Athens Woman's Society Opens Zone One Meeting
Decatur District Woman's Society of Christian Service held its first Zone One quarterly session at First Methodist Church Athens at ten o clock on August 17 led by zone leader Mrs W B Crutcher. Organist Mrs R H Richardson performed an Organ Prelude and opening hymn was I
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of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Athens
R. H. Richardson
W. B. Crutcher
Charles Leopard
Bob Lindsay
Miller Page
C.8
Richardson
Perry James
Athens College
James
Decatur
Founder's Hall
W. V. Pattillo
W. S. Garth
D. D. McGehee
L. L. McCulloch
A. G Jones
D.L. Grizzard
Winston Powell
K. L. Rudolph
S. J. Nethery
Fred Bickley
Belle Mina
Cousar to Sing at Decatur Concert August 30
Robert W. Cousar Jr a 24 year old bass baritone will sing The Lord s Prayer at a concert in Riverside high school auditorium August 30 a Decatur W S C S event. He is guest artist for a Junior Service League program aiding Athens College and local welfare efforts.
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Robert W
Bob) Cousar, Jr
R. W. Cousar
Chattanooga, Tenn
Junior Service League
Riverside High School
Cousar
David Allen Gibson
Decatur
First Presbyterian Church
University of Chattanooga
Columbia Theological Seminary
Georgia
Mme Wolff
John Hoffman
Atlanta
Seminary
Vernon Noah
Birmingham
Central Presbyterian Church
Chattanooga Opera Association
Faure
Figures Reveal Slower Alabama Trade In June
Alabama business activity dipped in June as coal mining and cotton textile outputs fell. The University of Alabama bureau of business research noted a drop in the composite index from 203 in June 1948 to 176 this June, though iron and steel production stayed high and building contracts rose. Employment fell while retail sales and bank activity showed mixed changes, with car registrations rising.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
University of Alabama Bureau of Business Research
Double Hearing Set In Chenault vs Decatur Transit
Judge Crow will preside over a Sept 10 hearing on a Chenault new trial motion and Decatur Transit request to shift witness expenses. Earlier this month a Morgan circuit jury awarded $400 in a $30,000 damage suit over injuries to a Grant Street office building caused by a runaway bus in December 1948.
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B. Frank Chenault
Decatur Transit
James H. Crow
Chenault
Morgan
Grant Street
Iced tea consumption inches toward six and a half billion glasses
The article notes that about six and a half billion glasses of iced tea are consumed annually in the country, highlighting the drink's popularity and cultural reach.
Parker Named Boy Scout Field Executive in Tennessee Valley
R B Stitzer of the Tennessee Valley Council announces Alvin F Parker as field Scout executive. Parker completes a 45 day school in New Jersey and has a history in education military service in Alaska England France and Belgium. He graduated from Florence State Teachers College in 1949 and pursued post graduate work at Peabody College. He and wife Irene McClure live in Huntsville with two daughters and will serve Madison Jackson and Limestone counties.
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R. B. Stitzer
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Alvin F. Parker
Parker
Merdham
New Jersey
Sttzer
Florence State Teachers College
Army Medical Department
Alaska
England
France
Belgium
Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Campign
Peabody
Kappa Delta Pi Fraternity
Irene McClure
Florence
Pamella
Jane
Nelda June
N. Rose Drive
Huntsville
Madison
Jackson
Limestone Counties
Miners Idle in Birmingham Strike Hit Tennessee Coal Pits
Nearly 5,000 workers nationwide idle as eight iron ore pits a limestone plant and a dolomite quarry shut down. The United Mine Workers union strike halts Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company ore operations in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Air Force Tests 50 Million Candlepower Flash Over Gulf Coast Cities
At Eglin Air Force Base the Air Force will trigger a 50 million candlepower flash over five Gulf Coast cities including Mobile Alabama Panama City Marianna Crestview and Pensacola Florida to test the K-73 sight camera. The report notes the trial as a high intensity aerial photography session and mentions a headline detail about iron appearing many times in the Old Testament.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Alabama
Florida
Eglin
Mobile
Ala
Panama City
Marianna
Crestview
Pensacola
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Woman's Society
Riverside High
American Legion Auxiliary
Register
Sears Order Office
D. L. Grizzard
Carl Martin
Second Avenue
Crow
Boy Scout
Big Flash
Rayon
Crepes
Percales
Chambray
Priscilla
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