Jones Chapel Pastor Anniversary and Community Notices
The Jones Chapel M E marks its 27th anniversary for Pastor Rev J S Carter with services featuring St Luke Methodist Sheffield at 11 oclock and Shiloh Baptist Shiloh at 3 p m with dinner to follow Union Grove P B holds Sunday School 10 a m morning worship 11 a m communion and foot washing and 5 p m Young People’s Band Club No 1 meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Mabel Brown’s home all church officers urged to attend board meeting Friday at 7 and regular conference Saturday at 4 p m. The column lists visiting relatives, recent hospital stays and a sick list including Mesdames Millie Mills Emma Horton Virginia Cornwell Hester Griffin Eliaz Adkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Carter
Jones Chapel
Robert Reeves
St. Luke Methodist Church
Sheffield
Cosby
Shiloh Baptist Church
Union Grove P.B
Willie Brown
D. C. Crittenton
B. M. Scott
Mesdames Millie Mills
Emma Horton
Virginia Cornwell
Hester Griffin
Eliaz Adkins
Mock Confer ence at Oakland Church Friday Night
The Oak land Church hosts a Mock Conference Friday at 7 30 p m at Presbyterian Church NW Cherry St Circle No 1 sponsors the program Ollie L Smith is club president Rev Frank Moore pastor Order of Service Sunday School 945 Morning Worship 11 am the Rev Moore will preach the sermon public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People of Oakland Church
Presbyterian Church
Cherry St
Circle No. 1
Ollie L. Smith
Frank Moore
Hayride Planned at Cedar Lake Presbyterian Saturday
Cedar Lake Presbyterian hosts a Saturday hayride at 7 30 p m sponsored by Miss Ann Burk. A full evening of entertainment is planned for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Lake Presbyterian
Ann Burk
Club Meeting Notice Led by Mrs Mary Dobbins
The next club gathering will be hosted by Mrs Mary Dobbins at 416 NW LaFayette Street. Miss Bernice Watkins serves as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dobbins
LaFayette St
Bernice Watkins
Decatur High Star Clifton Brown Visits Mother in St Louis
Clifton Brown, 1940 Decatur High graduate and star of the 39 and 40 football teams, visits his mother Mrs. Sam Ella Brown at 809 NW Cash in St. Louis before leaving for home Friday. Mrs. B W Williams of Montgomery stayed three days with Dr. and Mrs. M H Williams. she visited Cleveland with her two sons and families. Mrs. E S Wright of Birmingham, sister of Mrs. M H Williams, visits here for the rest of the week.
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Clifton Brown
Decatur High
Sam Ella Brown
Cash
Brown
New York City
B. W. Williams
Montgomery
Inlaw
M. H. Williams
E. S. Wright
Birmingham
Family prepares to sail for Germany to join Sgt. Collier
Mrs Minnie Milton Collier and two children James Donnell and Donetta Lorean plan to leave next Thursday for Fort Hamilton New York then sail to Germany to join husband and father Sgt 1/C James E Collier. The family will reside in Guissen Germany for one year. Mrs Ann Dunn departed Monday for her home in Pittsburgh after two weeks with her.
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Minnie Milton Collier
James Donnell
Donetta Lorean
Fort Hamilton
N.Y
James E. Collier
Guissen
Germany
Sgt. Collier
Ann Dunn
Pittsburgh
Market Honors School Founder
A granite marker for Edward Baptist, founder of what became the University of Richmond, was dedicated at his Alabama family cemetery. Dr. George M. Modlin led a brief service as about 50 visitors, including Baptist descendant Richard G. Thomason, observed the ceremony. Baptist moved with his family and enslaved people in 1835 and built a Virginia academy that evolved into a university.
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Faunsdale
Ala
Edward Baptist
University of Richmond
Baptist
George M. Modlin
Virginia School
Richard G. Thomason
Birmingham
Virginia
Powhatan County
Virginia Baptist Seminary
University
Modlin
Bloodhounds Track Mississippi Convicts From Penitentiary Farm
Bloodhounds trapped two convicts who escaped from the State Penitentiary. The men, who fled a crop line, were free for nine hours before officers recaptured them about one mile from a prison camp on the penitentiary farm.
Gallagher Says He Would Kick Thief In Seat Of Pants
At his military murder trial in New York Sgt. James C. Gallagher testified he would boot a thief from him or his squad, even the prosecutor, if caught stealing. He admitted fighting rumors and denied selling food, facing a possible life sentence if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallagher
New York
James C. Gallagher
Maj
James J. Jenkins
Emuel Turner
Evarts
Jenkins
Turner
Korea
Coast Guard Withholds Reserve Commission in Sandy Case
The Coast Guard said it has withheld the reserve commission of N Pierre Gaston a 23 year old Coast Guard Officer Candidate School graduate pending a security review. His attorney said the action stems from his mother being linked to groups cited as subversive by the attorney general. Gaston ranked eighth in his class at New London and his case parallels Eugene Landy who was denied a Navy reserve commission after Kings Point graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast Guard
N. Pierre Gaston
Coast Guard Officer Candidate School
Eugene Landy
Merchant Marine Academy
Gaston
Murdaugh Madden
Jane Griser
9Th Ave
San Francisco
Madden
New London, Conn
Landy
Kings Point
N. Y
Escapees Identified in Farm Work Field Breakaway
Assistant Superintendent A. E. Reed identified escapees John Cornette, 26, of Dayton Ohio, and John Winters, 27. They slipped away earlier under a cover of growing crops while working in the fields. Cornette had a 20 year armed robbery sentence plus a five year term for assault and battery with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Reed
John Cornette
Dayton
Ohio
John Winters
Cornette
Truman Helps Democrats While Eisenhower Enjoys Broad Support
Senator Capehart says Truman’s campaign for Democrats in 1956 will be welcomed as an asset by Republicans. Truman plans speeches at French Lick Mackinac Island Detroit Labor Day rally and California dinners, aiming to boost Stevenson’s ticket and aid the Democratic National Committee. He denies 1956 candidacy and states he supports Stevenson and the Democratic platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Capehart
Mackinac Island
Mich
Detroit
California
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Committee
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Trains Corporal White Completes Ordnance School Course
Army Corporal Ray L. White of Hartselle has finished the Shop Foreman Course at the Ordnance Automotive School in Atlanta. He is among more than 70 000 trained there since 1941. he is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward C White of Decatur and husband of Esther E White of Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Ray L. White
Hartselle
Ordnance Automotive School
Atlanta
Corporal White
Edward C. White
Seventh Ave
Decatur
Esther E. White
Hartselle 3
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Maggie White
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T. B. Sanatorium
Lorene Holt
Dan E. Kelly
Alice Griner
M. D. Thompson
Fink St
John Rainey
Chicago
Bessie E. Lane
Toney
C. L. Edwards
Middletown
William H. Crutcher
Phillips Lightfoot
Edgar A. Shelton
11Th Ave
Sheltons
Macedonia
C.P
Princess
Blackboard
J. Elmer Burleson
Morris Jewelers
Ele
Yen
Mississippi
Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stockton
Calif
University of Chicago
College of the Pacific
Stockton Junior College
Fanado
Southern Engineering CO
Sales & Service Decator
W. Phene
Reo Diamond Coffee
Donovans
Solas
HST
U.S
Choice Club
Wieners, Ib
Pet
Bama Pure
Jor
Tip-Top Food Store
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