Fifty years ago, in 1968, The Atmore Advance lost its co-publisher, Philip Soko when he died of an apparent heart attack. He had been co-publisher since 1959.

The Atmore Advance announced that they would begin covering the war in Vietnam. A reporter was to be sent to Vietnam and would write columns for several surrounding newspapers.

Ed Leigh McMillan II, from Brewton, invited all interested parties to a conference of the Escambia, Conecuh and Covington County Tree Farm Conference to be held in Brewton.

A large number of people were running for office and it was expected to be a large turnout on election day.

A&P ran an advertisement trying to inform the public the advantages in buying store brands instead of name brands.

I learned to do this from the time I was married to a grocery man. He told me the truth of name brand versus store brands. There is no difference between the two. For instance, canned vegetables for A&P were canned by Del Monte. Orange juice that was packaged for A&P was the same as that juice that was going in the name brand cans.

Students from Escambia County Junior High School were to display their science projects in a special program at the school.

There was an announcement in The Atmore Advance asking for places to rent for around 350 workers who were going to need them for about 90 days while they worked on a natural gas pipeline nearby.

Kwik Chek had fryers for 28 cents a pound. They also had Arrow detergent for 49 cents for a box; potatoes for 49 cents for a 10-pound bag, and a half gallon of ice milk was two for 79 cents.

The Rotary Club was planning a “Ladies’ Night” for the members’ wives.

After a dinner, a guest speaker would speak on the advantages of having the computer in the workplace. Fifty years ago seems like he was a little bit ahead of himself.

The thing I noticed most was the fact that the Rotary Club was made up of only men, or they must have been if they planned a Ladies’ Night.

Now-a-days, women are a part of almost any club.

There was a small announcement in the newspaper telling of an upcoming gospel singing to be held at the Hall’s Fork Assembly of God Church.

Speaking of gospel singings, there is one planned for May 5, at the T.R. Miller Tiger stadium in Brewton. It seems that the city is

launching the idea of having more of the singings. The last time I attended a singing, the church was full, so it seems like a good idea to have more of the events.