Sunday Church Activities and May be Evening Services
Central Methodist Church schedule lists Church School at 9 30 Morning worship at 10 55 M Y F at 6 39 and Evening worship at 7 30 The Workers Training School begins Sunday at 2 30 with classes nightly through Thursday W S C S business meeting moved to Tuesday 3 00 Children class Tuesday 2 45 Madonna Circle postponed to Sep 8 World Friendship Group Monday 7 00 Senior Board of Stewards Tuesday 7 00 Dinner by Wesleyan Service Guild Pray meeting Wednesday 7 30 Choir rehearsal 8 15 Sunday School 9 45 supervised by James Owens Pastor Rev Paul McClusky preaches 11 00 Training Union 7 00 evening message 8 00 Officers meet 7 00 with 7 30 prayer service following
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Gentral Methodist Church
Jackson Street
Sixth Avenue East
T. J. Chitwood
M.Y.F. Loyal Temperance Legion
Workers’ Training School
W.s.cs
World Friendship Group
Board of Stewards
Wesleyan Service Guild
James Owens
Paul McClusky
Training Union
J. R. Atchley
First Christian Sunday School
Fifth Sunday District Convention
Paul Walker
Falkville Unity
Reeve Robertson
S. S
D. L. Askew
Trumpet Sounds Sermon At Canal Street Church
Corner of Canal and LaFayette Streets announces Sunday School at 9 45 led by Mr F O Smith and morning worship at 10 55 with Dr P D Wilson pastor The sermon titled The Trumpet Sounds features a vocal solo The Lord s Prayer as the major element of worship
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Canal and
LaFayette Streets
P. D. Wilson
F. O. Smith
Heflin Addresses Decatur Kiwanis On Citizenship
Howell Heflin president of the Tuscumbia Kiwanis spoke to the Decatur Kiwanis about two Kiwanis International objectives. He urged individuality patriotism good citizenship and righteousness and noted voting influence of a single vote in local and national issues.
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Howell Heflin
Tuscumbia Kiwanis Club
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
William Eyster
Redus Collier
Arthur A. Jones Sr
Frank Oakes
Jack Morgan
Carey Buffington
Earl Brown
Charles Porter
Harold Houston
Pat Harris
John Lockwell
Hubert Daily
Heflin
United States
Legion Accepts Military Control of Korean War at 34th Convention
In New York the American Legion urged abandoning political control of the Korean War, seeking full military authority. The 34th annual convention heard praise from the three civilian service heads Secretary Finletter Secretary Kimball and Secretary Pace. Unanimous resolution passed. Lewis Ketcham Gough 44, a World War II veteran from Pasadena California, was elected national commander.
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New York
American Legion
Legion
Madison Square Garden
Thomas K. Finletter
Air Force
Dan Kimball
Navy
Frank Pace Jr
Army
Lewis Ketcham Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Goff
Chemical Plant Faces Nuisance Suit Over Water Pollution
In Chatham Alabama the Mathieson Alabama Chemical Corp is named defendant in a state nuisance suit alleging a poisonous substance is dumped into a ditch feeding the Tombigbee River. Solicitor Edward P. Turner asks for an injunction as Judge Joe M. Pelham Jr. schedules a hearing. The plant cost 10 million dollars to build and began production on August 2.
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Joe M. Pelham Jr
Mathieson Alabama
Evening church service and picnic details announced
Mrs Ruth Baugh leads the Malotte request with Henry Fleming directing the choir. Dr Wilson speaks at 7 30 PM on The Short Cut. Joe Allen Price performs a vocal solo. The annual church picnic is set for Thursday September 4 at 6 30 PM on the church lawn with all members invited.
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Malotte
Ruth B. Baugh
Henry J. Fleming
W. E. Curry
Wilson
Joe Allen Price
Ten Year Old Letter Brightens Absent Mother's Day
A Reader's Digest piece recalls a ten year old son's note homeward proving his mother is missed. The humorous collection pairs jokes about age nature and domestic life with wartime and social quips.
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Reader’s Digest
Public support for Decatur football broadcasts
Letter argues Decatur football games should be broadcast to serve all fans including those unable to attend. George Blaxton asserts schools rely on public funding and must balance sport with sportsmanship, opposing commercialization and urging continued radio coverage for the needy.
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Decatur
Alabama
Barrett C. Shelton
Decatur Daily
Shelton
George Blaxton
Sherman Street
Committee To Aid the Named Committee To Aid the Named
A nine man Alabama Republican campaign committee was formed to direct Eisenhower’s statewide effort. District chairs include Cartledge Mobile Brooks Brewton Carroll Slocomb Thweatt Oxford Davis Crossville Mims Crossville Johnson Jasper McCaleb Huntsville Trammell Birmingham. The group aims to move the campaign into every county.
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Birmingham
Alabama
GOP
Eisenhower
Claude O. Vardaman
R. S. Cartledge
Mobile
William E. Brooks Jr
Brewton
L. A. Carroll
Slocomb
Lane Thweatt
Oxford
Cicero Davis
Crossville
Raymond Mims
F. M. Johnson Jr
Jasper
Leon McCaleb
Huntsville
Mel Trammell
Vardaman
Diver Aims to Walk Across English Channel Bottom
Los Angeles report notes Bill Abernathy a 29 year old Navy diver seeks sponsor to walk the 22 mile Channel bottom wearing a diving suit. He has English and tentative French permission to start with buoy lines across the Channel depths up to 186 feet and oxygen support from two boats.
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Los Angeles
Bill Abernathy
Abernathy
English Channel
England
France
Navy
Teenagers Drive Significant Alabama Accident Share
The Highway Patrol reports teens made 11 percent of drivers in accidents in early 1952 and one in ten fatal drivers were teenagers. Alabama saw 3,994 accidents in six months, up 26 percent from last year, averaging nearly one per hour. Navy term origins noted.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Mobile County Girl 4 H Award Winner
Owene Moore, a 16 year old from Mobile County, won the Alabama 4H Club home improvement contest, selected from 7 269 contenders. She lives on Route 1 in Theodore and was praised by Alice Peavy for her outstanding home work.
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Auburn
Mobile County
Owene Moore
Route 1
Theodore
Ala
Alice Peavy
API Extension Service
Owene
Manufactured gas more poisonous due to carbon monoxide content
The note explains natural gas is less toxic than manufactured gas which contains carbon monoxide, highlighting the danger of gas mixtures and the health risks from combustion byproducts.
Beetle Catalog Reaches Quarter Million in Museums
The National Geographic Society reports about 250000 beetles have been catalogued across museums. The figure highlights vast entomological collections and the ongoing effort to document beetle biodiversity.
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National Geographic Society
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