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Rattlesnakes as emblematic of America?

by | May 29, 2015 | Column

The following is excerpted from a letter that appeared in a December, 1775, edition of the “Pennsylvania Journal,” suggesting that the rattlesnake be designated as the official emblem of America. “I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness that of any other...

Follow the leader

by | May 29, 2015 | Column

By Norma Kirkpatrick I remember a game played when I was a child, known as “Follow the Leader.”  One of the children would be designated as the leader, and the rest of us had to do everything they did; like make a goofy face, jump on one foot, or spin around in...

History in a Home

by | May 29, 2015 | Column

It was the first house they ever owned. 1955. They should have become homeowners years before, but they didn’t. Here is why. In 1940, he was fresh out of Auburn and newly hired to teach vocational-agriculture in the local high school. She was a secretary in an office...

5-29 Obituaries

by | May 29, 2015 | Obituaries

Carl Arthur Hill, Jr. Carl Arthur Hill, Jr. of Auburn, Alabama, passed away on May 11, 2015. Mr. Hill was born May 25, 1925, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was the son of Carl Arthur Hill, Sr., and Alberta Pearson Hill. Mr. Hill earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s...