Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO The city council received and had strung out some underground water pipe— 2,600 feet of 6-inch and 2,100 feet of 8-inch pipe. The pipe was replacing the six- and four-inch water mains belting the business district.

We can only imagine

If you have ever seen me you can tell I’m not a foodie. My favorite food group is sugar. I could live on Dr. Pepper and candy, preferably chocolate candy. I used to have a little coffee with my sugar.

Harness your super power for the world

Action Comics introduced Superman in 1938. The radio adaptation, “The Adventures of Superman,” began broadcasting in 1940 with this now famous opening: “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird!

Immigration

There is another crush of immigrants on the Texas-Mexico border. We’ve seen it before, last year, the year before and going back to 1910 when as many as 1 million Mexicans crossed the border into the United States to escape the Mexican Civil War.

You know your church is redneck if…

Following in my father’s footsteps this week’s column is church humor provided by former Rockdale Coach June Owen. You know your church is redneck if… • The finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one.

A town’s lifeblood: Why you shop local

Those that know my wife and me know we take shopping local seriously. We strive on a daily basis to shop locally as much as possible, and for the last few years we have upped the game on a mission to do all of our holiday shopping locally.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO… 100 YEARS AGO… Gus Mosley, 19, was instantly killed near Hanover when a shotgun in the hands of Eli Rogers, 12, was discharged. The shot entered the right arm and right breast and the youth fell dead.

LOOKING BACK 10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… What was said to be the seventh killing in Milam County for the year occurred in the Briery community in the north part of the county, when O.S. Segrest was shot and killed by A. Oliphant. A shotgun and pistol were both used.

Power grid

Despite reforms, the Texas power grid reliability is a work in progress As winter approaches, energy experts are sharing a lingering concern that some of the issues that stressed the state’s power grid this summer and during the winter storm of 2021 could resurface.

A nightmare and some hillbilly wisdom

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Irecently had a work-related nightmare, and I was so happy that it wasn’t real when I woke up. I dreamt that it was a Tuesday and I was on deadline and I didn’t have any news for the front page. That has never happened, but I must worry about it subconsciously.