From the archives: A look back into Butler County’s past-1972-Fifty years ago

Published 9:07 am Thursday, March 3, 2022

By Haley Mitchell-Godwin

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Mr.and Mrs. Elmer Dean Vickery of Garland announce the birth of a daughter, Deana Diane
Girl Scouts learn skills at Camp Dixie
Cub Scouts from den 6 visit Greenville Advocate
Girl Scout Troop No. 83 and Troop No. 42 held investiture service at Mount Zion AME Methodist Church Georgiana Alabama
4-H leaders attend District Forestry Short course at Little River State Park
Ernie Dean named Most Valuable Player- Dixie Youth
First graders honor retiring Ft. Dale teacher, Mrs. Hugh Thompson
Greenvillians in Vichy France- students enjoy 3 week stay
Fort Dale Academy received Alabama Private School Association accreditation
Greenville Academy graduates 15 seniors in first graduating class
Rusty Dubberly becomes first product of Greenville private school to receive athletic scholarship when he signed with Wake Forest University last week
Gafford Named valedictorian of the first graduating class at Greenville Academy
Nancy Champion awarded TSU scholarship
Jerry Demings Received Ed Reid trade school scholarship
Greenville Academy Tornadoes blasted 65 to 31 by Lowndes Academy
Rally brings Tigers win over Luverne 54 to 50
Georgiana Rides Early Lead to 65-55 win over Greenville Tigers
Dewberry hurls Tigers over Goshen
Greenville High School track team to participate in state meet at Selma
Greenville High School track team posts wins
Vinson named senior adviser High School JROTC Greenville High School
Enrollment boost predicted at LBW Junior College
Airman John E. Little completes U.S. Air Force Basic Training
Navy Seaman Floyd L. Henson at sea aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy
James D Tate completes tour with Peace Corps
Colonel Eugene Cook promotes 4 cadets
The Wallace Decision-How will Governor George Wallace be involved with the presidential election?
Johnny Cash performs at Garrett Coliseum tickets starting at $3
David Lee’s holds January Clearance Sale-penny-a-pair nylon hose
Reid’s Grocery 59 cents 5-pound bag of Florida oranges
Woody Allen’s “Bananas” plays at The Ritz
All Day Specials Thursday, Feb. 3 at Big “R” Drive-In (see picture of add)
James Bond’s “Live and Let Die” to play at The Ritz
Mr. and Mrs. Rouse Smith celebrate golden wedding anniversary

Pride of Greenville Garden Club meets at the home of Mrs. Lewis Haygood Jr.
Georgiana native Janie Shores will enter Supreme Court race
Test water well drilled on city-owned property west of I-65 North of Highway 10
DAR claims month of February for American History
Vaccinations for smallpox no longer necessary according to Alabama Department of Public Health
State HWY Department makes temp. 4 way stop at the HWY 31/HWY 10 intersection
Sandy Hill Poultry Farms- local industry worth crowing about
Alabama to have first Republican primary in history
Big beef supplies expected in 72’
Johnson jewelry hit by thieves over weekend
Lowery, Powell, Wasden win races, Sellers in run off with Black, District 4
John M. Gruenewald elected VP of Cumberland School of law of Samford University Student association
Vote Wendell Powell for Commissioner District 1 Butler County
New state law sets strictly enforced standards for captive wildlife
New procedure-For the first-time voters must declare their party in Tuesday’s primary
Proclamation signed by mayor Ethridge proclaiming Armed Forces Week in the Camellia City
Price of rabies inoculation increases to $3
Federal land bank reduces interest to 7%
Elton Johnson is candidate for mayor of City
Beeland Seeks reelection place No. 1
Mail collected in two boxes, new process of distribution
Bart Rainey is candidate for reelection City Council
Eureka Lodge will install new officers
Monthly singing at Friendship Holiness Church
Central Community to hold third annual July Fourth picnic
National electrical to expand- need 25 men immediately
All volunteer Butler County Rescue Squad being honored during this month
New Waterworks & Sewer board instrumentation Laboratory being constructed inside Beeland Park
Rescue Squad searches Woods for aircraft
Paving on Highway 10 and Commerce Street completed
Butler County’s oldest citizen, Irene Stanley, turns 102
Pine beetles taking toll in this county
Peanut boiling and singing- free to public Beeland Park
Agriculture is biggest industry in nation
Etheredge elected mayor
Butler County hardest hit by Beatles
Carnival robbed suspect jailed within two hours
Butler County largest tobacco growing county in Alabama
New tobacco barn under construction industry community
Empty pesticide cannot safe
Waterworks wins third award at state meeting
Pigeon Creek Community Club meeting to held
Dairymen urge voters’ approval of amendment to permit state dairy farmers to vote amongst themselves

From the Society Section

Mrs.W.H. Lowery returned from Rome, GA where she was the holiday guest of the Rev. and MRs. Robert A. Beeland III and children.
Misses Kappy Eyster and Lila Pryor, of Decatur, were weekend guests of Miss Jennie Plummer and attended the Galloway-Stabler wedding
We don’t know if it was a Christmas present or not but we didn’t see it until this week but Curtis Williamson is driving a different car a red Nova Chevrolet
Mrs.Nettie Beverly spent the weekend with her sister Mrs. Willie Braden
Judge and Mrs. Arthur Gamble and Miss Jeanie Gamble spent the new year’s weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peacock in St Petersburg, Florida
The red bloom tree at Mrs. Phillips erroneously named to a Red Wood has been correctly identified by Mrs.Oakley McFerrin as a early-blooming red Japanese cherry tree. There’s another cherry tree blooming at the Howard Haygoods and this week some early extra early blooms have been spotted
There were quite a few disappointed people glued to the tube watching bowl games and we hope they enjoyed their black eyed peas and hog jowl more than the ballgames