Vinemont Remembered as California of the South
John Knox recalls Vinemont near Cullman once hailed as a utopian highland. The town’s gin, bookmobile, and busy commerce show its present resilience after a boom that faded. Postmaster Harry Tillery notes his 97 year old uncle Willie Tillery, who stayed through the bust and died in March.
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John Knox
South Vinemont
Cullman
Vinemont
Willie Tillery
Tillerys
Willie
Harry Tillery
South
Alabama Vineyard ads lure Northern buyers to Vinemont tale
An old town plot near Vinemont reveals how the Alabama Vineyard Company courted northern buyers with promises like No Notes Required and The California of the South. Many came seeking rich land, few stayed, as residents recount TVA growth, early 20th century development, and later incorporation as South Vinemont in 1961.
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Harry Tillery
Willie Tillery
Tillery
TVA
Tennessee River
Chicago
Muscle Shoals
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
St. Paul
Alabama Vineyard Company
New York Life
Klondike
California
South Dakota
Daniel Rheburg
South Vinemont
Huntsville
Alabama
Iown Engineering
North Alabama Coin Show Set in Athens Armory
Plans for the North Alabama Coin Show to be held Oct 1920 at the National Guard Armory in Athens are near completion. Sponsors include the Athens Coin Club Muscle Shoals Coin Club Rocket City Coin Club and the Decatur Coin Club. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday with many exhibits entered.
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Athens
North Alabama
National Guard Armory
Athens Coin Club
Muscle ~Shoals~ Coin Club
Rocket City Coin Club
Decatur Coin Club
Shoes on the shelf at Verona base draw a joke
At the Southern European Task Force in Verona Italy a bulletin board listed available shoes in odd sizes. Capt Charles L Naegel was annoyed when a caller joked about adding oars to a size 12 triple E pair.
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Verona
Italy
United States Army
Charles L. Naegel
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Fittery
Town
Vinembier Ala
Rheburg
Coppock
T. M. Patton
W. P. Duke, Jr
N. B. Dunlap
Grady Howard
McClanahan
Parnell
Spandex
Belk-Hudson
Decatur
Tel
Lowell Drive
Muntsville, Ala
O'Neal
Windsor
O’neal
Newport
Kingston
Royal Crest Homes
P. QO
Ala
Neme
Royal Crest
Church ST. N.E
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