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Harriett Claxton

2025 marks Harriett’s 30th year “Looking Back” in weekly columns offering readers a glimpse at history through local news clippings gathered from years gone by. The former schoolteacher began writing “85 Years Ago,” which she inherited from late Dublin Courier Herald publisher W.H. Champion, in 1995. Eight years later, she added a companion feature entitled “50 Years Ago,” treating Dublin-Laurens County natives to a more recent taste of nostalgia. The columns appear, respectively, in each Saturday and Tuesday edition.

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50 years ago: August 6, 1974

The top stories on this day 50 years ago included the arrest of nine local residents in illegal gambling raids.

85 years ago: August 3, 1939

The institution of new traffic ordinances and an update on the city's abattoir topped the headlines on this day 85 years ago.

50 years ago: July 30, 1974

Topping the headlines on this day 50 years ago was the arrest of three suspects linked to the gun-point robbery of a Washington County woman.

85 years ago: July 27, 1939

Topping headlines on this day 85 years ago: A Cadwell man shot by police after resisting arrest.

50 years ago: July 23, 1974

Among the news for this day 50 years ago is action by the Dublin City County to borrow funds for street improvement projects.

85 Years Ago: July 20, 1939

On this day in 1939 a lengthy legal battle in a shooting death at the Dexter Post Office came to conclusion.

50 Years Ago: July 16,1974

The tragic death of a local students in a swimming accident was the top story on this day 50 years ago.

85 Years Ago: July 13, 1939

A reported case of polio and 20 people being treated for rabid-dog bites were among stories reported this day 85 years ago.

50 Years Ago: July 9, 1974

Among the top stories 50 years ago on this day include the East Dublin city council moving to apply for a half million dollar loan to pay for sewer upgrades.

85 Years Ago: June 29, 1939

The first expected shipment of watermelons out of Laurens County topped the news on this day 85 years ago.

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