Gwen Harmon Crowned Miss Alabama in Birmingham Pageant
Gwen Harmon a honey blonde student at Howard College was named Miss Alabama in a state beauty and talent contest in Birmingham. Seven runners up included Jannette Bell Barbara Hicks Ethel Tatum Ann Pilcher Rita Luyden Patricia Ann Bowers and Mildred Ann Scott. Harmon will compete in Atlantic City in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Gwen Harmon
Alabama
Howard College
Jefferson County
Jannette Bell
Birmingham-Southern
Barbara Hicks
Lipscomb College
Ethel Tatum
Howard
Ann Pilcher
University of Alabama
Rita Luyden
Cullman
Patricia
Ann Bowers
Mildred Ann Scott
Golf champion Mrs Goldthwaite wins Curtis Cup leadership
Mrs Frank Goldthwaite, serving as non playing captain, guides the Curtis Cup team to victory as she also clinches the Southern and Texas Women's Amateur titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Goldthwaite
Texas
Victim Of Polio Taken Off Train At Birmingham
Mrs. Peggie Hilton, 31, wife of Lt. Col. Kenneth Hilton of the Marines, was placed in a Birmingham hospital after polio symptoms halted a train journey from California via New Orleans. Her seven month old baby was to join three siblings in Albany, Georgia, as Lt. Col. Hilton sped from Albany to Birmingham. Train personnel wired ahead for medical help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Peggie Hilton
Kenneth Hilton
Marines
Albany
Tod Ay
New Orleans
Open Rotary meeting notes announces attendance and events
Decatur Rotary held its regular open meeting with member announcements and comments. Congratulations were given to Mr and Mrs Fred Papenburg on the birth of a son. President Spence Hicks read a letter inviting Rotarians to John Sparkman welcome in Huntsville as July attendance stood at 89.58 percent with a prize won by Tom Bingham and plans for 100 percent church attendance in September. Guests included Edd Shipper of Florence and visiting Rotarians from Demopolis Huntsville Athens and Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Fred Papenburg
Blizzard
Holmes Turner
Spence Hicks
John Sparkman
Huntsville
Tom Bingham
Jack Chitwood
Edd Shipper
Florence
Billy Duncan
Louis Steinhart
Demopolis
Harold Wilde
Perry James
Athens
R. W. King
Hartselle
Prichard Tavern Operator Binds Over On Liquor Charges
Sam Deas a Prichard tavern operator awaited grand jury action on liquor law violations after a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Alex T Howard A Negro woman testified she was promised protection from arrest if she helped Deas handle illegal moonshine whisky and legal wine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Sam Deas
Deas
U.S
Alex T. Howard
Texas Hushed by Heat as Drought Hits Farms
Dallas area endures 18th straight day above 100 degrees as Abilene farmers urge Gov Shivers to seek drought disaster status statewide. Crop losses mount for cotton rice and sorghum while heat fatalities rise and water shortages worsen across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
North Texas
Dallas, Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Tex
Allan Shivers
Seymour
Presidio
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Childress
Cotulla
San Angelo
School Opens In East Acres
The Central Baptist church sponsors a children’s Bible study class that met for the first time in East Acres on Monday morning. Fifty two children attended singing led by Mrs. Hubert S. Sheffield with hand organ accompaniment, while Mrs. W. O. LeCroy and Mrs. C. S. Whitmire led character studies and flash card activities. A dramatized happy ending story and prayers followed, then a session of games. The class will meet Mondays from 10 to 11 A.M. for children three years and up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
East Acres
W. O. LeCroy
C. S. Whitmire
Sheffield
Corporal Hit by Lightning While Calling Home at Camp Rucker
Cpl. Claude Cornelius, an electrician with Company C, 682nd Engineer Combat Battalion, was shocked when lightning struck telephone lines while he called Boaz Alabama. He was knocked unconscious and brought to the station hospital but recovered and was deemed fit for duty. It is unclear if he made another call afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Rucker
Ala
Claude Cornelius
Boaz
Company C
682Nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Cornelius
Flash Flood Toll May Go Still Higher
Police warned the toll from Saturday's Lynmouth flood could reach 90 dead. Official figures listed 13 dead and 28 missing, with unofficial reports saying about 50 more holidaymakers were unaccounted for in the Devon resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynmouth
Eng
England
Lyn
Devon
First American Christmas Cards Engraved in 1874 in Roxbury
A Roxbury printer engraved the first American Christmas cards in 1874 for export to England but they were not distributed in the American market until the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury, Mass
England
Fate Moves Fast For Morgan Man In Multiple Charges
Herschel Pittman, a Somerville resident, was arrested on three charges including violation of the prohibition law assault and battery and robbery. Sheriff McCutcheon states Pittman sold beer Sunday and later attacked Clfton Brown taking $21 claiming the money matched the beer’s value. Pittman remains jailed in Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman
Morgan County
John McCutcheon
Somerville
Clifton Brown
Brown
Sunday Church Guests and Local Visit Notes in Morgan City
Rev. Fred Gifford led regular services at Freedom Church of God. Local families and guests from Huntsville Guntersville and Birmingham visited or hosted meals, including the Owens families, the Whisenants and Blévins Leach, with several couples sharing Sunday dinners and lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gifford
Freedom Church of God
Troy Whisenant
Leslie Owen Jr
Lant Smallwood
Shree
Hartselle
Walter Brooks
Frank and
Mack
Guntersville
Oscar Couch
J. B. Owens
Larry
J. L. Owens Jr
Jerry
Phillip Walter
Dayle
Betty
Birmingham
Katherine Blévins
Opal Leach
Leslie Owen
M. P. Walter
Kenneth Whisenant
Huntsville
Edward Lawrence
Elbert Thomas
Russell Peck
Pines
Mc. Coner Watson
Birdie Watson
George Rebben
Buford Owen
Krupp family seeks permission to prune empire holdings
Alfried Krupp asks Allied and West German authorities to permit trimming the Krupp group. The plan would shed steel and coal holdings used to arm Germany in two world wars while preserving locomotive and truck plants shipyards and real estate. Spokesmen say the company would stop producing arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOM
Germany
Krupps
Alfried Krupp
Krupp
Baruch Celebrates 82nd Birthday Under Redwoods
Bernard Baruch, aged 82, was guest of honor in DYERVILLE California for the dedication of a redwood bench in Founder's Grove. The bench inscription reads His stature is that of the red woods as the financier pondered beneath the 364 foot giant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyerville
Calif
Bernard Baruch
New York
Park Bench
Founder’s Grove
Funeral services set for Mrs Willie W Brake 80
Former Hartselle resident Mrs Willie W Brake died after an extended illness at 9 45 A M yesterday in Miami Florida Her funeral was held there today with interment in Miami She leaves a Miami son Paul Brake and a Decatur brother George D Williamson plus nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie W. Brake
Hartselle
Miami
Fla
King of Siam songs filed for U S copyright protection
An emissary brings seven unpublished Siamese compositions to the U S Copyright Office for registration. Among them are March of the Royal Bodyguard and Life's Destiny Elegy. The notice appears amid want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Siam
Thailand
U.S
Barns on Kimbrough Farm Razed by Fire
Two barns on the W. E. Kim broug e farm in South Limestone county were destroyed by a blaze yesterday afternoon around 1 PM. A milk barn and a hay and seed barn holding com bines were also ruined. Origin undetermined and total damage estimated at eight to ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Kimbroug
Limestone County
Barge Receives Pirate Ship Makeover in San Pedro
A former fish barge in San Pedro California has been remodeled by Vin Taylor and D Steele into a half pirate ship. The freezer house was turned into a ship bridge with wheel mast shrouds and ratlines for use in marine films. Fishermen who used to deliver albacore to the barge would hardly recognize it now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Vin Taylor
D. Steele
Taylor
Tank Fire Hits Centralia Water Tank in Rain
Mc Leansboro volunteers fought a blaze on an elevated wooden water tank as lightning struck during a heavy rain. Firemen containment succeeded with the tank damaged but out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Ill
McLeansboro
Court Handles Heavy Docket In Morgan County
Morgan county court moved into its second day of non jury criminal cases as forfeitues and alias capias writs were issued in several cases including Clarence Clay Earl Marion Wilbur Watkins Robert Hill John Paul Jones Roy Privett and others. Forfeitures were final in Ilda Horton Thomas Coleman and Roy Privett cases while Alexander was found guilty of assault and battery and fined 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Court
Ilda B. Horton
Thomas Coleman
Roy Privett
Privett
James Rogers
Sterling Sledge
E. T. Guyse
Roy—Lee— Alexander
95 Enrolled In Bible School
Ninety five children enrolled in Sixth Street Baptist Mission vacation Bible school yesterday afternoon. The program runs 2 to 4 each day through Friday with Bible stories drills and headwork. Commencement at 7 15 P.M. Friday features speaker Rev. Jimmy Caudill. Mrs. C S Whitmire leads the staff with several workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street Baptist Mission
Jimmy Caudill
Texas Seminary
C. S. Whitmire
Leon Posey
Phil Butler
W. O. LeCroy
Euel Thompson
Harry Higdon
N. L. Finch
U S Pipe and Foundry Plant in Bessemer Reopens
In Bessemer Alabama the U S Pipe and Foundry Co plant resumed operations today as about 500 United Steelworkers members returned to work after a weeklong walkout. Union leaders said they will strike again in ten days without wage and benefit concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Ala
U. S. Pipe and Foundry Co
United Steelworkers
CSO
American Army Sergeant Rocked by Tehran Mob
In Tehran a mob of about 100 Communist youths stoned a U S Army sergeant and his Persian driver as their jeep halted at a busy traffic light. Police dispersed the crowd with batons and the jeep escaped. The sergeant was identified as Sgt James Hagan of Atlanta GA and was only lightly struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
U.S. Army
James Hagan
Atlanta
S‘d
Emricaie Gom
Man Found Dead Near Railroad Tracks in Leeds Area
Coroner Joe L. Hilderbrand investigated the death of a man found on the railroad tracks near Leeds. Leeds Police Chief John H. Pledger tentatively identified the dead man as Walter Samuel Patterson of Fort Lauderdale Florida. The body was found shortly before midnight on the Southern tracks east of Leeds by a passenger train crew. The freight train appeared to have struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Joe L. Hilderbrand
Leeds
John H. Pledger
Walter Samuel Patterson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pledger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loyd’s
Chett
Just
Second Ave
Maurice Jackson
Protective Life Insurance Company
2Nd Ave
Hagerty
West
Decatur
Moulton Road
Knox McRae
Larry Aiken
Terre Haute, Ind
Morgan
Herschel Pittman
Morgan City
Mrs. O C
Arupes Ask
Baruch
Hartselle Passes
King Copyrights
Kimbrough
Alabama Asphalt Co
T. V
Radio Shack
Lafayette St
Bible
Goidel’s Drug Store
Belks Boll
Reigning Beauty
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!