August - Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine, SW-53, is launched, a milestone in Japan's consumer electronics boom. SANYO's first black-and-white television model, the 17-C231, is launched. 1956: Production of the first transistor radio, the model 6C-1, commenced. 1957: SANYO's first refrigerator model, the SR-350, is launched. 1958
You are here. Brundidge. Brundidge is located in Pike County in southeast Alabama; it is the county's second-largest city and has a mayor/council form of government. Brundidge markets itself as the Antique City, owing to the number of antique stores in its historic downtown area.
Submitted by Mildred Stinson Brown. Named for civil engineer, soldier and member of the Alabama Constitutional Convention, Bethune Beaton McKenzie, this community is located in the southern section of Butler County north of the Butler-Covington county line. He built a sawmill in the area known as Dunham Station and was its principal owner.