Tag: Anniston

Look Back … to Anniston schools avoiding takeover, 1999

Jun. 23—June 23, 1949, in The Star: Jack Boswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Boswell of Oxford, Rt. 2, a June graduate of the school of engineering at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, was listed on the Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring quarter. He was also a member of the Eta Kappa Nu honorary […]

Look Back … to stranger danger in Anniston in 1949

Apr. 13—April 13, 1949, in The Star: From a Page 1 brief: “A ‘sex maniac’ who reportedly annoyed young girls at school [in Anniston] yesterday is being sought by city police. Described by officials at North Noble School as a ‘slender, black-haired man,’ he is said to have attempted to entice at least two students […]