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Remember When: Early settlers of Covington County

Recently Dennis Murphy of Opp brought to me two volumes from the 1893 Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, Memorial Record of Alabama. It ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, August 12, 2022 3:30 pm

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Remember When: Life as a young person during Vietnam era

Since my life as a teenager, college student, and young adult corresponds with the Vietnam War era, I suppose my memories of living through those ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, July 29, 2022 4:30 pm

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Remember When: Whatever happened to the Class of ‘65?

You can call this a sequel if you wish. Since I heard from friends and classmates from all over regarding the last column about memories ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, June 24, 2022 4:30 pm

Lifestyles

Remember When: Looking back to yesterday

Riding daily in my car along East Three Notch Street, floods of memories swirl through my thoughts. Not only of my growing up years but ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, June 17, 2022 4:00 pm

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Remember When: Memorial Day 1946

A number of old war movies aired on the classic movie tv channel over the Memorial Day weekend. Thinking of America and Andalusia in particular ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, June 3, 2022 4:00 pm

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Remember When: A child’s history stories of Alabama

An elementary school book, “History Stories of Alabama,” by Mrs. Pitt Lamar Matthews was passed along to me recently. It is dated 1929 and the ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 20, 2022 4:00 pm

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Remember When: The goings on at Stanley School House, 1911-1944

South of Andalusia just a few miles is an historical structure that is truly a treasure of Covington County. Efforts have been underway from time to time ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 13, 2022 4:00 pm

Lifestyles

Remember When: The little country school

Recently I attended an afternoon wedding at the Judson Baptist Church with the reception being staged across the road at the Stanley School on the ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, May 6, 2022 4:00 pm

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Remember When: Andalusia’s Grand Old Store

“The grand old store on Court Square in Andalusia” – That was how some local citizens remember Andalusia’s first department store. I think I jogged ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, April 22, 2022 4:00 pm

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Remember When: 60s teens read Nancy Drew

What did “Baby Boomer” girls born after World War II that became teenagers in the 1960s do for entertainment back then? There were no cell ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, April 1, 2022 4:00 pm

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