Morgan County High School News Highlights Students, Flu Absences
Morgan County High School reports multiple flu related absences in senior and junior classes. Senior class plans a December 9 banquet honoring football players while the senior class rings arrived. Students return from flu and fractured knee cases as activity continues with annual events and a Christmas program.
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Doxology
Ruby Newman
America the Beautiful
Bill Hart
the Beautiful
Katherine Hewlett
Miss Williams
Marie Stover
Sid Wright
La-Verne Cornell
Claire Kimbrough
Lorene Weaver
Louise McCutcheon
Edith McKee
Berta Overstreet
W. A. Day
Powers Booth
Julia. Burrell
Violet Overstreet
Annie Ruth McCarley
Harold Pope
Ann Wasson
S. E. Gibson
George Eason
William Hartselle
Earl Keiler
Nashville
Morgan County
Bama Stough
Ice on Capitol Porch Rumor Debunked in Minute Interviews
In Montgomery on December 7, officials dismiss a long standing tale about a timepiece ice chunk on the capitol porch. The piece remains a local curiosity while Rep. Hill speaks on Roosevelt era policy and southern influence. The piece also covers child welfare funding strains, 4-H club benefits for youth, and the Alabama health department’s 54 field units facing lean years.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol Porch
Supreme Court
Capitol Trusties
Turbans for Orientals Use Muslin 10 to 30 Yards
Turbans described for Orientals are crafted from the softest muslin using 10 to 30 yards of material. The term bags refers to trousers as an old vulgarism. The collapse era hat is also called the Gibus hat, named after its inventor, a London hatter.
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Gibus
London
One Arrest for Public Drunkenness in County
Sheriff reports a single arrest in the last 24 hours for public drunkenness as quiet winds continue in the county.
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Sheriff's Office
Chief Deputy Wil loughby Leaves Duties With Flu
Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Willoughby was forced to quit work about 9 30 this morning due to influenza. Alabama's health officer noted careful consideration of funds to support threatened health units, with state and local agencies contributing to field service in which Alabama leads the nation.
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Bill Willoughby
Willoughby
Alabama
Future Farmers of Morgan See Livestock Interest in Nashville
A group of Morgan County boys visiting Nashville toured the Union Stockyards at the invitation of officials to energize their interest in the livestock industry. The trip included numerous instructors and community leaders as part of the Tennessee capital visit.
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Rgan County
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Community Sing Moved to Sunday Afternoon at Church of God
The Decatur Community Sing, originally set for tonight, is postponed to Sunday afternoon starting at 1 o clock. It will be held at the Church of God on Sixth Avenue since the church will be heated for morning services and does not need extra heating for the sing.
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Decatur
Church of God
Sixth Avenue
Six Rabies Treatments Allocated Across Alabama Counties
Six treatments were issued by the Tennessee Valley Laboratory Wednesday. One went to Double Springs in Winston County, three to Cullman, and two to Decatur for rabies management.
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Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Double Springs
Winston County
Cullman
Decatur
Insurance man Harris in Decatur on business
Harris, state agent of the Continental Fire Insurance Company of New York, based in Birmingham, is in Decatur on business. He is well known in the South and has many friends in Decatur.
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Harris
Continental Pire Insurance Company of
New York
Birmingham
Decatur
South
Officers Elected By Hospital Staff
The Benevolent Society Hospital staff elected officers for 1933. Dr A J Dinsmore was named president, Dr W C Bailey vice president, Dr D C Walker secretary treasurer, with Dr H D Geer Dr John C Bragg and Dr F L Chenault reelected to the executive committee.
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Benevolent Society Hospital
A. J. Dinsmore
W. C. Bailey
D. C. Walker
H. D. Geer
John C. Bragg
F. L. Chenault
Mrs. B. W. Hough Illed by Flu at Home
Mrs. B. W. Hough is very ill with flu at her home on Sixth Avenue South.
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B. W. Hough
Sixth Avenue
South
Officers Trials Start Monday in Prohibition Case
In Alabama a sheriff and his chief deputy, W C Holbrook, face trial next week in United States District Court on charges of conspiring to violate national prohibition laws. Indicted along with 16 other county residents after undercover prohibition work, the case also involves Arthur C. Chilton U S District Attorney and Sheriff Tom Gantt of Covington county. Golden, notable from the Clyde Reese murder case, pleads not guilty when the trial opens.
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William Paulk
Montgomery County
United States
Y. Ala
W.C. Holbrook
States District Court
Emore County
Prohibition
Golden
Clyde Reese
Arthur C. Chilton
Tom Gantt
Covington County
Tennessee River Rising Flood Readings Increase
One Tennessee river rose early this morning with the gauge showing 10.6 feet at 7 o’clock and continuing to climb.
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Tennessee
Weather report shows 49 and 28 degree highs
The weather bureau records a maximum temperature of 49 degrees and a minimum of 28 degrees for the 24 hour period ending at 7 o'clock.
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the Weather Bureau Today
No Rainfall Recorded Through 7 A.M. This Morning
No rainfall occurred in the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock this morning. The report notes a dry period with no precipitation during that span.
Special court term eyed for prohibition case
A report notes that inspiring to violate national prohibition laws would likely be heard at a special term of court early next year, signaling a potential formal proceeding.
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Katheryn Hewlett
Mildred Groover
Pony Boy Chorus
W. B. Booth
Thames
Capitol
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Lister Hill
Mr. Roosevelt
Hill
Washington
Congress
Alfred M. Tunstall
State Department of Health
J. N. Baker
China
Sam Frank & Moore
Coleanor Cahaba, Jellico
Decatur Ice & Coal Co
HER
Moore & Stevens
Central Shol Store
Flu
Future Farmers OF Morgan
Gene Intrekin
Bill Little
Truitt Tomlinson
Jordan Osborn
Dee Owen
Fred Summerford
Burl Hardwick
Raphel Parker
Byron Vanh
Levering Drinkard
Cecil Hipps
Troy Boyd
David Hardwick
William Burch
Vernon Sanders
Neal Burch
Howard Culver
Levy McKee
George Lindsey
Garvis Ford
Eugene Knight
Johnny Woodruff
Andrew
West
Terrell Cantrell
Willie Sanders
Hubert Lee
F. O. Keller
Richland H. Gray
The
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Glenn L. G. Hardage
Earl Keller
William Hartcelle
Phil Wasson
B. G. Hall
F. E. Martin
Lewis Sims
Constance Bennett
Conquerors
Carter
C. M. Co
McLeEllan
Oxfords
McLellan Stores Co
Second Avenue
Decatur, Ala
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