Looking Back… 50 years
By Staff
September 22, 1955
In an involved deal, District One has purchsed $36,743.90 of road building machinery, either in July or in September.
At a Board of Revenue meeting Monday, Clerk of the Board Wayland Mills said a state examiner told him that the county can now make temporary loans of up to 15 percent of anticipated revenues to help out the General Fund.
Bids on $100,000 in warrants have been asked from county banks by the Board of Revenue. The money will be used to build a new jail.
Anoter big meeting faces the Board of Revenue when it goes into an adjourned session Monday morning. It will have to try to adopt a county budget for the coming year, receive bids on a $100,000 jail loan and approve some road projects.
Don L. Lambeth
By Staff Flomaton Mr. Don L. Lambeth, 66, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at his residence in Flomaton. He was... read more