A look back
By By Dr. Bill Stewart
Oct. 29, 1959—Troy Nunn plans to quit his position as superintendent of the Masonic home in Montgomery in the near future.
Oct. 29, 1959-Jean Carolyn McCutcheon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. McCutcheon, Hartselle 3, is currently enrolled as a business administration student at Anderson College, a Church of God-related institution, located in Anderson, Indiana.
Oct. 30, 1959-William Bradford Huie’s book, “Mud on the Stars,” which is currently being filmed in Tennessee (combined with another book), has aroused opposition from the local populace. Due to complaints that extras used in the film looked like “skid row” bums, scenes depicting unemployed people in a breadline that were filmed yesterday will be reshot. The director of the movie, Elia Kazan, is very sensitive to public opinion related to this Huie-based film.
Oct. 30, 1959-A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baggett today at Hartselle Hospital.
Oct. 30, 1959-The Arabian Knights celebrated homecoming at the MCHS Tigers’ expense tonight. The Hartselle team was defeated by the score of 14-7. MCHS’s TD came when Bobby Harris ran half the distance of the field with a minute remaining to be played. Jim Speegle kicked the PAT.
Oct. 31, 1959-The goose season opened at 12 noon today. Legal shooting hours will be between sunrise and sunset. Bow and arrow hunting of deer and turkeys is allowed until Nov. 9.
Oct. 31, 1959-Morris Davis of Lacey’s Spring went on a hunting trip early this morning. His companions lost track of him, however, and he is now regarded as a missing person whose whereabouts are unknown.
Oct. 31, 1959-In an AP dispatch published today, it was reported that an ex-Marine from Texas, Lee Harvey Oswald, 20, had told the U.S. embassy that he planned to stay in the Soviet Union and had applied for citizenship in that country. He came to the USSR as a tourist on Oct. 13.
Nov. 1, 1959-The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation is now holding its annual convention in Montgomery. Several local members are in attendance.
Nov. 1, 1959-Sacred Harp music lovers from this county as well as others in north Alabama traveled to Double Springs today for the 54th annual convention of old harp singers in that community. Melvin Overton is chairman of the singing and says it is the largest singing of this type in the state.
Nov. 1, 1959-Mrs. L. H. Houston is reminding everyone that today is the last day for people to write their state legislators, urging them to pass laws controlling the size of billboards on the new interstate highways. The Garden Clubs of Alabama, in which Mrs. Houston is very active,
is coordinating this organized letter-writing campaign.
Nov. 2, 1959-Local UA alumni along with those elsewhere in the state are currently being asked to contribute to a $5 million fund designed to ensure that the college of engineering keeps its accreditation.
Nov. 3, 1959-Liquor companies doing business in Alabama have made their reports. One on the list is James Lott, Hartselle 2, who has being compensated at the rate of $1,400 per month by Brown-Foreman.
Nov. 4, 1959-The State Planning and Industrial Development Board has found that Alabama’s per capita taxes are lowest among southern states.
Two pamphlets comparing taxes people pay in the different states have been published by the board to illustrate a few of the pluses as far as locating new industry in Alabama is concerned. Alabama ranks last among the states with only $100.94 in taxes paid per person.
