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Overcast ~ High: 48°F ~ Low: 29°F Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 |
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Picturing the Past 145: 1950-51 JH BasketballPosted Tuesday, February 7, at 4:08 PM A reader brought by this photo he's identified as the 1950-51 Shelbyville Junior High (is that what it was called then? boys basketball team. From the trophy they're holding it looks like they may have won a tournament. Those in the photo are listed on the back as, first row from left, Roseland Penn, unidentified, Donna Smith Sepull, Tommy Reed; second row, Billy Thomas, Jim Adcock, Buddy Haynes, Joe Coffey, Junior Cook, Charles Lowe, Joe Gleaves, Red Grogan; back row, David Smotherman, Morris "QBall" Haynes, Bobby Uselton, Bob Thomas, Lloyd Adamson, -- Craddock, coach Niles Todd.. ...
Remember when large grocery stores were locally-owned? Check out the checkout area of Mittwede's in Shelbyville, shown here in 1973 during a "grand opening" following a major remodeling. (The store had actually operated for years at that time). Those were the pre-scanner days when each item had to be manually keyed into the cash register - no scanners or computerization here. Looks like all the bags were paper in those days. No plastic then...
I've made so many photos of accidents at or near the Old Unionville Road bridge on U.S. 41A north of Shelbyville. This (Friday, Jan. 27) morning's crash is just the latest. I was told the metal guard rail in the photo above had just been repaired Thursday...
Low-cal ice cream Seems like the lower-fat light ice cream/frozen yogurt brands just don't stick around with the lower calorie counts very long. I noticed Walmart's Great Value light ice cream, which had been fat-free, disappeared from the shelves for about a month or so and reappeared with a higher fat count...
We get some of our best responses here to photos of former Shelbyville businesses. Remember Gondola Steak & Pizza House (or was it Pizza & Steak?) Here it is in the 1970s. As usual, go here for the big view. Many of you have probably already recognized this as what is today Chef Chen's on Madison Street. I'm thinking Gondola was the first restaurant in that building...
Lock your cars! While writing the police blotter for Tuesday's T-G I was struck by the number of reports of breakins involving unlocked vehicles. Someone in the Alton Avenue-Vandy Avenue area was apparently going through, grabbing door handles and taking from unlocked cars...
Message from eastern Shelbyville: Stores wanted! If you want to make a short run to a convenient full-service grocery store and you live in eastern Shelbyville/Bedford County (or arguably in southern Shelbyville), you're out of luck. As one person who lives east of Shelbyville told me today, they'd spend their money in Shelbyville instead of Tullahoma if there were more stores on their side of town...
Just playing politics Interesting comment by state House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner today. "We do two things up here," Turner said after the vote, according to the Associated Press. "We play politics, then after politics, we get around to governing. The GOP majority hasn't gotten around to governing yet. They're still playing politics."...
Note to Congress: Don't touch the Net Wikipedia (site down except for statement page) and Google (logo covered) are speaking out against the Protect IP act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House. These proposals are meant to cut off Americans' access to foreign websites giving away pirated movies, music, etc. The potential of those bills being just the beginning of future censorship looms over the anti-acts movement...
It's the last day of school in May or early June 1974 at Central Elementary School (now Eakin Elementary, named for its longtime principal Deery Eakin) and these kids are ready to get out. I suspect some were mugging for the camera as well. Recognize anyone?...
'Common' people aren't being heard Sen. Bob Corker visited Tennessee last Tuesday, talking to Nashville-area Realtors, Cheatham County CEOs and the Dover Kiwanis Club. What about the rest of us? Do you have to be "connected" to be heard? Yes, the business community should have a voice and, yes, some business people can get things done well...
Opinions with a side dish of respect It's a presidential election year, and the rhetoric's already ramping up. So that means we're in for months of insults, false insinuations, rumors and outright lies from politicians and their representatives, all claiming, "You can trust us!!! We're the only ones who own truth!"...
Weird weekend on the police beat You'll see names of everyone who's arrested for everything listed in the jail intake, but in the accompanying story we go with just the highlights, not the very minor items such as DUI or public intoxication arrests or shoplifting. Last weekend was just plain strange on the minor things...
Looks like these guys are about to launch canoes into Duck River in this photo from 1974. I guess most Bedford Countians have memories of floating or fishing in the river or even just hanging out or partying along its banks. On this cool (but not really so bad, considering what it could be this time of year) winter's day it makes me wish summer was already here again...
High gas prices We're hearing constant complaints at the T-G about why gas prices are so much higher in Shelbyville than in surrounding counties. The T-G has asked about this before and has been unable to get any of those responsible to comment. It's becoming ridiculous. Something needs to change...
Riches in coaching We hear so much about Wall Street executives getting rich these days. But it's the same thing at big-time athletic programs. Newly-apppointed Penn State coach Bill O'Brien's base pay is $950,000 with a 5 percent increase each year. Do the math and by his second year that's roughly a $50,000 yearly hike...
Honesty: Best political policy? The slogan the Shelbyville Gazette included within its masthead in 1890 (the paper's framed and in our lobby) -- "Party honesty is party expediency" -- made me stop and think in this election year. Obviously the Democratic-leaning newspaper was speaking in favor of honesty as opposed to lies...
Coloring our (vehicle) world Whatever happened to brightly-colored vehicles? The annual Dupont Automotive Popularity report lists white, silver, black and gray, in that order, as the only vehicle colors earning over 10 percent. My last two vehicles over the past six years have been silver. I thought about buying black at my last trade but thought silver simply looked better. Yes, I'd consider a black vehicle in the future...
New federal agency: Needed or not? President Obama's appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the new Consumer Protection Bureau allows the federal agency, which oversees what the Associated Press lists as "mortgage companies, payday lenders, debt collectors and other financial operations" to go to work...
Here's a decent view of the gym at the "old" Central High on Elm Street, used by SCHS from 1954-77 and Harris Middle School until 2006. A lot of memories of everything from ball games to dances still live in that gym, or at least in the minds of those who spent time in it. This view's from 1974...
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David Melson is a copy editor and staff writer for the Times-Gazette.
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