Redstone Personnel Expansion Will Be Moderate Says Toftoy
Brig. Gen. H N Toftoy says Redstone Arsenal will see a moderate personnel expansion tied to the guided missile program. He notes no urgent large facility rebuilds and that most new staff will be scientific and professional experts. Gen Medaris will head Redstone missile developments. Toftoy to remain in command.
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Huntsville
Redstone Arsenal
Army
H. N. Toftoy
Toftoy
Defense Department
Redstone
Redstone Public Information Office
Con
J. Bruce Medaris
Civil suits filed in Morgan Circuit Court
Commercial Credit Corporation sues J. C. Morgan with Julian Harris as counsel. Mrs. Willie B. Crockett sues Le na R. McDowell with garnishment on judgment in District 1 Sanitorium. Russell W. Lynne represents plaintiff. State National Bank of Decatur sues S. E. Clark on promissory note. Harris and Harris represent plaintiff. A separate promissory note suit lists Alice Sharpley as defendant with Harris and Harris as counsel.
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Morgan Circuit Court
Commercial Credit Corporation
J. C. Morgan
Julian Harris
Willie B. Crockett
Lena R. McDowell
Russell W. Lynne
State National Bank of Decatur
S.E. Clark
Harris
Alice Sharpley
Harris and
Dorothy Sue Tidwell Birthday Party at Town Creek
Mr and Mrs Murphy Tidwell hosted a Tuesday afternoon celebration for their daughter Dorothy Sue on her 12th birthday. The party featured Christmas carols, games, and a gift opening with refreshments for guests Jimmie Tidwell Fay Sue Woods Patsy Moats Larry Moats Brenda Tidwell Caroline McVey Nancy Tippe Sue Terry Bobbie Mordis Sue Martin Dale Brackin R C Tidwell Eloise Kimbrell James Roy Loosier.
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Town Creek
Murphy Tidwell
Dorothy Sue
Dorothy
Jimmie Tidwell
Fay Sue Woods
Patsy Moats
Larry Moats
Brenda Tidwel
Caroline McVey
Nancy Tippet
Sue Terry
Bobbie Mordis
Sue Martin
Dale Brackin
R. C. Tidwell
Eloise Kimbrell
James Roy Loosier
Dorothy Sue Tidwell
Air Force changes status of missing fliers to dead
In Port St. Joe Florida the Air Force declared three airmen dead after a collision five miles west of town between a B29 bomber and an F86D jet during a simulated bombing run. The identified dead are 2nd Lt Grady Dean Eddy 21 of Arcata California Airman 1C Dorland Wallace 22 of Dallas Texas and Airman 2C David Gomez of Carmichaels Pennsylvania. Also killed were 1st Lt Michael L Coppola 24 of Ansonia Connecticut 2nd Lt Arthur F Sewickley Jr 22 of Struthers Ohio and T Sgt Lester Strickland 36 of Waycross Georgia. Both planes were from Tyndall Air Force Base Panama City Florida.
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Port ST. Joe
Fla
Air Force
Grady Dean Eddy
Arcata
Calif
Dorland Wallace
Dallas
Tex
C. David Gomez
Carmichaels
U.S
Florida
Michael L. Coppola
Ansonia
Conn
Arthur F. Sewickley Jr
Struthers
Ohio
Lester Strickland
Waycross
Tyndall Air Force Base
Panama City
Fila
Meat Consumption Up Four Pounds Per Person in 1955
Americans will eat about four more pounds of meat per person in 1955 than in 1954. The USDA reports show rising beef pork and other meats contributing to higher per capita consumption nationwide.
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United States
Mrs Ruby Beile Gardner Dies In Athens
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Beile Gardner 58 are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel. She died today at 4 a.m. after a short illness at Athens Limestone Hospital. Burial will be in City Cemetery. Survived by husband John T. Gardner son Douglas Gardner Chicago daughter Nadine Thomas Athens six brothers and one sister with nephews as pallbearers.
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Athens
Ruby Beile Gardner
McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel
Gardner
5Th Ave
Athens-Limestone Hospital
City Cemetery
McConnell
John T. Gardner
Douglas Gardner
Chicago
Ill
Nadine Thomas
L. A. McGraw
Anderson
Tom McGraw
Atlanta
Henry McGraw
Bremen
Wiley McGraw
Cullman
Egwart McGraw
Alfred McGraw
Cleveland
J. S. Sharp
Birmingham
Mrs Eugene Dukes Dies At Home In Decatur
Mrs. Eugene Dukes 73 of 1514 5th Ave Decatur died at her residence at 7 15 am this morning. Final rites set for Friday at 2 pm from New Caanan Church with Rev Robert Heaps and Rev Vernon Smallwood officiating. Interment in Old New Caanan Cemetery Peck directing. Nephews to serve as pallbearers. Survivors include one daughter Magnolia Lanier Decatur five brothers Calvin J Nappier Talladega H C Nappier Delta Ala W T Nappier Union Grove Henry Nappier Lacey's Springs Doc Nappier Hartselle three sisters Anna McClure Susan Daves New Hope Irene Smith Valhermosa Springs. She was a member of Valhermosa Springs Christian Church.
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Eugene Dukes
5Th Ave. Decatur
New Caanan Church
Robert Heaps
Vernon Smallwood
New Caanan
Union Hill
Peck
Magnolia Lanier
Decatur
Calvin J. Nappier
Talladega
H. C. Nappier
Delta
Ala
W .T. Nappier
Union Grove
Henry Nappier
Lacey’s Springs
Doc Nappier
Former Cotton Oil Plant Manager Wiggins Dies in New Orleans
Leon K. Wiggins of New Orleans, 70, retired assistant vice president of Wesson Oil Co., died suddenly after a heart attack. He previously managed the Southern Cotton Oil plant in Decatur from 1914 to 1922 and lived in New Orleans 30 years. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Burke Wiggins, a daughter, and several siblings. Funeral services were held in New Orleans with burial at Hope Mausoleum.
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Leon K. Wiggins
New Orleans
Decatur
Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc
Hope Mausoleum
Wiggins
No. 3
Audubon Place
Wesson Oil Co
Southern Cotton Oil
Elizabeth Burke Wiggins
J. R. Wiggins
Florence
H. S. Wiggins, Sr
Sheffield
Charles R. Wiggins
Jasper
W. C. Galloway
Burnette
Tex
Gordon Hayward
Westminster Guild Honors Girl Scout Troop 14 Banquet
Westminster Guild of the West Side Presbyterian Church hosted a banquet for Girl Scout Troop 14 with thirteen Scouts, parents, and leader Mrs Walter Leeman present. A panel discussed problems of growing up, led by Frances Nungester, proposing understanding changes, supportive homes, choice and responsibility, and mutual respect.
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Westminster Guild
Westside Presbyterian Church
Guild
Walter Leeman
McCoy Pitt
Madison Marshall
Evelyn Fisher
Irene Barwood
Wanda Harris
Betsy Burden
Frances Nungester
Estimated 1 300 Saved By Salk
A polio official says the Salk vaccine program in 1955 probably saved 1 200 to 1 300 children from the disease. Dr Hart E Van Riper, medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, cited a nationwide projection from 11 states based on official reports.
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New York
Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Gunshot Victim Alfred Terry Satisfactory After Wounding
Alfred Terry fifty five of Wheeler was listed in satisfactory condition at Decatur General Hospital after a shotgun injury from a firearm accidentally discharged by his son in law Floyd Alred Gobble Fire Lumber Co Decatur The wound traversed the face from left to right and he was injured while sitting in a car with Alred present As of today hospital admissions for eight year olds and seven year olds showed sharp declines compared with the general population.
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Alfred Terry
Wheeler
Decatur General Hospital
Terry
Floyd Alred
Gobble Fire Lumber Co
Decatur
Abed
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Ordnance
Gen. Toftoy
Gen. Medaris
U. S. Navy
William Martin
Dorothea Wilson
E. Market Sr
United States Navy
San Diego
William S. M. Martin
S. R
U.S.N.T.C
Decatur High School
Pattie Norman
E. Market
Ray Mitchell
Claud Schlosser
Charlie Klein
Hugh Brindley
Cullman Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
J.T. Gardner
Cabinet Committee
Santa
Santa Claus
America
Eisenhower
Congress
Southern Railway System
Washington, DD. c
Westminster Guild Fetes
Girl Scouts
Salk
Belk
Belk-Hudsor CO
Hudson Co
Belks
Orion
VR Arrow
Heiress
Belk’s
Cer
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