CAP Announces Tentative Decatur Athens Cadet Wing Officers
The Decatur Athens Civil Air Patrol lists Major Caswell Hayes as flight commander and Dennis McClendon as deputy commander. Horace Rogers serves adjutant with Ronald H. Breckenridge as operations and training officer and Ey M Rowe as commandant of cadets. Clifford Vaughn is fiscal officer and Ralph Jones intelligence officer with B M Magnusson personnel and Ernie Blackwell supply officer. Three cadets Thomas R. Moore Billy Don Cox and Robert Elgard Connor join senior members led by Prince T. Jones Jr William H Moore Jr Allan Wallace H D Casey Ross Hawkins James C Taylor James W Journey Sam Stanley L Grady Young Carl C Huber Athens Edward T Grubbs Rex Finley Sam Hobbs Bill Mock and Vic Bubbett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur-Athens
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Caswell Hayes
Dennis McClendon
Horace Rogers
Athens
Ronald H. Breckenridge
Ey. M. Rowe
Clifford Vaughn
Ralph Jones
B. M. Magnusson
Ernie Blackwell
Thomas R. Moore
Billy Don Cox
Robert Elgard Connor
Prince T. Jones, Jr
William H. Moore, Jr
Allan Wallace
H. D. Casey
Ross Hawkins
James C. Taylor
James W. Journey
Sam Stanley
L. Grady Young
Carl C. Huber
Edward T. Grubbs
Rex Finley
Sam Hobbs
Bill Mock
Vic Bubbett
Jones Service Here Monday
The body of Frank B. Jones who died in Ft. Myers Florida on June 30 arrived in Decatur Saturday morning and will lie in state at Brown Funeral Home until 5 p m Monday. Services will be held in Brown's chapel with Rev Otis Kirby officiating and burial in City cemetery. Survivors include his wife and one son Richard who was in Germany and is being flown home. Grandson Frank B. Jones 2nd and several nieces and nephews also survive. Active pallbearers will be drawn from Lexington associates arriving by plane for the service.
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Frank B. Jones
Ft. Myers
Florida
Decatur
Brown Funeral Home
Brown's Chapel
Otis Kirby
City Cemetery
Jones
Lexington
Trinity Extends City Limits Under State Approval
Mayor C. H. Campbell announces Trinity's expansion is now legal after Gov. Folsom signs the Harris-Stewart bill. The town will gain about 350 acres east and north of the current site, with support from Rep. Norman Harris, Rep. Bill Stewart, and Senator Noble Russell. A school meeting earlier favored the addition unanimously.
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Trinity
C. H. Campbell
Folsom
Harris-Stewart
Norman Harris
Bill Stewart
House
Noble Russell
Senate
Trinity School
Initiation Service Held for Cull Emblem Club No 100
Cull Emblem Club No 100 held an initiation service honoring president Mrs Bud Garrison with candidates issued as The Nell Garrison Class. New members include Miss Rebba Holmes Mrs E C Gibbs Jr Mrs Ervin Peinhardt Mrs J O Armstrong and Mrs Tegnal Holmes. A meal was served by the membership committee to twenty six members.
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Cullan Emblem Club
Supreme Trustee
Mary Fon Schlosser
Nell Garrison
Bud Garrison
Rebba Holmes
E. C. Gibbs, Jr
Ervin Peinhardt
J.-O. Armstrong
Tegnal Holmes
Joe Brunner
Dinsmore Green
Personal notices of Tuscaloosa residents and guests
Mr and Mrs George Davis of Tuscaloosa are weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Lamarr Eyster. Mr and Mrs Jack Murphree of Tuscaloosa visit relatives. Elbert Ponder and family returned from Chicago. Mrs George Bledsoe visited relatives in Carrollton Georgia. H O Thompson returned from North Carolina. Jarry Wise and Mrs Tony Wise visiting Doris Wise Speegle in Panama City Florida. E E McClure ill in Cullman Hospital this week. Mrs R M Clark left for Fairhope to stay with her son Bill Clark. Jessie Oldacre seriously ill at home. Col and Mrs Mickey Vick and John Vick of Washington DC to leave July 5 for San Diego to join Col Mickey stationed there. Mrs Vick will accompany. Dr and Mrs P G Hartung in Birmingham. Hartung on State Pharmaceutical Board and examined there. Joyce Griffingresuste of Howard College passed examination.
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George Davis
Tuscaloosa
Lamarr Eyster
Jack Murphree
Elbert Ponder
Chicago
George Bledsoe
Carrollton
Georgia
H. O. Thompson
North Carolina
Jarry Wise
Birmingham
Tony Wise
Doris Wise Speegle
Panama City
Florida
E. E. McClure
Cullman Hospital
R. M. Clark
Fairhope
Bill Clark
Clark
Jessie Oldacre
Col
Mickey
Air Tour Club To Host Decatur Rendezvous
Decatur Alabama air tour club hosts about 100 flying enthusiasts from across the state on July 17 arriving around 11 a.m. They will be feted at a luncheon at noon. The statewide group includes 50 members with Dennis McClendon as vice president and directors Ernie Blackwell and John Taylor. The group meets biweekly at various locations and exchanges visits with clubs from other states.
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Decatur
Alabama Air Tour Club
Dennis McClendon
Ernie Blackwell
John Taylor
Dixie Drifters Entertain TB Sanatorium Patients in Decatur
Curley Huntley and The Dixie Drifters performed a forty five minute live program for patients staff and friends at the TB Sanatorium Thursday evening. The show featured Huntley on guitar Anderson harmonica Holland bass Swatzell biscuit plater Brindley fiddle with Huntley as MC. It was produced under the Pilot Club of Decatur Civic and Public Relations Committee as a service project.
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Curley Huntley
Dixie Drifters
TB Sanatorium
Pilot Club of
Decatur
The
Reward Offered by Klan Leaders Over Clay County Floggings
Ashland Alabama July 2 two Federated Ku Klux Klans officials offered 500 reward for proof that Klan members were involved in the recent mob floggings in Clay county. William Hugh Morris Birmingham state director and Rev Alvin Horn Talladega minister and Klan organizer announced the reward. They opposed an anti masking bill passed by the Alabama legislature and claimed the Klan has more than 350 members in Clay. Horn gave higher figures saying 800 or more Morris said the Klan would surrender its charter if proven to be involved or condoning the violence.
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Ashland
Ala
Federated Ku Klux Klans, Inc
Clay County
William Hugh Morris
Birmingham
Alvin Horn
Talladega County
Morris
Horn
Alabama
Montgomery
Clay
Sher Rhett Owens
Klan
Secretary Visits Valley Farmers With Friends of the Land
Secretary Ollie E. Fink executive secretary and program director of Friends of the Land spent Saturday in Decatur meeting leading farmers and businessmen. He toured the area saw developments and plans a return to form a Valley chapter in the fall. He was en route to Alabama College at Montevallo.
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Friends of the Land
Ollie E. Fink
Decatur
Fink
Alabama College
Montevallo
Two Alabama Teens Bound Over on Rape Charges
In Alexander City a preliminary hearing bound 16-year-olds Robert Goodwin of Alexander City and Gene Wall Harris of Kellyton over to the grand jury on rape charges after they were accused of attacking a 17-year-old girl from Sunny Level. The youths were arrested the previous Wednesday night.
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Alexander City
Ala
Tallapoosa County
Jack Coley
Robert Goodwin
Gene Wall Harris
Petition Denied for Man Finishing 150 Day Sentence
Ennis Loyd Negro must complete a 150 day term after a habeas petition was denied by Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell. Loyd, convicted of assaulting his brother, challenged the void judgment claim and illegal sentence. He was fined $75 in Recorder's court and ordered to work 50 cents daily. in city jail since May 23.
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Ennis Loyd
Newton B. Powell
Loyd
Recorder's Court
WTNB Goes Off Air as Engineers Strike at 10 AM
In Birmingham on July 2, WTNB was forced off the air after the chief engineer and seven technicians walked out at 10 am during contract talks. Station spokesman confirmed the walkout paused broadcasts pending negotiations.
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Birmingham
WTNB
Hiss Case Near Closing Phase
The perjury trial of Alger Hiss in New York moves toward a verdict by next weekend after five weeks of testimony. Prosecutors say Hiss lied about giving secret State Department papers to Whittaker Chambers. Hiss and his counsel defend his innocence and deny any communist ties. The jury could begin deliberations after closing arguments.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Ennemmenate
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Chambers
State Department
Red Underground
Delaware Holds Nation’s Lowest Mean Elevation
A brief note states Delaware has the lowest mean elevation in the United States while Colorado records the highest.
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Delaware
Colorado
Electric Fair Under Two White Big Tops Arrives August
An Electric Fair sponsored by the Alabama Rural Electrification Association comes to Decatur August 22 and 23. The show features home farm and business electrical appliances with cooperation from leading manufacturers and local merchants during AREA's annual convention led by Floyd Aderson and Joe Wheeler.
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Decatur
Alabama Rural Electrification Association
Floyd Aderson
Joe Wheeler
Two Daughters Burn In Auto Tragedy in Alabama
In Columbiana Alabama a father, J E Decker station agent, left his two young daughters Peggy Decker 21 2 and Judy 18 months in a car while he checked at the Southern railway station for a paycheck. He saw smoke curling from the vehicle and found the children dead in the heat.
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Columbiana
Ala
Peggy Decker
Judy
J. E. Decker
Decker
Southern Railway
Tragic Car Fire Claims Peggy Decker in Birmingham
In a fatal blaze on an interstate route a bystander rescue saved Peggy Decker from a burning car but she died at a Birmingham hospital. Walker Mallory 38 and bystanders aided, while Decker 30 from Selma and Peggy 23 born in Denver Colorado are named in the report.
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Car
Walker
Mallory
Peggy
Hugh Sims
Judy
Birmingham
Decker
Selma
Denver
Colo
Nevada Ranks Sixth in Size but Forests Population Figure Mentioned
Despite ranking sixth in area, Nevada is cited as the least populous state in the periodical reference, highlighting its sparse population distribution and open spaces.
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Neveda
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