County Prepares For Opening 14 Schools Aug. 22
Fourteen Morgan County Schools are set to open August 22 with Negro schools also opening that day. A list names Cotaco Danville Eva Gum Pond Lacey's Spring Lawrence Cove Neel Massey Plainview Priceville Ryan Somerville Trinity Union Hill plus eight more on September 1. Wooten announces Aug 15-16 principal meeting at Priceville High and an Aug 18 Leadership School at Austinville with discussions on supervision lunch programs and transportation.
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Morgan County
Lester Wooten
Cotaco
Danville
Eva Gum Pond
Lacey’s Spring
Lawrence Cove
Neel
Massey
Plainview
Priceville
Ryan
Somerville
Trinity
Union Hill
Austinville
Collins
Falkville
Flint
Hartselle
Morgan County High
Moulton Heights
Pleasant Hill
Wooten
Priceville High School
Bernice
Dilworth
Merle Donaldson
Oscar Napps
Napps
Miss Dilworth
Ninth Street Methodist Church Opens New Building in 1954
In 1944 Ninth Street Methodist started a fund for a new church and now opens a brick Gothic sanctuary costing about 100000 with 550 seats, a 24-seat choir area, and modern classrooms. The service marks a long effort led by a building committee and multiple pastors, with former members expected at the dedication.
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Ruby Sandlin
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Ninth Street Church
R. D. Compton
John R. Butler
A. Guy Jones
Leon Latham
Herman Cavnar
Nolen
O. S. Gamble
Emory Corley
C. L. Ellis
H. L. Tidwell
A. J. Chappell
C. N. Pepper
T. D. Britnell
6Th Ave
9Th St
Pond Lawrence Cove and Somerville Meet with Miss Dil
Pond Lawrence Cove and Somerville are scheduled to meet with Miss Dil regarding an unresolved matter. The outcome or specifics of the discussion are not provided in the fragment.
Hearing Set On Order To Quell Interference With Union Organizers
U S District Judge H Hobart Grooms in Birmingham set August 22 for a hearing on making permanent a temporary injunction against Avondale Mills in Syla Cauga Alabama. The order would restrain interference with union organizers as the Textile Workers Union of America CIO seeks to organize workers at the large East Alabama mill.
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Birmingham
U.S. Dist
H. Hobart Grooms
Avondale Mills
Sylacauga
Ala
Grooms
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
TWUA
East Alabama
Leadership School Sessions Planned at Austinville
The document outlines a full day schedule with lunchroom managers, office workers and principals meeting at set times, and a Leadership School led by Raymond Compton in Austinville. Ruby Parker will present the meditation, Bernice Dilworth leads a group on continuity, and W L Davis guides a session after a tape on action steps.
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Donaldson
Wooten
Miss Dilworth
Raymond Compton
Austinville
Ruby Parker
Compton
Bernice Dilworth
W. L. Davis
Kilby Training School
Avery Roberts
Davis
Lund
Ambassador John Peurifoy and son to be cremated in Bangkok
The State Department announced that Ambassador John Peurifoy and his son Daniel were killed in a Thai car crash and will be cremated in Bangkok tomorrow. Clinton, 14, remains critically injured and unable to be moved to the United States. A public memorial service will be held in Bangkok on Monday.
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Washington
State Department
John Peurifoy
Daniel
Thailand
Bangkok
Department
Clinton
United States
Three Saturday wrecks injure and arrest driver
A city police report details three Saturday morning accidents on Satur Streets with one injury and one arrest. William A. Bryant Jr. 25 of 1416 7th Ave SE faces a driving without license charge after his 1951 Buick rear ended a 1954 Mercury driven by Benjamin L. Donaldson 27 of 1024 8th Ave SE on Somerville Road. At 9:50 a.m. a 1953 Ford wagon driven by Thomas E. Gibbons 62 of Florence and a 1946 Plymouth driven by Guy Clemons 33 of Moulton collided at Church Street and Sixth Ave injuring Mrs. Thomas Gibbons. Heavy damage occurred to both vehicles. At 10:32 a.m. a 1947 Studebaker pickup driven by R Q Sparkman of Decatur and a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Samuel H Hardwick 26 of Jacksonville Fla were heavily damaged at Walnut and Canal Streets. Officers Kennedy and Terry investigated.
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City New Department
Buick
William A. Bryant, Jr
7Th Ave
S. E
Mercury
Benjamin L. Donaldson
8Th Ave
Somerville Road
Beech St
Bryant
Broadrick
Self
Thomas E. Gibbons
Florence
Guy Clemons
Moulton
Church St
Sixth Ave
Thomas Gibbons
Ford
Church
Plymouth
6Th Ave
Studebaker
R. Q. Sparkman
Decatur
Chevrolet
Samuel H. Hardwick
Jacksonville
Fla
Walnut
Canal Streets
Canal St
Kennedy
Terry
Borden Infant Dies Services Announced
Funeral services for Donald Wayne Borden born July 24 and died Friday at 5 05 p m at Decatur General Hospital are set for 2 pm at the 16th Ave Church of God with burial in Johnson Chapel Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs G J Borden Jr of 1805 Bowles St SE his grandmother Mrs Arrie Borden his grandfather Arthur Gillespie and his sister Bonnie and brother.
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Donald Wayne Borden
Decatur General Hospital
16Th Ave. Church of God
Johnson Chapel
Donald
G. J. Borden, Jr
Bowles St
Arrie Borden
Arthur Gillespie
Bonnie
Decatur Man Held in Killing as Suspect Surrenders
Decatur police report a 37 year old Stover of 421 West Cherry Street was fatally shot Friday night at Moulton Heights in an altercation. The wounded man died after admission to Decatur General Hospital at 12 30 a m Saturday. Lawrence Kennedy of East Cherry Street is detained for investigation.
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Decatur
Stover
West Cherry St
Morgan County
Lawrence Kennedy
East Cherry St
Moulton Heights
Decatur General Hospital
Brazil expands airports from 140 to 270 in five years
The National Geographic Society reports Brazil has doubled its airports from 140 to 270 over five years. The piece notes many jellyfish are so diaphanous swimmers can pass among them unseen.
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Brazil
National Geographic Society
Tibetan aristocrats hide fingers with silk sleeves
National Geographic Society notes Tibetan aristocrats wear elongated silk sleeves to conceal fingers, signaling that hafids are not their livelihood.
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The
National Geographic Society
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Prudential Insurance Company of America
State National Bank
New Decatur
Jesse Q. Sewell
Arthur C. Crowder, Jr
Mr. Sewell
Prudential Agent
Bank Street
the Prudential Insurance Company OF America
Florida
Ninth St. Methodists
Ninth Street
C. S. Napps
Nelson Buck
Tedar
E. Moulton St
Furniture and Appliance ‘Co
Nevada
Borden Infant
Ronald G. Borden
Ray Mitchell
PAR Value Loan CO. Mutual Savings Life
Bank ST
Belk-Rudson CO
Belk
Jacquard
Roy Mitchell
Mutual Savings
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