Wednesday, February 1st, 2023-Matthew Downs “The Tennessee Valley Authority and Regional Development in North Alabama, 1933-1960” When we think of the Tennessee Valley Authority, we think of towering hydroelectric dams, churning out electricity and reshaping the...
So much about Christmas gives assurance to believers in in a world that is dark and gloomy. Christmas comes quickly when you are a senior adult. Anticipation of Christmas reminds me of how very long it seemed between Christmases when I was a child. The songwriter...
I experienced the Comer Camaraderie in 1958 when I became associated with the J.S. Clifton family who lived on Pelham Avenue in Sylacauga. I was smitten with Arrie Clifton’s youngest son, and I was still in High School at Sylacauga High, in Fess Simpkins’...
My cousin Dot, living in Spanish Fort, sent me a clipping from the Mobile Press Register about a Sylacauga girl and her successful business in Homewood, Alabama, making and selling cookies at a shop called Cookie Fix. “Do you know her?” Dot asked, for Dot and I share...
The class of 1958 at Sylacauga High School had a reunion last week, not unusual because they gather often to share memories and enrich friendships that have continued down through the 64 years since they graduated They have had more class reunions than any other SHS...
Someone asked me about the legend of Merkel Mountain. It is absolutely Southern to tell stories about mountains, sometimes in poems, stories, and often in songs; but the legend of Merkel Mountain is a fascinating true story about a place right here in Sylacauga...
There are certain times and certain situations where it is sensible and realistic for boys and girls to be separated because they were created, male and female, for separate roles in life. Last time we talked about the Boys Club, and then this opportunity came to talk...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022–Tina Marie Hosey “Songs that Shaped Our Lives” Songs are an important part of the story of our lives, beginning with early childhood and holding sway during the teen years. Songs propel us forward and help us survive...
I have always had a soft spot in my heart for boys and people who see potential in them and try to guide them through the tender days of childhood and youth. My Dad, my hero, had a favorite charity. It was Boys Town, a home for disadvantaged boys, with a slogan,...
Many wonderful people came out of the Avondale Mills Village family, people who contributed to good in the world even though they grew up in hard times, with big families, and not much of this world’s riches. They worked hard, played hard, and apparently got a good...
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