Looking Back – May 26

Retired World War II Navy medical specialist Elsie Herron of Hartsville spends time with her dog Snickers on May 23, 2014.

From The Republic archives

2014

As part of her senior project, Columbus East High School senior Jennaleigh Burgess and her dog Jack Sprague were working toward becoming an independently functioning therapy team through Love on a Leash, an organization of people-and-pet duos who volunteer at nursing homes, hospitals and other facilities.

1999

More than 200 walkers took part in the American Diabetes Association’s second annual Feet to Beat Diabetes Walk in Columbus. The scenic, five-mile route took place around Tipton Lakes.

1974

Jan Bruckner of Columbus made her last appearance as director of Diesel City Chapter, Sweet Adelines, Inc., when the group performed at the May Faire Feast of the Forke at Mill Race Park. Shortly after, Bruckner and her family moved to Denver, Colorado.