A look back

By Staff
May 4, 1956 -Skipper Drinkard has been making big plans to attend a dance in Cullman tonight with his girl.
May 4, 1956 -Miss Frances Price, fourth grade teacher at the elementary school, took 36 students to Decatur today where they visited the Coca-Cola plant, the White Way dairy, the Highway Patrol office and the Morgan County jail.
May 5, 1956 -Hartselle has a lot of Yankee fans and they were beaming after today's televised game in which their favorite team got four homers-Mickey Mantle had two and Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer one each. The New Yorkers beat the A's 5-2.
May 5, 1956 -Hartselle residents John W. Campbell Sr. and Jr. drowned late this morning when the boat they were fishing from capsized in Tennessee River backwaters near Highway 31 and the causeway bridge.
May 6, 1956 -The fourth annual visitation was today at the Hartselle Cemetery.
May 7, 1956 -UA alumni here and elsewhere around the state are insisting on change in the football program. The Crimson Tide, currently coached by J. B. (Ears) Whitworth, didn't win a single game last season. On the plains, Auburn has to make cutbacks due to being placed on three years' probation by the NCAA for rules infractions.
May 8, 1956 -Installation of officers and a fine talk by Harold Orr on "What Industry and Business Expect of the School Graduate" were highlights at the final MCHS PTA meeting this afternoon.
May 9, 1956 -Local chapters of the Future Teachers of America had their semi-annual district meeting in Decatur this afternoon. Bill Stewart represented the MCHS group.
May 9, 1956 -Hartselle police this afternoon had a confession of one 12-year-old boy that implicated himself and four other youths in two burglary forays here.
The miscreant also revealed the existence here of a small gang (the "Blue Star" gang) of doubtful merit.
May 10 1956 -Complete and official election returns have incumbent Morgan County Board of Revenue Chairman Sim Howell facing challenger Guy D. Roberts in a runoff. Howell got 3,173 votes to 2,237 for Roberts.

Morgan County

20 under 40: Trey Chowning

Falkville

20 under 40: TJ Holmes

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20 under 40: Spencer Bell

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20 under 40: Shelby Keenum

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20 under 40: Rachel Howard

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20 under 40: Mary Virgina Halbrooks

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20 under 40: Maggie McKelvey

Decatur

20 under 40: Maegan Jones

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20 under 40: Lindsey Tapscott

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‘He lets us have sex’: More details emerge on Hartselle man accused of child exploitation 

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Hartselle church creates Easter-themed escape rooms 

Danville

Family tradition: State livestock show legacy spans generations

Editor's picks

Baseball for Beau: More than $8k raised for scholarship named after Hartselle child  

Falkville

20 under 40: Lela Weeks

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20 under 40: Kalleigh Thomas

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20 under 40: Jaime Hatcher

Hartselle

Veteran Hartselle firefighter charged with possessing child porn

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Cerrowire expansion named finalist in Business Alabama Awards  

At a Glance

Work begins on repairing two bridges over I-65 in Morgan County in coming weeks

At a Glance

Tickets for Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame banquet available

Falkville

Morgan County volunteers celebrated at annual fire department banquet 

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Man jailed for stealing car from jail after earlier release 

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Police: Hartselle man encouraged children to have sex inside his apartment

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20 under 40: Chris Rigoni

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