30 Years Ago

–Maudie Robinson, Zelma Pruitt and Carrie Blankenship retire from Clarke Mills with more than 70 years of service among them.

–Alabama Forestry Commis-sion renames Rep. Joe McCorquodale as the vice chairman.

–Jackson Woman’s Club celebrates 25th anniversary with a dinner attended with their husbands at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall.

–Betty Crocker award winner for Jackson High School was Joycelyn Ann Atchison and Wanda Elmore won at Leroy High School.

20 Years Ago

–Frank Barbaree, Jackson, retires as principal at Jackson High School.

–Ice storm hits Jackson with temperatures in the low 20s. Cities in north Alabama are paralyzed.

–Frank, Betty and Janet Burge of Jackson, owners of Floral Creations, turn over the keys to new owner, Bob McInnis Jr. of Jackson.

–Local doctors, Muhammed A. Jawad and Ralph D. Neal Jr. were found innocent in malpractice suits.

–Twelve members of the Jackson Rescue Squad searched the Alabama River for the missing body of Jerry Gibson of Claiborne.

10 Years Ago

–The Rev. Keith Pugh, pastor at First Baptist Church in Jackson, is selected as “Citizen of the Year”.

–Miss Alabama, Amie Beth Dickinson talks to area students about sex.

–Missing 4-year-old grandson of Patricia and Jay McKee and Dottie Fore, all of Jackson, was found asleep in a garment bag in the closet of a guest bedroom. After a 40-minute search for their grandson, Perry, Washington County Sheriff William Wheat was called to bring a tracking dog to their home in search of their child.