Rev Charles W Hedrick Named Pastor at Courtland Baptist
Rev Charles W Hedrick accepted the pastorate at Courtland Baptist Church Courtland after a career in Alabama and nearby states. He had preached since seventeen and taught Bible students in Huntsville before coming. A spokesman praised the church and noted a ten day singing school starting August 25 with Bro Griggs of Huntsville as director.
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Charles W. Hedrick
Courtland Baptist Church
Courtland
Hedrick
Alabama
Huntsville
Courtland Baptist
Bro. Hedrick
Bro. Griggs
Citizens Praise City Street Improvements
A letter from Mrs. H. C. Johnston thanks the Decatur Street Department for beautifying Johnston Street on John ston Street and acknowledges the city's care and hard work in improving the street.
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Johnston Street
H. C. Johnston
Dodgers Star Carl Furillo Aces 1949 50 Batting Marks
Carl Furillo of the Dodgers posted identical home run and RBI totals in 1949 and 1950. He hit 18 homers and drove in 106 runs. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
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Carl Furillo
Dodgers
Office Cat and Frank Humor Fragments From a Patchwork Page
A collage of jokes and quips interweaves prison talk about drinking, rent, and a famed sculptor warning of future fame. The item mixes theatre style humor with regional sketches and a closing courtroom anecdote.
Fishing License Sales Show a Notable Increase in Tennessee
Tennessee reports 224,430 non resident fishing licenses sold in the year ending June 30, including 217,000 three day permits and the rest annual licenses. Previous year sales totaled 189,447 with 1941 seeing only 12,807. Tennessee ranks fourth among states in non resident license sales, behind Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan.
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Tennessee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Father To Meet Daughter He Has Never Even Seen
An Anniston man, Guy Dell Brown, plans to visit Savannah to meet his 23 year old daughter Mrs. Fred V. Pettit and her three children, after a three year search confirmed by police. Brown learned of the link when a sister saw a newspaper appeal and Brown brought the clipping to the station. He had separated from Pettit’s mother before the daughter was born and later heard they both died in childbirth.
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Anniston
Guy Dell
Buddy) Brown
Fred V. Pettit
Savannah
Buddy Brown
Sites Surveyed For 2 New Steam Plants
Work on surveys for the John Sevier and Gallatin steam plants in East Tennessee continues. Congress approved initial funds before adjournment, and TVA engineers expect Johnsonville plant crews to move to John Sevier this fall while Widows Creek crews shift to Gallatin to begin work next spring.
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John Sevier
Gallatin
East Tennessee
Congress
TVA
Johnsonville
Widows Creek
TVA Recreation Gains Surge on Lakes Since 1947
A TVA survey shows recreation equipment and facilities on TVA lakes rising 150 percent from 1947 to 1951, with boats increasing from 9 615 to 18 216 and related income up 135 percent. Person-days of visits grew from 7 338 755 to 18 420 915, and employment rose from 334 to 858 years.
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Tva Lakes
TVA
Ingalls Set to Launch New Mariner Cargo Vessel
Ingalls in Pascagoula Miss will launch a 560 foot Mariner class cargo ship on September 5. Mrs. Lister Hill wife of Alabama Senator will christen the vessel before it slides down the ways. Ingalls builds five of eight million dollar ships for the federal program. The Mariners rival WWI Liberty and Victory ships and reach speeds over 20 knots.
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Pascagoula
Miss
America
Fast Mariner
Lister Hill
Alabama
U. S
Christen
Ingalls Corp
Ingalls
Liberty
Victory
Counties Lead in 1951 Person-Day Visitor Counts
Six counties rank among the seven with the highest person day visits in 1951. Union County in Tennessee surpasses Graham County North Carolina to join the top seven based on visitor activity.
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Shall
North Carolina
Graham County
Tennessee
Union
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Joe” DeKeyser, Mgr
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