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Mr. B. B. Lee, who is the oldest contributor to this history, moved to Selma in 1915 as a mail carrier. For seven years he made his 24 mile round trip by horse and buggy. Later the route was expanded to 65 miles and Mr. Lee drove a Model T Ford. Because of the terrible condition of the roads, especially at one place, two boys, Carl Bagley and Arnold Pittman, met Mr. Lee each day with a team of mules and pulled his car from the mud hole. Although Mr. Lee retired on January 1, 1942, he still goes down town regularly and enjoys visiting friends in the stores.
In 1917 a new public school was built on Richardson Street. A year later another newspaper began publication here when Mr. N. E. Edgerton became publisher of the Johnstonian, and Dr. l W. Mayerburg was practicing Medicine here. In 1919 the Church of God of Prophecy was organized. With these events, Selma entered the Roaring Twenties. .
From the History of Selma - Centennial Program.
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