A look back

By Staff
Researched by Dr. Bill Stewart
Nov. 8, 1957-Local residents wanting to register to vote are now out of luck for awhile. The Morgan County Board of Registrars concluded a 30-day signup session late yesterday afternoon and will not meet again for several weeks.
Nov. 9, 1957-MCHS took a decisive win over Rogersville there tonight. The score was 31-6. Actually the game was more lopsided than this, Tiger subs played much of the game. Jimmy Mayfield scored the first MCHS TD. Tommy Ed Roberts scored the second. Mayfield also scored the third, fourth, and fifth TDs. Only one of the PAT attempts was good. Defensive star for Morgan High were Armand Hammer, David Buckelew, Sherman Burch, and Jerry Atkins.
Nov. 9, 1957-In a game followed closely by local Crimson Tide fans, the Tulane Green Wave defeated UA in a Mobile game by the score of 7-0. About 15,000 fans actually saw the game in person. Lame duck Coach J. B. “Ears” Whitworth will finish up his time at the Capstone at the end of the month.
Nov. 10, 1957-Herman Shoemaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Shoemaker and a student at Livingston State College, has been named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Nov. 11, 1957-The sum of $150 will be spent to adorn Hartselle’s water tower with Christmas finery. This was one of the major decisions made by the city council at its regular meeting tonight.
Nov. 12, 1957-The Glencoe Paving Company will soon start moving paving equipment back into Hartselle. Paving work done only fairly recently is already in need of repairs and citizens on the affected streets are very upset.
Nov. 13, 1957-The state Crippled Children’s Service conducted a clinic at Hartselle’s First Methodist Church today. Dr. John Sherrill, a prominent Birmingham physician with strong Hartselle ties, was in charge of the clinic. Coordinating arrangements for Hartselle are Mrs. C. I. Lee and Mrs. Jimmy Yarbrough.
Nov. 14, 1957-S. L. Sherrill, age 90, died early this morning at his home on East Main Street. Mr. Sherrill was an active, unapologetic Republican at a time when the GOP had a very small number of adherents in this area. Few people were interested in hearing conservative ideas.