15-03-2025
On this day — March 12
March 12, 1950, in The Star: Walter H. Wellborn of Piedmont Route 1 is in the running for a seat on the Calhoun County Board of Education, a position to which he was appointed around a year ago to fill the unexpired term of a retiring member. A native of Calhoun County, Mr. Wellborn was born in 1901 and has spent most of his life here. He's the son of M. B. Wellborn, former president of the First National Bank of Anniston. Walter Wellborn is a farmer and businessman, an Episcopalian by faith and chairman of the Red Cross drive in Jacksonville. Mr. Wellborn announced his candidacy for the post yesterday. Also on this date: An advertisement for Westinghouse television sets at Anniston Electric Company tries to entice the potential buyer with the promise he'll see Anniston-related sports programming tonight at 7:30. That's when Fred Sington of Birmingham station WAPI will interview Harold Cuyler, the popular young business manager of the Anniston Rams, about Anniston's professional baseball prospects for 1950.
March 12, 2000, in The Star: The old thread mill that once held the Blue Mountain community together is finally unraveling. Earlier this month, the mill's present owner, Barbour Thread, announced it would lay off 214 of its employees in July, leaving only 110 jobs. Prospects for those lasting long are not good. The decline won't materially affect the town of Blue Mountain very much, as the mill removed itself from corporate limits years ago to avoid paying taxes to the town in which it was established.
Also on this date: The Alabama Senate this week approved legislation that creates an 11th seat on the ten-person Jacksonville State University board of trustees. The at-large position makes room for Alabama singer Randy Owen, who was recently appointed by Gov. Don Siegelman. The legislation also stipulates that once a former JSU trustee reaches the age of 70, he or she may be designated by the board as a trustee emeritus.
