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8 THE FIRST 150 YEARS The City of Southern Hospitality celebrates its sesquicentennial
16 HARTSELLE HOMES THROUGH THE YEARS Take a stroll through Hartselle’s historic neighborhoods to see what has changed and what has stayed the same throughout the past century and a half
FOOD & DRINK 35 WILLIE BURGERS 42 DRYING APPLES FOR SNACKS OR DÉCOR 44 THE FLAVORS OF AUTUMN 46 PUMPKIN ROLL CAKE
47 UNSOLVED MYSTERY A ‘who-didn’t-do-it’ story
53 HISTORY OF HUIE Library namesake found truth in his business
57 FOR THE LOVE OF COUNTRY Hartselle has strong military roots
59 CHAMBER CONNECTIONS 61 FROM DAYS PAST Business and industry in Hartselle’s early years
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While 2020 has turned out so far to be a year unlike any other, it is also a year of celebration for those who call Hartselle home. It was 150 years ago when the City of Southern Hospitality first got its start. In this special issue of Hartselle Living, we take a look back at Hartselle’s roots – roots that run deep and are still growing and changing year by year. When Hartselle made a name for itself, ‘Cotton was King’ and days weren’t quite and fast-paced. An acre of land cost $5 and a nickel would buy a pound of rice to feed a family. From the people who by hand molded the City of Hartselle into what it is today to the events that are still part of its rich history and character, we take a look at how far we’ve come and celebrate Hartselle’s sesquicentennial with a yearbook of old photos that will guide you through the last century and a half. We asked those who know her best to write about their love of Hartselle. Bettye English and David Burleson, two people who have been instrumental in Hartselle’s growth and revitalization, were kind of enough to do so. Jennifer L. Williams, who is involved with the Hartselle Historical Society and various civic clubs, dug into mounds of research to bring us one story that tells the history of Hartselle from its humble beginnings to present time. Many thanks to the Hartselle Historical Society for providing all of the historic photos in this special issue. If you have any old photos or stories, you can visit the group’s Facebook page, where you also can find these and hundreds of other memories and photos of Hartselle. You also can find information on joining the Historical Society. Scenes of Hartselle’s downtown and the railroad that plays a big role in how Hartselle came to be are pictured throughout this magazine. We specially curated these photos, with you, our readers in mind. We hope you enjoy joining us on this walk down memory lane and through the City of Hartselle’s first 150 years. Thanks for reading,
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A composite photo blends Main Street of 1912 with Main Street of today. In the photo from “the old days,” P.W. Williams grades cotton brought to town on wagons. At one time there were seven gins in town to process it. Today, the sights of Main Street have changed, but the sense of community and tradition remain in the City of Southern Hospitality. Cover design by Greg Lane Inspired Design and Graphics
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CONTRIBUTORS ALISON JAMES, copy editor
Alison James earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism at Auburn University, graduating in 2012. She began her career in community journalism in Alexander City and Dadeville, followed by a stop in Opelika before landing in north Alabama. She loves sharing the stories – and correcting the grammar of those stories – of the people and places that make north Alabama such a special place.
JENNIFER L. WILLIAMS, writer
Jennifer L. Williams is an Alabama girl with Louisiana and Kentucky roots who is proud to now call Hartselle home with her retired-Army husband and their three children. An award-winning journalist and editor, she has more than 20 years experience with newspapers and magazines. She stays pretty busy in her new community as an ambassador with the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce and as a member of Hartselle First United Methodist Church, Hartselle Kiwanis, Hartselle Historical Society, Morgan County Junior League and Morgan County Master Gardeners.
CONSTANCE SMITH, writer
Constance Smith is a lifestyle blogger and YouTuber at CosmopolitanCornbread.com. After 25 years of Army family life, Constance has planted roots here in Hartselle. She now homesteads on her small farm, where she raises heritage breed animals and is focusing on permaculture gardening. In her spare time she enjoys photography, art, kayaking and other outdoor sports.
ANDREA HATFIELD, photographer
Andrea Hatfield has always had a passion for photography and loves doing it in her free time. She was born and raised in Tuscaloosa where she attended the University of Alabama and pursued a degree in marketing. She has worked in Outside Sales for 20 years and is currently employed at Inline Lighting & Electric in Huntsville. She is also very involved with the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce where she serves as a Chamber Ambassador and also holds a position on the Ambassador Executive Committee. Andrea lives in Hartselle with her two daughters.
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Cotton wagons on Main Street, circa 1900. Possibly the earliest image known of Main Street to the west. Note a portion of the SE Stewart sign emerging from the trees on the left. The cotton wagons are lining up for ginning facing west. The cotton bales stacked in the background on the right are possibly the original location of the Polytinsky Gin.
THE FIRST 150 YEARS The City of Southern Hospitality celebrates its sesquicentennial STORY BY JENNIFER L. WILLIAMS 8 Hartselle Living
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As Hartselle commemorates its 150th year in 2020, the city is celebrating the past, the present and the future. Many Hartselle residents, past and present, likely know about Hartselle’s intertwined history with the railroad and the 50-year battle to settle on the spelling of the town’s name, but they might not know about the community’s economic evolution, beginning with the very early town square that once boasted beautiful buildings fronting tree-lined streets. It is perhaps not surprising that most of the hustle and bustle of Hartselle’s early days was centered around the town’s railroad stop, but the first main road in town was not Main Street but Front Street, now called Railroad Street. The old town square continued on the east side of the tracks to what was Railroad Avenue, and many wood-frame businesses lined the square until two major fires in the early 1900s forever altered the town’s layout. Today there’s not much left of the old Railroad Avenue – just a grassy knoll on the east side of the tracks – and only a few photos remain of those early Hartselle businesses, but their legacy lives on in the spirit of today’s independent business owners. The initial focus of the town was the railroad. Hartselle grew out of a small railroad stop on the L&N line that eventually ran from Louisville,
Kentucky, to Montgomery and then on down to the Gulf of Mexico. At one time – and for a long time – the railroad was this area’s lifeblood, and businesses supporting and benefitting from that connection flourished. According to the Alabama Enquirer, which later became the Hartselle Enquirer, in 1895, with an area population of about 1,200, Hartselle had two hotels, one college, six physicians, three blacksmiths, three jewelers, nine general merchandise stores, three family grocery stores, seven preachers, “many fine residences” and “scores of pretty young ladies.” Hartselle had fully evolved into a cotton-centered town by the early 1900s, when seven cotton gins operated within the town, and farmers and buyers would meet to buy and sell the popular Southern commodity. Once Hartselle’s cotton industry waned, it gave rise to other business ventures and opportunities, and companies and industries based in Hartselle today are local, national and international in scope. At the time of Hartselle’s centennial in 1970, U.S. Highway 31 had been rerouted from Sparkman Street to its current location to the west, and Interstate 65 was just being built to the east. Growth continued in all directions, but today, the center of town remains around the depot area.
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Circa 1911 - Looking north along the tracks from Hickory Street. The Hartselle Depot is on the left, and east of the Hartselle square is on the right. The roof the Central Hotel is visible on the extreme right.
SPIRIT OF HARTSELLE The people of Hartselle have always had an independent spirit, and most would agree that education and religion have been driving forces in the town since its beginnings. The Hartselle Male and Female College was chartered in 1883 and was considered to be one of the best in north Alabama. It later was sold to the Town of Hartselle and became an elementary school when the Morgan County High School was built in 1909. That elementary school evolved into F.E. Burleson Elementary and still stands today as the historic Burleson Center, just next to the Hartselle City Schools offices on College Street. The old Morgan County High School, which resembled the Burleson Center in style, was torn down in the 1980s after what is now Hartselle Junior High School was built on the same property. Hartselle voted in the 1970s to split from the Morgan County School system, and Hartselle High School came to be in 1980. The school system today, with its three elementary schools, intermediate school, junior high school and high school, continues to draw students and teachers from all over, who come for an award-winning educational experience. Hartselle has always had a religious center, with church groups meeting in the area well before the town was established. With the coming of the railroad, saloons also popped up in town – six by the year 1878. Four churches – the M.E. Church South (1874), Presbyterian Church (1876), Christian Church (1882) and Baptist Church (1883) – had officially organized by 1885,
A customer buys “hoop” cheese from Fred A. Bennett Sr., joint owner of the old Stewart & Bennett store. Warehouse Coffee and the Venue are a few of the businesses that occupy the building today.
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Paul Barclift livery stable, circa 1900. Dr. W.A. Barclift is seated in the buggy to the right, wearing a hat, and Paul Barclift is in the buggy to the left, wearing a tie.
with many more to come. Today, it is said there’s a church on every corner in Hartselle, and while it’s said in fun, it is not too far from the truth. There are many denominations and styles to suit the city’s growing and diverse population. Sports have become another great Hartselle tradition, from baseball to football and more. There used to be a swimming pool located behind where the Junior High sits today. The ball fields have changed locations – teams used to play on Picken Fields, across from the Hartselle City Cemetery on Railroad Street Northwest – but the commitment to our local sports teams has remained strong. A new jumbotron scoreboard was recently installed at J.P. Cain Stadium, a lighted stadium that opened in 1964 after being built mostly with money raised from reserved seat sales and volunteer labor. It is not uncommon to see people attend home football games who have not had a child in school for a long time; those Friday Night Lights are just a part of the community. Hartselle was once home to the annual Morgan County Fair, where there were horse races, entertainment and prizes for the “best” of everything, from cakes and quilts to the best-decorated buggy. The fair was originally held on the high school grounds, but it later moved just north of the city with a new grandstand for the racetrack. Those fairs faded during the Great Depression in the 1930s. When one door closes, however, another one opens, and downtown Hartselle has seen drive-in theaters, hospitals and large box stores and shopping mall trends, only to reemerge
The Strand Theater, circa 1944. The Strand opened in 1932 and was renamed Rodeo Theater in 1956. In 1958 it was again named Strand, but by 1960, it was Rodeo again. It closed in the late 1960s. Brothers Grocery Store can be seen to the left. It was owned by C. L . Orr from about 1956-1959. The Robin’s Nest occupies the grocery store building and Something Vintage is in the old theater building today.
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One of the most anticipated events in the early days of the Morgan County Fair was the awarding of prizes for the best decorated buggy. Here are Sallie Emma Moore Schnell and Maude Schnell Seibert the year they won the prize, date unknown.
with varied merchants and services as the vibrant center of the community. Recent projects have improved the city’s walkability and aesthetics, and plans are in place to continue this trend of civic improvement, including relocating City Hall to a former bank building. In 2020, even with an unexpected and overwhelming global health pandemic gripping the country and the world, Hartselle home sales are booming, schools are continuing to grow in student population, and more people continue to discover what a wonderful place Hartselle is – a reality that bodes well for the next 150 years and beyond.
Believed to be the interior of the machine shop at United Stage Equipment, formerly Hubert Mitchell Industries, 1952. Hartselle’s first machine shop was operated by Charlie Mitchell. It was located on the east side of Sparkman Street, about half a block south of Hickory Street.
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HARTSELLE SQUARE IN 1901
Fire of 1901: Burned all buildings from Cooper Hotel (#5) through Burleson Livery Stable (#13) Fire of 1916: Burned all buildings on south side and all on west side, south of vacant lot (#16-26) 1. Dr. Scott L. Rountree’s office 2. Dr. Turney built the first three story building in town on these lots. The top floor housed Dr. Turney’s dental office and living quarters. The second floor was used as a hotel--the “New Hotel” in 1901, but had been called the “Cain Hotel” with J.P. Cain listed as proprietor in 1890. 3. Moore’s Store, owned and operated by Hugh D. Moore and his wife, Mary Ann. In 1891, John T. Tarver operated his jewelry store from one of the buildings on this corner. 4. Lindsey Boarding House 4A. By 1885, Joseph B. Britnell had a livery stable here. Behind that was another barn where Britnell sold cotton gin equipment. 5. The Hartselle Hotel, operated by Mr. C. H. Cooper. Also known as the Cooper Hotel. 6. A long and wide wooden porch extended across the front of the Hartselle Hotel and the four buildings to the south 7. Lawrence O. Waldsmith operated a grocery store in this building, one of the first business “houses” constructed in town. 8. One of the oldest buildings in Hartselle, housing the Post Office in 1901. 9. Vacant in 1901. Major Daniel L. Downs operated a general store and saloon in the building right after it was built in 1873. 10. Another one of the first buildings to be built on the Square, housing the Jonathan Orr Burleson feed store in 1901. 11. Building and lot owned by Oliver J. Moore, who was in business making and selling marble gravestones and tablets with Mr. W. F. Stinson. 12. Fenced display area in front of Mr. Moore’s and Mr. Stinson’s business. 13. Jonathan Orr Burleson operated a livery stable on this lot. 14. A single-family residence, but later was used as the printing office of the Hartselle Enquirer. 15. An unnamed store, and in 1911 Howard L. Burleson had a pressing shop there. 15A. This 40’ by 48’ lot on the south side of Hickory Street was the location of one of the first undertakers in Hartselle, Mr. S. W. Shackelford. 16. From 1885 to about 1894 or 1895 the lower floor of building 16 was the Post Office. Around 1906, it was the office for photographer James E. Haynes. A stairway between buildings 16 and 17 led to second floor offices that were a favored location for the town’s doctors. These offices formed the entire second floor of buildings number 16, 17 and 18. Dentist Dr. Eugene Sample was there in 1901. Buildings number 16, 17 and 18 were collectively called the “Orr Building” in early newspaper advertisements. 17. The Albert S. Britnell Drug Store 18. Little is known about this section of the building in 1901. We do know when the Citizens Bank of Athens opened a branch here in 1903, it was at this location. 18A. Building owned by John C. Orr and used as a livery stable. 19. The J. C. Hartselle & Son General Store 20. Sharpley and Masterson Dry Goods Store--possibly the
location of the Sharpley & Puckett Farmers Emporium store in the late 1880s. 21. Dr. David Walker Day had his drug store here. He was a druggist who manufactured and sold his own medicines. 22. Marsh Brothers Dry Goods Store 23. James H. Corsbie Hardware and Furniture Store 24. Rountree Drugs, owned by Joe L. Rountree, son of Dr. Scott Rountree. 25. Nichols Barber Shop. A stairway between Rountree Drugs and Nichols led to a second story over both stores. In 1901, the upstairs housed the offices of Judge Lindsey, the Justice of the Peace, and Dentist Dr. Charles D. Smith. 26. Abe Polytinsky operated a general store here 27. An 1890 photograph of Front Street shows a two-story frame building on this site. The 1901 map shows this as a vacant lot. We have not been able to find the original deed record for this lot or what businesses were located there. 28. J. T. Tarver’s jewelry store and gun repair shop 29. Doss Grocery Store, owned by C. C. Doss 30. William V. Echols and James H. Hargrove operated a hardware and furniture store on this site prior to 1901. 31. By about 1896, Albert S. Britnell and Marvin Pattillo opened a drug store on this corner lot. Pattillo had charge of the prescription department. Mr. Britnell kept his other drug store in operation (see building #17). By about 1898, Pattillo bought out Britnell’s interest and became the sole owner. Puckett and Orr Drug Store moved here in 1912. 31A. This property is located off the Square, but was where Pattillo Drugs moved to in 1912. 31B. This property is also off the Square however, its history is related. James F. Parker operated a livery stable here until he sold the property to Citizens Bank in 1905. They then constructed what is believed to be the first brick building in Hartselle. 32. Railroad Park. Grassed with flower beds and at one time enclosed by a wooden fence and later by an iron pipe fence and later by no fence at all. 33. The latticed bandstand. In 1901 it was located at the southwest corner of the park. 34. African American waiting room of Depot 35. White waiting room of Depot NOTE: The two waiting rooms were on a lower level than the office and loading platform area. Depot was split level. The wooden depot located here in 1901 was the third depot on the site. The brick depot there today was built in 1914. 36.Freight and passenger offices were located on the same level as the loading platform. 37. Loading platform 38. The town well, located in the middle of Front Street (now Railroad Street) in front of where William H. Puckett’s CPA office is located today. The fires of 1901 and 1916 were fought with water drawn from the well. 39. Location of the railroad baggage room was on the east side of the railroad tracks. It was a small wood frame building. Use of it was probably discontinued when the passenger depot was constructed in 1914. Many thanks to David Burleson for sharing this map and information, compiled by his uncle, Howard Burleson. Hartselle Living 15
HARTSELLE HOMES THROUGH THE YEARS
Take a stroll through Hartselle’s historic neighborhoods to see what has changed — and what has stayed the same — throughout the last century and a half PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE HARTSELLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ANDREA HATFIELD
A.P. HOWELL HOUSE
A.P. Howell Home on Barkley Street, circa 1930 and today. The Howell house was started in 1907, completed in 1909, using lumber from the business operated by Mr. Howell. He used the same plans used for the Patillo house on Main Street, with some changes. The house was wired for electricity at the time, even though there was no power that far out on Barclay (the spelling of the street name at the time).
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LOVELADY HOUSE
Lovelady home on Barkley Street, circa 1930 and today. This was a Sears & Roebuck mail order house that was shipped in by rail and constructed on site in 1910. At one time, Dr. Lovelady had his office in the house and kept his horse and buggy (for house calls) under the house where the basement later was enclosed.
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PATILLO HOUSE
Marvin Patillo house on Main Street, circa 1930s and today. This home was built about 1897 by W.V. Echols for his daughter, Eula, and her new husband, Marvin Patillo. It was a smaller house at first and was enlarged around 1910. Marvin was one of two Patillo brothers who founded the Patillo Drug Store on the corner of Main and Front (now Railroad) streets.
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M.E. WOODALL HOUSE
M.E. Woodall home, circa 1900. This home was near Woodall Bridge on Highway 36 West. Note the number of stars on the U.S. flag and the oblivious dogs on the porch on the left.
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HARTWOOD ON MAIN STREET
Hartwood Estate on East Main Street, built in 1912. The “Old Dr. Booth” House, Hartwood was built in 1912 by a Mr. Cudd, who was a mule dealer and one of the area’s earliest car dealers. Dr. and Mrs. William Booth bought the home around 1916.
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ROSEBUD COTTAGE
Rosebud Cottage on East Main Street, circa 1890 and today. Built in 1890 by Asa Rountree, the editor of the Alabama Enquirer, the town’s paper at the time. It is believed to be the oldest home still in use in the city.
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SCHNELL HOME
Schnell House on Barkley Street, built around 1901. John E. Schnell built this 11-room, Queen Anne-style Victorian structure as a public boarding house in the early 1900s. It was used that way until his wife asked if their young family could move into the home, which they did in 1914.
POLYTINSKY HOUSE
Tarver-Polytinsky home on Barkley Street,1902 and today. This home was built in 1897-98 for Abe Polytinski, an early Hartselle merchant, when he married Rosa Goffee, who died in 1900 during childbirth, along with her infant. Devastated, Polytinski vowed never to set foot in the home again, locked the door, and sold it fully furnished to John T. Tarver. The Tarver family, John, Martha Nara and Ramon, are in this photo.
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You can image how we searched for My, what I have learned about Hartselle the children of 11 people who belonged to during the past few years! It is amazing! George! He had a 12th child who died at From the 1830s until around the 1960s, birth. We worked for a year getting names Bethel Road area was considered to be the “country.” As I was growing up, I very seldom and addresses together. At the 2000 reunion, was privileged to go to town. We raised most we had about 80 people who attended. With of our food – except for sugar, flour and the help of David Burleson, we introduced chicken feed; we ordered some of our cloththem to the before and after of downtown ing – what was not made from chicken feed Hartselle and some of the information David sack or guano sacks – from the Sears-Roehad gathered. buck catalog; and we generally stayed at We had a very exciting time together. They BY BETTYE ENGLISH home or went to church. came from Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia When I started school, I made a lot of friends who lived and Mississippi. We met relatives we had never before in the city. They brought peanut butter sandwiches and seen or knew existed. Since then, we have met every three cookies for lunch, but they wanted my meat sandwiches, years and continue to have some attend who have never so we would trade. It wasn’t until I was in high school been to Hartselle. One of our reunions was when the that I realized I was attending school with some students plaque about the railroad was unveiled at The Depot. Since all this started, I have had contact with relanamed “Hartselle” – my relatives, but I did not know at the time. It was then that I began to ask my parents tives located in Guam, Michigan, Utah, California and Colorado. Some have visited Hartselle but not during a questions about the family. I learned Hartselle was named for my reunion. It was also during my time at Citizens Bank of Hartgreat-great-grandfather who had settled in Hartselle with five children in 1833. He fathered seven more after selle that my boss, Mr. Broom, showed me his interest in coming to Morgan County. George Hartsell – no “e” – Hartselle’s history. He permitted me to use some of my was a close friend to Dr. Rountree, the local doctor who time in helping organize the Hartselle Historical Society. suggested the town be named Hartsell in honor of his I have been so grateful and blessed to be a part of this dear friend. organization. In 1953 when I graduated from Morgan County High I have said all this to explain why I love Hartselle. I School, I started working at Citizens Bank of Hartselle. want to learn more about it, share with anyone who is There I began to learn more about Hartselle, meet more interested and brag on our “Southern Hospitality” city people in Hartselle and discover how I was related to any time I can. It is a great place to live, work, play and some of them. It was during my years at the bank, around be a part of our school system. With the exception of two the 1970s, that I really began to take interest in learning years in east Morgan County, I have lived my 85 years in about Hartselle and my Hartselle heritage. Hartselle. Oh, how it has grown and improved! My boss at that time, Horace Broom, asked me to beLee Greene Jr. has set up a Facebook page with many, come involved in a booklet he wanted printed about the many pictures of Hartselle. It is called Hartselle HisHistory of Banking in Hartselle. I learned through this torical Society. I hope you will visit it when you have project how my great-grandfather, William Chunn Hart- several minutes to spare. It is hard to leave it once you selle, had a hand in organizing of the Bank of Hartselle get started. If you have pictures of Hartselle you do not see there, that was robbed in 1926. Then I continued to learn more and searched for more Lee, Jr. would love to scan them and add to our collection. Should you see a picture that does not have a capinformation about Hartselle. In 1999 I received a call from Tim Hartselle, a tion or has incorrect or incomplete information, please great-grandson of Jacob Hartselle, who was the young- let us know so we can correct or add to it. Bettye English is a lifelong resident of Hartselle. She est child of George Hartsell and was a cousin I had never is the president of the Hartselle Historical Society and met. Tim lived in Florida. His parents, uncles and aunts had attended MCHS and grew up in Hartselle. He want- was instrumental in saving the historic Burleson Center ed us to plan a George Hartselle Reunion for 2000. from demolition.
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In the early 1950s, the county agricultural For most of the past 150 years my family has claimed Hartselle as our “hometown,” even offices were located in the old National Guard though we all grew up on the family farm in the Armory on Railroad Avenue, just east of the railroad tracks. I remember going there in Rural Grove community about four miles north the summer with my father. The front doors of town. I am no exception, having always were propped open, and ceiling fans kept the considered Hartselle my hometown even air stirring in the offices. The old wooden though not living within the corporate limits. floors creaked as the farmers came and went. That is not to say the Burleson family I would sit quietly in a straight-backed chair never took up residence in town. My greatwhile my father and the county agent talked grandparents moved to Hartselle in 1880 about cotton allotments, cotton and corn and by 1884 built a home on Milner Street BY DAVID BURLESON prices and the drought. and lived there the rest of their lives. My Going to town on Saturday was always exciting. All grandfather built a home on Bethel Road not long after the County High School located in Hartselle in 1909. the parking spaces along Main Street were occupied, and He resided there part time for several years so his people filled the sidewalks and stores. Wagons pulled by children could attend the County High School. When my teams of mules were not an uncommon sight in the early father, F.E. Burleson, became principal of the Hartselle 1950s. Where Home Gin Company had been located on Elementary School in 1931, he had to board in town Chestnut Street in the early 1900s, there remained a twoduring the winter months, as the roads from Rural Grove story brick building that had housed the cotton press. A to Hartselle were impassable in bad weather. Three years concrete loading platform extended out from the north end after my father died in 1971, my mother bought a house of the building. Someone had converted the old building on East Main Street and moved to town and lived there into a mill to grind corn. I remember seeing wagons line for the last 32 years of her life. up alongside the platform, unloading bushels of corn, and The history of the Burleson family and the town of other wagons loading sacks of ground corn meal. On the same block was the old National Guard Cavalry Hartselle have been intertwined for several generations now. barn, on the corner of Hammett and Chestnut streets. It My earliest memories of Hartselle also include my father because generally the only times I went to town had been abandoned years before I came along and was were with him. He did all the family grocery shopping not in good condition; however, the stall doors, divided and transacted all the farm business, plus he taught into lower and upper halves, were still intact, and you school and a men’s Sunday School class at the Methodist could still imagine what it looked like in its heyday. My father was captain of the local cavalry unit in the 1920s Church. He was on the road to Hartselle quite a bit. The trip to town could be quite an adventure in the and early 1930s, and he told me stories about the barn, the early 1950s. Indian Hills Road was gravel, and portions of horses, the National Guard Unit and the basketball court the road were composed of large chunks of rock, similar that had been located on the upper floor of the building. I in size to cobblestones. It was a slow trip, sometimes could not believe basketball games were ever played in a taking more than 20 minutes just to drive one way. barn. Of course, I later found out my father was telling the Once, coming from town and going up the hill where the truth. Now, what I wouldn’t give just to have a photograph entrance to Bluff Park is today, my father’s old Chevrolet of that old barn and to be able to remember all the stories truck started bouncing so bad it turned itself at an angle my father told me! in the road and almost ran into the ditch. This prompted When my hair became long and shaggy – that meant my father to exclaim: “This road is going to take 10 years about a half inch long, in those days – my father would off my life!” send me to Tanner’s Barber Shop and give me a dollar Our family doctor was Dr. William Block, and his bill to get my hair cut. The trim was 75 cents, and I office was located where Bill Puckett’s accounting office could keep the quarter and go spend it on anything I is today. Visits to Dr. Block were always entertaining. My wanted. Sometimes I would go Penn’s Hamburgers for a father was half deaf, and Dr. Block spoke so low, he was burger and cold drink, and at other times I would go to hard to hear and understand. Frequently his nurse had Strickland Drugs or Fowler Drugs for a vanilla ice cream to interpret what he said to my father. Seeing these two cone or a Coke float. “old” men trying to communicate with each other left a One time, when I was about 7 years old – on a lasting impression on me. particularly hot day – coming out of Strickland Drugs Hartselle Living 31
with my vanilla ice cream, I dropped the precious cone, and it splattered on the sidewalk. My father had parked on Railroad Street, and I was to meet him there. All the way from the drugstore to the truck, I was crying, having lost the one thing I had looked forward to all day long. When my father saw me crying, he asked what was wrong, and I told him. He told me to wait in the truck, that he had some more errands to run and would be back in a little while. When he returned several minutes later, to my surprise, in his hand was another vanilla ice cream cone for me. That memory has stuck with me all these years. My father had several acres planted in peach and apple trees. They were mature and at peak production in the 1950s. By the time I would get out of bed in the mornings, he would already have 15-20 bushels of apples picked and loaded on his truck and ready to go to town. We took them to James Grocery, located on the corner of Railroad Street and Main Street. I remember the name painted on the side of the brick building, along with a “Red Hat Feeds” advertisement. We would unload the bushels of fruit and line them up just inside the front door, which was on the corner of the building. He would tell Mr. James to sell them for what he could but keep the bushel baskets, and he would be back in a few days to pick them up. We would make several trips to James Grocery each summer. Doss Hardware, located about a half block west of the railroad tracks on West Main Street, and Stewart & Bennett General Merchandise, located about two blocks further west on Main Street, were both fascinating places to visit for any child under 10 years of age. Doss Hardware had a large cash register with the outside covered in fancy scroll work, and to the best of my memory, it was trimmed in brass. It was a beautiful contraption and made almost a musical sound when an order was being “rung up” and the cash drawer would spring open. In Stewart & Bennett, the walls were covered with all types of harness, tools and other farm-related items. The walls of the store always kept my attention as my father and Mr. Fred Bennett Sr. talked and transacted business. 32 Hartselle Living
The Stewart Gin complex was located across the street from Stewart & Bennett. The old Stewart Scales building was located on the corner of Main Street and Sycamore Street. Along the front of the building was a long wooden bench where the “old-timers” would sit and whittle, swapping knives and tall tales. Before it was torn down in the mid-1960s, Stewart Scales was probably the most photographed building in Hartselle. On that corner in 1967, James “Franklin” Stewart III constructed a new Western Auto store, and because of Fred Bennett Sr., my family played a part in the grand opening. The story is as follows: S.E. Stewart, an ancestor of Franklin Stewart, constructed a general merchandise store on the southwest corner of Main Street and Bowery Street (now Sparkman Street) in 1892. Making the first purchase was my grandfather, Jonathan Orr Burleson, who bought a pair of pants. Mr. Bennett had been a young clerk in the store in the early 1900s and had gotten the story from S.E. Stewart. Based on that recollection, Franklin Stewart asked my father if our family could make the first purchase in his new store. Early in the morning Nov. 16, 1967, my father came to the high school and checked my brother and me out of school and took us downtown, where we became the first customers at the new Western Auto Associate Store. We purchased some nuts and bolts for a repair project my father had undertaken at home. I feel fortunate to have Hartselle as my “hometown”. My early memories are pleasant ones, as I hope they would be for the thousands of people who have grown up in our town over the past 150 years. Those early experiences, along with my family and all the people with whom I came into contact, had a profound effect on my formative years. Hopefully, I am a better person because of it. David Burleson is the sixth generation Burleson to live in Morgan County. He serves as the Hartselle Historical Society treasurer, and was named Hartselle’s Official Town Historian by the Alabama State Legislature.
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When strolling along picturesque Main Street, visitors to downtown Hartselle are bound to notice the blue Willie Burgers restaurant. Willie Burgers is an old-fashioned burger place that has been around since 1926. In that time, not much has changed since the original opened up as Johnny’s Burgers. The restaurant is still a quaint “burgers and dogs” kind of place, where a person can go in and sit down at the counter and have a simple meal and a drink. Some patrons have been coming all of their lives, since the time they could get a hamburger for a nickel. Buddy Powell is one such person; he has been coming in since he was a child. He said he still comes to Willie Burgers a couple times a week. Powell said he harbors fond memories of mowing lawns all week to earn spending money so that come Friday, he could head to the Ranch Drive-In theater on Longhorn Pass for a movie. Afterward he would head to Willie Burgers for
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DRYING APPLES FOR SNACKS OR DÉCOR
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Making your own dried apples is a fun way to use that seasonal autumn fruit. Dried apples are not only a delicious snack but are frequently used in fall décor. Whether you are looking for a healthy treat or a pretty and fragrant garland to hang, you can dry apples yourself. First, you’ll want to wash your apples. You can use any variety of firm apple you like – red or green, tart or sweet. Choose apples that are fresh and unbruised. You do not have to peel your apples unless you choose to. Unpeeled apples have the nice texture and fiber as a snack but also the lovely color if you are using them for crafts. Prepare a mixture of lemon juice and water – 1 Tb. lemon juice per cup of water – and place it in a bowl. This mixture will keep the apples from browning too much, particularly if you are drying these for snacks. Core and cut the apples into thin slices – about a quarter of an inch thick is ideal. Dip the apple slices in the lemon solution, then place them in a single layer in your dehydrator. Repeat this with all of your apples. If you would like to make cinnamon apples, sprinkle a little cinnamon or cinnamon sugar on top of the apple slices. If you are using them for crafts or décor, do not use sugar. Once your apples are ready, turn on your dehydrator and let it run until the apples are dry. Depending upon your dehydrator model, this usually takes 12-24 hours. Your apples will be done when they feel leathery and almost crisp. If you do not have a dehydrator, it is possible to dry the apples in an oven, though not necessarily recommended. To do so, you would place your oven on the lowest temperature possible, normally 180-200 degrees, varying by model. Arrange the apple slices on the oven racks and allow the apples to bake at the low temperature. You will want to leave your oven door slightly cracked so the moisture can escape the oven, allowing the apple slices to dry and not steam. The oven method normally takes 10-20 hours. This method does not work as well as using a dehydrator, but it is an option. Dried apples for snacking or recipes should be stored in an air-tight container, such as a Mason jar. Keep them in a cool location, and they generally last up to six months. Hartselle Living 41
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When autumn rolls around, I get so excited because it is my favorite season of flavor. Coffee, apple, pumpkin, spices – there are just so many things to love about it! Here are two great recipes to enjoy some of those flavors of fall.
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER WITH BACON AND APPLE
Scrumptious roasted cauliflower sprinkled with bacon and apple slices makes for a side dish that will make you forget all about the entreé! INGREDIENTS: 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets 2 Tb. balsamic vinegar 5 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch strips 3 Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced 1/2 tsp. sea salt 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS: 1.To begin, place the cauliflower florets in a bowl. Drizzle with the balsamic vinegar and toss or stir to coat. 2.Let the cauliflower rest for about 30 minutes for the vinegar to soak in. 3.Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees. 4.Spread the cauliflower florets on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 5.Arrange the bacon pieces and apple slices all over the top of the florets. 6.Sprinkle with the salt and pepper. 7.Cover the pan with a second sheet of parchment paper. 8.Bake for 40 minutes. 9.Turn the cauliflower mixture over with a spatula. Bake uncovered for an additional 15 minutes or until the cauliflower is tender and the bacon is browned. Hartselle Living 43
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This Pumpkin Roll Cake with cream cheese filling is our family’s favorite autumn dessert. It will soon be your family’s favorite too! INGREDIENTS: For The Cake 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/4 tsp. cloves 1/4 tsp. salt 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup solid-packed canned pumpkin 1/4 cup very finely chopped pecans 1/4 cup powdered sugar, for dusting and rolling For The Filling 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature 6 Tb. unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted 1 tsp. vanilla extract INSTRUCTIONS: 1.To begin, preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2.Grease a 10x15x1-inch bar pan (jelly roll pan). Line it with parchment paper and grease the parchment paper, as well. Set it aside for now. 3.In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt. Set it aside. 4.In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs, pumpkin and sugar until smooth. 5.Add in the dry mixture and stir to combine. Be sure to scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula to get everything well combined. 6.Spread the batter evenly in the pan. Using an offset spatula is handy for this. 7.Bake for 15-16 minutes or until the cake springs back when it is touched in the center. 8.When the cake is almost done baking, lay a tea towel (linen, non-fuzzy) on your counter or table. Generously dust it with powdered sugar. 9.When the cake is done baking, carefully turn it out onto the dusted towel. Remove the parchment paper and discard it. 10.Carefully, starting at one end of the cake, roll the cake and towel together until you have completely rolled it up.
Place the roll on a cooling rack and let it cool completely. 11.When the cake is cooled, prepare the filling. 12.In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until they are fluffy. 13.Add in the powdered sugar and mix to combine. 14.Stir in the vanilla. 15.Carefully unroll the cake. Don’t force it completely flat if it is stubborn. You just need it all the way open. 16.Spread the cream cheese filling all over the cake, edge to edge. 17.Sprinkle the finely chopped pecans all over the filling. 18.Gently roll the cake back up, this time leaving the towel behind. 19.Transfer the cake roll to a platter, placing it seam side down. 20.Cover the cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours to set up. To serve, cut it into slices with a sharp knife. Hartselle Living 45
The old Stewart Gin with the old gin scales in the foreground, circa 1900. It was originally owned by S. E. Stewart, then later owned by James Franklin Stewart Sr., Charlie Stewart, James Franklin Stewart Jr. and Fred Arthur Bennett Sr. The well-dressed men in the center of the road in this image are: J.H. Cudd, Abe Polytinsky, J.H. Corsbie, Russel Cleere (in back), S.E. Stewart, and Joe Roundtree. Located where Life Church and its parking lot are today.
H.H. Hitt Lumber Co. No. 6, South of Railroad Street, south of Freight Depot, circa 1916. Sinclair Gas Station, circa 1930. On the corner of Bowrey (now Sparkman) Street and Hickory Street. Billy Tillman’s plumbing office was later in this spot. Note the painted advertisement on the Fraternal Hall and what appears to be the old Enquirer office building to the left.
Kimbrough Auto Sales, circa 1941 Located at 225 Main Street (where Zoey’s Downtown is today). Pat Kimbrough had an auto sales business and a horse and mule dealership (shown behind the sales office). The car in the center of the image was a marketing tool that was drivable. This dealership became Carl Francis Used Cars until the late 1960s.
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Pump house under Hartselle’s water tank, circa 1926 This image shows men standing at the entrance to the under-ground pump works that pumped water to the water tank, built around 1925-26. There is a livestock building behind them on College Street, probably the location of Kimbrough’s stables. Note the back of the new brick building, facing Main Street is on the left. Beehive Bathhouse occupies the building today.
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The biggest belief about the Hartselle Bank Robbery in 1926 is that it was never solved – but this is only partially true. Here is the story of the Great Hartselle Bank Robbery. March 16, 1926, several organized and experienced men came into town around midnight and took members of the town as hostages while they blew open the Bank of Hartselle safe and escaped in the night with more than $15,000. The bank was insured, and two other banks in town helped make the next business day a success, as dozens of investigators and officers filled the town, talking to witnesses and hostages. WHAT happened that day has never been in question. WHO did it, however, has been the talk of the town for the past 94 years. Six men were investigated in connection with this robbery. None of the charges stuck, and all were released. Some were later captured on other charges; some were never charged again; and some were shot while on the run for other offenses. The problem is that criminals try not to leave a paper trail; they use aliases, and they have alibis. They pay for the best lawyers, and in the 1920s, people were loyal or they were “disposed of.” A network of safe houses
– businesses owned by other criminals as a cover – and family members would hide them. An investigator in Nashville spoke to a woman informant, who told of a farm in Mississippi owned by a doctor. Those who were hunted by the law after a crime would hide out for a while until the heat was off. Arizona had another hideout, deep in the hills, where men hid for several weeks until they knew they weren’t being followed. The Hartselle Bank Robbery has been compared to the escapades of many western outlaws, such as the James Younger Gang. They were similar in many ways. They had hideouts, they would lay low for a while, they would “bury” their spoils, and they had a network of people and places to help. It was the same way at the height of the Prohibition gangs era. People think of Hartselle as a place bank robbers would not have considered, but the fact is, back then the main roads and passenger railways went right through Hartselle. Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville, Memphis, Birmingham, Florida and New Orleans were all major stops, with Hartselle being along the route. Sure, Hartselle wasn’t on the lips of every criminal, but if you need money, any little town along the way becomes a target.
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These guys literally passed through Hartselle dozens of times en route to elsewhere. Later in the 1930s, major Illinois gang members were living in the area, and some grew up in Jefferson and Cullman counties. When you hear stories about the Civil War, you rarely hear about any major battles in Alabama, but it was a hotbed of skirmishes. It’s the same with organized crime in the first half of the 1900s; you just don’t hear it talked about much. The Hartselle Bank Robbery might never have gotten a “solved” stamp. All who had a connection are long gone, and many living family members have no knowledge of their ancestors’ lives or insight into crimes they might have committed. Every week a new name appears, adding to the large collection of information amassed. It has really become an obsession, evolving into more than a Hartselle story – into a collection of criminal biographies waiting to be told. Michele Jackson is a historical researcher and writer who is a member of the Hartselle Historical Society and has been working on a book about the Hartselle Bank Robbery of 1926. Hartselle Living 51
1870 CATALOGUE OF GOODS Food Prices
Horses, cattle & gear
Wheat per bushel
$1.02
Horse, average work horse
$150
Flour per barrel
$3.00
Horse, good saddle horse
$200
Corn per bushel
40 cents
Molasses, gallon
15 cents
Saddle
$30
Mess pork per barrel
$9
Cowboy saddle
$60
Mess beef per barrel
$8
Harness
$50
Lard per pound
6 cents
Butter per pound
15 cents
Yoke of two oxen
$150
Sugar per pound
7 cents
Heifer
$18.75
1Cheese per pound
5 cents
Cow
$26
Rice per pound
5 cents
Bull
$90
Oranges
$.50/dozen
3 year old steer
$62
Dried figs
$.20/pound
2 year old steer
$22.50
Dried apples
$.10/pound
Yearlings
$12.50
Dried apricots
$.15/pound
Calves
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HISTORY OF HUIE Library namesake found truth in his business
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Journalist, novelist, editor, television host, author, lecturer and veteran. All are facets of Hartselle native and library namesake William Bradford Huie – and one cannot forget storyteller. Mary Ben Heflin, Huie’s stepdaughter, said it is difficult to describe Huie to people not familiar with him. “My mom said when people wrote about Bill, it was like the fable ‘Four Blind Men and an Elephant.’ The blind men each grab a portion of the elephant, but in the end, they still do not know who the real elephant is,” Heflin said. “It is hard to see the real Bill Huie.” Heflin said she remembers Huie saying he was in the truth business. In fact, the University of Alabama produced a documentary titled “I’m in the Truth Business” for PBS’ Alabama Experience, detailing Huie’s career as an investigative journalist. The irony in this is Huie was banned from the university in the 1930s after writing an article on the football team titled “How to Keep Football Stars in College.” As a tutor for the team, Huie used his inside information to out a player being given grades.
“I never asked my stepfather why he wrote it. I wish I had, especially since he would have surely expected the backlash he received from exposing Alabama’s football recruiting and retention ‘secrets,’” Heflin said. “I did ask my mother at one point why he wrote it. According to my notes, my mother said, ‘He wrote it to attract attention and truth – just writing something that no one else would dare to write. Was true of every school – not just the University of Alabama – and no one else had ever written about it.’ Huie was not officially welcomed back on campus until 1976. Heflin was a student there at the time. “Bill was invited back to the University before 1976 by the student journalist association, but when officials found out about it, they denied his invitation. The group moved the meeting off campus, and Bill went to speak. They offered him $100 for speaking, but he gave it back. He loved that they broke the rules,” Heflin said. “It was really fun for me as a student when he was officially invited in 1976.” Hartselle Living 53
Heflin said Huie wrote the story because he also needed the money. The article was a turning point for Huie, who planned to be a doctor. “He actually graduated with a degree in biology,” Heflin said. “With this article, he discovered that he was good at writing and that he could make money doing it.” Huie served in the Navy during World War II as a lieutenant and war correspondent, where he became the official storyteller of the United States Seabees Construction Battalion. “The typical Seabee was 32 years old, educated, an engineer and joined the fight out of patriotism. Vice Admiral of the Seabees Ben Moreell hired Bill to be the public relations department for the Seabees,” Heflin said. Huie went on to write both fiction and non-fiction pieces on World War II, including “The Execution of Private Slovik,” an intense account of the only American solider executed for desertion in World War II. Huie also penned a fictional
account in “The Americanization of Emily” which was adapted into a movie starring James Garner and Julia Andrews. “Bill always said his characters were not real people—that they were a combination of many people. On the other hand, he would say, ‘You write about what you know,’” Heflin said. “He would say things were not autobiographical, but Garner’s character is based on Bill’s experience.” When Huie moved back to Hartselle with his wife, Ruth, his focus changed again. Along with moving back to his favorite hometown, Heflin said Huie also moved back to the “sleepy, small town” to write in peace. “Bill loved Hartselle, and he loved his family,” Heflin said. “Ruth was homesick, so he took her back home and built her a house.” The irony, she said, is that moving back to Hartselle started up another busy writing career. The Civil Rights Movement
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was just getting started, and Huie was called on to chronicle it. Magazine editors needed a Southern white man to get the stories, and they called on Huie to do so. Heflin said the Civil Rights Movement gave Huie the story he considered his most sensational piece. After the acquittal of two men in the murder trial of Emmett Till, Look Magazine hired Huie to get their story. With a bag of cash, Huie paid the two men for their stories, resulting in the country finally knowing the real story of how Till died. “The two men knew they could not be tried again for the murder, so they told their story,” Heflin said. “He received death threats, and the KKK burned a cross in his yard, for his stories on the Civil Rights Movement. He always kept a gun by the door during this time for safety.” Heflin, who oversees Huie’s literary property, works to get his books back in circulation. “The Execution of Private Slovik” was recently updated with new material for the 75th anniversary. “The Fascination of Martin Luther King” has also been updated and released for the 50th anniversary. “He was a friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When Dr. King got started, he was not from Alabama and did not have
much money,” Heflin said. “Bill gave him money and attended church with him. In fact, Dr. King wrote the introduction to Bill’s ‘Three Lives for Mississippi.’ It was the only introduction he wrote for anyone.” Heflin is working to get four more of his 23 books in print again. Since passing in 2006, Huie has been given much recognition. He was added to the Southern Literary Trail and recognized by the University of Alabama’s Honors College with a month-long celebration for the 100th year anniversary of his birth in 2010. Even the Navy took the time to commend Huie on his literary accomplishments. “When Bill died, Mom received a letter from the Navy stating how important the work he did on them during the war was, and that it was still appreciated,” Heflin said. In 2018 Huie was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. Asked to accept the award in his behalf, Heflin was faced with a difficult task: describing her multi-faceted stepfather. “I didn’t know how to do this, so I just asked myself: how would Bill describe himself?” Heflin said. “The answer was he was a magnificent storyteller who was in the truth business.”
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SERVE DAY – JULY 11
NEW MEMBERS Alfa Insurance Dave Hostios – Weichert Realty Don Alejo Mexican Restaurant Forever Kate Goble Construction Hidden Rivers Farm Kenneth Doss Magnolia River McComm Group
Organized by the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Corum’s Building and Farm Center, Serve Day is an event held annually throughout the county that brings churches, businesses and individuals together to serve their communities. Missy Evans, executive director of the HACC, said she was pleased with the turnout. She said projects at Hartselle schools, downtown, The Burleson Center and individual homes were completed during the event. Morgan County Habitat for Humanity helped organize volunteers and projects, and Corum’s provided materials and cleaning supplies.
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The HACC held a school supply drive called Fill the Bus. Buses were filled with supplies that were then delivered to the central office to be disbursed to students who needed them.
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We would like to thank our TRC volunteers for the amazing job they did during the campaign! As of today, we have reached $62,000 of our $70,000 goal! Thank you to our Chamber members who continue to support us through sponsorships. Without volunteers and membership, the Chamber would cease to exist. We are grateful for your dedication to making the Hartselle area a great place to work, live and play.
TEACHER WELCOME – AUG. 4 Presented by State Farm, Bill Burdette and Michael Holified agencies Aug. 4 the Chamber hosted the Teacher Welcome reception. Dr. Dee Dee Jones visited each school with a message to welcome teachers back for the 2020-2021 school year. The Chamber, along with its sponsors, provided lunch and goodie bags to the teachers and staff at each school. Thanks to our sponsors: venue sponsor Alabama Education Association; gold sponsors People’s Bank of Alabama, Redstone Federal Credit Union and Gilchrist Pharmacy; and booth sponsors Mack’s Paint and Body, Hartselle Utilities, Inspired Design and Graphics and Copeland Classic Cleaners
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A History of Peck-Glasgow Agency in Hartselle, Alabama Peck-Glasgow Agency has a long history of serving the community of Hartselle, Alabama. We celebrate the 150th anniversary of Hartselle’s founding and are proud to have provided insurance coverage for our community for 98 of those 150 years. Teamed with our company partners, we have stood strong helping families and businesses recover from fires, tornadoes, car crashes, lawsuits and more! The agency traces its’ roots to founder James Elliotte Peck. Mr. Peck purchased the agency in 1922. He was active in the business until just before his death in 1981, often as an addition to his main business interest, Peck Funeral Home. Mr. Peck handled insurance for his friends and family in North Alabama and always placed their interest above his own. This honorable quality was noted in all his business dealings and in fact, was highlighted as he even helped a competitor during the war. Every day, we continue this legacy and attempt to conduct our business in the same manner. Mr. Peck’s son, James Robert Peck began working in the business after graduating from college in 1957 and became the owner in 1974. Robert continued to operate the business along with Peck Funeral Home and remains active to this day. The insurance office was located inside the funeral home and the staff answered the phone “Peck-Funeral Home” during those days. In 1984, Robert’s son James David “Jim” Peck graduated from college and began working in both businesses. He began to put emphasis on the independent identity of Peck Insurance. The first office apart from the funeral home was constructed in 1981 at the present location on Highway 31 SW. During 1985, another significant milestone occurred when the agency purchased Hartselle Insurance Agency. In January 1991, Glasgow Insurance Agency merged with Peck Insurance Agency to form what is now PeckGlasgow Agency. James Arthur “Art” Glasgow became a partner and managing principal in the business. In 1996, the modern building used today was constructed to better serve our customers. During the next several years the agency experienced significant growth, and in 2004 opened a new office serving the Madison and Huntsville area. In November 2013, the agency purchased Shelton Hunter Insurance to expand our footprint with an office in Decatur and in Moulton. In January of that same year, Joshua Goe, currently Director of Operations, joined our agency and eventually became a partner in 2018.
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FOR THE LOVE OF COUNTRY Hartselle has strong military roots
Alabama National Guard, Hartselle unit, circa 1926. This photo was taken at Camp McClellan, later renamed Ft. McClellan, near Anniston. The Guard unit is learning how to wear gas masks. F.E. Burleson was an officer with this unit.
Mounted National Guardsman in parade on Main Street, view to east, circa 1918. This was a large parade for the returning Hartselle unit of the National Guard in WWI. The tall, brick building seen in the background is the site of Sugar Mamas today.
CSA soldiers in Morgan County, circa 1861-65. This is believed to be an image of Confederate soldiers drilling in formation on the Bean Plantation, located between Hartselle and Priceville. If this data is correct, this would be the only known image of Confederate soldiers in Morgan County during the War Between the States.
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Alabama National Guard Armory, circa 1950s. This building was located east of the railroad tracks east of the Hartselle passenger depot. There is a wrought iron fence and shrubbery today that would be about where the gravel is shown. The street in the foreground is Railroad Street, between the Freight House restaurant and Depot today. Hickory Street is on the right, and the old Peck Funeral Home is on the left. The National Guard moved to the Ferrell Vest armory on Vaughn Bridge Road in the late 1950s.
The Hartselle National Guard returns from the battlefields of France, at the conclusion of WWI, circa 1919. This image is a view along Railroad Street looking south. The L & N Freight House is in the background The annual Hartselle Veterans Parade still follows this same route.
The National Guard built a new armory on Vaughn Bridge Road in the late 1950s, in a push to locate armories in every county in the state. The armory was named after Ferrell Vest and was in operation until it closed in 2012.
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Hartselle’s own Civil Air Patrol unit, the Fighting Joe Wheeler Squadron participates in the 2018 Veterans Day Parade. The unit followed the same parade route as the returning heroes of WWI a century earlier.
FROM DAYS PAST
Business and industry in Hartselle’s early years
Bob’s Pine Crafts, circa 1970. This image shows the old Freeman home (built in the early 1900s) where Bob Riddle made furniture in the shop on the right. This site is east of the Sparkman Civic Center on Nance Ford Road where Pigskin All Sports BBQ restaurant is located today.
Hartselle Laundry on Barkley right after turning from Hickory Street, circa 1952. Pictured is Dorthy S. Vest, mother to Ferrell, Larry and Tony Vest of Hartselle.
Ed Templeton’s Grocery Store, circa 1910. Located on the north side of the second block of Main Street from the railroad. This area burned down in the fire of 1916. Praytor’s Hamburgers was located on this site after downtown was rebuilt. It is the lot next to where Strickland Drugs was located on Sparkman and Main. Mr. Templeton is the man on the left.
Hamp’s Grocery, circa 1950. This image shows the building on Highway 36 West where Hamp’s Grocery was located. The people in the image are Joan & J.E. Hampton and an unknown woman. Near Shaw Road on Highway 36 West. Later this was Murphy’s Store from 1971-1993.
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John Sparkman Day, August 20, 1952. This is a view of the parade on Main Street E. Pictures are from the November 1952 LIFE Magazine. Sparkman had recently been named the Democratic Party’s nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson’s running mate in the 1952 Presidential Election. Bowery Street was renamed Sparkman Street at this time.
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Stewart & Bennett Grocery Store, circa 1970. This picture was taken as part of the Urban Renewal Project that put the old canopies downtown in the 1970s. The building to the right with the shingled awning was The J Shop. This building now is occupied by Warehouse Coffee and the Venue.
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