Fifty years ago, a loan of $2,225,000 from Rural Electrification Administration was made to improve telephone service in an area that included Atmore. It was expected to take up to two and a half years to be completed.

The new Church of Christ was ready and set the date of Aug. 21 for the dedication of the new church. It is on the corner of Presley and Horner Streets.

The Blood Mobile has set a quota of 167 pints to be collected on their next visit.

There were plenty of ads in The Atmore Advance for ginning the cotton being picked. Apparently there was a race of sorts as to who would pick the first bale of cotton for the year. In 1952, Clyde Peacock was shown in the newspaper as getting the first bale of cotton for the year picked before July 31.

Reserve seats were put on sale for the upcoming season at Escambia County High School. The reserve seats would be near the 50-yard line and would cost $2.

I did not know that they had reserve seats at the stadium back then.

You learn something every day.

A big back-to-school shopping spree was begun to boost the economy and would last until Sept. 2. I like these kind of sales. It has been many years since I had a child in school, but the back-to-school sales always have things that I can use. All the notebook paper, pens, and that kind of things are also on sale.

Speaking of school sales, they will be with us again, if not already.

Go and buy now while things are the cheapest.

On a recent trip to Georgia, two Atmore residents were very surprised to be welcomed to that state by the governor himself. Governor Lester Maddox was in a rest area when Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Findley stopped at the state line.

Southland Telephone Co. announced that they had installed a time and temperature line for the public. The number was 368-8181. I would not try to call them as they probably are not there 50 years later.

Kwik-Chek had chuck roast for 47 cents a pound; cantaloupes for three for $1; and Cheer detergent for 59 cents.

Piggly Wiggly had Clorox for 28 cents; bacon was 58 cents a pound; and three, six-bottle CocaCola or Pepsi-Cola cartons for $1. You won’t find that anywhere today.