Looking Back – May 2

A crowd of Columbus North and East prom-goers gathered to watch East Senior Gerrod Franklin break dance at the "Sunset Paradise" prom in 2010.  From The Republic archives

2010

Hundreds of family members and friends lined Seventh Street to cheer 1,200 Columbus East and North students as they arrived at Central Middle School for the “Sunset Paradise” prom.

1995

Many Columbus voters shunned their right to vote as polling places stood empty and election officials wondered if turnout would match the previous year’s primary turnout of 22%.

1970

Ellen Macy, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Macy, and Andrea Ostrander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Ostrander, arrived for Earth Day classes at Columbus High School on horseback to protest fumes escaping from cars and polluting the atmosphere.