Courtland Chamber Elects Officers at First Meeting
The Courtland Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting Tuesday night electing temporary officers Grady and Curtis Terry. New officers installed include C. T. Happer president A. Turner vice president Stanley Kracke treasurer James Griffin secretary and executive board members Hubert Coffey Brendon McGowan Ed Rose Buster Smith and Williams. About 30 members attended and a Trade Day committee was formed. The next meeting is set for the first Monday in September.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Courtland Chamber of Commerce
Grady
Curtis Terry
C. T. Happer
A. Turner
Stanley Kracke
James Griffin
Hubert Coffey
Brendon McGowan
Ed Rose
Buster Smith
Willioms
Revival at Courtland Church of Christ Underway Attendance Builds
The revival began Sunday August 10 at Courtland Church of Christ with strong turnout. Visiting evangelist Howard Parker from Lawrence County leads the event while Tom Corum directs singing. Services start at 7:45 and all church members are invited to attend.
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Courtland Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship Plans August Ice Cream Supper
The Methodist Youth Fellowship met at the church for a Sunday evening session with a fellowship supper. Senior members Doris Ann Terry Roy Wayne Terry and Willie May Terry attended along with intermediate members Marie Waldrop Harvey Jordan and Ernest Terry. Counselors were Mrs. Thomas Green and Mrs. Price Terry. An ice cream supper was planned for August 28.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Doris Ann Terry
Roy Wayne Terry
Willie May Terry
Marie Waldrop
Harvey Jordan
Ernest Terry
Thomas Green
Price Terry
Huntsville Visitors Stop to See Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Tom Weaver and their children of Huntsville visited Mrs J W Horton and Mrs C C Horton on Thursday. Mrs Riley B Moore Sr returned after a visit with her daughter Mrs Charles Houston and family.
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Middletown
Rhode Island
R. P. Vaughan
Melva Felkins
Janice
Decatur
James Henderson
Debby
Russellville
Seyborn Randolph
Floyd Terry
Jim Terry
Jimmy Johnson
Troy Baptist
Ed Connor
Jeanette Johnson
Son Givens
Floyd Cross
Percy Cross
B. H. Green
Benny
Harold Green
Florence
Charlie Tolbert
Lafayette
Ann
Paul Jones Jr
Johnny Terry
Sarah Ann
Wilburn Terry
Virginia
O. P. Eggleston
Moulton
FE. R. Todd
Harmony
Wayne Graham
Woodrow Hendrix
Hughes Drug Store
Sonny Jordan
Tishamingo
Miss
John Jordan
Pruitt Parker
Guy Terry
Brown Norton
Glenn Terry
Buddy
Town Creek
Sharon’ Sherrill
Ruth Randolph
Gilbert, Terry Sr
Montgomery
Savannah
South Carolina
R. H. Tweedy Jr
James Blythe
Frank Coburn
Birmingham
Ellis ‘Irons
Hollis Green
R. B. Moore Sr
R H. Tweedy III
Myrtle Beach
Auburn
Hollis Greene
Susan
James Stroud
Jimmy
S. B. Cross
Trinity
B. H. Collins
Larry Sanderson
Cullman
John Sanderson
Glenn Wells
Carl Reding
Alma Walker
Ed Bowles
Leighton
Sheffield
Tom Weaver
Huntsville
J.W. Horton
C. C. Horton
Riley
B. Moore, Sr
Charles Houston
Inquest On Hammer Slaying Opens Anew In Chicago
The Chicago inquest into the hammer slaying of a Birmingham man resumed after the arrest of Junior Cox, 30, who allegedly killed Thomas Acton following an alleged unnatural sex act. Police traced Cox via laundry marks and a restaurant tip. A caller warned of further violence before Acton’s body was found. Acton had traveled to Chicago with a man named Moore from Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital.
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Chicago
Birmingham
Junior Cox
Thomas Acton
Cox
North Side
Acton
Robert Moore
Moore
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Veterans Hospital
Snatched Child Returned Home in Texas Case
Eva Lois Phillips nine was found safe in Odessa after a four day disappearance linked to Helen Corine Woods twenty and her husband George Vernon Woods twenty seven who were charged with kidnapping. Eva Lois daughter of C H Phillips lived near the Woods in a trailer camp. Woods arrested in Odessa and claimed only a bike ride before returning the girl home.
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Dallas
Tex
Eva Lois Phillips
Odessa
Helen Corine Woods
George Vernon Woods
Eva Lois
C. H. Phillips
Phillips
Woods
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Frank Jordan
Mary Frank Jordan 67 died in Cullman Hospital. Funeral held Monday at Sacred Heart Church with Fr Charles officiating. Interment in Catholic cemetery. Survived by husband P R Jordan Hanceville five daughters Mrs Mary Higginbotham Cincinnati Mrs Tillie Kleedehn Cullman Mrs Clara Taylor Winter Haven Florida Mrs Louis Mann Birmingham Mrs Margaret Barnett Birmingham three sons August Frank Jake Frank Cullman Troy Frank Salem Ohio five step sons three step daughters.
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Mary Frank Jordan
Cullman Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Charles
P R. Jordan
Hanceville
Mary Higginbotham
Cincinnati
Tillie Kleedehn
Cullman
Clara Taylor
Winter Haven
Fla
Funeral services for Mrs M A Coleman 85
Mrs M A Coleman 85 died at her daughter Mrs Alf L Hinds Sr home. Funeral held Saturday at 10 A M from Joppa Methodist Church with Rev Dicker son officiating. Interment in Pleasant Grove cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Hines Cullman and Mrs Inez Corley Joppa. five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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M. A. Coleman
Alf L Hinds
Joppa Methodist Church
Dickerson
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Hines
Cullman
Inez Corley
Joppa
Funeral services held for Mrs. Susan Dye
Mrs. Susan Dye aged 65 died at her home. Funeral services were conducted at Duck River church by Rev. J. S. Schultz with interment in the church cemetery. Survived by husband Richard Dye of Cullman one sister Mrs. J. P. Scott and one brother M. Smith Mayo.
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Susan Dye
Duck. River Church
J. S. Schultz
Richard Dye
Cullman
J. P. Scott
M. Smith Mayo
Yugoslav Olympic Rowers Seek Asylum in West
In Rues selsheim Germany eight Yugoslav rowers announce they will not return home despite Tito’s regime. Manager Slavko Jankovic says seven others join him seeking asylum, aiming for Canada. Four more Yugoslav rowers in Bochum reportedly not returning.
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Ruesselsheim
Germany
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Stalin
Slavko Jankovic
Canada
Helsinki
Bochum
Jankovic
Rev J P West Leads Youth Revival at Ninth Street
Rev J P West Jr known as Brother Pete and pastor of Sandusky Methodist Ensley will lead youth services at Ninth Street Methodist during a revival from August 24 through September. He is a student at Birmingham Southern College and brings youth teaching training to the effort. Every young person is invited to attend and share in the blessings and fellowship offered.
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J. P. West Jr
Brother Pete
Sandusky Methodist Church
Ensley
Ninth Street Methodist Church
West
Birmingham Southern College
17 Year Old Charged With Murder in Parkersburg Fight
State police said they would charge 17 year old Richard Thompson with murder for beating his father Wilbur Okey Thompson 46 to death during a fist fight in Parkersburg. Authorities said the dispute began earlier.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Richard Thompson
Wilbur Okey Thompson
Fifth Child Of One Family Stricken With Polio
In Taylor Wisconsin the Helge Hjornezik family sees polio strike as Danny age 4 becomes ill joining eight children. Beatrice 20 is the first victim, dying after illness began Tuesday. Ardella 12 and Gerald 14 are hospitalized and Helge Jr. 16 is now stricken.
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Taylor, Wis
Helge ‘Hjornezik
Danny Hjornezik
Beatrice
Ardella
Gerald
Helge Jr
Zatopek Rejects U S Offer as Unsportsmanlike
Emil Zatopek, the Czech distance star and Helsinki double winner, calls American bids to lure him with circus-like tricks ridiculous and unsportsmanlike. He says US play urged his late career surge and helped him win at Helsinki, where he captured 5,000, 10,000 and marathon titles. Europeans blast American and Canadian hockey rough play at Oslo.
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Vienna
Emil Zatopek
Czechoslovakia
United States
Helsinki
America
Zatopek
Oslo
Thompson's Divorce Case Involving Teen Daughter
Richard informs his father that Thompson's ex wife believes their teen daughter spends too much time away from home. The girl has been living with Thompson.
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Richard
Thompson
Justice Case Scrutinized by House Investigators
Washington lawmakers examine a seven year old Justice Department fraud case marked closed without prosecution. The probe involves past DOJ officials including T Lamar Caudle and centers on a business firm. public hearings are anticipated on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Department
Capitol Hill
House Judiciary
Atty
T. Lamar Caudle
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Caudle
Truman
House Committee
Surface temp of 700 F easily ignites most materials
A surface temperature of seven hundred degrees Fahrenheit can quickly ignite many combustibles, posing a risk in environments with heat sources or flammable substances. This level of heat can set off fires in common materials absent proper safeguards.
Thirteen Year Old Scout Survives Sierra Ordeal Alone
Brent Bradberry a thirteen year old from Lynwood California told how he survived seven days alone in the high Sierra using Boy Scout know how. He followed Cherry Creek downstream after vanishing on a fishing trip and described crossing his path wading swimming and tumbling through miles of rough terrain. He slept in a rotten redwood log kept dry by the hollow and ate pine nuts wild peppers and dried apricot leaves.
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Sonora
Calif
Brent Bradberry
High Sierra
Lynwood
Satuday
Brent
Cherry Creek
Bradberry
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