was a busy day. Traffic was heavy on the down town streets by ten o’clock Saturday morning and continued through the day and pedestrian traffic was equally heavy in the stores. Many out of county cars were noted on the streets, and fall buying has extended to winter buying, merchants said.

70 Years Ago
(Week of October 30, 1952)

Cooks at the Ulysses grade school hot lunch room were burned Monday afternoon when an explosion threw hot fruit and liquid over the kitchen. The woman were canning pears in a container covered by a lid. Somehow the lid became tightly lodged and formed what was almost a pressure cooker of the open container. The flying lid dented the metal shield of the stove when the explosion occurred. Burns were said to be painful, though not serious.

80 Years Ago
(Week of November 5, 1942)

J.E. Kyle, Grant County sheriff, who was injured several months ago in an automobile accident, was able to return to his office in the court house Monday for the first time since the accident.

90 Years Ago
(Week of November 3, 1932)

Monday night when all fools were expected to cut loose and have a general good time with the ghosts and witches and in their mad scramble celebrate the 31st of October in a general tapsy-turvy manner, they failed to do the damage that they have heretofore done in former years. While a few outbuildings were toppled over and some of the streets were littered with debris of various kinds, the extent of the damage was not nearly so great as formerly.

100 Years Ago
(Week of November 4, 1922)

We are very sorry to say that Mr. and Mrs. Lewis lost all their household effects, clothing, and provision in a fire which started Wednesday morning in the northwest part of their house. It is supposed rats had carried matches there and got afire. The family were about two miles south picking fuel for winter when they noticed the blaze, but could not reach there in time to save anything. The neighbors responded to their needs at once and it all helps some.