Headland’s long history highlighted in county booklet
Industrial division of Alabama Power Co publishes a Headland profile in Henry County outlining the town’s early founding by Dr. J. J. Head in 1817, incorporation around 1819, area 560 square miles in the coastal plain, a 1940 population of 2 080, and Henry County’s 1939 birth rate. Mayor hopeful Grover Ray uses the booklet as his campaign Bible saying he aims to work officially for Headland.
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Industrial Development Division
Alabama Power Co
Henry County
Henry
Houston
J. J. Head
Alabama
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Liberty
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Car salesman turned wartime navy man talks of selling future
Medley Stough, once a Dothan car dealer, now helps Dave Walden in Headland with what they can obtain. He regrets not selling cars again soon, recalling he left Dothan in 1941 to join the Navy and hoped to return to sales within months.
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Stough Medley
Dothan
Headland
Dave Walden
Stough
Navy
Fincher's Crickets Wildlife Venture Faces Setback in Abbeville
Abbeville resident Jack Fincher and his brother in law Lee Bland started a cricket farming project to supply bait for Lee's fishing. A barrel darkened by a straw floor housed baby crickets before transfer to a wire cage, but ants invaded and most crickets died. The venture ended though Jack reflects on the experience and prefers staying in Abbeville over returning to Tuscaloosa where he moved from in 1935.
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Abbeville
Jack Fincher
Lee Bland
Lee
Jack
Espy Business Hub expands to new brick building on Abbeville-Eufaula road
The Espy Business Hub and Jack Espy relocated to a spacious brick facility on the Abbeville Eufaula road to support a growing automobile parts and supply business. Hub runs the venture with Jack as part owner, serving three states with two trucks and a team of salesmen, while Jack also chairs the Henry County Democratic Executive Committee and stores ballots in the stock room.
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Hub
Jack Espy
Abbeville-Eufaula Road
Jack
Henry County
Democratic Executive Committee
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Regua
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Harmony House
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