REA approves $22.7 million in loans to Dixie cooperatives
The Rural Electrification Administration approved $22,734,000 in loans to Alabama Florida and Georgia electric cooperatives for the eleven months ending May 1948. The loans will add 10,798 miles of lines and connect 37,099 customers as construction progresses. Generating plants and transmission lines are funded to link coops with their supply source.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Sparkman
D-Ala
Claude R. Wickard
REA
Wickard
Miss White Takes State Position
Miss Suinnie H. White has recently accepted a job at the State capital. The move places her in a public service role, highlighting her steady career progression and commitment to state affairs.
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Miss White
Suinnie H. White
The
State
Horoscope snippets and coded terms from a dated chart
The fragment shows zodiac signs Taurus Gemini Virgo and scattered numbered codes. It reads as a light astrology column with dates and cryptic sequences and word fragments like Important Money and Upsets.
Miss White Relocates from Louisville to City Church Work
A Miss White now resides at 1611 Tenth Avenue East after moving from Birmingham where she had lived several months. She is an accomplished musician with experience in religious education and plans active involvement at the Sixth Avenue Church of God.
Lawrence County Notes Reflect Navy Return and Community Events
Lawrence County locals report Charles Sapp returning from the Navy with ear trouble. George Sapp home after hospital treatment in Moulton. J E Jacobs back from Arkansas visit. Max and Kenneth Wiley finish a month at Fort Benning as National Guardsmen. Twelfth grade girls hosted by Fay McMillian on August 11 with ice cream and guests including Willodean Sapp and others. Visits among families, attendance at a song in Fenn, funeral attendance for Mrs. Howard Gibson in Hartselle. Baptist revival starts next Sunday led by Rev. Brown of Birmingham. Ermine McKay to come home after Birmingham operation. Mrs. R C Beckett resumes teaching after illness.
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Charles Sapp
Navy
George Sapp
Irvin and Dyers Hospital
Moulton
J. E. Jacobs
Arkansas
Max
Kenneth Wiley
Fort Benning
Georgia
National Guard
Fay McMillian
Willodean Sapp
Clint Keenum
Betty Fay Johnson
Alton Kennum
Lewell Lowery
L. O. Harrison
Bernell Kenum
Frank Turbfill
Eugene Hode
Charles Moore
Eugene Hodo
Texas
A. W. Blaik
G. W. Black
Charlie McMillian
Fenn
Charles Speake
John Lee Speake
Howard Gibson
Hartselle
Rev. Brown
Birmingham
Ermine McKay
R. C. Beckett
The Problem Be Low And Jokes Of Yesteryear
A reader shares a brain teaser about a theater with 100 seats and mixed gender pricing. The other items are assorted jokes and quips about ignorance faith and daily life. The collection ends with a note praising soldier socks and a blessing.
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Emily Fleming
Norfolk
Virginia
Harmony church revival yields converts and outreach
The Harmony church revival closed Friday night with nine converts who joined the church and were baptized Sunday at 3:00 PM in L. S. Thrasher's pool. Sunday Aug 22 election of pastor and officers. various community visits noted plus ongoing revivals at nearby churches.
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Harmony Church
J. A. Gomes
L. S. Thrasher
Burns and Graves Families Visit from Decatur and Vinemont
Mr and Mrs Charles Burns and family from near Decatur visit Mr and Mrs John Ralph and family. Ellis Graves Bill Burns and James Taylor of Vinemont join the gathering. Alva Johnson and children spend Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Vice at Peck.
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Charles’ Burns
Near. Decatur
Ellis Graves
Bill Burns
James Taylor
Vinemont
John Ralph
Alva Johnson
Vice
Peck
Local gatherings and family visits during a weekend
Hollow. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Peck and daughter spent Sunday at Arab with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Black and family. Albert Peck of near Decatur visited M. G. Peck Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bailey. Mrs. Zera Lipscomb returned home Tuesday after two weeks with Mrs Russell Peck. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Keyes and children spent Wednesday with her parents at Athens. Mr. and Mrs. Barnie Brinner took their baby to Hartselle clinic last week.
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Bret Pepper
Athens
Barnie Brinner
Hartselle Clinic
Community Mourns Loss In Fatal County Car Wreck
Mrs. Armis Oden Nunly is killed in a Saturday car wreck. Her home was Ryans but she formerly lived in Morgan County Rock Creek. Paul Oden left Thursday to enter U.S. Army service. Rev. Dewey Crow preached a Sunday appointment.
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Armis Oden Nunly
Ryans
Dewey Crow
Chester Holland
Elbert
Julian
Elmos Rutledge
Lorene Lewis
Eloise Tanner
Florence State Teachers’ College
Paul Oden
U.S. Army
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Lawrence County Harmony
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J. A. Gomés
J. W. Henderson
Clarence Gillespie
Guy Thrasher
Harold Reed
Little Ronald
Dwain Thrasher
Ray Morris
Austinville
Willie Reed
W. M. Briley
Old Harmony Freewill Church
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Curtis Briley
Clyde Jones
Chalybeate Baptist Church
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Arley
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Chalybeate Church
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Hillsboro
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