Looking Back… 50 years

Published 7:04 pm Monday, September 26, 2005

By Staff
September 29, 1955
In a long Tuesday session, the Board of Revenue members whittled the budget by more than $21,000.
Neal's Blue Eagles broke the longest dry spell in local sports history when they won from Miller Friday night, 21-20.
Quick agreement was given Monday by the Board of Revenue to maintain a paved road past a possible paper-mill site south of Brewton.
Legal details connected with the issue of $100,000 in jail warrants from the Road and Bridge Fund will slow the Board of Revenue's schedule for building the new jail.
Mothers of children in Brewton Elementary School grades are meeting this afternoon to plan a drive to raise $671.49 for school books needed now in the local school.