Days Gone By

10 YEARS AGO
Hughes Springs FFA students taking second place in Wildlife at District are Cole Russell, Jeremy Carpenter, Laurie Graham, Shane Young, Cody Dodson and Chase Wakefield.
Avinger FFA students winning in Forestry at a meet held at the Daingerfield State Park are Louie Carson, T.J. Hobbs, Justin Jacobs and Scott Joubert.
Attending the Four States Livestock show from the Hughes Springs FFA were Justin Shaw, Cody Traylor, Kurt McKinney, Jarrod Hampton and Chad Penny.
20 YEARS AGO
 The Morris County Country-wide Bicycle Rodeo was held Saturday, Oct. 30, at the Morris County Courthouse Annex.
The Cass County Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the Atlanta Public Library to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
30 YEARS AGO
Tomorrow is the American Cancer Society’s 1983 Great American Smokeout. It is set aside to encourage smokers to give up their cigarettes for just one day.
Morris County Commissioners agreed to the deputizing of four reserve deputies in the Morris County Sheriff’s Department during a routine meeting Tuesday.
In conjunction with the Hughes Springs ‘Crazy Dayz’ sale Nov. 26-27, the Hughes Springs Lions Club will sponsor a ‘used eyeglasses roundup.’