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Register Publications 2012 ©
JANUARY 2013
Back to the Fifties
Feds set aside money for L'burg bridge study
January 1953
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State officials had ordered Aurora to build a sanitary sewer system and stop polluting Hogan Creek and the Ohio River.
Remonstrance petitions were circulating to prevent Aurora from annexing areas along State Road 148 and east on U.S. 50. nnn
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Texas Gas Company was expanding its pipeline to serve additional Dearborn County customers.
Chris McHenry
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The Federal government had set aside $143,000 to study a possible bridge across the Ohio River at Lawrenceburg. nnn
Bonds had been sold in the amount of $500,000 for construction of Dearborn County Hospital.
Dearborn County Commissioners had fired county road superintendent Bill Grogan and replaced him with Rolla Draut. nnn
Lawrenceburg High School was expanding its night school offerings to include typing, commercial English and shorthand. Chris McHenry is Dearborn County Historian, and complies Happenings from the Past for The Dearborn County Register each week. This column will focus on one month a year from 60 years ago.
Of Bugs & Blooms
Cruisin' for cress
Are you tired of paying high prices tos of the plant that its appearance in for grocery greens? winter is a rosette of basal leaves, quite Now's the time to go cruising for different from how it looks when it cress! Wintercress, a wild blooms, shooting up a rocket mustard, grows along roadof yellow flowers! sides, in pastures and in othHave someone familiar with erwise empty lots this time wild plants identify what you of year. If the weather stays Chandra gather the first time – a wise as mild as it's been, the idea with any wild foods! PurL. wild green may be available Mattingly due extension offices usually throughout the winter; if not, are a great resource. it will sprout new leaves in You don't have to stop with late winter or early spring. cress collection. Chickweed Right now is a perfect time also is quite abundant this to try this plant, as its flavor will be year, sometimes growing into mounds mild. The leaves can be added to sal- of green. ads or lightly steamed, and are rich in Excellent in salads and far more nuvitamins C and A. tritious than cultivated greens, chickCome spring, gather it early as it weed can be found in open woods, in grows more pungent and even bitter many yards, and along sidewalks in as the weather warms and it buds and town! blooms. Just pick the long, leafed stems, To identify the plant, look up Bar- wash well and enjoy. The stems are barea vulgaris, its species name, in a slightly crunchy. As with cress, they resource book or on the Internet. also can be lightly steamed. Both Just remember while looking at phoSee CRESS, Page 5
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