Looking Back – July 5

Clarence O’Neal, 93, climbs onto his favorite tractor behind his home in eastern Bartholomew County near County Road 100N and State Road 9 on July 5, 1975.

2015

Crowds gathered for the 26th annual QMIX Musical Fireworks on the lawn of the Ivy Tech Community College campus and in Hope Town Square at the Hope Old-Fashioned Independence Day.

2000

Columbus’ Jennifer Hite appeared on CBS’ “The Early Show” as one of six winners of the “Big Apple Survivor Game.” The scavenger-hunt-style game was a take on “Survivor.”

1975

Victor Jay, president of Roviar Sportswear Company and the Arthur Jay Company, was the guest speaker at the monthly Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce membership breakfast at Gene’s Cafeteria.