Look Back ... to the season debut of JSTC's young band, 1948

Oct. 8—Oct. 8, 1948, in The Star: The Jacksonville State Teachers College band made its first appearance this season on the football field at the game played last night against Livingston State Teachers in the College Bowl. Under the direction of J. Eugene Duncan, the band paraded at the at the halftime show dressed in brand new uniforms in the college colors of red and white. The band had been organized two years ago by Mr. Duncan and has grown in size and popularity. This year it has attracted a large number of students from surrounding high schools who have had experience in their own schools' bands.

Oct. 8, 1998, in The Star: Until about a week ago, Calhoun County 911 dispatchers did not have a way to specifically instruct a caller about what he or she should do when reporting that someone was having a stroke. Now, the county's 911 operators are using a comprehensive chart that will walk callers step by step through virtually any medical emergency in the crucial moments before rescue workers arrive on the scene, said Jerry Jackson, head of the county's 911 office. Operators had a chart before, but it wasn't as comprehensive, nor did it instruct them to as as many specific questions.