by Mike Mahan
Kelly, Maggie Lou 29, 235, 262, 263
Kelly, Pat 123, 157, 234, 259
Kendrick, Harry 246
Kennerly, W. J. 146
Killingsworth, Travis 183
King Cemetery 125
Kirby, Bill 130, 219, 219–220
Kirby, John 219
Kirby, Mary Elizabeth 219
Klotzman, Betty Ann 133, 134, 186
Klotzman, Esta 135
Klotzman, Frances 135, 136, 262
Klotzman, Harry 110, 134–136, 147, 157, 164, 176, 196–200, 200, 215, 221, 223, 224, 243, 244, 262
Klotzman, Joe 133
Klotzman, Leon and Jo 135
Klotzman, Melvin 133–134
Klotzman, Merle 135
Klotzman, Rose 60, 134, 135–136
Klotzman, Sam 32, 60, 133, 134–136, 202, 243
Klotzman’s Department Store 100
K & M Worm Business 220–221
Knowles, Sam 260–261
Korean War 107, 250, 251, 254, 268, 273
Kroell House 180, 180–181
Kroell, Kate 180, 181
Kroell, Mary 180
Kroell, Pat 177, 180
kudzu 31, 47
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Lacey, Agnes 189, 190
Lacey, Bob 189
Lacey, Bobby 189, 268
Lacey, Jack 189, 190
Lacey, Katherine “Kate” Mahan 26, 189, 265, 268
Lacey, Margaret Ann 189
Lacey, Philip 189, 190, 273
Lacey, Stanley 189, 190
Lamar and Me 7
Latham, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy 103–104, 210
Latham, Ruby Lee 306
Lawley, Chief 155
Lawley, Pinky 156
Lawley, Reggie 33, 277
Lawleys 154, 158
Lee’s Carnival Company 242
Leonora 61–62
Lightfoot, Bob 131
Lightfoot, Gene Givhan 131
Lindseys (pioneers) 63
Little Cahaba River 247
Little Shop, The 287
Little Springs 122, 139, 162, 234, 235
Little Springs Park 235
Litton, Johnny 252
Live-in-a-Landmark Council
Love, Hobart 108
Lovelady, Bill 181
Lovelady Ford Motor Company 181
Loveman’s Department Store 148
Lowe, Sandra 305
Lucas, Dewey 86–87
Lucas, Hoot 32
Lund, Franz 276
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Magic City Beauty School 18
Magoulis, Mama 135
Mahaffey, Charles 201, 262
Mahaffey, Eddie 201, 210, 229, 282–290, 284
Mahaffey, James Elbert “Teeny” 197–200, 229
Mahaffey, Mary Charles 197
Mahaffey, Mary Lee 201, 283–284, 284, 289–290
Mahan, Adelaide Eleanor (great-aunt) 39, 63, 64, 64–66, 71, 74, 79, 80, 81, 82, 204
Mahan, Alan (cousin) 84, 84–87
Mahan, Allen (uncle) 16, 17
Mahan, Anna Cunningham Curtis (great-grandmother) 64, 65, 70, 72
Mahan, Archimedes (great-great-great-uncle) 137, 265
Mahan, Arky (cousin) 137
Mahan Barber & Beauty Shop 54, 116, 154, 170, 170–172, 240, 266, 278
Mahan, Carol Clark (wife) 208, 274, 275, 302, 303
Mahan, Cary (uncle) 17, 71, 265, 266
Mahan, Cornelia (cousin) 68
Mahan Creek 63, 64, 65, 68, 81, 82, 201, 202, 204, 207, 306
Mahan, Edward (cousin) 68, 69, 74, 80–83
Mahan, Edward (great-great-grandfather) 63, 81, 265, 276
Mahan, Gerald (cousin) 74
Mahan, Henry Cary “Doc” (grandfather) 39, 73
Mahan, James (great-great-great-uncle) 265
Mahan, Jesse (cousin) 74
Mahan, Jesse, Jr. (uncle) 63, 64, 70–73, 72
Mahan, Jesse W., Sr. (great-grandfather) 63, 64, 65, 265, 276
Mahan, John (1900s) (cousin) 273
Mahan, John (great-great-great grandfather) 265
Mahan, John (great-great-great uncle) 265, 306
Mahan, Linda Chambers (wife) 13, 53, 75–78, 208, 227, 300, 303–304, 304, 306, 307
Mahan, Lucille (aunt) 28, 39–43, 226
Mahan, Maggie (aunt) 72, 74, 76, 79
Mahan, Mary Ethel (mother) 13–14, 18–21, 23, 24, 25–34, 44–57, 58–62, 65–66, 91, 92, 93, 94, 110, 159, 167, 192, 194–196, 248, 302, 306
Mahan, Mike (Stanley Michael, Jr.)
and fire department 307
and military 265–275
and music 226–233
and pulchritude 256–264
and youthful activities 234–247
as Alabama College employee 146
as dentist 306–307
as Mason 278–280
as organ repairer 291–301
birth of 13
education of 210–225
family background of 13–21, 63–83
Mahan, Opal (stepmother) 16
Mahan, Para Splawn 85
Mahan, Rita 80
Mahan, Rosa St. Martin 71, 74, 75, 79, 80
Mahan, Sarah (cousin) 68, 87
Mahan, Stanley Michael “Red”, Sr. (father) 13–21, 22–34, 33, 35, 36, 37, 41, 44, 46–47, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58–62, 65–66, 86, 87, 94, 100, 101, 105, 108, 112, 113, 115, 116, 121–122, 130, 140, 142, 143, 148, 150, 162, 169, 170, 171, 193–194, 200, 205, 211, 229, 236, 241, 243, 245, 246, 248, 256, 265, 275, 276–281, 305, 307
Main Dormitory 107, 119, 224
Main Street 17, 21, 22, 85, 86, 96, 107, 122, 124, 132, 134, 137, 139, 154, 167, 168, 170, 170–188, 184, 185, 268, 282, 287
Marion Military Institute 273
Marvel, Alabama 109, 154, 179, 239, 242
Marvel Elementary School 126
Mason-Dixon line 192
Masons, Masonry 182, 276–281
Massey Business College 203
Massingales (pioneers) 63
Mayan Indians 307
Maylene, Alabama 179, 189
McBurnett, Annette 132
McCall, William Sherrod 185
McConagee, Kate 228
McConagee, Walter 228
McConaghy, Walter 123
McConatha, Mr. 184
McCulley’s Store 134, 204
McCully, Teamon 103
McGaughy, Alvin 145
McGaughy, Jack 108, 109, 117, 118, 157, 223, 248, 258, 259
McGaughy, Joe 108, 109–111, 115, 116, 117, 118, 127, 130, 133, 145, 147, 157, 164, 176, 215, 219, 221–223, 223–224, 224, 237, 242, 244–245, 248, 250, 258, 267
McGaughy, Luther 108–109, 117, 118
McGaughy, Rebecca 108, 109
McGehee, Charles 123
McGehee, Murphy 123
McKibbon House 13, 18
McMillan, Joan 8
McMillan, Malcolm 68
McMillan, Norman 8, 9
McQueen, June 106
Merchants and Planters Bank 187, 201, 266, 284, 290, 306
Meridian, Mississippi 16, 17
Meroney, C. L. 86
Methodists, Methodism 29, 71, 76, 175, 257, 263
Mexico 70, 73, 307
Middle Street 108, 113, 121, 129, 258
Miller, Harry 23, 60, 170, 173–175
mining 25, 35, 97, 109, 154
Miss Lilly (fisherwoman) 239
Mitchell, Dr. (dentist) 110, 244
Mitchell, Eleanor 132, 133, 157, 259
Mobile, Alabama 45–46, 50–51, 51–53, 189
Mobile Yacht Club
52
Modern Beauty Shop 186
Moncrief, Joyce 224
”Montclair, Mr.“ 244
Montebrier 54, 76, 201–209, 306
Montebrier Club 202, 207
Montevallo, Alabama 13–21, 85–87, 134–139
and Civil War 67
and natural gas 25
and violence
cemetery 249, 272
City Council 91, 113, 121, 236, 246
Fire Department 26, 138, 169, 211, 213, 261, 307
jail 246
mayors of 152, 183, 246
physicians of 137, 162–165
water treatment plant 120
Montevallo Brass Band 132
Montevallo Elementary School 126
Montevallo First Baptist Church 96, 132, 178, 197, 257, 291
Montevallo First Methodist Church 45, 85, 96, 175, 220, 261, 262, 264, 300, 307
Montevallo High School 106, 109, 126, 132, 133, 145, 152, 154, 155, 169, 177, 215, 216, 228, 245, 259
Montevallo Lumber Company 289
Montevallo Post Office 178, 184
Montevallo Presbyterian Church 14, 22, 30, 96–98, 97, 234, 267
Montevallo Times 22, 178, 182
Monticello 254
Moore’s Crossroads, Alabama 154
Morrell, Lorene “Ween” Wood (aunt) 38, 191, 268, 269–271
Morrell, William B. “Bill” (uncle) 191, 268–271, 269
Moses (bootlegger) 249–250
Mulkey’s Bottom 111, 126, 127, 236
Mulkey, Walker 127
Music from Montevallo 150
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Nabors Street 226
Napier, Dean 145, 151, 262
National Register of Historic Places 208
National Trust for Historical Preservation
New Camp 249
New Orleans, Louisiana 73, 265, 299
New York City, New York 65, 150, 192
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Oak Street 185, 268
O. C. (fisherman) 237–239
Old Bob (Honduras) 76
Ordway, Claire “Chicken” 41, 227
Organ Music of the Centuries 150
Orr, Dr. (dentist) 114
Orr, Laurie 186
Orr, M. L. 214
Orr Park 126, 127
Overbrook School for the Blind 40
Owens, John and Marny 208
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Palmer Hall 149, 150, 201
Pankey Institute 307
Papooshka 196–200, 197, 243, 244, 245
Parker, H. G. 60, 245
Parnell, Dr. L. C. “Foots” 165, 302
Parrish, Sam 254
Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church 40
Payne, Mr. and Mrs. 137
Payne, Pierre Stephen Robert 145
Peanut 59, 241
Pea Ridge, Alabama 27, 109, 133, 154–157, 217, 262
Pearl’s Restaurant 260
Peck, Billy 143–144
Peck Hall 123
Peck, Willena 142–144
Pendleton, Dudley 137, 150, 219, 221–223, 223–224, 241, 259, 259–261, 261, 272
Pendleton, Emily Vest 9
Pepsi-Cola 144
Perkins, Frances 202
Peters, Mr. 19, 57
Peterson, Charlotte 40, 210, 262, 268
Peters Store 156
Phenix City, Alabama 253
Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra 40
Phillips, Doc 129
Phillips High School (Birmingham) 49, 56
Phillips, Howard 276
Phillips, Mrs. 126
Picketts 154, 156
Pinky Lawley’s store 156
Pittman, Bill “Mister” 201, 203–207, 237
Pittman, Jean 201, 203–204, 207
Plaza Grill 132, 167, 197
Poole, Batman 232–233
Porter, Putnam 149–150, 150, 193, 250, 264
Poughkeepsie, New York 45, 56, 192–196, 277
Prentice, Gene 59
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Quinlan Castle (Birmingham) 191
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racism 59, 61, 123, 174, 230, 250
Ragans (pioneers) 63
Ramsay Hall 201
Randolph, Alabama 33, 39, 84, 85, 277
Rat Scott’s Chevrolet 22, 229, 261
red-ash coal 24, 92
redhorse fishing 239–240
Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra 307
Red’s Bobher Shop 17, 20, 170
Redstone Arsenal 80
Reisener, Ethel 287–288
Reynolds Hall 20, 152
Reynolds, Mrs. 92, 94
Rice, Alice 213
Richardson, Wanda Faye 259
Roanoke, Alabama 302
Roberts, Ed 157, 227
Rochester, Kenneth “Hanky-Pooh” 224, 249, 250
Rogan, F. W. 22, 124, 142, 149, 169, 177, 184, 210
Rogan, Mrs. 248, 258
Rogan’s Store 22, 114, 124, 142, 176, 177, 179
Rome, Georgia 191
Rose, Mr. (Honduras) 75–77
ROTC 110, 251, 273–274, 274, 300
Russell, Abi 20, 151
Russell, Jane 186, 257
Russell, Joel 123
Russell, Mrs. 168
Rutledge, Jessie “Jaybird” 202, 207
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Sam Brown’s Band of Renown 229, 233
Schatz, Jack 45, 196
Sclater, Art 254
Scouting 120, 146, 147–148, 199
Seaman, Janice 91
Sears, Marcia 151
Sears, Ralph Westgate 151, 151–153, 229, 231, 275, 302
segregation 46, 48, 59–61, 104, 109, 122, 124, 137, 163, 165, 175, 177, 192, 232, 238, 249, 250, 262, 280, 282
Selma, Alabama 16, 73, 85, 87, 133, 134, 140, 162, 219, 253
Selma Presbyterian Church 300
Sewer Hole, the 237–238
Sharp, C. G. 246
Sharp, Joanna 157, 158, 177
Sharp, Mrs. C. G. 157, 246
Sharp, Susan 158
Shelby County, Alabama 171, 178, 249, 275
Shelby County Gold Coast 250
Shelby County Hospital 281
Shelby County Reporter 178
Shelby Street 7–9, 13, 14, 21, 22, 22–34, 91–98, 99–118, 162–169, 170, 234, 257, 262, 302, 306
Shelby Street boys 52, 122, 123, 126, 130, 241, 257
Shell service station 221
Shoal Creek 14, 111, 112, 118, 119, 127, 130, 136, 148, 235, 237, 241
Siluria, Alabama 152, 190, 221, 229, 231, 244, 277
slavery 67, 175, 265
Small, Dolan 109, 237, 259, 267, 283
Smith, Curtis
Smitherman, E. G. 234
Smitherman, Morgan 84
Smitherman, Shorty 62
Smiths (pioneers) 63
Sneedville, Tennessee 306
Southeastern Theater Association 178
Southerner, The 45, 46, 47, 51, 149
Southern Railway 85, 191
Southern Railway Depot (Montevallo) 168
South Highland Infirmary 14
Splawn, Jim 16, 178
Spotlight, the 215–216
Spring Creek 154, 159, 169, 258, 261
Spring Creek Presbyterian Church 259, 260
Spring Creek Road 121, 261
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 96, 98
Steelman, Jean 202
Steelman, John 202, 203
Stewart, Elizabeth 159
St. George Hotel 140, 185, 186, 187
Strand Theater 108, 139, 145, 154, 170, 1
77
Straughn, Ina 97
St. Vincent’s Hospital 189, 265
Summerford, Jim 305
swimming holes 121–122, 122, 139, 235
Sylvania, Georgia 305
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Taft, Beverly 177, 259, 259–260
Taft, Everette 259
Tag, the dog 28, 117
Talladega School for the Deaf and Blind 28, 39
Tallahassee, Florida 298
Tally Ho Restaurant 253
Tannehill Ironworks
Tatum, Roy A. 17, 85, 86
Tchakarian, H. H. “Uncle” 291–301, 292–301
Tea House (Alabama College) 223, 224
Tennessee 63
Tennessee Coal and Iron 27, 54, 55, 266
Thornton, Danny 223
Thornton, Moon 217–220, 218–222, 223–227
Tidwell, Mr. (principal) 143
Time Has Made a Change in Me 7
Times Printing Company 182
Tishler, Ward 306
Tony the dog 129
trains 45–47, 85, 142, 189, 191, 194
Triplett, Jane 217, 228, 262, 262–263, 264
Triplett, Marie 262
Triplett, Rev. Minor 262–263
Trumbauer, Marsha 133
Trumbauer, Trummie 133
Tuskegee, Alabama 232
Tutwiler Hall 236
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Unionists 265
Union Station (Birmingham) 45, 51
United Fruit Company 71, 73
University of Alabama 81, 139
University of Alabama Dental School 303
University of Florida 295
University of Montevallo 9, 119
Upjohn Drug Company 302, 304
U.S. Air Force 107
U.S. Department of the Treasury 185
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Vacarro Fruit Company 73
Valley Street 114, 213, 219, 228
Vestavia Country Club 44, 53
Vest, Emily 132, 136, 137, 150, 217, 272
VFW 229
“viadock”, the 241–242
Vickery, Dr. Katherine 20
Victory gardens 105
Vine Street 124
violence 57, 58, 77, 130
Voice of America 149
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Waldhein, Martha Ruth 134
Walker, Dan 85–87
Walker, Daphney 208
Walker, Mrs. Dan 86
Walker, Vinnie Lee 216
Wallace, George 171
Wallace, Judge 178
WAPI 152
Ward, David 7
Washington, D.C. 203, 254
Watson, Eddie 108, 139, 177
Watson, Georgene McCauley 179
WBYE-AM 152
Weatherly, Carey 9
Weems girls 51
Western Auto 221, 259, 263, 273, 288–289, 289
Westinghouse 242
West, Mrs. (teacher) 213
Wetumpka, Alabama 265
Whaley Furniture Store 183