Par-Teacher Association of Flint Meets in Evening
The regular Par-Teacher Association of Flint met Thursday evening at seven in the Flint Juniors School auditorium. D. Whitten opened with a scripture from Proverbs, Mrs. Ted Poole presided, H. R. Leeman spoke on Training Citizens of Tomorrow, and a poem about a Thoroughbred Father was read. Social hour followed with Christmas decorations, new floor tiles, tables, and a dishwasher. Hostesses served refreshments and prize winners received handmade aprons and gifts.
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P.T. A
Par- Teacher Association of
Flint
Flint Juni
Ted Poole
Get Together club hosts December meeting with holiday decor
The Decatur County Get Together club held its regular December meeting on Thursday evening December 2. Fifty members and guests enjoyed a turkey dinner as tables displayed Christmas motifs with holly, fern, berries, and red candles. Prizes for games were awarded after the meal.
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Decatur
Get Together Lab
Wolverine Tube
Calumet and
Hecla Consolidated
Ap Company
Ladies Rainbow League
Personal notices of weekend travels to Birmingham and visits
Local residents and guests plan weekend trips and gatherings in Birmingham. A. H. Hassell and Mrs Hassell will attend a football game. Mr and Mrs James Godfrey and C. L. Thompson travel from Pittsburgh for the Alabama Auburn clash. Several Decatur and Atlanta residents join family in Birmingham for games and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Hassell
Birmingham
Austin Foot
James
Godfrey, Gadsden
C.L. Thompson
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
E. L. Thompson Sr
T. J. Briscoe
Decatur
Auburn
B. M. Cornell
Paul Hardeman
Winfield
Alabama
B. K. Wiggins
Dorothy Jo Hardeman
Loyalty checks slow as 385 workers leave federal service
As of October 16, 1947, the Civil Service Commission reported 2,201,239 loyalty forms processed by the FBI since Oct 1 and 385 workers left government service due to the checks. The FBI still has 131,167 forms to process and refer. Full field promises ordered by the FBI in 7,275 cases. 1,317 charges issued, 279 hearings held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Paul Thompson to Serve DAV Post as Sergeant-at-Arms
Paul Thompson today holds the post as local DAV sergeant-at-arms following his election Thursday night at a DAV meeting at the Legion home. Shir ley Morrow Melvin Owens and Fred Hiroshiga were elected to a board of trustees with Morrow named chairman. Plans for the forget-me-not flower sale scheduled Saturday were completed.
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Paul Thompson
DAV
Legion Home
Shirley Morrow
Melvin Owens
Fred Hiroshiga
Morrow
Reading Tests In 13 County Schools
Thirteen county schools are now giving reading tests to students in grades four to a. Dr Arville Wheeler from Peabody Teachers College is in the county supervising the reading program. Participating schools include Danville Collins Trinity Pleasant Hill Priceville Ryan Neal Eva Moulton Heights Austinville Cotaco Union Hill and Falkville.
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Mai
Arville- Wheeler
Peabody Teachers College
Nashville
Danville
Collins
Trinity
Pleasant Hill
Priceville
Ryan
Neal
Eva
Moulton Heights
Austinville
Cotaco
Union Hill
Falkville
Bobby Cottle Injured Riding Bike In Wednesday Accident
Friends of Bobby Cottle report he was in Arab Hospital after a Wednesday night bike accident. He will stay several days and wear a head cast for about six months.
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Bobby Cottle
Ryan
Bobby
Miss Merlie Lightsey Crowned West Alabama Queen
In Tuscaloosa the 19 contestants vied at the Christmas Carnival and Miss Merlie Catherine Lightsey of Bibb County High School was chosen as queen. The pageant included a two mile Christmas parade banquet coronation ceremony and ball.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Merlie Catherine Lightseyterville
West Alabama
Lightsey
Bibb County High School
Handel's Messiah Transcription At Central Methodist Church
A transcribed rendition of Handel's Messiah will be heard Sunday at 4 P M in the Central Methodist church auditorium. The transcription will come through the church chimes with limited internal amplification. Parts of the Messiah will later be played over the chimes loudspeaker system for daily public listening. The public was invited to attend Sunday's transcription and records are being furnished free of charge by E E Forbes Piano Company.
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Central Methodist Church
E. E. Forbes
Fifth column term first used in Spanish Civil War
The phrase fifth column originated during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, used to describe clandestine supporters within a country aiding enemies from inside. It has since entered broader political and military vocabulary as a label for internal subversive elements.
Kaiser-Frazer Buys Big Plant in Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corp announced it will buy the government owned Willow Run bomber plant for 15.1 million dollars. The complex covers about 320 acres with 35 buildings and over 4.5 million square feet of space. An initial payment of 1.51 million is followed by 20 equal annual installments starting December 1, 1949.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Willow Run
Kaiser-Frazer
Uncle Sam
Joseph W. Frazer
Henry J. Kaiser
War Assets Administration
K-F
Christmas Mittens Pattern Request From Decatur Daily
Readers are invited to mail twenty cents for the knitting pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept PO Box 13 Flatbush Station Brooklyn. Include the coin with the request and wait for delivery of the pattern.
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Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept. PO
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft
Salt Lake City Manufacturer Named NAM President
Wallace F. Bennett of Salt Lake City becomes president of the National Association of Manufacturers at the NAM's 53rd annual Congress. He notes Western industry grows in prominence and that small business is recognized as vital. Bennett's firm employs about 225 workers. Sayre becomes NAM board chairman on Jan. 1.
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New ,York
Wallace F. Bennett
Salt Lake City
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Congress of American Industry
Bennett
Chicago
Morris Sayre
Corn Products Refining Co
Sayre
Bids Open for Cullman Project on Three Roads
The state Highway Department set December 17 to open bids for three Cullman area projects estimated at 300000 dollars. One involves 19.422 miles of base single surface treatment and plant mix on the Cullman-Jasper road.
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State Highway Department
Cullman County
Cullman-Jasper
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Howard Hughes
Charles Tuck
GET Together
Country Club
Caddell
Elizabeth Arden
Lucien Lelong Yardley
Marcelle
Tabu
Johnnie Aycock
The
Radio Shack
Moulton St
I. H. Estes
Austinville Methodist Church
R. L. Haimilton
Emma Sparkman
H. H. Ayers
J. §. Sanderson
Dewey Clark
Orlene Ayers
Hartséire
First Methodist Church
Keith H. Clark
J. W. Clark
Atlanta
Georgia
Ben Johnston
Sherman Street
J. C. Gray
Cranston
Greenville
South Carolina
R. Sturgis
Wrightsville Sound
North Carolina
Joe Burleson
Bob Durham and Son
Sam .Pruett
Maurice E. Barrett
Alabama Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Max Collins
Philippine Islands
5Th Avenue West
L and N Railroad Company
Rainey
Wurlitzer
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E.E. Forbest
Piano Company
Second Ave
Margaret O'Connell
Walker
Top Maxwell
Cookesville
Tenn
Barbara Huff
Mass
Carole Patti
Lithonia
Sue Crossgrove
Draper
Utah
Evelyn Yeutter
East Pepperell
Rose Ann Willison
Cumberland Md
Nancy Smith
Newark
Dei
Alberta Thrasher
Ivan Schmédemann
Junction City
Kas
Leland Pool
Portates
New Mexico
Marjorie Cathey
Castor-La
James Pritchett
Stone Mountain
Rita Louise Hewitt
Defiance
Margie Meier
Hillsboro
Ore
Sue Nichols
Raleigh
N. C
Helen DeWitt
Mich
Phyllis Ann Tiffany
Denver
Colo
Emma Lee Williamson
Grubbs, Ark
Doll Hospital
Rebie Willis
Memphis
Tommy Mansell
Crige
Skyline
Courtland
Handel
White Swan
Cullman
Hartselle
Athens Nursery Company
Athens, Alabama
Camack Pottery
Sunbeana Automatic
Minton
Micromatic
Presto
Complete Line Revereware
Waffle
Pickens
Wright
Grand St
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