Half Acre at Eden Sty Cha r XxXix Ice Tragedy on Mill Pond
Miss Sellers and Bruce McDougall take children skating at Mill Pond on a Saturday when a weakened ice sheet breaks. McDougall guides the frightened group back as Miss Sellers vanishes into the hole, prompting a rescue effort with boards and a ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sellers
Bruce McDougall
Bradfords
McDougall
Gazette
Mill Pond
McDouga
Ralph Hanson, Jr
Half Acre Eden Reappears In McDougall Recovery
McDougall recalls the peril on the ice while rescuing a girl and boy from a fractured pool. He awakens in a hospital room near a window showing a hilltop dream site as Joan Bradford visits, hinting at a purchase omen and a continuing story.
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McDougall
Eden
Joan Bradford
Dougall
Mike
Wiether
Bruce
Mother
MacDougall
Helen Waddell
Ruth Peterson
Catherine Archer
Marcia Canfield
Joan
Feminine Leader Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A crossword style listing of horizontal and vertical clues including names and terms like labor leader and various everyday words. The grid references a historical feminine leader and chaotic mix of definitions across many domains.
Editor's Scarlet Fever Shifts Rural Press Space
Feverish prosperity in Chewelah as B. J. Dahl, country editor, mails an emergency printing order after his son Greg develops scarlet fever. Health officer and doctor issue urgent directives due to quarantine signs and missing prescription blanks.
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Chewelah
Wash
B. J. Dahl
Gregory
Dahl
Mrs. Edyth McKnight Wins Penney Salesmanship Prize
Mrs. Edyth McKnight of the J. C. Penney store in the district four, which includes 104 stores, won one of the company salesmanship prizes. The award is $20 in cash to be presented on Christmas Eve, based on sales volume over the past three months. Mrs. McKnight, a longtime Penney associate, ranked second in the district sales contest.
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Edyth McKnight
J. C. Penney
McKnight
Penney Company
Honor Roll Publicized At Gordon Bibb School
Principal C. S. Hagerman announces the third month honor roll listing students across grades from Junior First to Senior Sixth. Teachers include Miss Maner, Miss Lee, Mrs Blackwell, Miss Beard, Miss Smit, and Miss Briscoe with numerous students named.
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C. S. Hagerman
Gordon-Bibb School
Misa Peer
James Robert Givens
Bobby Harteelle
Jimmy Kyle
Joseph Odom
Forrest Pate
John Cary Price
Billy Thompson
John Bilis Wilks
Alfred Thomason
Martha Jane Bradford
Exile Nell Campbell
Beverly Jo Harvey
Sara Henneberger
Mary Allan Spencer
Clara Fay Teague
Flist
Miss Maner
Jo Anne Frahn
Dan Crane
Charles Baxter Howell
Charley Henry Davidson
Robert Lee Griffin
Glynn Malbrooks
John Clifford Strother
Miss Lee
Carl Boley
Dick Clanton
Ray Cobb
Thomas Glenn Counts
Leslie Doss
Paul Eubanks
James Forbes
Allen Jones
Billy Jones
Karl Mittwede
Billy Bragg Morrison
Garland Privett
Neal Speake
Byron Thomas
Gene Lee Watterson
Tommy Ray Willingham
Martha Abbott
Willodyne Campbell
Laurie Danforth
Betty Dunaway
Wilma Dean Hargrove
Lois Town
Katherine Ann Wiley
Louise Young
Mrs. Blackwell
J. P. Cain
Herman Golden
Charles Jones
Frank McKinley
Mason Nave
James Wilson
Geneva Phillips
Marjorie Scroggins
Sara Warren
Edth Young
Mia
Blackwell
Billie Joe Clift
Earl Mahathy
Marceline Holloway
Trannie Lee Stevens
Miss Beard
Misa Fischer
Bill Stone
Morris Dillard
Mary Jean Sitiason
Earle Joyce Lee
Miss Smith
Bobby Pilis
Misa Jolly
Herbert Boley
Eugene Jones
Roy Wyatt
Elizabeth Ann Chappell
Lillian Houser
Bonnie Lee Murphree
Bonnie Park
Mary Lee Poole
Miss Briscoe
Paul Kilgore
Miss Simmons
Annie Ri
TVA Ripping West Slope and New River Wharf Work
The Tennessee Valley Authority completes rip-rapping on the west slope of a 900 foot slip on the river. A 600 foot long wharf will be built for river craft. Eight hundred square yards of stone are used at Dry Creek bridge with walkways added on both sides of the rails crossing the span.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River
Dry Creek Bridge
Rebate Probe Targeted at Mobile Cotton Handling
A special committee of the Alabama bonded warehousemen's Association will visit the legislature next week to investigate alleged rebating by the Alabama state docks commission at Mobile in cotton handling.
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Selma
Aia
Alabama Bonded Warehousemen's Association
Alabama
Alabama State Docks Commission
Mobile
Pants Blast in Perry Causes Flaming Pants
Francis Shannon, a pipe worker in Perry New York, hung oil soaked pants on a radiator to dry and awoke to an explosion when the pants ignited. He put out the flames and went back to sleep.
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Perry
N. Y
Francis Shannon
Shannon
Double Trouble in Grand Larceny Case for Twin Brothers
Police charged twin brothers Martin Berger and Harvey Berger with grand larceny after Victor Slater identified one of them as the car thief. In the station the officer admitted he could not distinguish the brothers, but the charge remained.
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New York
Dee
Poiceman
Victor Slater
Martin Berger
Harvey Berger
Sally Rand Benchmarks Spotlight, derides operator
In El Paso on December 14 Sally Rand reacted strongly to a spotlight operator, calling him uncomplimentary names before her finale call for a blue spotlight. The incident adds to the day’s theater notes.
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EL Paso
Tex
Sally Rand
Sally
Troop 21 Opens First Meeting Under New Scoutmaster
Troop 21 sponsored by Ninth Street Methodist church held its initial gathering led by new scoutmaster Dewald Russell. Despite cold weather nearly all members attended and several new boys showed interest in joining.
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Ninth
Mreet Methodist Church
Dewald Russell
Mr. Russell
B. BE. Norris
Court of Honor
Emmett Phillips
Eugene Orr
Capal Church
Speer
The
Baptist Church
Jame Rankin
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John Felixw
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Eden Sty
BY Williams
Ralph
Miss Seller
Hess
ZEBRA
Checkerboard Store
Moulton St
Turner Coal & Grain Co
Ment
Pope
M’knight
Caroline Wood
Dolores Street
Wanda del Mitchell
Opal Matthews
Betty Crawford Lanier
Betty Jean Kilgore
Sylvia Green
Wendellyn Gray
Bobby Ward
Billy Smith
Robert Dave Sittason
Roy Dodson
Miss Smit
David Farrer
Edna Begid
Martha Frances Crow
Jewell Rogers
TVA
Bac
Bidgood
School of Commerce and Business Administration
University of Alabama
Dean Bidgood
Alabama Power Company
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