Personal notes mention travels and visitors during holidays
Tommy Fitzpatrick will leave Monday to resume studies at St Bernard College Cullman after Christmas with his parents. J T Tatum and sons Dowlin Poff and Billy Levin visited Montgomery for the Blue Gray game. Mrs L D True is seriously ill at her daughter Mrs T B Rogers home on Jackson Street. Mr and Mrs Larry Allen from Tupelo are guests of Quince Eddins for the weekend. Evelyn Patterson and son Jeremy of Washington DC are weekend guests of the Allan Wallaces. Annie Rhea Goode will return today to Nashville after holidays. Dr W P Baugh is in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
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Dee J. Teague
Decem- T
Mary Louise Alexander
Cecil J. Flame Alexander
Vera Chalker Alexander
Joel Spight Alexander
Mr. Teague
Chesley J. Teague
Teague
Odenville
Alabama
Leah Lile Woodard
Arthur Matthews
Matthews
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Irving Berlin
Victor
Schumann
Joel
Spight Alexander
Thomas Waits
Miss Frances Farrer
Christine Inson
Miss Farrer
Miss Vinson
Richard Teague
John Howell
Tommy Willingham
Fretwell-Lyle
Helen J. Lyle
7Th Avenue West
Mary Helen
Howell Leo Fretwell
Moulton
New Orleans
Louisiana
7Th Avenue
Tommy Fitzpatrick
St. Bernard College
Cullman
T. H. Fitzpatrick
J.T. Tatum and Sons
Jimmy
Johnny
Dowlin
Larry Allen
Tupelo, Mississippi
Quince Eddins
Evelyn Patterson
Jeremy
Washington, D. C
Allan Wallace
Patterson
Foreign Service School
Georgetown University
Annie Rhea Goode
Harris Art Advertising School
Nashville
Tennessee
Decatur records TVA visit and landmark projects
The August TVA tour brought 150 representatives from 42 nations to Decatur. Reports note new school construction, a million dollar water tank expansion, gas plans, and upcoming hospital work under Hill Burton. Courts handled major cases while roads and parks sprawl with planned improvements across Limestone and Morgan counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
TVA
Lake Success
Barrett Shelton
Australia
Switzerland
Sweden
Belgium
Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Arkansas
North Alabama
Limestone-Athens Hospital
Lawrence County
Hospital and Revenue Board
Moulton
Courtland
North Lawrence County
Speake High Names 1949 50 Who's Who Members
The Speake senior class names its Who's Who for 1949-50 with Bettye Templeton as Prettiest girl Wade Hembree as Most handsome and Best dressed boy Kathleen Spivey as Most popular girl Lee Miller as Most popular boy Sara Miller as Smartest and Bookworm. Willard Cole appears as multiple top honorees including Most dignified and Best all around. The list features many students across categories with several repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speake High School
Bettye Templeton
Wade Hembree
Kathleen Spivey
Lee Miller
Peggie Sue Pirkle
Sara Miller
Willard Cole
Ervelene Lindsey
Rubyee Borden
Wanda Elrod
Foree Hensley
Bettye Jean Melson
Ollie Jean Kelso
Olie Jean Kelso
Dorothy Kimbrough
Ruby Lee Borden
Bettye Templeon
Foree Hensey
boy—Lee~Mitter
Jeannette Standridge
Top ten stories from last year summary
The list recalls 10 notable items including the first copper cast at Wolverine, a state supreme court ruling upholding parking meter legality in Decatur, the death of Mayor-elect Tom Morrison just before taking office, and the political shakeup as Councilman A C Dillehay dies after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Wolverine
State Supreme Court
Decatur
Tom Morrison
A. C
Jack” Dillehay
di Sho
Morgan County Chapel Visitors and Illness Notes
Mrs Lucy Roberts and Miss Mav erine Roberts visited Mrs Bessie Puckett and daughter Martha Neel. W D Bullard attends bedside of his mother Mrs L M Reed ill at Decatur home. Mrs Minnie Turney of Devatur spent Wednesday with Mrs J Glasgow. W P Roberts and wife dined with Dawson Jones family Basham. Wallace Sims family visited Ward family. Lucy Roberts children supper guests with Wallace and Glaggon families at Neel. Christmas Day gathering with Hollis Long.
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Lucy Roberts
T. L. Speakman
Hartselle
Wallace Sims
W. E. Story
J. T. Wallace
John Wallace
J. P. Glasgow
C. V. Wallace
John Rodgers
James Wallace
Minnie Wallace
Carrie
Oak Ridge
Arthur Sandlin
Coy Atkins
Maverine Roberts
Bessie Puckett
Martha
Neel
W. D. Bullard
L.M. Reed
Eddie Hill
Decaur
Minnie Turney
J. Glasgow
W. P. Roberts
Dawson
Decatur Developments and 1948 Election Ruling
Municipalities bought 200 acres for a planned airport while city and old Decatur Land Company properties totaling 1 100 and 700 acres were sold for about 150 000. The Federal Power Commission approved natural gas area including Decatur. Circuit Judge Powell ruled electors cannot be forced to support a designated presidential candidate amid the 1948 race. Henry Wallace begins his Deep South tour but faces a cool reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnation Milken
Pryor
Decatur
Federal Power Commission
Old Decatur Land Company
Powell
Alabama
Henry
Wallace
Infant McDaniel Graveside Rites Held
Graveside services for infant P. Ann McDaniel, daughter of Mr and Mrs E O McDaniel of Trinity, were held Saturday at 11 A M at Johnson Chapel conducted by Rev J K Rogers. The child died Friday at 11 P M. Surviving are the parents two brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann McDaniel
Eranter
Defense Rights Assured Japs Defend Right to Alliances
AP reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur stated Japan has the right to defend itself and form defensive alliances, not arming, while Japan’s 1947 constitution renounces war. Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney clarified no rearmament intent, just defense pacts with bases possibly retained by the US. The item sits among other wartime and postwar notes including Soviet war crimes trials and Chiang Kai-shek’s pledge to resist Soviet occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Atdk
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
United States
Russia
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Frankfurt
Germany
Ruhr
George Bidault
France
National Assembly
Assembly
Bidault
Parole Board Posts to Close as Folsom Changes Team
The Birmingham News reports Governor Folsom will remove James E. Folsom will replace Bill Drinkard and Glen Vinson on the state pardon and parole board. Chairman Howell Turner remains. turnover aims to reshape the board as about 100 convicts have been in the past weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham News
James E. Folsom
Bill Drinkard
Glen Vinson
State Pardon and Parole Board
Drinkard
Vinson
Folsom
Howell Turner
Turner
State Senate
Chauncey Sparks
Cullman
Sylacauga
L. B. Stephens
Pardon and Parole
News Writer Winner Short Story Contest
Nathan Broch of The Birmingham News won an international short story contest sponsored by Aufbausy Angio German magazine in New York. His entry Dawn At Five draws on his Indo China war correspondence experience and focuses on a native doctor in Indo China. Broch, 30, from Cologne, Germany, has worked in Europe, Asia, and Australia for Dutch newspapers and The Australian Event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Nathan Broch
Birmingham News
Aufbausy
New York
Broch
Cologne
Germany
Europe
Asia
Australia
Indies
Keacher
A Who Ha Iler
Budget Approval Vote Expected After Margin Question
The final vote is anticipated on approving the budget as a whole after a margin of 18. The assembly will decide on the overall financial plan in a forthcoming session.
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Mississippi
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Dr. W. P. Baugh
Penny Dollar
Mrs. S.M
Dollar
Austinville
Penney
Sherrow’s
Hete A
Roanoke
Rebecca Ann Tice
F. F. Tice
Lottie Weinman
Kelleg Avenue
Virginia
Rebecca
G. A. Weinman
Priceville
J. E. Lee
Gilbert Studio
Edward Evan Marks
Edward
Gilbert Marks
Ninth Avenue West
W. P. Evans
Route One
Grady Marks
Pulaski
Falkville Bank
C. B. Humphrey
L. A. Tune
Earl Fowler
Fontaine H. King
Cincinnatti
FBI
King
Fowler
Newton B. Powell
Tune
Lester Lang
Lacon Mountain
Phillip Shanks
George Johnson
James H. Crow, Jr
R. B
Doc) Richardson
Lawrence County Board of Revenue
T. ”C. Oon
Flinthill
Lou Richardson
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
American Legion
George Burns
Georgia
Shorty” Ogle
Red Raiders
Raiders
Roy Freeman
Wesley Thompson
Bob Freeman
Fred Horn
Florida
Lacon
Athens
Mor 9
Pryorield
Speake
Willodene
Mrs. Homer
W. E. Ward
Bevis Ward
Gadsden
L. H. Higdon
Louise Hidgon
Roman Higdon
Conner Hendera
Hazel
Mary Higon
The
Dixie Freezer
Bank St
Morgan County Forrest Chapel
W P. Roberts
Associated Press
Drady Free
4Th Ave
Second Ave
Vine Street
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