Six Edmonson County schools were to reopen after being closed five days due to an outbreak of influenza, according to the Feb. 13, 1962, edition of the Daily News.

The paper reported that 88 people had been treated for influenza at a Brownsville clinic, believed to be a single-day record, while the number of people seen for the disease at a different Brownsville clinic brought the total to more than 150.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.