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MARY BRASWELL: Looking Back at the number 5

HISTORY: Most fire hydrants have pentagonal bolts.

ALBANY BIRTHS: Jan. 12 – 19, 2016

MARY BRASWELL: Looking back at the winter months of 1912 through the pages of The Albany Herald.

HISTORY: The winter of 1912 was a cold one for Southwest Georgia. Those supplying wood and coal for heat were the busiest of all entrepreneurs.

MARY BRASWELL: Looking Back at Dolly Parton

HISTORY: Dolly Parton was 12 years old when she first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry.

ALBANY BIRTHS: Jan. 5-12, 2016

ALBANY BIRTHS: Dec. 28, 2015 – Jan. 5, 2016

MARY BRASWELL: Looking back at January 1946

HISTORY: World War II was over and the baby boom was under way in Janury 1946.

MARY BRASWELL: Looking back at the Harlem Globetrotters

HISTORY: The Harlem Globetrotters were initially nicknamed the Savoy Big Five

A happily superstitious new year

ALBANY BIRTHS: Dec. 15 – 21, 2015