Gardner President Morgan Limestone Leaders Named Valley Scout Officials
B T Gardner of Sheffield was elected president of the Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts of America at the Huntsville High School annual meeting. Officers named include Bruce Sherrill Athens Charles E Shaver Huntsville Al Northington Florence John A Frey Huntsville Emmett Roden Florence and James L Rankin Decatur with Robert Helle Morgan district chairman and J E McClary Decatur on the executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
B. T. Gardner
Sheffield
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Huntsville High School
Bruce Sherrill
Athens
Charles E. Shaver
al Northington
Florence
John A. Frey
Emmett Roden
James L. Rankin
Decatur
National Council
Robert H. Helle
Morgan District
J. E. McClary
R. N. McMackin
Tuscumbia
George Mahoney
Don Hipp
False Teeth Powder Claims Comfort and Odor Control
An advertised product claims dentures stay secure allowing talking laughing and sneezing without wobble. It touts a pleasant powder with no bad taste or nausea and says the alkaline formula reduces plate odor and denture breath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fastberth Crug
Pittsburgh Transit Strike Ends After 56 Days
Pittsburgh returns to transit service as 2 220 striking operators resume work under a new two year contract. The settlement includes a 26 cent hourly wage raise and fringe benefit improvements. Riders faced heavy traffic and higher fares during the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Addiiion
David L. Lawrence
Division 8
Amalgamated Assn
Electric
Nine county council reports record 5300+ boy members
The Tennessee Valley Council serving nine counties reports a new high of more than 5300 actively registered boys in 249 Cub Packs, Scout Troops, and Explorer Units. District chairmen present 1957 progress and 1958 program plans by council operating committees.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Search for 7 year old Maria Ridolph near Fox River bottomlands
About 500 people from Sycamore and nearby communities searched the Fox River bottomlands for Maria Ridolph a seven year old missing girl last seen with a strange young man. Police Chief William Hindenburg led the effort extending investigations toward the Illinois Industrial School area south of the city. Dozens of clothing articles were found and sent to the FBI as authorities pursue theories of kidnapping or other causes of disappearance.
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Sycamore
Ill
Fox River
Maria Ridolph
William Hindenburg
Sheridan
Illinois Industrial School For Boys
Maria
FBI
Three Jailed For Distilling In Lawrence
Law rence County Sheriff Franklin Smith and two deputies raided a smokehouse four miles south of Courtland and destroyed a 1500 gallon still. Arrested were Junior Lovett 23 Wilburn Terry 28 and D C Terry 28 all of Courtland. They were released on bond the next day. Assistants were Deputies Junior Butler and Brown Parker.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County
Franklin Smith
Smith
Courtland
Junior Lovett
Wilburn Terry
D.C. Terry
Junior Butler
Brown Parker
Sign Tampering Has Got To Go Says Police Chief
Police Chief Pack Self warns that damaging or defacing highway traffic signs is a misdemeanor with fines up to 100 dollars and jail up to six months. He cites recent incidents of signs being removed or reversed and says tampering endangers motorists and will be prosecuted fully.
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Pack Self
Self
Optometric Association Plans New Prepaid Vision Services
The Alabama Optometric Association approved a plan to form a corporation offering prepaid visual services. Similar prepaid vision plans exist in 22 states and are used with labor unions employee groups or businesses. Several reports were presented at the special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama Optometric Assn
Four Youths Trapped in 400-Foot Cave Rescue
Four youths and two girls from Bradford Technical College cave exploration club were found trapped since Saturday in a flooded maze 400 feet underground near Kettlewell England. Rescue divers searched the tunnels after parents reported the group missing during a moors expedition.
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Kettlewell
England
Peter Clough
Michael Cazalet
Robin Turner
Christine Woodward
Joan Smith
Peter Blackburn
Bradford Technical College
Modern jet engine tale spans improbably
Fragmentary report mentions a heavy nickel use for a jet engine and a literary note about W. Somerset Maugham aged 84. It references a salt post office and suggests years of activity, with cryptic phrases about Weiliceka and a new novel in development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Somerset Maugham
Emute
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Morgan
Limestone
Valley Scout
Bob Haskins
Tennessee Valley Boy Scout
Judson Pitts
Judson P. Pitts
6Th Ave
S.E
OR J P Pitts
Lees
Dignity
A Et Furniture CO
Dhe
Bank Street
DIAL
Lawrence
Optometric Assn
America
Douglas Rogers
M. R. Rankin
Rex Rankin
NEW Penney
Penney
Penney’s Towncraft
Penney Romeos
Penney’s
ALL New Penney Opera
Comfort Built
Penney “Mocs
Stey Fresh
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