Opinion

75 YEARS AGO JANUARY 28, 1949 On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 a service of ordination will be held for Mr. Ben Hulen who will be ordained as a deacon by Clayton Baptist Church.

For those who follow Clio city council, the last council meeting was one that begs close scrunity. I spoke before council at the September 20th, 2023 council meeting about numerous concerns relating to how council conducts their meetings, one of which was the whispering between council members during the meetings.

There is no place like Barbour County! When an emergency situation occurs or when a person needs help in this community, the community answers. This past weekend was evidence of the community coming together for a cause. In a very short time after a call for help for a missing child near Clayton was issued, there were hundreds answering the call.

75 YEARS AGO JANUARY 14, 1949 Miss Evelyn Bates, from Louisville, was one of 138 students completing the requirements for academic degrees at Emory University at the close of Fall Quarter, December 22, 1948. While no commencement ceremonies are held at Emory for the Fall Quarter graduates, Dr.

The end is here. You know, the one that was supposed to come just a few years after Nick Saban took the job in 2007? The marriage was doomed to fail, remember? The greatest coach in modern college football history is stepping down from Alabama football's biggest chair after 17 seasons, nine SEC championships and six national titles with the Crimson Tide.

All candidates seeking office in next year’s primary elections in Barbour County have been officially certified by both the Republican and Democratic committees. The deadline to certify candidates is Thursday. It’s been quite an interesting process and we may say different since qualifying for office opened than experienced in past election cycles.

75 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 10, 1948 The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service was held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John C.