Looking Back – January 7

Matt Gredy, left, and his brother, Jacob, stayed busy clearing snow and ice from sidewalks along 17th Street before a second round of snow which was predicted overnight in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Jennings County Sheriff’s Department raided a home in Austin and recovered many of the golden chalices burglars stole from St. Anne Catholic Church in Jennings County.

1995

The season’s first blast of winter brought ice, sleet, freezing rain and snow, causing a flurry of accidents and sending area school children home early.

1970

Doctor’s Park Pharmacy was opened by a three-member corporation formed by Tom and William H. Schaffer and Patrick J. Cashen, all of Edinburgh.