75 years ago — 1946

A swimming pool for Robinson was described as a project requiring comparatively small investment when measured by tremendous dividends in community recreation and health by Perry Graves Jr. in a talk before the Robinson Rotary Club at noon today during the weekly luncheon at the Woodworth Hotel.

Mr. Graves, who served as an Army artillery captain in Africa and later with the air forces in Germany, state he had been impressed that a supposedly degenerate nation such as Germany was apparently far advanced over all other countries in providing healthful recreations for its youth.

Everywhere in Germany the youth has been provided the finest of gymnastic equipment including excellent swimming pools in nearly every community of size. He said the benefits of this program were reflected in the size, strength and stamina of the German soldier.

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“Don’t cash Spare Stamp 9 until you are ready to do your canning” was the advice given to housewives today by the local Price Control Board.

If you cash your canning sugar stamp two or three months before you are actually ready to can, your sugar will only get lumpy and you will be tying up part of the nation’s supply which may be needed by somebody else.

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South Union Grade School is the new rural champion of Crawford County and holders of the Daily News trophy today as the result of their lopsided 21-7 victory over Mann on Saturday night at the Oblong High School gym.

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TOKYO – Japanese police officials estimate today that more than 14,000 illegitimate offspring of American soldiers will be born by Japanese women in Tokyo by mid-June as a result of the “first wave of fraternization” after the Allied landings last September.

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50 years ago — 1971

The Gowen Nursing Home here has been purchased by Gerry Opiela and Steve Simmons, local nursing home operators, who will take over the management of the business Monday.

To be known as the Crawford County Convalescence Center, the 49-bed nursing home is fully licensed, offering immediate health care. There is a staff of 25 employees.

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Land for a second city park in Robinson has been optioned, it was learned Wednesday night during the regular Robinson City Council meeting.

The securing of the options for 36.8 acres of land, located west and north of Washington School, was reported by attorney Richard Eagleton, who had been asked by the city to negotiate for the property.

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Another large stack of legal papers was signed here Wednesday night, bringing the possibility of a community center for Robinson closer to reality.

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Crawford Memorial Hospital Board of Directors Wednesday night approved an increase in room rate charged at the hospital.

Daily rental of maternity rooms will be increased to $50 and rent for a private room was hiked to $40. Room rates on the surgical and medical floor (semi-private) rooms will be $35 and use of rooms on the convalescent floor will be increased to $30 per day, all effective April 1.

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25 years ago — 1996

Slow Medicaid palyments have cost Crawford Memorial Hospial hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest and tangled up the hospital’s bookkeeping.

But that will all change under Gov. Jim Edgar’s plan to cut the time it takes the state to pay its healthcare bills.

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Community service, athletic achievement and a young girl’s honest were celebrated during the annual Robinson Area Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday.

Robinson Alderman Wally Dean, New Hebron area resident Jack Watts, the Robinson Victor Products plant, Briggs Inc., Robinson High School wrestler Matt Wheeler and Daily News carrier Jodi Garrard took home the honors from the sold-out event at Quail Creek Country Club.

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At least one Crawford County school wants to dump Casimir Pulaski Day.

The four county school districts attempt to stay on the same calendar because of co-op programs, but if a proposed change in how Hutsonville Unit 1 handles teacher in-service days is approved, the district wants to drop three state-mandated holidays.

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The virus that struck Robinson High School computers was not found at Robinson Public Libary.

It was believed that the virus that recently infected RHS business department and libary IBMs came from a disk contaminated at the library. However, a diagnostic of the libary’s system found no virus, officials said. The origin of the RHS virus remains a mystery.

Computer users should remember every time they use a disk they are interfacing with every computer that disk has been in.