Local notes from Lawrence County revival circuit
Community announcements list visits and health notes. Mrs Arthur Callahan remains ill while Rev C G Reding conducts a revival in South Alabama. Miss Alice Dobbins is sick. Mr and Mrs Ray McCaghren and children returned to Columbus Georgia after visiting relatives in Wren and here. Enon Baptist revival begins Sunday August 18 with invitation to all.
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Fairfield Church of Christ
B. L. Johnson
Carley Williams
Pearl Crow
Five Points
C. G. Reding
South Alabama
Alice Dobbins
Ray McCaghren
Columbus
Wren
Enon
Sundy
Vaughn Seeks TV Break in NBC's The Lieutenant
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports actor Robert Vaughn, 31, gains fame through TV guest roles and stars as a Marine Corps captain in NBC's new series The Lieutenant. The role promises more exposure and income, though he often plays antagonists. The show, airing Saturdays, faces CBS competition for the time slot. A separate NBC summer feature, The Voice of the Desert, will showcase Joseph Wood Krutch readings with desert imagery.
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Hollywood
Robert Vaughn
Vaughn
NBC
Vaughan
Marine Corps
Gary Lockwood
CBS
Perry Mason
Jackie Gleason
Voice of the Desert
Joseph Wood Krutch
Krutch
Birmingham Banks Approve Merger Plans
Birmingham Trust National Bank and Bank for Savings and Trusts stockholders approved their merger. Frank A. Plummer and William T. Cothran announced the joint action after the two boards had already approved the plan last month. Separate stockholder meetings were held.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Trust National Bank
Bank For Savings and Trusts
Frank A. Plummer
BTNB
William T. Cothran
Bank For Savings
Three Thousand Americans Retire Daily From Jobs
A reported trend shows about three thousand Americans leave employment each day. Experts cite aging workforce, early retirement, and shifting career goals as factors shaping this ongoing movement.
Moulton Girl Crowned Lawrence County Maid of Cotton
Elsa Dodd, 19, of Moulton, won the Lawrence County Maid of Cotton title at Star Theater facing five rivals. She will represent the county in the fall state contest in Birmingham. Pat Lemay was named alternate. New Farm Bureau directors elected were J M Sivley, Travis Ashbranner, and Cullen Suggs.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Star Theater
Elsa Dodd
Bruce Dodd
Lawrence Farm Bureau
Dodd
Lawrence County High School
Florence State College
Birmingham
Pat Lemay
Town Creek
Shirley Smith
Donna Shelton
Glenda Sivley
Joyce Dawson
Farm Bureau
J. M. Sivley
Mount Hope
Travis Ashbranner
Danville
Cullen Suggs
Ed Mauldin
Mauldin
Colbert County
Fletcher Farrington
Guy Parker
Maid of Cotton
Shotgun Kills Birds In Athens
Athens officers Ed Schrimsher and Max LeCroix shot black birds at the request of widow Emma S Nichols of North Houston Street. Nichols supplied the shells and asked the police to remove the roosting birds disturbing her mornings. The pair planned to return for further shots after the initial outing.
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Athens
Ed Schrimsher
Max LeCroix
Schrimsher
LeCroix
Emma S&s. Nichols
Houston St
Headquarters
John Sandlin
Schrimscher and LeCroix
FAA Allocates Hartselle Funds for Airport Project
HARTSELLE Alabama The Federal Aviation Agency in Washington announced an allocation of 59 800 for the municipal airport here as part of a 943 816 package for nine Alabama civil airports. The funds fall under the federal aid airport program. Work began several weeks ago. city clerk Henry Sherrill said the city has not yet received 15 000 promised by the state. Mayor Grady Long was unavailable in Birmingham for comment.
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Hartselle
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
Alabama
Henry Sherrill
Grady Long
Birmingham
Von Braun Receives Alabama's Millionth Telephone
Alabama marks installing its millionth telephone with a ceremony at the Huntsville home of Dr. and Mrs. Wernher von Braun. Frank Newton of Southern Bell presents the beige receiver with a gold plaque while Avery Taylor notes the milestone in a state expanding its telecoms including independent companies and government providers.
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Alabama
Southern Bell
Wernher von Braun
Huntsville
Cecil C. Hodges
Alabama-Mississippi Independent Telephone Association
Frank Newton
von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA
Avery Taylor
Mexico
Yugoslavia
Uruguay
Newton
Mrs. von Braun
Space Capital
Decatur Adds Telephones and Jobs, Local Growth Seen
Local manager Taylor notes Decatur now has over 18 000 telephones up from 3 425 in 1945 and records 268 Southern Belle employees in the city.
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Taylor
Decatur
Southern Belle
Mathew Hansen Celebrates 90th Birthday With New Waterfall
San Anselmo poet and former landscaper Mathew Hansen marked his 90th birthday by dedicating a 20 foot waterfall at his cottage home. It is the eighth and largest waterfall he has built in twenty years.
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San Anselmo
Calif
Mathew Hansen
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