East Texas news from nearly 75 years ago, as seen in the March 13, 1951 edition of the Wood County Record.

“Liquor Board agents raided Wood County bootleggers last week and filed twenty-six cases against ten individuals before the whiskey peddling fraternity got wise that the agents were cops and passed the word for others to be on the look-out.”

“The Crow-Fouke school district was consolidated with the Hawkins School District by action of the County School Board last week.”

“Shoe-Fitting Machines Give An Atomic-Age Hotfoot: Dozens of East Texans may be walking around with an unsuspected radio-active hotfoot because of faulty X-ray shoe-fitting machines.”