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Going way back
I am really going to take you back this week to the year 1952. That is 65 years ago and yes, I was around then ...
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Seeing his career through clear eyes
Lake in Florida. He got his first job of cleaning there where he would meet the boats as they came in from fishing. “My brothers ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, August 2, 2017 5:00 am
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Books, lessons, blue jeans
Forty years ago, in 1977, The Brewton Standard had some interesting stories. Norris Lodge contributed money to the library to buy books. Gladys Byrd accepted ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 7:00 am
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Stringfellow works to better lives of seniors
Who would have thought that a tennis player would become the director of The Meadows? Well, that is just what has happened in the case ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:05 am
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Time marches on for all
Thirty years ago, in 1987, officials said Aug. 3, would be the target date for opening a satellite office of the Escambia County Courthouse in ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 19, 2017 7:00 am
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She helps take care of so many here
Natalie Ziegler is one of the peritoneal nurses employed by DaVita Dialysis Center. She is part of a group of nurses and doctors who make ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 19, 2017 5:30 am
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Postlewait earns BFD’s top award at department banquet
The Greg Tucker Memorial Career Firefighter Award was presented to Dustin Postlewait of the Brewton Fire Department at their annual banquet held at the East ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 5:00 am
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Win some; lose some
In 1987, thirty years ago, the Escambia County Sheriff’s officials located and destroyed 226 marijuana plants worth $113,000 in the Pineview community. Another man stopped ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:00 am
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She’s lovin’ it
GP hires new spokesperson Julie VanDeWater is very happy that she has found her way south to Alabama – and especially Brewton. She was recently ...
by Lydia Grimes, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:00 am
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Where did the Newcomers Club go?
In 1977, 40 years ago, Steve Johnson of Brewton was named to be a cheerleader with Troy State University for the 1977-78 school year. He ...