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

  • 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 

 

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