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[Jamos]

Cloudy with do-drops in the East side over here. RTR!

NOTHING HERE -- NOTHING BUT CLOUDS.
 

Hey Chechem, do you know where Corinth, Miss. is? I guess you have heard of the Weyerhauser Paper Mill over at Columbus, Miss.? RTR!

Yes, yes.  Sure, Corinth is just 5 miles from Shiloh.  Any good Southern boy knows those towns, and most anyone could smell a paper mill!   

  , yea that smell is bad, reminds me of Laurel, Miss.  . RTR!

Tuscaloosa used to stink up a lot, courtesy of the paper mill.

 , I did not know T-town had a Paper Mill at any time. RTR!

[b]Hammermill Paper in Tuscaloosa.  My brother worked there for a time in college.  It was west of campus, and boy you could smell it most days[/b].

And of course I know Corinth.  Half-way between Huntsville and Memphis, fairly decent sized town.  It made a good stop for food and gas, especially before they used all that casino money to improve the highways in north Mississippi, the whole place is different now.

For about three months, I took over a friend's contract with the FDA, inspecting stores for compliance with the food stamp program throughout mostly rural Mississippi.  Corinth is huge compared to most of the places I would go...  south of the Crossroads in Clarksdale you get Alligator, Mound Bayou, Longshot, Hushpuckena...

The major papermill company in Tuscaloosa was Gulf States Paper owned by Jack Warner. The mother company of Gulf States paper was The Westervelt Company. The plant was located on the Warrior River Northeast of campus near Holt and it did put out a terrible smell.

[Old Tider]

Cloudy with do-drops in the East side over here. RTR!

NOTHING HERE -- NOTHING BUT CLOUDS.
 

Hey Chechem, do you know where Corinth, Miss. is? I guess you have heard of the Weyerhauser Paper Mill over at Columbus, Miss.? RTR!

Yes, yes.  Sure, Corinth is just 5 miles from Shiloh.  Any good Southern boy knows those towns, and most anyone could smell a paper mill!   

  , yea that smell is bad, reminds me of Laurel, Miss.  . RTR!

Tuscaloosa used to stink up a lot, courtesy of the paper mill.

 , I did not know T-town had a Paper Mill at any time. RTR!

[b]Hammermill Paper in Tuscaloosa.  My brother worked there for a time in college.  It was west of campus, and boy you could smell it most days[/b].

And of course I know Corinth.  Half-way between Huntsville and Memphis, fairly decent sized town.  It made a good stop for food and gas, especially before they used all that casino money to improve the highways in north Mississippi, the whole place is different now.

For about three months, I took over a friend's contract with the FDA, inspecting stores for compliance with the food stamp program throughout mostly rural Mississippi.  Corinth is huge compared to most of the places I would go...  south of the Crossroads in Clarksdale you get Alligator, Mound Bayou, Longshot, Hushpuckena...

The major papermill company in Tuscaloosa was Gulf States Paper owned by Jack Warner. The mother company of Gulf States paper was The Westervelt Company. The plant was located on the Warrior River Northeast of campus near Holt and it did put out a terrible smell.

I once had a weekend visitor who thought it was my socks.

[Catch Prothro]

The major papermill company in Tuscaloosa was Gulf States Paper owned by Jack Warner. The mother company of Gulf States paper was The Westervelt Company. The plant was located on the Warrior River Northeast of campus near Holt and it did put out a terrible smell.

This would have been in the early 1980s.  I never went there, and my remote memory is suspect, so maybe it was Gulf States where he worked. Somehow Hammermill sticks in my head though. 

Are these buildings still located on the Warrior River?  There are some older facilities along the Warrior River near Holt that I've wondered about.

[Old Tider]

How did I miss this today?   


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[2Stater]

Another day closer to game day and cooler weather! 

[Chechem]

Morning, 2. 

Guess you missed out on the 'stink that was' Tuscaloosa during the 1960s and early 1970s.  Students protested the stink AND the water pollution of the Black Warrior River.  Foggy morning were actually SMOG that coated clothing. 

But EPA caught up with Gulf States Papermill.  When workers went on strike during the late 1970s, Jack Warner closed the plant in 1978 rather than give in to demands and spend money on environmental requirements.  Jack Warner had a reputation as a hard-nosed industrialist.  When the plant closed, it sent Tuscaloosa into an economic downturn.  But it recovered, as did Jack Warner.

[Chechem]

"5 Georgia players listed in police incident report, one for making ‘terroristic threats’ "

WTH??

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[2Stater]

"5 Georgia players listed in police incident report, one for making ‘terroristic threats’ "

WTH??

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I knew they would get around to qualifying for the Fulmer Cup at some point this year.

[Chechem]

"5 Georgia players listed in police incident report, one for making ‘terroristic threats’ "

WTH??

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I knew they would get around to qualifying for the Fulmer Cup at some point this year.

Sounds like their #4 WR will be suspended (for a half??).
 

[Catch Prothro]

"5 Georgia players listed in police incident report, one for making ‘terroristic threats’ "

WTH??

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He threatened to kill his girlfriend?  Sounds more like domestic violence than terrorism.

[Jamos]

The major papermill company in Tuscaloosa was Gulf States Paper owned by Jack Warner. The mother company of Gulf States paper was The Westervelt Company. The plant was located on the Warrior River Northeast of campus near Holt and it did put out a terrible smell.

This would have been in the early 1980s.  I never went there, and my remote memory is suspect, so maybe it was Gulf States where he worked. Somehow Hammermill sticks in my head though.
  
Are these buildings still located on the Warrior River?  There are some older facilities along the Warrior River near Holt that I've wondered about.

Gulf States shut down many years ago in Tuscaloosa due to the age of the plant and labor problems. A new one was built in Demopolis at that time. I'm thinking there was a small Hammermill plant located between Tuscaloosa and Moundville just off of highway 69 south. Gulf States was the stinker though, it was terrible. The stinker now is Hunt Oil, it is located on the Warrior River just West of Tuscaloosa next to Tuscaloosa Country Club which now non existent. When the wind is out of the West, you can tell Hunt Oil is still in business. It isn't as bad as Gulf States Paper was though, nowhere near that.

Nucor Steel is now located where Gulf States once was. Gulf States still has their home office in Tuscaloosa, it is located on Jack Warner Parkway just west of the Nucor Steel plant. Jack Warner Parkway is the old River Road that runs along side the Warrior River that connected Tuscaloosa and Holt.

[ricky023]

I worked in the top of one of those paper mills in Atlanta, Texas at a place called Dominio, Texas one time. It was like a 105 outside and we a group of 6 of us was working above the dryers in the top of the building on an overhead crane doing the wiring and controls. Every time we would switch we went outside on the roof and it felt like we walked inside a freezer it was so hot inside. lol. RTR!

[Chechem]

Skies are clearing; we got NOTHING.

 

[Catch Prothro]

Gulf States shut down many years ago in Tuscaloosa due to the age of the plant and labor problems. A new one was built in Demopolis at that time. I'm thinking there was a small Hammermill plant located between Tuscaloosa and Moundville just off of highway 69 south. Gulf States was the stinker though, it was terrible. The stinker now is Hunt Oil, it is located on the Warrior River just West of Tuscaloosa next to Tuscaloosa Country Club which now non existent. When the wind is out of the West, you can tell Hunt Oil is still in business. It isn't as bad as Gulf States Paper was though, nowhere near that.

Nucor Steel is now located where Gulf States once was. Gulf States still has their home office in Tuscaloosa, it is located on Jack Warner Parkway just west of the Nucor Steel plant. Jack Warner Parkway is the old River Road that runs along side the Warrior River that connected Tuscaloosa and Holt.

Thanks for the history lesson J!  It sounds like I missed the worst of it, as Gulf States had closed by the time I arrived in Tuscaloosa.  I remember the smell on occasional days, if the wind was just right, but not like driving through Fairfield.

I've very familiar with the road once called "River Road" and renamed Jack Warner,  from Crescent Ridge Road in Holt west though Tuscaloosa and under the train trellis.  I lived for a time in a friend's house in Alberta City, and we'd depart his house for all sorts of adventures...  anything from hiking along the Old Confederate Railway along Holt Lake to canoeing Hurricane Creek.

My house in Tuscaloosa was on New Watermelon Road, with easy access to Lakes Nicole, Harris, Tuscaloosa and Holt.  That was before they built the convenient bridge to avoid most of Rice Mine Rd.

[Jamos]

Gulf States shut down many years ago in Tuscaloosa due to the age of the plant and labor problems. A new one was built in Demopolis at that time. I'm thinking there was a small Hammermill plant located between Tuscaloosa and Moundville just off of highway 69 south. Gulf States was the stinker though, it was terrible. The stinker now is Hunt Oil, it is located on the Warrior River just West of Tuscaloosa next to Tuscaloosa Country Club which now non existent. When the wind is out of the West, you can tell Hunt Oil is still in business. It isn't as bad as Gulf States Paper was though, nowhere near that.

Nucor Steel is now located where Gulf States once was. Gulf States still has their home office in Tuscaloosa, it is located on Jack Warner Parkway just west of the Nucor Steel plant. Jack Warner Parkway is the old River Road that runs along side the Warrior River that connected Tuscaloosa and Holt.

Thanks for the history lesson J!  It sounds like I missed the worst of it, as Gulf States had closed by the time I arrived in Tuscaloosa.  I remember the smell on occasional days, if the wind was just right, but not like driving through Fairfield.

I've very familiar with the road once called "River Road" and renamed Jack Warner,  from Crescent Ridge Road in Holt west though Tuscaloosa and under the train trellis.  I lived for a time in a friend's house in Alberta City, and we'd depart his house for all sorts of adventures...  anything from hiking along the Old Confederate Railway along Holt Lake to canoeing Hurricane Creek.

My house in Tuscaloosa was on New Watermelon Road, with easy access to Lakes Nicole, Harris, Tuscaloosa and Holt.  That was before they built the convenient bridge to avoid most of Rice Mine Rd.

I had an aunt and uncle that lived on 24th Ave East in Alberta and I spent a lot of my summer time at their house. We played a lot of ball at Jaycee Park and watched some of the best fast pitch softball that ranked up there with the Clearwater Bombers. Alaberta/Holt is now a drug haven, not a safe place to be when the sun sets.

Do you remember Sally Sexton's store up close to Lake Nichole on Watermelon Rd?

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