Yesteryears: Georgetown officials conduct disaster exercise in 1976

September 9, 1976: Linda Rumbaugh of Salado is sworn in as Georgetown's first female police officer by Asst. City Manager W. L. Walden. A dispatcher for the Georgetown police department the past four years, 24-year-old Rumbaugh got her badge in a City Hall ceremony last week and began patrol duties immediately. She completed officer training with three other women last month at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos.
September 9, 1976: Linda Rumbaugh of Salado is sworn in as Georgetown's first female police officer by Asst. City Manager W. L. Walden. A dispatcher for the Georgetown police department the past four years, 24-year-old Rumbaugh got her badge in a City Hall ceremony last week and began patrol duties immediately. She completed officer training with three other women last month at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos.

125 Years Ago (September 5, 1901)

Public school musical department.

The Georgetown public school will open next Monday, and the session is expected to be one of the most prosperous in its history. 

One of the departments of the school—that of music—not so well known theretofore, became immensely popular last session, and its fame has extended into this. The same pleasant room will be used, …