22-05-2025
On this day — May 21
May 21, 1950, in The Star: Armed Forces Day was celebrated in Anniston yesterday in grand style, with everything going according to schedule — even the desired weather. Visitors lined the streets downtown long before the parade started at 10 a.m., and 'thousands of visitors inspected the goings-on at the Anniston Ordnance Depot and Fort McClellan,' according to the front-page account. Folks who trained their eyes skyward saw squadrons of bombers flying over the city. Overall, the event Saturday was the first-ever united Armed Forces celebration.
Also this date: Formal organization of the Heflin Calvary Baptist Mission into a church will be held today at 2:30 p.m., with the new church to be called Calvary Baptist Church. It will be the 34th Baptist church in Cleburne County. The minister will be Cole Skelton, a ministerial student at Howard College.
May 21, 2000, in The Star: Today's edition contains details of all the graduation classes of area high schools in The Star's coverage area. At Oxford High School, for example, graduation ceremonies for 208 seniors are to be held in two days at Lamar Field. Co-valedictorians of the Class of 2000 at Oxford are Elizabeth Ann Bernardi and John R. Sudduth IV. The salutatorian is John Bryant. At Wellborn High School the valedictorian is Misty Dawn Phillips and the salutatorian is Charity Summer New. And at Anniston High School, the valedictorian of the 109-member class is Omoruyi Osula and the salutatorian is Crystal Shonte' Maddox.
