Alabama Optometric Association Convention Set in Huntsville
About 100 optometrists from across Alabama are expected to attend the annual Alabama Optometric Association convention January 18-19 in Huntsville. The Russell Erskine Hotel will host a program combining education and recreation. Dr. T. S. Gibson announced the event and Maree A. W. McAllister will welcome attendees after registration on Sunday.
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Huntsville
Alabama Optometric Association
T. S. Gibson
Russell Erskine Hotel
A. W. McAllister
Deafened Now Hear Whispers Five Feet Away Device Shown
The American Medical Association Council on Physical Medicine reports a tiny hearing device enabling deafened people to hear faint sounds and understand whispers from five feet away. Finger tip controls adjust for changing sound. no bulky battery pack or wires. Beltone offers a free booklet and home testing in Chicago.
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American Medical Association
Council On Physical Medicine
Tone
Dept
19Th St
Chicago
Beltone
Conference to Convene With Forums On Vision and Industry
George M. Banks of the Associa tion presides as visitors join a 2 30 p m business session Sunday before the main feature. A forum on Occupational Vision led by Dr Richard Feinburg of Purdue University will precede talks by educational and industrial leaders state wide. Educational sessions Monday lead to a banquet floor show and dance at 7 p m with a Women s Auxiliary program for members.
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George M. Banks
Gadsden
Richard Feinburg
Purdue University
Gibson
Alabama Young Democrats to Organize Local Unit
A local Young Democrats of Alabama unit is expected to form Tuesday evening at 7 30 PM in the Legion home on Bank Street. The group affiliated with the national organization has played an active role in presidential elections for 16 years and aims to lead the party’s 1960 campaign. Open to Democrats aged 19 to 40, the meeting invites participation in forming the local organization.
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Young Democrats of Alabama
Legion Home
Bank Street
White House
West Boylston Home Eviction Appeal Planned
Attorneys for West Boylston Manufacturing prepared to appeal a Montgomery county court decision ruling the company could not evict about 20 tenants from company owned homes. T B Hill Jr said the appeal would go to the Montgomery circuit court.
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Montgomery
Ala
West Boylston Manufacturing Company
Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas
T. B. Hill Jr
Boyleston
Montgomery Circuit Court
VA Medical Guidance for Veterans in Decatur Alabama
The article explains VA hospital admission rules for service connected and non service connected cases, emergency procedures, and outpatient care. It directs veterans to apply using VA Form 10 P 10 and provides contact locations including the Detachment Office at 201 Gordon Drive in Decatur Alabama.
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Veterans Administration
U.S. Veterans Administration
Gordon Drive
Decatur
Alabama
Athens College Joins Mississippi Valley Conference
Athens College of Alabama announced entry into the Mississippi Valley Conference boosting the league to ten teams. The college resumes intercollegiate football and has an excellent basketball team for the current season.
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Athens
Ala
Athens College
Stumpage Sales In County Bring Cash
Morgan county landowners gathered $43,000 from stumpage sold from forest lands in 1946. E Braswell of Decatur as head of the More Trees For Alabama committee says stumpage reflects sale value of standing timber and outlines potential growth. He notes Morgan county’s 132,200 acres yielded 2,522 thousand board feet of pine and 1,151 thousand hardwood in 1946 and urges improved forest management to raise per acre yields.
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Morgan County
E. Braswell
Decatur
Alabama
Alabama Woodlands
Braswell
Bainbridge Street
Montgomery
Teachers in Morgan County Hold Regular Meeting
The Morgan County Teachers Association met at Morgan County High School on Friday. President Mrs Fay Parker opened the session with a devotional by Mrs Cleo Larkin and Bert Murphy Jr led singing. W L Davis Kilby Training School Florence spoke on teacher welfare.
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Morgan County Teachers’ Association
Morgan County High School
Fay K. Parker
Cleo Larkin
Bert Murphy Jr
S. M. Dollar
W. L. Davis
Kilby
Florence
Davis
Hamilton
Miss McReynolds
H. R. Leeman
Will Saunders
Morgan County
Dependence on South Africa for timber rises says Hosmer
Southern economist Joseph B Hosmer writes in The Research Engineer January issue that the United States will grow more dependent on the southeast for timber products over the next 75 years. The piece appears in Georgia Tech engineering journal.
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South Atlanta
United States
Joseph
Hosmer
Research Engineer
Georgia Tech Engineering, Experiment Station
Caravan to be shown here by Chevrolet dealer
E. K. Gregg Chevrolet Co will sponsor a truck caravan on Wednesday January 14 from 8 30 to 11 00 A M at 306 Lee Street. Public invited to view equipment mounted on Chevrolet chassis including bread milk garbage disposal dump heavy platform and van types fire trucks buses ambulances hearses and more. Demonstrations by experienced staff will highlight new transportation equipment.
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E. K. Gregg
Chevrolet
Lee Street
Holmes Wreckers
Gregg
Gregg Chevrolet Co
Fireman Johns in Navy Visit to Lima
James L. Johns fireman second class USN son of Mr and Mrs Albert L Johns of Decatur Alabama visited Lima Peru aboard the submarine tender USS Orion during a cruise from Balboa to Lima. The Orion entered the Domain of Neptunis Rex during the voyage.
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James L. Johns
USN
Albert L. Johns
Fourth Ave
Decatur
Ala
Lima
Peru
Orion
Balboa
C. Z
Neptunis Rex
Ruler of the Deep Hosts Crew Initiation Aboard Ship
The ship's ruler and royal court presided over a ceremony initiating 250 crew members and passengers into the mysteries of the deep. In Lima the sailors enjoyed Peruvian hospitality and the bustling bargaining before purchases.
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Lima
Britain name origin tied to Bry then painted men
The claim suggests the term Britain derives from Bry then meaning painted men, implying a historical or linguistic link between the name and a group described as painted.
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Britain
Brythen
County Tool House Property Sells at Auction in Athens
The old county tool house site at Vine Street and Florence Road in Athens sold for 7445 dollars after subdivision into 34 lots of 25 feet each. The county plans new homes on the property soon.
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Athens
Ala
Old County Tool House
Vine Street
Florence Road
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