Now that we are midway through the year, allow me to share some thoughts on Alabama political events. There have been some significant elections already this year in the Heart of Dixie as we await a titanic presidential election in the fall.
Life is such an adventure. We see the places we call home in small town America as its landscape changes.
75 YEARS AGO JULY 15, 1949 Miss Janet Bryan of Cincinnati, Ohio and Clayton has gone to Boston, Mass. to attend a National Red Cross Council which will be held at Howard College.
75 YEARS AGO JUNE 24, 1949 According to Curtis Eiland, teacher of Vocational Agriculture at Blue Springs School, four boys from Blue Springs FFA Chapter received their State Farmers’s Degree, the highest award that the State Association can give. The boys are Cecil Reeder, Reggie Parr, Roland Thorne and Hanson Walker.
It appears that we are having to write a lot lately about serious crimes. These are crimes with murder charges with the victims being teenagers and young adults.
The CEO of RSA has a proven track record. When he issues warnings and makes suggestions, we should pay attention.
75 YEARS AGO APRIL 8,1949 The Eufaula Senior 4-H Club was the winner of the Senior Tournament in the Barbour County 4-H Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by the Clayton Rotary Club.
Dear residents of Clayton, I write to you today with relief and pride in our community’s commitment to safety. I am privileged to inform you of the successful apprehension of two individuals involved in a grave incident on North Midway Street. These two suspects were arrested for the February 27 shooting into an occupied vehicle, an act that endangered innocent lives and threatened the peace of our streets.
All eight of the most powerful members of the Legislature are from Birmingham north. Growing up as a teenager in the 1960’s, I served as a Page in the Alabama Legislature.
It’s decision time with Barbour County commissioners. They are at a point decisions must be made to bring the county courthouse in Clayton up to standards for employees and the public.