Saturday Spotlight Welding Becomes Hobby For L P Terry
The Limestone County native J P Terry, once owner of Pete's Gin repair shop near Mooresville, shifted from heavy farm equipment work to welding as a hobby after selling his shop in 1951. He recalls growing up with welding, built the first low boy trailer, and still helps neighbors with repairs from a shed behind his home at 911 9th St SE.
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I. P. Terry
Pete
Mooresville
J. P. Terry
Terry
9Th St
Tto
Limestone County
Tennessee
Jim Garner
Somerville Road
Milton Murray
Pulaski, Tenn
Jack Taylor
California
Dow Jones Close Gives Mixed Read On July Start
New York July first AP report shows industrials at 872.77, railroads 226.48, utilities 131.42 and stocks 306.39 with small gains across sectors. Trading activity lists 479,700 industrials, 77,600 rails, 98.0 bonds and 655,300 stocks in the futures index and related totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mart Rebounds From Big Loss After Holiday Week
The stock market rebounded sharply Friday after a string of losses. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 6.96 to 877.06 as investors bought blue chips amid holiday weekend trading. The AP 60-stock average gained 2.3 to 316.2 with rails mixed and many sectors advancing.
Grain Futures End With General Losses in Chicago Market
In Chicago the grain futures market showed broad declines on Friday with wheat bearing the heaviest losses near 4 cents per bushel. Soybeans rallied late but closed with sharp early losses and minor recoveries, old crop down about 2% cents, new crop fractions. July corn was the sole gainer, edging up slightly while other months fell about a cent. Wheat settled 134 to 143 4 cents lower, July wheat near 1.785s-42, corn mixed with July around 1.34%4-%, oats showing declines.
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Chicago
Beame
River systems and erosion in Britannica reader feature
The passage explains how rivers form and flow from rain and melting snow, how tributaries build river systems like the Mississippi, Missouri, and Amazon, and how erosion shapes valleys such as the Grand Canyon. It also notes how rivers transport materials and mentions the origin of the word dandelion.
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Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi
Grand Canyon
Delaware Water Gap
Riddle Set: Dinner Guests and Silent Answer
Riddle 1 says a person who always has guests for dinner. Riddle 2 resolves to Silence as the thing you cannot name without breaking. Riddle 3 asks what is always before you but unseen and the proposed answer is The fab, a playful misdirection.
New York Stock Figures Across July Readings
July stock figures reported for New York show daily and weekly values. Distinct totals include 826 313 227 373 775 238 and 1 386 across days Friday and Thursday.
Riddles Jokes and Names From The Britannica Page
Today's winner is Rickey Ashford of Oakland California. In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders captured San Juan Cuba during the Spanish American War.
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Sarah Childers
Hartselle
Alabama
Rickey Ashford
Oakland
California
Rough Rider
San Juan
Cuba
Realism at Whatcom County Arts Festival Rebels Speak
Rebels at the Whatcom County Art Guild chaired by Mrs. Garth Tisdale join the Arts and Crafts Festival in Bellingham this weekend. She says modern art is misunderstood and that the group formed two years ago to encourage realism in painting.
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Bellingham
Wash
Garth Tisdale
Whatcom County
Grain and soy futures edge lower in July markets
Prices drift as rye falls about 1% while soybeans slip 2% to around 3.68 a bushel. Other grains show minor moves with corn near 4.70 and wheat easing on July trade.
Bank Officials Named in Ledger Listing
W. L. Standridge is named cashier with Joe W. Perrin as assistant vice president and Winston W. Legge Jr as assistant cashier in the bank’s staffing notation.
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Joe W. Perrin
Winston W. Legge JR
Directors listed including Caddell Eyster Johnson McLeod Pearce
Board of directors names include John A Caddell William B Eyster A L Johnson E W McLeod Henon W Pearce John B Sewell Barrett C Shelton Lester H Smith John F Smither Jr Rutledge S Thomas Bayne Vaughan Robert H Tweedy Jr with question of honorary status
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John A Caddell
William B. Eyster
A. L. Johnson “E. W. McLeod
Henon W. Pearce
John B. Sewell Barrett C. Shelton Lester H. Smith
JOHN F. SMITHER, JR. RUTLEDGE S._THOMAS BAYNE’ J. VAUGHAN
Robert H. Tweedy, JR
T Honorary
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Gregory Peck
Sophia Loren
Stanley Conen
Arabesq Technicolor
Panavision
Bowlin
Dow Jones
Standard and Poor’s Stock Index
Associated Press
U P
Lion
Allied
Sperry Rand
American Stock Exchange
Igy
Decatur
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B.Q
Hertectie
Ala Hartselle
Athens
Audi Murphy
Michael Dante
GEN Cooper
Gloria Talbott
Frankie Avalon
Annette Fumitento
Martha Hyer
Thunderbird
Goldfinger
N.Y. Daily News
Technicol
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Techni “Inter
First National Bank OF Decatur
A. L. Johnson
Lester H. Smith
W. L. Standridge
Cashier
L. Denton Cole Jr
Lloyd S. Jones
United States Securities
Austin
Member
Federal Reserve System
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