Twenty Scouters Win Awards Here
Twenty Boy Scouts from Troops 11 23 61 63 and 89 won 37 awards at a Morgan County District Council Court of Honor in the courthouse. E W Bud Fisher chaired the event with R W Helle and Ray Thomas presenting merit badges. This was the year’s last Court of Honor and Fisher’s final as chairman, to be followed by Helle in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County District Council
E. W. ¢Bud Fisher
Morgan Cea
R. W. Helle
Ray Thomas
Fisher
Helle
Richard Goodman
Larry Hinken
Jeff Donaldson
Danny Herndon
Steve Meek
Johny Tucker
Jimmy Milam
Eugene Carmer
James Honkola
David Collins
Gene Wear
Mike Wilson
Charles Vaughan
Jack Caddell
Hank Caddell
John Power
Jer
Morgan County
Troop 23
Decatur
March of Dimes
Lynne Fisher
Myra Johnson
Judy Parker
Lilienthal Clapp Consultants To Italian Government Project
Lilienthal and Clapp Consultants, led by David E. Lilienthal and Gordon R. Clapp, agreed to aid Italy's Cassa per il Mezzo Giorno in southern development. The New York firm will advise on projects for possible World Bank financing and coordinate with Cassa officials on broader plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Development’ and Resources Corp
New York City
David E. Lilienthal
Gordon R. Clapp
Italy
Cassa Per Il Mezzogiorno
Fund For the Development of the
South
Lilienthal
Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
New York
Cassa
Sicily
Sardinia
New York Corporation
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
Gabriele Pescatore
Development and Resources Corp
Local Residents Honored for Public Service and Safety
A ceremony recognized community figures including Holt, Strane, Darmer, Honkola, Wear, Caddell, Wilson, Sherard, Newsom, Vaughan, and Honkola for life saving, public health, safety, reading, public speaking, and sporting achievements in rowing and swimming.
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Ry Holt
Lawrence Strane
Eugene Darmer
James Honkola
Gene Wear
Jack Caddell
Hank Caddell
Mike Wilson
Henry Sherard
Eddie Newsom
Charles Vaughan
Reading
Postmaster Praises Public and Employes at Christmas
Postmaster I. E. Self reports a wonderful Christmas business at Decatur and Albany Station post offices. He commends the public for cooperation and notes mail carriers and clerks did a fine job dividing local and out-of-town mail. About 1,207,000 pieces passed through in seven days, with only five new assistants added versus 11 in 1955.
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I. E
Self
Decatur
Albany
Veal Calf Brings Top Price At Valley Stockyard Sale
Last week at Valley Stockyard the sale totaled 608 head and 42959.21 dollars. Top veal calf weighed 235 pounds and sold for 30.50 to Pearl Packing Co. Other calves ranged to 30 dollars with buyers including Neuhoff and Pearl Packing Co. Top hogs reached 17.25.
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W. F. Smith
Moulton
Pearl Packing Co
Leon Hill
Hartselle
Neuhoff
Lee Jackson
Hanceville
A. H. Yeager
P. W. Letson
Courtland
Kenneth McLemore
Danville
Bill Turner
Guntersville
J. H. Grooms
Athens
Mid-South
G. N. Russell
Decature
Mahlon Holland
Bill Legg
R. L. Christopher
Two Are Injured In Cullman Crash
A head on collision seven miles south of Cullman on Highway 31 left two drivers injured. John Tyler Stansell 39 of Cullman drove a 1955 Pontiac while Martin Wamp 54 of Hanceville drove a 1950 Chevrolet pickup. Wamp suffered multiple fractures and was taken to a Birmingham hospital. Stansell received facial injuries and a fractured ankle and was treated at Cullman Hospital. The crash occurred in drizzle at about 4 45 p m as Stansell attempted to pass.
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Cullman
Here
John Tyler Stansell
Martin Wamp
Hanceville 1
Stansell
Wamp
Birmingham
Cullman Hospital
W. M. Brown
Fred Nothdurft
Area men in service reach Korea and Fort Benning
Seoul AHTNC reports Sergeant First Class David H. Berry son of Mr and Mrs Horace P Berry Vinemont 1 has arrived in Korea and serves with the 8132nd Army Unit in Korea. Marine engineer in the unit HQ Detachment Specialist Third Class Harold D Parker son of Mr and Mrs B Parker Cullman 3 graduated from an eight week cooking course at the Third Army Food Service School Fort Benning Ga. Parker is a 1955 Fairview High School graduate.
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Seoul
AHTNC
David H. Berry
Horace P. Berry
Vinemont 1
Korea
8132Nd
Sat
Berry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Fort Benning, Ga
Harold D. Parker
B. Parker
Cullman 3
Third Army Food Service School
Fort Benning
Parker
Fairview High School
Health for Today Disease Vectors
Dr. W W Bauer explains how arthropods including mosquitoes, ticks, mites, fleas, and spiders transmit diseases from malaria to typhus and tularemia. He notes malaria parasites require a mosquito host and argues against complacency in vector control. Monday: DD Day.
McGough Elected SBA Chairman for 1957
William McGough of Birmingham has been elected chairman of the board of governors of the Southern Bakers Association for 1957. He heads McGough Bakeries with plants in Birmingham Decatur Montgomery and Selma. He is married to Jane Hurley and has four children.
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McGough
William eGough
Birmingham
Southern Bakers Assn
McGough Bakeries Corp
Decatur
Montgomery
Selma
Tom A. McGough
SBA
Jane Hurley
Fort Worth
Texas
Jan
Tom
Kevin
Helen McGough Hobbs
McGough Bakeries Corporation
St. Bernard College
Cullman
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Final Rites Held For Mrs. Irene Davis Lisenby
Funeral services for Irene Davis Lisenby 60 of Dothan were held at Rogersville Methodist Church. Burial followed at Athens City Cemetery. She taught at Dothan High School for 34 years and died Friday at her sister Inez Patterson’s home in Rogersville during Christmas visit. Surviving: W L Davis and sister Patterson. Pallbearers named.
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Athens
Irene Davis Lisenby
Dothan
Rogersville
Dothan Methodist Church
Limestone
Laudersdale
Patterson
W. L. Davis
Henry Hudson
Mase Nugent
Bob Waddell
Royce Spry
James Williams
Billy Page
Boys Deflate Tires as Punishment in Linwood
Five boys aged 12 to 14 spent four hours pumping up 40 tires with hand pumps after being charged with deflating parked vehicles. Magistrate George M. Gray told the youths they learned a better lesson that way.
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Linwood, Pa
George M. Gray
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Penney
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American Saddle Horse Breeder’s Assn
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W. W. Bauer
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Tropics
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