Three representatives of the Columbus Extension Homemakers Club hang Christmas ornaments on a tree outside the visitors center in 1973.
From The Republic archives
2013
American Legion Post 24 was set to reopen with all-day food service, about 10 weeks after state Legion officials had taken the rare step of closing the Columbus post because it lacked the required number of officers.
1998
Just three days after the height of retail shopping for the Christmas season, a sprinkler malfunction at Elder-Beerman in the Fair Oaks Mall sent shoppers scurrying away from the bargains.
1973
The 1973 Fireman-Police Cheer Fund exceeded the $1,000 mark, one-eighth of the needed total of $8,000.
