Tent Revival Opens Sunday at Ninth Street Methodist Church Area
A tent revival begins Sunday at 11:00 AM behind Ninth Street Methodist Church between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The tent seats up to 800, with lighting ventilation and outdoor sound. Rev. O B Lansbury of Scottsboro First Methodist will evangelize for two weeks. Evening services start at 6:30 PM led by Rev. J P West Jr of Midway Methodist Church, inviting city church youth to attend.
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Sixth Avenues
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O. B. Lansbury
Scottsboro First Methodist Church
Lansbury
Flint
Memorial Drive
Injured Youth Improves After Bluff Fall Rescue
Freddie Ray Baker a 14 year old Logan boy remained in Cullman hospital in very good condition after a fall from a 75 foot cliff near Jones Chapel Tuesday. He suffered two broken legs cuts bruises and a back injury while a companion Ronnie McHenry 16 sought help and Freddie applied a tourniquet. Rescuers spent four hours hauling him up the bluff using saplings and a rope ladder.
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Jones Chapel
Cullman Hospital
Freddie Ray
Ronnie McHenry
Gotte
Freddie
Two Are Killed And 3 Hurt In Accident in Columbus
A loaded lumber truck and a passenger car collided at a busy intersection in Columbus Georgia yesterday killing two men and injuring three others. Benny J Williams Jr 19 Fortson Ga died when thrown from the cab and crushed by timbers. Hershel Parker Jr 37 Fortson Ga was killed under the truck wheels. Fletcher Spencer 25 truck driver and Mr and Mrs L H Sessions Enterprise Ala were treated for cuts. Spencer held without bond on murder with an automobile.
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Benny J. Williams Jr
Fortson
Hershel Parker Jr
Fletcher Spencer
L. H. Sessions
Enterprise
Ala
T. O. Johnson
Spencer
Sparkman Morgan County Court Reopens With State V Paul Thomas
Sparkman Morgan county court resumes after recess with Judge W H Long presiding. State versus Paul Thomas, charged with disposing of mortgaged property, is first to be tried this week. Mayo Lockhart case for assault and battery not pressed this morning. The week is devoted to non jury criminal trials.
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W. H.long
State
Paul Thomas
Mayo Lockhart
Welfare Rolls Are Reduced
Welfare rolls fell by 929 cases in July from June with 100 444 recipients. Total payments reached 2 442 393 dollars at an average 24.32 per case up 14 cents from June. Applications rose by 701 while 6 669 cases have been affected by the relative responsibility law since Oct 1, 1951.
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Montgomery
State Welfare Department
Bill Dorrough
McSpadden Fund Surpasses Five Hundred Dollars
The McSpadden Fund for rheumatic heart victim John McSpadden has surpassed $500 with latest gifts. Contributors include Knights of Pythias Hart selle 1343rd Engineer Auxiliary Olen Hamilton a friend Flint Methodist church and Westside Presbyterian senior high class among others totaling $529.26. An earlier $4.50 gift from Flint Baptist church was misattributed and corrected to First Baptist. The Austinville community also donated $146 cash plus 100 cans of food and clothing.
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John McSpadden
Knights of Pythias
Hartselle
Olen Hamilton
Flint Methodist Church
Henry D. Stephenson
Chicago
Westside Presbyterian Church
Flint Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Austinville
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Lions District Chief Addresses Decatur Lions Meeting
Huntsville Lions District Governor Douglas C. Martinson spoke to the Decatur Lions Club at the Lyons Hotel on Things Don't Just Happen urging continued effort and achievement. Guy Walker reported Birmingham’s state sight conservation meeting, Harold Watkins was announced as improving, and Bob MacGregor was welcomed as a new member. Visitors included Bill Wilson Roy Freeman Jr Douglas Martinson Jr and Lion Walton.
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Huntsville
Lions
Lions Club
Lyons Hotel
Lions Clubs
Guy Walker
Birmingham
Lion Harold Watkins
Bob MacGregor
Bill Wilson
Roy Freeman
Decatur
Douglas Martinson, Jr
Lion Walton
Walkout Ban Agreed Upon At Atomic Energy Plant
Paducah Kentucky union and management officials agreed on a plan to block unauthorized walkouts at a billion dollar atomic energy plant. The deal, drawn up by the atomic energy labor relations panel, sets penalties for wildcat actions and noncompliance. Carpenters had withdrawn their picket line, allowing a return to full staffing today.
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Atomic Energy Plant
AFL
Truman
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
Henry Lee Dobbs Rites Set Friday
Final rites for Henry Lee Dobbs age 34 of Scottsboro are set for Friday at 2 PM at Walker Chapel near Fort Payne with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Dobbs died today at 5 AM at the Flint Sanatorium and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Roscoe E Dobbs of Sheffield.
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Henry Lee Dobbs
Scottsboro
Walker Chapel
Fort Payne
Mr. Dobbs
Flint
Sheffield
Terrapin Taste Shifts From Slaves to Gourmet Menu
National Geographic Society notes terrapin was once a common slave diet dish in early America then evolved into a rare luxury in the 1890s. Delaware Park recent 33 day meeting saw 111 trainers share in winning 264 races.
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America
National Geographic Society
Delaware Park
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