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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1956

Page

18

Six AC Students Named to Who's Who Among College Leaders

Six Athens College seniors have been elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 1957. Named are Ray Edwards of Hartselle, Bob Holland of Athens, Tom Simmons of Hartselle, Lowell Smith, James Oliver Ward, and Nofflet Williams. Edwards is an accounting major active on campus. Holland is a mathematics major and former basketball player. Simmons, a preministerial student and president of the Student Government Assn, leads the ministerial group and plays on the baseball team. He also serves as president of the Ministerial Assn and is pastor of the college community.

Athens Athens College Ray Edwards Bob Holland Tom Simmons Lowell Smith James Oliver Ward Nofflet Williams Hartselle Tom Pi Tau Chi National Religious Society

Yearly Physical Surveys for Women Show Preventive Value

Health experts report on a program of annual examinations for women with 5000 participants, funded privately due to lack of insurance coverage. The service includes history, physical exam, cervical smear, rectal exam with stool test, blood work, sedimentation rate, urine analysis, chest X-ray, and breast exam at a total $25, emphasizing preventive care and early cancer detection.

Robert N. Rutherford A. Lawrence Banks Seattle Journal of the American Medical Association

Salem Methodist Church: Lowell Smith of Athens Mentioned

Salem Methodist Church reference notes Lowell Smith of Athens as a business administration major. The fragment suggests a biographical or event context but lacks further detail to specify roles or dates.

Salem Methodist Church Lowell Smith Athens

Two Kentucky Boys Held on Fireworks Charge

Two Owensboro youths James H. Henning and William E. Johnson are jailed after being fined 18 days by City Recorder LeRoy McEntire Jr. for possessing fireworks. Police found 60 packages of firecrackers in their car and suspect other stolen merchandise in the vehicle. The arrests followed a Friday morning stop by local police.

Kentucky James H. Henning William E. Johnson LeRoy McEntire, Jr Owensboro

Athens College Student Leaders Named in SGA Roles

James Oliver Ward of Huntsville is a social studies major active in the evening program and a Dean's List repeat. Nofflet Williams of Henagar Alabama is a physical education major who transferred from Southern Union Junior College and lettered in basketball and tennis at Athens College, now editor of the Columns.

Athens College

Community church groups observe Week of Prayer notes

The Okiona Baptist Church WMS BWC YWA GAs and Sunbeams met for Week of Prayer with joint programs led by Mrs Leona Jeffreys Mrs J W Hagood Mrs Hayes Boyd Mrs Ola Reed and Mrs Warren Thrasher They enjoyed refreshments at the close. A Japan study course was held at Okalowa with WMS YWA BWC GAs and Sunbeams contributing. Scout Troop 124 met with Scoutmaster Lonnie Johnson planning a supper. Mrs G Conner underwent surgery at Baugh Wiley Clinic. Several local families and visitors are mentioned with various activities and attendance including trips to Auburn Alabama game. National Geographic notes that insects and disease kill ten times as many trees as fires.

W.M.S B.W.C Y.W.A G.A Sunbeams Okiona Baptist Church Leona Jeffreys J. W. Hagood Hayes Boyd Ola Reed Warren Thrasher Japan Okalowa Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop No. 124 Lonnie Johnson G. Conner Baugh-Wiley Clinic Lime Davi Carroll Decatur J. H. Carroll Ott Smith Wilson Moulton Frank Harrison Hartselle H. F. Stephenson Jimmie Williams University Hayes Taylor Williams Birmingham W. R. Taylor Jimmie Dee Martin Hollis Thompson Auburn

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