OPA Rent Director in State Dies in Atlanta
Darrell McConnell longtime OPA rent director for Montgomery died in Emory hospital after an illness. He previously directed in Montgomery with brothers in the McConnell firm. Survivors include wife Thelma Wright McConnell and daughter Mary England McConnell of Montgomery, four brothers Owen Evan Wellington Forrest and a sister Mrs. Wis of Atlanta. Funeral plans not announced.
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Atlanta
Darrell McConnell
OPA
Emory Hoshere
McConnell
Ell Brothers Motor Commy
Montgomery
Thelma Wright McConnell
Aughter
Mary England McConnell
Owen
Evan McConnell
Wellington McConnell
Wadesboro
N.C
Forrest McConnell Montgomery
Wis
Pan American to Stop in Cullman on Regular Schedule
The Pan-American train will make regular stops in Cullman beginning Saturday August 24. L and N officials announced the inclusion, with tickets to Birmingham Montgomery and south to New Orleans and north to Cincinnati New York. Trains 98 and 99 will arrive northbound at 9 30 a m and southbound at 7 10 p m. Funeral notices and social notes follow for local residents including McCalman Pruett and various travel updates.
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PAN American
Cullman
Louisville
Nashville
W. E. Smith
L and N
Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham
Montgomery
New Orleans
Decatur
Cincinnati
New York
Kiwanis Outing at Bledsoe Cottages on Guntersville Lake
Kiwanis Club members and guests enjoyed an afternoon of boat riding and swimming at the G W Bledsoe cottages on Guntersville Lake with a 5 pm picnic. A Cullman city school list shows 1946 47 teachers and a census notes 1 206 children ages 6 to 21 with three negro children.
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Kiwanis
Guntersville Lake
G. W. Bledsoe
Leroy Bledsoe
Elbert Ponder
Bledsoe
Frank Stitt
Lois Green
Jean Thompson
P. G. Hartung
Freda Hartung
Madelyn Hartung
James Rowe
Julian Bland
Raymond Yost
Barbara
N. V. Culpepper
Florence
F. E.st. John, Jr
Finis III and
Warren
L. L. Otwell
Elizabeth Otwell
Ethel Morrison
Sam Green
Virgil Fowler
Hugh Brindley
Grady Moss
Jimmy Jones
Mary Kelsey
Evelyn Artes
Russell Smith
Owen. Williams
Shirley
Giladys Bright
Homer. Mitchell
Don
Dan
Mary Ruth Mitchell
E. D. McAdory
James H. Call
Mary Dudley
Eugenia
E. D. McAdory, Jr
Jack Murphree
Jack Hagan
J. C. L. Bishop
Bunker
L. N. Lumsden
E. C. Kinney
L. J. Vogel
Mahalie Stinson
Bob Young
T. .A. Smith
Famy
Geo. Ponder, Jr
Cullman City
C. W. Allen
Evelyn Buclanan
Lillian Burgess
Sarah Donehoo
Ruth Edwards
Ruth Graves
Lorene Gay
Ruth Hays
Mildred Hopkins
Margie S. Howard
Valera Howard
Ruby Hulsey
Lillie Jackson
Cullman
Health work far advanced
Montgomery March 24. Dr. Burton Forsyth Austin state health officer argues Alabama wealth ties to citizens health and happiness. He notes health expenditures rose from 96 804 to 2 072 546 for 1944 45 with per capita spending near 75 cents and state paying about one third of the total bill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Burton Forsyth Austin
State Health Department
Austin
Alabama Health Progress Notes Major Decline in Diseases
The health officer highlighted Alabama's improvement since 1920 with mortality drops in tuberculosis from 87.8 to 40.7 per 100 000, diarrhea and enteritis from 35.3 to 8.8, pellagra from 16.1 to 3.4, typhoid from 15.3 to .6, malaria from 9.4 to 1.2, and diphtheria from 10.7 to 2.0, signaling a healthier state.
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Alabama
Two City Policemen Solve Bicycle Case
City patrolmen W. H. Parker and W. C. Hunter recovered two bicycles in Decatur and arrested three white youths. Chief J. B. Whitmire said work was difficult due to evasive statements by the suspects.
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W. H. Parker
W. C. Hunter
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Local youths fined for bicycle thefts in police court
Whitmire reported that the pair stripped and interchanged parts of stolen bicycles. The boys were charged with petty larceny and fined 25 dollars each in city police court.
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Whitmire
Amateurs compete for national qualifier spots in Atlanta
Thirty five of Alabama and Georgia’s top amateur golfers contest a sectional qualifying round in Atlanta to earn six berths in the national amateur championship next month.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
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