Altoona kicks off Christmas parade season
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Kevin Wilbert is praying for good weather the evening of Nov. 30, when the Altoona Christmas Parade will makes its way through the west Etowah County town, with at least 120 or 130 entries.
“It’s looking really good for the parade,” organizer Wilbert said. “We may have 140 entries like last year.”
This year’s parade
Tour homes with the Woman’s Club
It is time to get tickets for the Gadsden’s Woman’s Club Holiday Tour of homes — a longtime Gadsden tradition. Gadsden’s Woman’s Club Holiday Tour will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 2.
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. For advance tickets call the Club House 256-547-2311, the Gadsden Museum of Art at 256-546-7365, or
Garmon welcomed home for holiday
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Students at Carlisle Elementary School held a sign reading “You’re our Hero” as they waited at the school’s track for a parade of law enforcement vehicles, the Patriot Riders and Corey Garmon and his family to drive around and wave to them.
Most of the people Sardis City seemed to agree with the hero part.
Garmon
Support Group activation held at local airport
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
A ceremony Nov. 18, attended by state, city and Army officials officially marked the activation of a new Army National Guard battalion at the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport.
The location of the Group Support Battalion 20th Special Forces Group is expected to mark a sort of reactivation of the local economy, bringing hundreds of Guard members
Davis retiring; McLenithan in at Goodyear
Davis retiring; McLenithan in at Goodyear
Jim Davis, director of Manufacturing at Goodyear’s Gadsden Plant has announced that he will retire effective Dec. 31.
Mark McLenithan will take his position.
Davis retires after 41 years of service, six of those years at the Gadsden Plant. He has served in leadership positions in Goodyear plants in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina and
Legal Notice for the week of Nov 23 – Nov 29, 2012
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Commercial Real Estate Mortgage and Assignment
Legal Notices for the week of Nov 16 – Nov 22, 2012
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by William Adam Stokes
Recalling Clayton Mill and the old Etowah County Jail
This week the Vagabond talks about the old Clayton Mill and the old county jail.
There are a few out there who can remember at least one of these if not both.
Clayton Mill
Clayton Mill was located on Black Creek a mile or so below Noccalula Falls on the home place of Charles A. Clayton and his wife Nancy Richards Clayton.
The mill
Where is the ethical government the Republicans promised?
I was deeply disappointed last week when I read about the Republican leaderships’ hypocrisy on gambling in Alabama and the subsequent threats they made to the papers that printed the story.
Disappointed, but not surprised.
For years, there have been accusations that the Alabama Republican Party and its leadership have actively sought out contributions from gaming interests in Alabama and Mississippi while