The first radio station in this county was WFEB. Owned by E.E. Forbes of Birmingham, he sold an interest in the station to George Carr in the mid-1950’s. Carr was the station manager and later became the sole owner. An article in the Daily Home in 1984 reports, “The...
Sylacauga is going all out in October, probably my favorite month of the year, and B.B. Comer Library is a big part of the fun of fall and fantasy that October brings. The bright, full moon and the leaves already swirling in that cool fall breeze remind us that summer...
Last week I shared some of Ray McDiarmid’s memories of Coke’s business development in Sylacauga. Ray, the pharmacist at Dixie Drug in Sylacauga for many years, along with his Dad, Dr. Red McDiarmid, were in a position to know many of the people who worked at...
The original Coca Cola was developed on May 8, 1886, at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, by Pharmacist John Seth Pemberton. It was sold at the soda fountain as a temperance drink, a patent medicine, for $.05 a glass for such aliments as headache, nausea, and...
The heat of summer is beginning to fade in the rear-view window, but it is a memory that we can take with us into the fall and winter seasons when staying warm becomes the focus. Keeping cool this summer inspired the storytellers who are past-sixty to tell many...
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