Whatever happened to …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003)

                --Groundwork at the site of the Holiday Inn Express in Gatesville got underway.

                --More than 200 classic vehicle entries were expected for the 17^th Annual Leon River Fun Run in Gatesville’s Faunt Le Roy Park.

                --Roger Barnett’s cow gave birth to triplet calves, a rarity.

                --Jam sessions took place in every room of the Pearl Community Center during the monthly Pearl Bluegrass Music Festival.

                --LaRon Slay, district executive for the Leon Valley District, spoke at a Cub Scout roundup held at the Gatesville Intermediate School.

THIRTY YEARS AGO (1993)

                --The Wesleyan Circle of the First United Methodist Church met in the fellowship hall.

                --Texas House Speaker James (Pete) E. Laney was set to visit Gatesville as guest speaker at a reception in honor of State Rep. Allen Pierce.

                --The Gatesville Independent School District board of trustees met for presentations from five architectural firms regarding the construction of a new high school campus.

                --Undercover Blues showed at the Last Drive-In Picture Show.

                --Navy Petty Officer 3^rd Class Brandon Ayers, son of William Ayers (of Gatesville), reported for duty aboard the guided missile cruiser USS California.

FORTY YEARS AGO (1983)

                --Tentative completion of restoration work at the Old Cotton Belt Railroad Depot was expected within 30 days.

                --The Gatesville Hornets football team lost 7-19 to Waco High.

                --Coryell County’s jail won Texas Commission on Jail Standards certification for the fifth consecutive time.

                --Cujo and Star Trek were showing at the Drive-In in Gatesville.

                --Becky Moore, 14, was picked as “Pepiteer of the Week” at the Hornet-Waco football game.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

                --Coryell Memorial Hospital’s application for a certificate of need to build a new hospital was set to be considered by the health subcommittee of the Central Texas Council of Governments.

                --Cotton ginning hit full stride over Coryell County, where the harvest continued to exceed mid-summer expectations.

                --Earl Carpenter, of Gatesville, was named as a new patrolman on Gatesville’s police force.

                --Celia Powell, of Gatesville, was selected to be on the Texas Christian University’s 1973-1974 Campus Alumni Board.

                --Gatesville Watch Repair was renamed Haynes Jewelry and moved from 715 Main Street into quarters in the new White Auto Center at 1508 Main Street.