November 15, 1946: "One forest fire was reported in Shelby county during October by Forest Patrolman J. A. Kimbro of the Choice forest lookout tower. This brings the 1946 forest fire record for the county to 29 forest fires with 1282 acres of forest land burned over. For a county with 54 per cent of its land classed as forest land this is not a good record." (Timpson Weekly Times)