Sparkman Hosts Homecoming For Medal of Honor Hero Bolden
Tribute paid during a 1945 congressional ceremony echoed at a Big Springs Park gathering. Sgt Paul Bolden, guest of honor, sat beside Vice President candidate John J Sparkman as Col Cecil Bolton attended in spirit though Army duties kept him away. Both Madison County heroes were honored for heroism in Europe in World War II.
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N’ Eep
John J. Sparkman
Madison County
Paul Bolden
Bolden
Sparkman
Big Springs Park
Col
Cécil Bolton
Europe
Young Doctor Shot Accidentally By Wife
Dr. Robert L. Green Jr. 30 and his wife Dr. Martha Green both physicians, returned from a Florida trip. The wife allegedly discharged a pistol while unpacking, wounding Green twice and leaving a bullet near his spine. He is in fair condition after surgery. A stray line mentions unrelated 1848 gum researchers.
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Birmingham
Robert L. Green Jr
Martha Green
Florida
Cecil Golden
Green
One Bedroom Ranch Style Home With Optional Upgrades
Expansible one bedroom ranch design aims at low cost and easy self build. Features include front living room with fireplace, picture window and terrace door, a left side bedroom with large closet, compact bath and kitchen to the rear, no basement, heating by floor or wall furnace, and optional future hall space. Complete blueprints and the Third Book of Small Home Designs available for purchase from Scale Model Home Planning Co., Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Scale Model Home Planning Co
Woodward Ave
Royal Oak
Michigan
Ceil Heat
Nome
Ceil Heat Div
Homes, # Inc
Knoxville
Tenn
Book on Alabama's first U S Vice President William Rufus King
Walter M. Jackson, superintendent of Decatur schools, published a 48 page footnoted paperback titled Alabama's First United States Vice President William Rufus King. The work charts Kings career from his 1819 Senate appointment through decades as Senate president pro tempore and his brief minister to France. The 1952 context notes Alabama hopes for a native son on a Democratic ticket with Stevenson and Sparkman.
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United States
Walter M. Jackson
Decatur
Alabama
William Rufus King
King
Franklin Pierce
Baltimore
Tennessee
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Vermont
Congress
Cuba
Selma
Alabamian
Senate
France
U. S. Senate
Jackson
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sen
John Sparkman
Mr. Jackson
Sparkman
Falkville church revival shifts to Piney Grove venue
Falkville readers learn that Disciples of Christchurch did not hold Sunday services to free time for the Piney Grove Church revival led by Rev. Paul Walker a Johnson Bible College student now evangelist. Regular Christian Women's Fellowship meets Monday at 3 p.m. at the church. A Nordic Mission in America director Rev. Robert Tarzier spoke on life behind the Iron Curtain at the Baptist Church. Numerous local residents and relatives are noted in travel, visits, and illnesses alongside revival services and church news.
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Disciples of Christchurch
Piney Grove Church
Paul Walker
Johnson Bible College
Piney Grove
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Robert Tarzier
America
Baptist Church
Tarzier
Soviet Russia
Young Stowaway Starts For China Stopped By Police
Redwood City resident Dickie Love an eight year old known as a veteran stowaway set out for China. He rode a bus to San Francisco inspected Orient bound freighters and boarded a cargo ship before police intervened and returned him to his mother. He previously stowed away on a New Orleans bound ship and rode trains and buses for travel.
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Redwood City
Calif
Dickie Love
China
San Francisco
Dickie
Love
New Orleans
Los Angeles
California
Girls State Report Presented at Legion Auxiliary Meeting
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 121 met August 12 at the Legion Home. President Mrs. Thomas Teague opened the session. Miss Mary Ann Allredge reported on Girls State. Officers installed included Mrs. Linnie Vinson as president and Mrs. W. F. Fricke as first vice president.
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Sarah Crowe
Emmett Smith
Mae Monk
Bobby Hooks
Jeanne Young
Teague
Linnie Vinson
Boozer
Jack Anglea
Johnny
Farmwell
Virginia
Anglea
Peggy Maddox
Decatur
Howard Payne
Payne
Oda Staples
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
J. H. Harvey
McKendree
F. R. Minter
Jane
Marle Evans
Homer Summerford
Mae Summerford
Robert Summerford
Ray Blakely
Florence State Teachers College
Adolph Ashwander
W. F. Fricke
Lutheran Missionary Society
Carlyle Berry
Falkville American Legion Auxiliary
Hartselle Post
Thomas Teague
D. L. St. John
Sherrill Vinson
Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Mary Ann Allredge
Piney Grove Church Holds Homecoming Revival
The revival began at Piney Grove Christian Church with the annual homecoming service on Sunday. Evening services at 8 o clock feature Rev Paul Walker bringing the message and teaching a Bible course Why We Believe Like We Do from 7 30 to 8 00. All are invited and a church bus from Falkville will pick up residents in the Piney Grove area.
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Piney Grove
Paul
FE. Walker
Paul O. Walker
Christian Church
Falkville
Cloud couple visits cousins in New Jersey
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cloud of Manville New Jersey recently visited cousins Mr. and Mrs. John Cloud and family, and were en route home after the trip.
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Edwin Cloud
Manville
New Jersey
John Cloud
Revival at Hamby’s Chapel andChurch of Christ events
Rev. M S Palmer conducts a revival at Hamby Chapel this week. The Church of Christ revival begins August 24 with Albert Holland of Memphis preaching and Harmon Tillery in charge of singing. Paul Tidwell to deliver messages on the second and fourth Sundays. várias attendees invited.
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M. S. Palmer
Hamby's Chapel
Church of Christ
Albert Holland
Memphis
Edd Cobb
Indianapolis
Ind
Awger Cobb
Puryear
Cephus Turner
Geraldene
Robert Adams
L. H. Merrell
Jo Ann Childers
Tuscumbia
Eulala Murphree
Cullman
Charles Nichols
Darrell Childers
Priceville
Cleo Childers
Barbara
E. B. Oden
Darrell
Judy
Hot Springs
Ark
Livingston
Stringer Church
Lawrence Cove
Edd Lindler
Marie
Burney
California
Brooks Lindler
Grandma Lindler
Frank Bowen
Eugene Brown
Dr. Lavender
Hartselle
Morgan County News Celebrates McAnally Family Reunion
The McAnally family reunion gathered Sunday at Clyde Bonds home on Lynne Ranch with many relatives. Rev Robert Glenn spoke, and Boyd McAnally invited attendees to the next reunion. Community updates include Mrs W J Day moving in with her daughter Mrs Alex Williams and visits from Decatur residents.
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McAnally
Clyde Bonds
Lynne— Ranch
Robert Glenn
Boyd Mc
W. J. Day
Alex Williams
Williams
Alex Sher- Till Williams
Freddie
Charles Neely
Decatur
Owen Chunn
L. L. Kennedy
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Rochester
Minn
Will Atkinson
Bobby Atkinson
Mary Lynne McDonald
Madison
Jesse Doverstreet
Olney Russell
Birmingham
Tom Russell
Bud Owen
Owen
Moundsville
West Virginia
Melva Joy Williams
J. R. Holder
Revival to Start Sunday at Pittman’s Graveyard
Rev. Lannie Smallwood and Hil liard Anders will begin a revival on Sunday, August 24 at Pittman’s graveyard, three and a half miles southwest of Hlartselle on the Nance Ford road. The public was invited to attend.
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Lannie Smallwood
Million Dollar Yacht Unveiled in Monrovia Harbor
In Monrovia Liberia President William V S Tubman debuts a new yacht bought in Holland for 210000 dollars but valued over a million after refitting The 4638 ton vessel is named President Edward J Boye to honor a former president and is described as a symbol of national prestige.
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Monrovia
Liberia
William V. S. Tubman
Holland
Edward J. Boye
Youngster Dragged To Death By Pony
In Westown New York Clarence Arthur Horle twelve rode a pony bought by his father who left for chores. The boy was dragged over a stony field and through a pond and died after being taken to a hospital. The father said the boy tied a rope from his waist to the saddle horn.
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Westown
N. Y
Clarence Arthur Horle
Clarence
Milk Consumption Rise in United States Since World War II
Milk intake in the United States stands about 13 percent higher now than before World War II, reflecting postwar dietary changes and increased per capita dairy use across households.
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United States
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Franklin
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H. Leon Reeves
8Th Ave
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General Contractors
A.e. N.E
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Sims Falkville
Dean H., Robinson
Falkville News
Diane
Robertson
Will Thompson
John Weiss
Dr Weiss
Atlanta
W. J. Thompson
A. W. Roan
Louisville
R. W. Roan
Roan
Lebanon
Sim Brown
Paducah
Reba Greer
Martz Ashwander
Hanceville
Vaughn Crowe
Jasper
L. E. Brown
C.W. Crowe
Lela Brown
W. C. McCrosky
I. L. Hardin
C. D. Boozer
Hartselle Womans Missionary Society
Emmett Bridges
Tuscaloosa
Roy Groover
Paul Rowe Jr
Paul Ili
Frances
Joe Fuqua
Martha
Tommy
William G. Price
Maria
Wright-Patterson Air Field
Dayton
Ohio
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H. L. Scott
Carolyn
George Holmes
Billy Douglas
Carolyn Douglas
Dallas
Texas
Geneva Robertson
Andy Grimmett
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
The
Floyd Parker
Summitt Baptist Church
Mae Day
Mattie Camp
Thomaston
Cahaba
Thomason Coal Co
Cherry Sts
M & H Cleaners
Sherman St
FIA
Astall
Tredemart
Morgan County
Walhermosa
George Perry
Youngstown
RADIO
SHACK
Lafayette St
Phene
Ray Childs
ST. N.E
Neal Stephenson
Austinville
Market St. Ph
Ramset
Frazier Machinery
6Th Ave
N. E
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