Falkville High School Senior Class Picks
The Falkville high school senior class reveals a list of seniors earning titles such as Prettiest Girl Jo Helen Morris and Handsomest Boy Pat Henderson. Other honors include Most Popular Girl Joanne Rausa, Best All Round Student Pat Henderson, and Dumbest Alma Dean Laney.
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Falkville High School
Jo Helen Morris
Pat Henderson
Joanne Rausa
Billy Jack Evans
Violette Livingston
Leah Fitzgerald
Jack Couch
Carolyn Robn
Harold Edmonson
Alma Dean Laney
Carolyn Robinson
Mary Loughmiller
Betty Jean Laney
Carolyn Doug
J.’N. Powell
Robert Purland
Katherine Evans
Caitlyn Douglas
Rachel Maples
The Cold War Clash as Seen by Mackenzie
Mackenzie argues the USSR remains a threat despite World War II alliances. He cites the non aggression pact, postwar expansion, and Moscow driven revolutions as proof of ongoing attempts to communize democracies. He praises Western cleansing of fifth columnists and urges firm support for allies. He notes U.S. tourists spend over 214 million dollars annually in Canada.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Hitler
Poland
von Ribbentrop
Nuernberg
Moscow
Germany
Europe
West
France
Italy
America
United States House of Representatives
Canada
South America
Notice of Probate Hearing for E. L. Thomas Will
Morgan County Alabama Probate Court sets January 3 1948 as the hearing date to admit the last Will of E L Thomas deceased to probate. Executrix Mattie Lee Thomas named and objections urged at the hearing will be considered.
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State OF
Alabama
Savannah
Tennessee
Julian Thomas
Houston
Texas
Jack Hardin Thomas
Rena Thomas
El-Cogan Boulevard
Cayin
California
Jim Rogers
I. B. Thomas
John Worley
Lee Worley
Morgan County
United States
E. L. Thomas
Bedford County
Mattie Lee Thomas
T. C. Almon
Lieut Page Returns to Grenier Field After MacDill Maneuvers
First Lt. Garnet D. Page a supply officer and pilot in the United States air force at Grenier Field Manchester New Hampshire returned this week from MacDill Field Tampa Florida where the 96th fighter squadron of the 82nd group has been on combat maneuvers Ground crews were flown to MacDill in transport planes following the squadron combat strength of 20 P 51 Mustangs Aerial gunnery was practiced during the simulated missions off the Florida coast Grenier Field is a long range fighter escort base of the Strategic air command headed by General George C Kenney.
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Garnet D. Page
Deccatur
United States Air Force
Grenier Field
Manchester
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
96Th
82Nd
Grenier
MacDill
Florida
Strategic Air Command
George .C. Kenney
Four Injured in Movie Set Crane Collapse
Actor Dennis O'Keefe and three others were injured when a camera crane collapsed on a Hollywood movie set. O'Keefe and crewman Bing Hall, 35, suffered leg cuts, while chief cameraman John Alton, 46, had a slight concussion and bruises, and camera operator Lester Shorr, 40, had cuts and bruises.
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Hollywood
Dennis O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Bing Hall
John Alton
Lester Shorr
Tax ruling will stick despite wholesaler protests
Alabama Revenue Department will implement a new regulation requiring wholesalers to record every sale starting January 1. Commissioner Philip J. Hamm said the rule is needed to curb tax losses estimated at up to 10 million dollars yearly and will shift the collection responsibility to retailers once wholesalers maintain separate books showing sales to retail dealers.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Revenue Department
Philip J. Hamm
Hamm
Depty Revenue
J. Stephens
Cc. Pitts
Alabama
Estate of Elizabeth Eller Letters Testamentary Granted
The state probate judge grants letters testamentary for Elizabeth Eller. Carl A. Elmer is the executor. Creditors must present claims within the legal period or be barred. Filing date noted December 4 1947 and publication dates December 12 19 26 in Morgan County Alabama.
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Elizabeth Eller
Carl A. Elmer
Americans ate 23 Percent More Meat in 1947 than Prewar
In 1947 the average American consumed about twenty three percent more meat than before World War I, highlighting postwar dietary shifts and rising meat consumption trends.
Methodist Children’s Home Christmas Appeal Gathers Support
Community leaders from the North Alabama and Alabama Conferences urge Methodists to donate to the White Christmas drive for Selma’s Methodist Children’s Home. Directors Kenneth E. Cooper and Virgil McCain report rising costs and a growing need as orphans and children from broken homes benefit from food clothing and education while preparing for independent lives. Checks are sent to Supt. Virgil McCain at Selma with contributions aiding current and future care in a campaign culminating December 21 across involved churches.
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Methodist
Alabama
West
Florida
Methodist Children’s Home
Selma
Methodist Children's Home
All Methodists
Churc
North Alabama
O. H. Horton
First National Bank
Birmingham
Children's Home
Kenneth E. Cooper
Virgil McCain
McCain
Cooper
R. N. Burson
A. S
L. R. Nash
Decatur
French Craddock
Sylacauga
J. A. Duckworth
Tuscaloosa
W. T. Morgan
Bruce Beveridge
J. E. Wilkinson
R. J. Mills
York
C. S. McDowell
Eufaula
T. M. Lloyd
Pensacola
L. B. Green
Ashford
O. H. Delchamps
Mobile
Roy O. Hill
Dothan
Community chorus movement begins in the United States in 1912
The movement takes shape in 1912 with Harry Barn as a key early advocate guiding community choruses across cities in the United States. The effort promotes amateur singing as a communal art, later expanding nationwide.
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United States
Harry Barn
Hart Organizes Rochester Chorus
Hart a singer musician and conductor organized a chorus in Rochester New York with local volunteers and artistic direction shaping the group for community performances.
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Hart
Rochester
N. Y
Father of condemned slayer found dead in car
Weston L. Walker, 58, longtime Los Angeles flood control district engineer, was found dead in a gas-filled automobile near San Quentin. His son Erwin, 29, is on death row for the June 1946 murder of California Highway Patrolman Loren Roosevelt. A coworker said Walker had spent his savings trying to save his son from the gas chamber.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin
Weston L. Walker
Los Angeles County
Erwin
State Prison
California
Loren Roosevelt
Sheriff's
Elizabeth and Philip decline Blue-Gray game invitation
In Montgomery on December 12, England's Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth have declined with regrets an invitation to sample Southern hospitality and attend the Blue-Gray football game on December 27 as part of their honeymoon. The article notes that the widest use of high-purity oxygen is in the oxyacetylene cutting and welding of metals.
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Montgomery
England
Elizabeth
Philip
Mountebatten
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le Havre
Union
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Mackenzie
DeWitt
U. S
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4Th Ave
Dormeyer Electric
Farnsworth
Devine
CQO
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Fou All Tin Family
Elizabeth Elsner
Carol Landis
London
Patricia Roe
Dad
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Sawyer
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Your Friendly Hardware Store
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