Monthly Archives: February 2011

1986: Use Your Imagination

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Kari Lucin

I wasn’t much on the outdoors when I was a kid, and didn’t have any outdoor chores like those featured in this 1986 Bob Artley comic, but I did pretend I was a knight. I also pretended I was a … Continue reading →

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1961: Trojan Wrestlers Top Conference Mat Meet

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Trojan wrestlers did well in 1961.

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1940: Area Farm Youth Dies In Corn Bin

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Jerry Bueltel died tragically in 1940.

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1986: When William Taft Visited Worthington

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Former President William Taft once visited Worthington, as this 1986 Ray Crippen article describes. Fascinating!

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1961: Worthington High School Debate Team

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Kari Lucin

These are Worthington’s great debaters of 1961, who were apparently quite successful.

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1940: Feds to Investigate TB Status

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Tuberculosis was being investigated in this area in 1940.

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1986: Words on Words

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Here’s a fun, funny column called “Words on Words” from 1986. This one happens to explain the difference between “horde” and “hoard,” which I’m sorry to say I got confused myself fairly often as few as 5 years ago.

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1940: Hot Girl and Oil?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Now here’s a weird advertising juxtaposition from 1940: a beautiful girl and motor oil.

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1940: We Too Are Aggressors

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Kari Lucin

This 1940 editorial quoted another source and took America to task for sending raw materials for munitions and supplies to Japan. Edit: “Raw materials” was initially left out of the post. Sorry about that.

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1986: The Space Shuttle Program Is Dangerous

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Thom Schrantz criticized the shuttle program in 1986, following the Challenger tragedy.

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