HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Hanceville City Council had a short agenda Thursday night. With Mayor Kenneth Nail out of town and Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Sawyer leading the meeting, the council discussed a few final details as the city readies for this year’s Mud Creek Arts & Crafts Festival. This year, the festival will be held the same weekend as the Mud Creek Marching Festival at Hanceville High School, which is expecting at least 25 marching bands from Alabama as well as an exhibition from The University of North Alabama Marching Band.
Both events will take place this Saturday, Oct. 12. The arts & crafts festival will be held in downtown Hanceville from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. and the marching festival will run from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. at the high school.
The council agreed to change this year’s bus routes. Buses will be turning down Blountsville Street then turning in front of Church Street before turning toward the school. This route has the buses avoiding Commercial Street during the Mud Creek Arts & Crafts Festival.
Just in time for this weekend’s festival, Volume II of “Hanceville, Alabama: The People of Hanceville- Late 1800s to early 1900s” is now available for purchase for $19. The books can be purchased at the Hanceville Drug Company, the Hanceville library and Hanceville’s Merchants Bank.
The book is published by the Hanceville Historical Preservation Group and is dedicated in memory of Joann Walls and Quinton Nigg.
Councilman Charles Wilson is a member of the group and said of the new book, “It’s all old stuff going back to the early 1900s.”
He pointed out the pages featuring the 1955 Hanceville Bulldog football team that beat Cullman 7-0 that year.
The book revisits the mayors, doctors, business owners, teachers, school activities and other historic notables that make up the history of Hanceville.
“It’s a good book. Lot of good things in here,” said Wilson.
The proceeds from the book will go to the Hanceville Historic Preservation Group.
The council also approved the reappointment of Eddie Burkhart to the Zoning Board of Adjustments. Charles Mann was reappointed to the Historical Preservation Commission. The council tabled its Tree Commission appointment.
The next council meeting will be Oct. 24 at 6 p.m.
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