Looking Back 7/3/25
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July 9, 1925
The idea of being partly swallowed by a catfish is not feared by Perry N. Ingersoll. He knows the haunts of the big catfish and dives into the deep water among them and extends his closed hand as bait. The fish begins slowly to swallow a living man who has a surprises coming to Mr. Fish. Just as the fist is near the gills, the man opens his hand and a fight for life begins. Mr. Ingersoll captured three fish last Friday that weighed respectively about 10, 21, and 26 pounds. It is a thrilling fishing experience and they often put up a hard fight.
July 6, 1950
Calhoun is losing in population. As more or less official census figures are being released it is interesting to look back over the figures for earlier tabulations and note the changes. In the case of Calhoun County these figures bring a little disappointment, as one notes that the population is decreasing instead of increasing, as we all so fondly hoped and predicted. The first census that was taken after Calhoun became a county was in 1830. The population at that time was listed as 1,092. The largest population gains for the county came in the years from 1840 and 1860. This was the period of the great migration of the Irish and Germans. During this period the number of people in the county increased by almost 300%. Beginning with 1830 and a count of 1,092 there was a steady increase until the population reached its greatest high in 1900 when there were found to be 8,917 people. By 1920 there was a loss of 307 and the decrease was steady, coming down to 8,207 in 1940. Now preliminary reports place the population of Calhoun County at less than 7,000.
July 3, 1975
A new principal was hired for Calhoun High School by the Unit 40 Board of Education. Larry Marsh will replace Billie Hubbell who resigned to accept the position of assistant Superintendent of Education Service Region for Calhoun-Jersey counties . Marsh will assume his duties on August 1. Marsh has been a professor in the education department of Quincy College for the past five years and was at Quincy High School prior to that assignment.
July 5, 2000
The Brussels High School band will play the National Anthem in front of a sold-out crowd at Busch Stadium when the Cardinals play the Cincinnati Reds. Janice Eddlemann directs the band and has been the director for the music department of Unit 42 for the past five years. In October, the band was seen on the television program Show Me St. Louis. In February, they sent in an audiotape of their version of the Star Spangled Banner to audition for the chance to play the anthem at a Cardinals game.The band was selected and began to make plans to sell tickets and gain community enthusiasm.
