James W. Clark Joins Langley Aeronautical Laboratory Staff
James W. Clark formerly of Decatur has joined Langley Field Virginia as an electrical engineer on the 4 x 4 foot supersonic pressure tunnel program. He served in the Pacific theater during World War II and holds a Georgia Tech degree earned last June. He is married to Mary Beth Brown of Andalusia Alabama and resides in Hampton Virginia.
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Langley Field
Hampton
Virginia
Langley Laboratory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Clark
Air Transport Command
Pacific Theater
Georgia School of Technology
Kappa Mu Epsilon
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Mary Beth Brown
Andalusia
Alabama
Half of Morgan county license applicants pass tests
Morgan county reports that 25 of 46 applicants passed the rules and driving tests while 7 failed the road exam and 8 failed the driving test. Three were sidelined by vision issues and three by auto mechanical problems. Limestone county saw 15 of 40 fail the rules as four failed driving tests and eleven more lacked proper lights or brakes.
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Morgan County
H L. Hester
Limestone County
Morgan’ County
Limestone
County Democratic Group to Plan Primaries on January 30
Morgan county democratic executive committee will meet January 30 at 10 A M at the Morgan courthouse to set candidate qualifications and regulations for the May and June primaries. The meeting will fill three county committee vacancies and list officers to be elected this year including county solicitor and sheriff.
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Morgan County
Democratic Executive Committee
Morgan Courthouse
Rutledge Thomas
Danville
Lawrence Cove
Florette
R. P. Livingston
R. Hamilton
J. B. Gurley
Se Education
County Board of Education
Board of Revenue and Control
Revenue and Control Board
Democratic Committee
Marionettes Shine At Junior High Assembly
The Price Marionettes performed at a junior high assembly to praise from students and staff. Joe Allen Price, originator of the group, and Mary Battle King with Jerry Murdock led the show sponsored by the Junior Honor Society and Miss Bibb's civics class. Joe Allen, a Puppeteers of America member, plans to attend the 1950 Oxford Ohio festival with an eight day workshop following the event.
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Price
Joe Allen Price
Mary Battle King
Jerry Murdock
Miss Bibb
Joe Allen
Puppeteers of America
Oxford
Ohio
Fellowship Meeting Set for Greenbrier Church Tuesday
The state wide Fellowship meeting will convene at the Greenbrier Baptist church Tuesday. Pastor E. E. Matthews invites teachers and all others to attend. Services start at ten in the morning and continue through the day with dinner served at the church.
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Greenbrier Baptist Church
E. E. Matthews
Friday the thirteenth glider crash claims 13th victim
At Fort Benning Lawson airbase Georgia a training flight glider crash killed thirteen aboard and left four seriously injured. One more killed later at the hospital bringing total deaths to thirteen. The victims include student paratroopers and the pilot Lieutenant Robert D. Henley of Columbia Missouri and a sergeant instructor.
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FT Benning
Air Force
Lawson
Ft. Benning
Lawson Airbase
Robert D. Henley
Columbia
Service Held Sunday For Mrs. E. L. Knox
Funeral services for Mrs. E L Knox of that city were held Sunday with S Stevenson Son noted for services. She died Friday morning and is survived by three daughters Mrs Edward Timberlake of Decatur Mrs W T Nichols of Florence and Mrs Fulmer Arm.
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Steven
E. L. Knox
City
Strong of Deland Florida with son William Knox
Strong of Deland Florida, one son William Knox of Stevenson formerly of Decatur.
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Strong
Deland
Fla
William Knox of
Stevenson
Decatur
Detector pistol shaped device warns of dangerous rays
A new radiation detector used by scientists to warn of dangerous rays is shaped like a long-barreled pistol.
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James W. Clark
Robert D. Clark
Danville Road
The
Langley Aeronautical
Loyd’s Drug Store
Irene Jones
Tudio
Danc Decatur Armory
Belgium
Thomas
A. A. Means
Lance
J. B. Patterson
Lacon
H. E. Owen Massey
L. E. Brown
Falkville
Carrel Ryan
Center Grove
J. R. Holder
Valsermosa
W. A
Eld
Greenbrier Church
Rady Free
4Th Ave
Il Ter Queer Sles Company
Decatur Daily
Paris
Pierre Balmain
Wallace
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