50 Years Ago in Shelby County

50 Years AgoFifty years ago, Mattie did her own 50 Years Ago segment in her Box 744 column. Here’s a portion of what she had to say: “Folks were braving the chilly weather to attend the week long tent show of Skeeter Kell’s Comedians in February, 1926. The tent had been made warm with space heaters and sawdust was the floor. The tickets were 10 and 25 cents if you ...

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