EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
February 1, 1937
Today’s Headline: Covington’s Usually Quiet Sunday Afternoon Enlivened By Merry Chase After Boys.
All quiet along the school zone Sunday afternoon. And then came the excitement.
Mr. George Lewis, chief janitor in the Jeter Graded School, emerged at the double-quick and in a few minutes Major Richard F. Beirne, chairman of the school board did a marathon up Court Street from his home along the river, while his World War buddy Captain Walter Curfman, with good military strategy, extended a flank movement by way of Locust Street.
But “the enemy was already on the run, as three youngsters, two boys, and a little girl emerged from the school, their hands laden with pens and pencils and flashlights and various other small items they had pilfered from the desks of the Jeter School.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
February 1, 1962 Today’s Headline: Improvements Improvements Noted In Science Class At Covington High School.
Covington High School science students, hampered for years by the lack of enough workstations in the chemistry and physics laboratories for more than 20 students at a time will be using approximately $5600 worth of new equipment for the rest of the year.
Ralph Metz, CHS chemistry and physics teacher, said the new equipment will make teaching these courses easier by providing the students with better facilities for their laboratory work.
He noted that the old laboratory tables had been in use since the school was built over 20 years ago.
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS GO
February 1, 1987
Today’s Headline: Betsy Arritt is This Year’s Valentine Queen.
This year’s Valentine Queen for Xi Delta Epsilon Sorority is Betsy Arritt.
Betsy, her husband David, and her family reside on Carolton Drive, Covington, where she is a homemaker and helps part-time in her husband’s business at Arritt Funeral Home.
She will be crowned at the Covington Moose Lodge during the annual Valentine’s Dance on Saturday, Feb. 7.
FIFTEEN-YEARS AGO
February 1, 2007
Today’s Headline: Covington Police Scrap “10-Codes”
The Covington Police Department began using common language in all of its radio communications today instead of the “10-Codes” that have been used by generations of polices officers.
The Covington Fire Department and rescue squad converted to common radio language last year.
Ten-Codes because popular during the 1920’s when police radios had only one channel. Officers developed a system of common codes to convey information succinctly and avoid tying up the radio system.
TEN YEARS AGO
February 1, 2012: NO-LOOK PASS – Covington guard Troy Helton (5) dishes a no-look pass to fellow guard Dominique Jordan (24) during the first quarter of Tuesday night’s Pioneer District basketball game against James River at the Cougar Den. The Knights erased a three-point halftime deficit for a 49-41 win over the Cougars.
Josh Hagy Photo