Sue Wilson, Author at The Andalusia Star-News - Page 17 of 32
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Thank you, readers, for your interest in last week’s column. According to Mr. Oscar Page “Pete” Banks’ granddaughter, Gayle Banks Merrill, Southern Craftsman Furniture Co. ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, April 13, 2019 2:47 am
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A school group from Covington County toured the Governor’s Mansion in Montgomery this week. One of their teachers, Tammie Evans, texted me to find out ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, April 6, 2019 2:08 am
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Post-war prosperity got underway in the years following the end of World War II. Cars got bigger with an average cost of $1,420. RCA perfected ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, March 30, 2019 1:54 am
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“How high’s the water, Mama? Five feet high and rising. How high’s the water, Papa? Five feet high and rising.” These lyrics from Johnny Cash’s ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, March 16, 2019 2:39 am
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PLAY BALL – “For it’s one, two, three strikes, YOU’RE OUT” at the old ballgame!” Some of you may remember hearing about the old Class ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, March 9, 2019 1:44 am
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Remember when – the Riverside Inn, combination service station, grocery store, and dance hall was located in River Falls on the Andalusia side of the ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, March 2, 2019 3:01 am
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“Generations yet to come will be enriched by his worthy story,” Luci Baines Johnson wrote about James Underwood Cross who never forgot his roots in ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, February 23, 2019 2:28 am
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One of my favorite stories to tell to school children at the Three Notch Museum when school groups tour is about a boy who grew ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, February 16, 2019 1:14 am
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Recently in visiting the genealogy room of the Andalusia Public Library, I ran across a “History of First Presbyterian Church” written in 1925 – the ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, February 9, 2019 1:35 am
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The late G. Sidney Waits, Jr. once wrote many sketches of Andalusia history and in one of his stories, “Great Women in Andalusia’s Past,” he ...
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by Sue Wilson, Saturday, February 2, 2019 1:55 am
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