Record river traffic soars on Tennessee in 1956
Final figures from the U S Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District show 1956 river cargo reached 12 299 396 tons up 23 percent from 1955 with ton miles totaling 2 003 420 261. Coal led with 7 414 885 tons as inbound shipments surpassed outbound three to one aided by a new Wilson Dam lock in 1959.
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Tennessee River
Ole For
U.S. Army
Eugene J. Stann
Nashville
Col. Stann
Corps of Engineers
Tennessee
Col
Stann
Wilson Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Speake Community Notes Relatives Visitors and Local Changes
Posey Livingston, formerly of this community, is visiting relatives from Texas. Kenneth and Frances Aldridge visited grandparents Jim and Annie Rushing. Mrs. Smith resigns as Speake School principal. George Nancarrow named new principal. Enon residents Herman and Mary Lindsey visited. Clifton Kelsoe back from Chicago and working in Moulton. Archer family from Oak Ridge visited McCaghren family. Isaac Junior Johnson and family from Decatur visited. Cecil Hampton of Moulton visited. Ralph Scott and J D Brown with Hattie Hill fished Wheeler Dam. Cleo Teague welcomed a baby boy last week. Shirley Smith visited Corbin Smith and grandson Howard. President Rene Coty holds no press conferences but hosted newspapermen.
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Posey Livingston
Texas
Kenneth Aldridge
Decatur
Jim Rushing
Smith
Speake School
George Nancarrow
Speake Creek
Herman Lindsey
Enon
Amos Hogan
Clifton Kelsoe
Chicago
Moulton
Richard Archer
Richard
John
Oak Ridge
John McCaghren
Isaac Junior Johnson
Johnson
Cecil Hampton
Ralph Scott
J. D. Brown
Hattie Hill
Wheeler Dam
Cleo Teague
Shirley Smith
Corbin Smith
Howard
Ruth Brown to Wed William T Walling Jr
Miss Johnnie Ruth Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl S Brown of Falkville will wed William Thomas Walling Jr also of Falkville and Birmingham. Both graduates of Falkville High School they work in Birmingham and at the L and N Railroad. The July 21 wedding will be at the Praytor home in Moulton and the couple will live in Birmingham.
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Ruth Brown
W.T. Walling
Carl S. Brown
Falkville
Johnnie Ruth Brown
William Thomas Walling Jr
Birmingham
W. T. Walling
Miss Brown
Falkville High School
Security Commer
Cial Bank of Birmingham
Walling
Jacksonville State Teachers College
L and N Railroad
Truman Praytor
Moulton
Community Notes from Morgan County Brooksville
Mrs Seldon Day visited her parents Mr and Mrs Owen Murphy of Cotaco Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ed Blankenship and son and Mrs Lela Love visited relatives in Whitwell Tennessee Sunday. Mr and Mrs Whitehead have purchased a home in our community from Mrs Mae Kinnebreu. We welcome them to this community. Mrs P C Hudson and sons of California have gone to Arkansas to visit Mrs Hudsons mother Mrs W E Blankenship and other relatives. Miss Erin Stringer is spending this week with her brother Olvey Stringer and family. Mr and Mrs Roy Champion and family have moved to the home they purchased near Six Miles. Mrs Evelyn Bracken entertained at her home with a stork shower for Mrs G W Bracken. Many nice gifts were received. Mrs Hilda Stringer Brown were in a Decatur Tuesday where Miss Stringer received medical attention at Baugh Wiley Clinic and Mrs Hilda Stringer was at the bedside of her sister Mrs Gilbert Lemmond who underwent surgery at Bank Street Hospital. Madison Day and children of Hartselle visited his parents Mr and Mrs Seldon Day Sunday. Mrs Betty McCarley is a patient at Bank Street Hospital. Mr and Mrs Franklin Henderson and children visited her sister Mrs Betty McCarley at Bank Street Hospital Monday night.
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Erin Stringer
Olvey Stringer
Roy Champion
Evelyn Bracken
G. W. Bracken
Hilda Stringer
Brown
Decatur
UT Students Bailey Brothers Share Electronics Mail Mixups
Two University of Texas students, both named Joe Allen Bailey from Ozona and Amarillo, Texas, are noted as hi fi fans and electronics experts who trade misdirected electrical equipment. The article also mentions Commodore Stephen Decatur’s ancestral home in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Austin
Tex
Joe Allen Bailey
Ozona
Amarillo
University of Texas
Commodore Stephen Decatur
Newport
Local notes and visits in Morgan County and Brooksville
Mrs W H Mason released from hospital now staying with Mr and Mrs Dayton Mason at Brooksville. Mr and Mrs Bob Bailey and Florida visitors with Mr and Mrs Alvin McKee. Degree news: Seldon Thompson of Decatur earns chemistry degree from Athens College and is promoted at Chemstrand after years of part time study and GI Bill support.
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Chemstrand Corp
Seldon Thompson
Decatur
Athens College
Chemstrand
Thompson
Chemtrand
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Lawxenue County
Charles
Rene Coty
France
Pork Ork
J. F. Knox
Morgan County
Brooksville
Bela
Ea Alee
Crystal
Redium
Ant Magnemm
Stvert Watch Co
Tou
Sterchi’s Jewelry Dept
DOWN
Patti Bang
Sit
Renaults
Studebaker Hawks
Decatur Jaycees
Pryor Motor CO
Rock Creek
Mrs
Gain Smith
W. H. Mason
Dayton Mason
Bob Bailey
Florida
Alvin McKee
Grace Lott
Coy Puckett
New Jersey
Marvin Foster
Ard
Junior Ozbolt
Jolliet
Robert Ford
Winfred Holmes
Lucois Lewis
W. T. Lewis
Regina Winsett
Mollie Alton Lott
Canad
Penney
Penney's
Penney’s
BIG
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