22 YEARS AGO
DEC. 8, 1988
“Haywood Salter of Salter’s Transmission recently won second place in the End of the Season Championship at Southern Raceways in Milton, Fla. He expressed his thanks to Hart’s Welding, Tommy Shipp, Gene Shipp, Randle Barlow, Hawsey’s Radiator Shop and Jody and Rusty Salter.”
37 YEARS AGO
DEC. 13, 1973
“Sparta cagers to play here Friday: The Sparta Academy Warriors will tangle with the Fort Dale Academy Warriors in three basketball games here Friday night at the Fort Dale Lewis Armory. Action gets underway with a junior game at six followed by the ‘B’ contest and the varsity will tip off at eight o’clock.
“Tonight, Sparta will play Marengo Academy in an invitational tournament at Catherine Academy. If they win this one, they will return to tournament play Saturday afternoon.
“The Warriors downed Greenville Academy here last Friday night in their first and only game of the new season.”
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67 YEARS AGO
DEC. 9, 1943
“Evergreen High School: Football’s well over now and everybody is shooting for that basketball goal. Some of the boys have been out for practice this week. We’re looking forward to a good team.”
82 YEARS AGO
DEC. 13, 1928
“Aggie Girls Meet Flomaton Friday: S.S.A.S. boasts of the strongest girls basketball team in the history of the school. Spectators will receive a treat Fri., Dec. 14, when the Aggie team clashes with Flomaton’s strongest.
“In (Lyda Mae) Heffner, (Hattie) Snowden and (Penny Mae) Purnell, the team claims three excellent hard playing guards; the centers consist of Kelly and Pierce, who are very successful in jumping for the ball. Elvie Ivey is a very efficient running center being assisted by Simmons. With Bailey and Andrews as forward and Stacey and Cox assisting, the team is strong on scoring.”
“Many Hunters Attended Alger-Sullivan Hunt: A large number of big game hunters assembled at timber reservation of the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Co., south of Repton, last Thursday for one of the biggest deer hunts of the season. There were other antler seekers from various sections of Alabama and Florida, who traveled many miles to take part in the chase. It is said that over a dozen deer were killed. Among others who accomplished this feat were: C.L. Barlow, Hobson Farris, Ralph Brown and Hub Wright.
“It was also stated that this hunt was the last to be held on this reservation for a number of years in order that the game might increase.”
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