Community News From Danville Area Highlights Local People
Mrs Raymond Compton returned to teaching after a throat infection illness. Coach Will Hudson was a patient at Black Chandler Clinic last week. Danville P T A meets December 10 at 7 p m to present Our Christmas Heritage directed by Mrs Helen Johnson and Miss Kathryn Edwards. Rev Robert Slack and family visited West Hartselle friends and taught a Japan book to their W M S. Mrs James Tomlinson resumed work at Chemstrand after a month out for surgery. Add Randolph back at work in Decatur after illness. Danville Home Demonstration Club meets December 13 at 7 p m with gifts and sunshine friends. Mrs Virgie Whitaker moved to Decatur. House visits by Mt Pleasant Tennessee and Cedar Plains couples noted. Multiple dinners hosted by Add Randolph and family alliance.
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Raymond Compton
Will Hudson
Black Chandler Clinic
Danville P.T.A
Helen Johnson
Kathryn Edwards
Robert Slack
Charles Pickens
West Hartselle
Slack
Japan
W.M.S
James Tomlinson
Chemstrand
Add Randolph
Decatur
Danville
John Lockhart
Leonard Heflin
Virgie Whitaker
W. T. Lovelady
Mt. Pleasant
Tennessee
Arthur McCord
Marvin Woodruff
Cedar Plains
Jim Sandlin
W. M. Randolph
Alford Randololph
G. B. White
Cordoba Named for Nicaragua Founder Francisco Cordoba
Nicaragua’s monetary unit the cordoba honors Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba who founded the nation’s first cities Leon and Granada.
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Nicaragua
Cordoba
Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba
Leon
Granada
Morgan's Good Citizen Girl to Be Selected Wednesday
Four Morgan County high schools have named Good Citizen Girls for a countywide selection on Wednesday in the Decatur courthouse. Ola Mae Wright and Barbara Tapscott provide local candidates with others Peggy West and Ann Hoffhaus named. criteria include dependability leadership and patriotism.
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Morgan
Good Citizen Girl
Morgan County
Superintendent of Education
Decatur
Good Citizen Girls
Ola Mae Wright
Edward L. Wright
Hartseller
Falkville
Future Homemakers of America
Girls’ State
Pr&@Mille
Barbara Tapscott
Clifton Tapscott
Hartselle 3
Good Citizen
Peggy West
Danville
Ann Hoffhaus
Montgomery
Huntingdon College
Will Roden Rites Today
Services for Will Roden 73 who died at his home in Somerville 2 Friday night will be at Antioch Methodist Church at 2 p m. The Rev Robert Heaps will conduct with interment in the adjoining cemetery Peck directing Roden survived by wife Georgia and three daughters plus five brothers and three sisters all listed as Somerville 2 residents
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Will Roden
Somerville
Antioch Methodist Church
Robert Heaps
Peck
Georgia Roden
Davie Garrison
Vernie South
Vera Mullins
Somerville 2
Claude Roden
Sheffield
Marvin Roden
Louisville
Albert Roden
Ashville
S. C
Dave Roden
Houston
Tex
Jim Roden
Hartselle
AF Enlistees To Get Christmas At Home
Sgt. Tom Privette of the U S Air Force Recruiting Service announces a holiday enlistment plan allowing new recruits to spend Christmas and New Years at home with full pay. Enlistees after Dec 17 may take leave after enlistment and return Jan 2 or 3 to Montgomery AF Station for transport to Lackland AFB. Call Decatur Alabama Recruiting Office for details.
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Tom Privette
U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service
Air Force
Privette
Montgomery Air Force Station
Lackland Air Force Base
Memorial list and pallbearers for local family
The obituary notes Mrs. Gennie Marcum of Gardendale Mrs. Mattie Bell Hambey of Ft Worth Texas and Mrs. Myrtle Bennett of Ft Payne are survived by twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers include James Lynn Bryant St John Jack Thompson Bill Montgomery Charlie Wiggins Marvin Peck.
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Gennie Marcum
Gardendale
Mattie Bell Hambey
Ft. Worth
Tex
Myrtle Bennett
Ft. Payne
James Lynn
Bryant St. John
Jack Thompson
Bill Montgomery
Charlie Wiggington
Marvin Peck
Passenger cars dominate U S motor vehicle miles traveled
Passenger cars account for 80 percent of all motor vehicle miles traveled in the United States, highlighting their central role in national transportation patterns.
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United States
Student Helps to Swallow Fear Over Odd Call
Robin Remington, a Southwest Texas State College student at San Marcos, heard a muffled call near the Fine Arts building as she walked to class. She saw a man peering from a second floor window who bashfully explained that he
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San Marcos
Tex
Robin Remington
Texas State College
Fine Arts
Janitor Locked In On First Day At Work
Opera star Elaine Malbin allocates one hour daily in a gymnasium to strengthen her abdominal muscles. The incident follows a night when the new janitor became locked inside the building before starting work.
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Elaine Malbin
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