Generators Start Friday at Santee Cooper Power Project
Huge generators will begin operation Friday as part of the 57 million dollar Santee Cooper project. The system diverts Santee river waters into the Cooper river creating a head of 75 feet, with a 60 by 180 foot lift lock enabling inland water transport to Columbia.
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Willie
Herbert Charles
Dee
Santee
Santee-Cooper Power
Cooper River
South Carolina Public Service Authority
Cooper
Aloe
Columbia
Christmas Holiday Visits Across Morgan County
Mrs Paul Alverson and children from Gadsden visit relatives in Morgan County during Christmas. Clarence Milsap of Speake and Betty Joe Teague of Danville visit family. Duttons of Christ Hartselle host relatives. Odie Kirkpatrick and daughter from Birmingham visit W C Kirkpatrick family. Christmas tree held at Friendship Baptist church drawing large crowd. Many local visits noted among Pope, Hunt er, Crowe and Pittman families across Danville Hartselle Huntsville Corinth Paris Elvis Crowe Dutton Pope Hunter.
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Paul Alverson
Gadsden
Clarence Milsap
Speake
Betty Joe Teague
Danville
Bob Pope
D. M. Dutton
Odie Kirkpatrick
Birmingham
W. C. Kirkpatrick
Odie Lee
Edna Steel
Hartselle
Ottis Dutton
Christ Hartselle
Friendship Baptist Church
Nannie Stovall and Sons
Paris
Elvis
Corinth
Dana Crowe
Elbert Pope
Ann
Huntsville
John Pope
Estelle Hunter
Jim Hunter
Ovilee Pittman
One in 190000 Celebrates 101st Birthday Census Note
Census Bureau notes that only one person in about 190 000 lives reaches age 101, highlighting longevity statistics tied to the milestone birthday.
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Census Bureau
Cadets Train More by Demonstration Than Textbooks
Sergeant Barnes promotes the seven month Aviation Cadet course citing cutaway airplanes for practical lessons in the Air Corps program. He says teaching relies on demonstration, open to men 21 to 26 who have two years of college or a high school education and can pass a written exam. Barnes urges interested men to visit and apply. Keep em flying.
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United States Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Texas
U. S. Army
Army Aviation
Barnes
Bilding
Air Corps
Census Bureau estimates tiny centenarian count at 150 million
If the U S population steadies at 150000000, the nation would have about 2660 centenarians, according to Census Bureau projections.
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United States
Census Bureau
Bynum Wins First Place in North Alabama 4-H Contest
Jimmie Bynum of Morgan county won the district 4-H speaking contest held in Huntsville on December 13. Counties in the event included Marshall Cullman Limestone Madison DeKalb and Jackson with R M Martin Jr of Jackson county taking second. The topic was Sound Farm Financing with judges Howard Gray C N Buchanan and Mrs J T Blackshear. Huntsville Production Credit Association will fund a trip to New Orleans for the first prize winners early in March 1942.
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Jimmie Bynum
Austinville
Huntsville
Marshall
Cuilman
Limestone
Madison
DeKalb
D. D. Marshall
North Alabama
Howard Gray
New Market
C. N. Buchanan
Route 4
J. T. Blackshear
Huntsville Production Credit Association
New Orleans
Jackson
Cullman
Defense bond sales reach high mark in Courtland post office
Courtland post master E. R. Todd reported defense bond sales totaling 18,950 dollars since December 1, roughly 1,000 dollars daily. Defense stamp sales ran 186.45 dollars in the same period, much bought by students after a Defense Stamp Club formed at the junior high school.
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E. R. Todd
Courtland
Defense
Defense Stamp Club
Patriotic Centerpiece for Welcoming Home Guests
A center item for a patriotic party features red, white, and blue candles with American-made glass holders. Choose large or small globe shapes and decorate the fruit bowl with artificial fruit gourds or fresh fruit in national colors.
Ginnings for 1941 Above Last Year in Morgan County
Cenaus report shows that 30 085 bales of cotton were ginned in Morgan county Alabama from the crop of 1941 prior to December 18 compared with 24 908 bales for the crop of 1940.
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Cenaus
Morgan County
Alabama
Sanatorium Patients Enjoy Christmas Party
The Morgan County tuberculosis sanatorium patients enjoyed a pleasant Christmas party organized by friends of the sanatorium. The program was held early in the week to allow some patients to spend Christmas at home, with Charlie G. Hardwick leading activities.
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Morgan County Tuberuclosis Sanatorium
Friends of the Sanatorium
Charlies G. Hardwick
Crowd cheers as Santa hands out banked presents at party
A lively holiday gathering features a crowd in an uproar as a man plays Santa Claus giving out presents. The scene notes quotas and a census hint at national production figures, mentioning ten pounds per person and 1 316,200 pounds grown in the United States.
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Santa Claus
United States
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Decatur Box
He Yuletide
Morae Motors
Desoto
Plymouth
Stone Lumber CO
Jennie Lovelady
Myrtle Martin
Maxie Lee Bretha Echols
Margaret Poer
Louise Turner
Mildred Nebrig
D. W. Speake
Rufus Warren
James Ratliff
Bill Lindsey
ED Summers
Robert Powers
William Robinson
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