Decatur Alabama Improvement Ordinance paving streets
City of Decatur adopts improvements including Betty Street Dianne Colfax Vernon Cagle Spring and Danville Road S W with six inch stone base double bituminous seal and concrete curbs. Alleys opened graded gravel and curb lines set. costs assessed to abutting property per state law.
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Decatur
Alabama
City of
Betty Street
S.W
Danville Road
Dianne Street
Colfax Street
Cagle Avenue
Vernon Avenue
Spring Avenue S.W
Spring Avenue
Danville Road S.W
Greenacres
Morgan County
State of
Decaturee
Decatur Daily
Tuscaloosa Firm Denied Recovery On Evaporated Gas Tax
Elks Oil Co. sought $760 from the Alabama Department of Revenue after paying tax on 12 000 gallons of evaporated gasoline. Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones ruled the loss did not meet the claimed figures and denied the claim.
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Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Walter B. Jones
Elks Oil Co
Alabama Department of Revenue
Jones
World Fellowship Salem W S C S Theme Forward A World Fellowship
A Salem Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting on Tuesday afternoon adopted Forward A World Fellowship as its theme. The program featured opening prayers, meditations, and singing, with officers and members participating in a structured service.
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Salem’ Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
D. R. Roper
Service Men Keep Moving Across Bases and Battles Areas
Cadet Joe E. Sanders, 22, son of James E. Sanders of Cullman, returns to bases in Ohio, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Virginia, and New Jersey as senior class members teach freshmen at West Point and recruit at Fort Dix. Norfolk sailor Alton Crow serves aboard USS Everglades after a four month Mediterranean cruise. Kitzen, Germany sees Cpl Edwin Webb from Tennessee join a birthday parade with the 5th Field Artillery Battalion. Hawaii based Cpl John I. Rogers, 23, with the 25th Infantry Division, traced from Killen, Alabama, completed basic training at Fort Jackson before service in Hawaii.
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West Point
N. J
Joe E. Sanders
James E. Sanders
Second Ave. W
Cullman
Pecency
A. Force Base
Ohio
Fort Knox
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Belvoir
Fort Monmouth
Fort Dix
N. Sanders
Oes
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Norfolk, Va
Alton C. Crow
USN
Joseph E. Crow
Decatur
Martha M. Crow
Kalamazoo
Mich
Everglades
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Posey Assigned to Rendova Escort Carrier Deployment
James A. Posey US Navy aviation boatswain's mate first class, son of James A. Posey Sr. of Decatur, and husband of Trixie Quin of Tucson, is stationed to the escort aircraft carrier Rendova for relocation to the Mothball Fleet Manila June 30. Rendova, commissioned 1945, saw action in the Korean conflict and participated in several duties.
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San Francisco
Calif
James A. Posey
USN
Sixth Ave
E. Decatur
Trixie Quin
Tucson
Ariz
Rendova
Sia
Army Captain Bethany Joins 425th A A Battalion at Camp Stewart
Capt Charles W Bethany Jr arrived at Camp Stewart Ga and serves as adjutant of the 425th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion. A 1947 University of Alabama graduate, he entered the Army in 1942 with a Bronze Star Medal and previously served in Korea. His wife Paralee lives in Jemison Alabama and his mother Mrs Charles W Bethany Sr resides at 930 Fifth Ave SE.
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Camp Stewart
Charles W. Bethany Jr
Paralee
Jemison
Ala
425Th
Bethany
University of Alabama
Korea
Charles W. Bethany Sr
Fifth Ave
Lumpkins Serves in 9577th Technical Service Unit
White Sands Proving Ground New Mexico reports Sergeant First Class James E. Lumpkins son of Mrs Mark Lumpkins 711 Malone Street Athens is assigned to the 9577th Technical Service Unit at the base.
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White Lands Proving Ground
N.M
James E. Lumpkins
Mark Lumpkins
Malone St
Athens
Army staffing update recalls veterans and training notes
Lumpkins served in 1948 and was at Fort Monmouth after graduating Mooresville High School in 1945. His wife Louvinua lives in El Paso Texas. Henry V Woodard, 21, son of Mr and Mrs James A Woodard of Moulton, completed a week of training at Fort Crockett Texas. He entered the Army in November 1953 and trained at Fort Jackson. Woodard, a cannoneer with Battery C of the 91st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, was a farmer before service. Hill, Tanner High School graduate, entered the Army in November 1953 and trained at Camp Gordon Georgia. He is a policeman in the 404th unit.
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Kitzingen
Edwin E. Webb
Virginia
Taft
Tenn
Germany
With
5Th Field Artillery
Webb
Thomas Eaves
Elkmont
Eeeee Lumpkins
Fort Monmouth, Ji
Mooresville High School
Louvinua
el Paso
Tex
Fort Hood
Henry V. Woodard
James A. Woodard
Moulton
Fort Crockett
Woodard
91St Armored Field Artillery
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
44Th Armored Division
Hill
Tanner High School
Camp Gordon, Ga
Pvt. Charles L. Terry Arrives in Hawaii with 25th Division
Pvt. Charles L. Terry 18 son of Mr and Mrs Gradon L Terry Town Creek 2 has arrived in Hawaii and joined the Tropic Lightning 25th Infantry Division. He entered the Army last January and completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina as the division continues post trace training using Korea era experience.
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Hawaii
Charles L. Terry
Gradon L. Terry
Town Creek
25Th Infantry Division
Korea
Terry
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
NATO air command chief clerk for AIRCENT duties assigned
Fontainebleau France is the site as Forces Central Europe assigns a chief clerk for AIRCENT. Airmen from England Canada France Belgium the Netherlands and the United States join duties under NATO to guard air approaches to Central Europe and protect invasion routes into Europe.
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Fontainebleau
France
Tanville
States Restrict Firework Use Widely
Eight states are not restricting fireworks while the majority restrict their use. The article notes varying rules across jurisdictions and highlights enforcement considerations and public safety concerns.
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States
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