Moulton Schools Prepare for 1949 Term Start
Lawrence county schools will reopen July 25 for a summer session. Enrollment expectations: high school about 556, grammar school around 500, Rosenwald over 300. New staff include Christine Richardson at the grammar school and Leo Lawler in the seventh grade math position. one vacancy remains after Miss Roberts resignation.
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Lawrence County
Rosenwald School
J. K. Howell
Moulton Grammar
Rosenwald
Christine Richardson
Leo Lawler
Howell
Miss Roberts
Boll Weevil Real Menace Rings Through Lawrence County Cotton
Infestation spreading across Lawrence County cotton fields with 75 percent showing weevil activity. Sam McClendon, county agent, reports test on a twelve acre field found significant damage. farmer Walker McCullough notes most crops affected and warns worst field yet. Little poisoning done so far though extensive spraying planned in northern areas if rains persist.
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Lawrence County
Walker McCulloch
Sam McClendon
McCullough
Paving Plan Goes Ahead On College Street Curbs
The town advances a paving program with the first 100 feet of curb and gutter laid on College Street. Ed Burgreen, contractor in charge, aims to curb and gutter two blocks between the high school and Moulton grammar school by week’s end and then shift crews to Main Street for base work ahead of paving. Work in other areas, including Spring North East and old Decatur, starts once curbing finishes, with all town projects to be completed in August. Mayor Weatherwax notes stone was laid for cemetery and streets using county support, drainage discussions on East Block near the square continue.
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College Street
Ed . Burgreen
Moulton Grammar School
Burgreen
Main Street
College
Main Streets
Circuit Court
Spring
North Streets
East Street
Old Decatur Road
J. L. Weatherwax
Severe Asthma Treatment and Hospital Care
Severe asthma requires prompt treatment to relieve seizures and support the patient. Do not use morphine or barbiturates. consider chloral hydrate with sodium bromide every 12 hours, IV glucose or sugar solution, and possibly amino phylline. Oxygen therapy and helium-oxygen mixtures help breathing, epinephrine by inhalation, and inhaled antibiotics for lung infection. Hospital care is advised due to equipment needs and constant monitoring.
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King
Council eyes quick fix for Seminary Street drainage
Councilmen determined a plan must be worked out soon to address a bad drainage condition at the intersection of Seminary Street and Decatur highway. They noted cemetery lot sales continue at a satisfactory pace, though not rapidly.
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Seminary
Decatur Highway
Hospital Admittances List Local Patients Readable
Included in admittances to the local hospital were the following patients Mrs J T LeMay Moulton Mrs Aravelle Smith Courtland Mrs Homer White Hillsboro Mrs Mac McWhorter Moulton Mrs Robert Hood Moulton Cla rence Heffin Hillsboro Mrs Emmett Martin Landersville Mrs Wallace Haley Decatur1 Mrs Melvin Platt Mt Hope Fred Bonds Houston Mrs J W Nix Courtland1 Mrs Oren Robinson Seaeness Kenneth Hamilton Hillsro
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J. T. LeMay
Moulton
Aravelle Smith
Courtland
Homer White
Hillsboro
Mac McWhorter
Robert Hood
Clarence Heffin
Emmett” Martin
Personal note on Candler Crim visit to Decatur
Candler Crim of Decatur returned from Camp Winnato Ska after a three week stay and was visiting here with Gail and other friends. The brief note records a recent business visit and leisure time, highlighting local social ties.
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Candler Crim
Decatur
Camp Winnato- Ska
Gail
Weekend visitors and local notes from the Weatherwax and peers
Pettus and Hazel Weatherwax family members and other relatives visited J. C. Weatherwax Sr. over the weekend. Judge Isaac Johnson and Shirley Smith headed to the West Coast for the National County Officers Convention and a Carlsbad Caverns trip. The Weatherwaxs hosted visits in Danville and Birmingham relatives celebrated a granddaughter’s fifth birthday. Clara Mae Beene joined The Moulton Advertiser as society editor, succeeding Jean Hurst. McWhorter announces birth Sharon Yvonne last Friday in Ir-
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William Tomlinson
Barbara Jo
Andrew Krenkle
Birmingham
N. E. Delashaw
Clara Mae Beene
Moulton Advertiser
Miss Beene
Jeff Beene
Jean Hurst
PMA
Mac McWhorter
Sharon Yvonne
Hal Pays Tribute to Friend Who Died on Indonesian Trip
Hal Boyle recalls John G. Werkley a gifted reporter who died with 12 colleagues in a Royal Dutch Airlines crash near Bombay while returning from the Netherlands East Indies. Boyle describes Werkley's passion for journalism, his Missouri roots, and his swift, luminous writing that defined a life in the press.
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Hal
Hal Boyle
New York
John G. Werkley
Netherlands East Indies
Royal Dutch Airlines
Bombay
Jack Werkley
Hatton Eastern Star installs officers in meeting crowd
Report notes new officers installed at an Eastern Star meeting in Hatton attended by Mr and Mrs W H McWhorter Mr and Mrs E C Bailey Mrs John Ross and Mrs Isaac Johnson. In Moulton officers made one arrest for public drunkenness last weekend. Bonnie Spillers, former Lawrence County engineer, now with a Tuscaloosa paper firm, called on friends yesterday.
Summer Revival Opens Tuesday at Trinity Baptist
The Trinity Baptist church will start a summer revival Tuesday July 19 at 7 30 p m with Rev John H Scalf of High Point North Carolina preaching He will lead evening services through Friday July 29 with morning services July 25 to July 29 at 10 00 a m Special prayer meetings precede each evening service and a Sunday noon dinner will be served after the July 24 morning service Special music will accompany all services
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Trinity Baptist Church
John H. Scalf
High Point
North Carolina
Scalf
Fairmont Park Baptist Church
Jack the reporter remembered after his death at thirty six
A tribute to a young reporter who died at 36, remembered for his early start, dedication, and relentless pursuit of stories. He embodied the true journalist spirit, and his work helped tell the era's tale, with death ending his questioning.
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Jack
Royal Arch Masons Plan Installation Of Official State
Decatur chapter No. 38 R.A.M. will hold a regular meeting Thursday night at 7 30 oclock in the chapter room to install the coming year s officers Max H Pasley high priest Karl F Emens king George W Jacobs Scribe W H Carter treasurer D L Allen secretary Joseph L Appling captain of host Russell W Letson principal sojourner William H Lakey Royal Arch cap...
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Decatur
R.A.M
Max H. Pasley
Karl F. Emens
George W. Jacobs
W. H. Carter
D. L. Allen
Joseph L. Appling
Russell W. Letson
Willam H. Lakey
Royal Arch Cap
Revival services invitation extended to public
Public urged to attend a series of revival services with a warm, hearty invitation extended to all in the community.
Royal Arch Masons Meet Urges Attendance
Julian Hardy chaplain Oliver R Powell master 3rd veil C B Kenton master 2nd veil Felton L Weaver master 1st veil William J Moore sentinel All Royal Arch Masons were urged to be present for this meeting.
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Julian Hardy
Oliver R. Powell
C. B. Kenton
Felton L. Weaver
William J. Moore
Sentinel
Royal Arch
RING SOLVES MYSTERY IN WYNDHAM AUSTRALIA
Two men near Wyndham in north western Australia captured a 14 foot crocodile. In its stomach they found a man's gold signet ring with the initials J I. Police recall the 1948 disappearance of John Thompson a young refrigeration engineer who fell from a wharf and was never recovered. Now the mystery is explained.
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Sydney
Wyndham
Australia
J. I
John Thompson
Last Dickens era boy chimney sweep dies at 104
Joseph Lawrence, the last of Charles Dickens era boy chimney sweeps, died at his Surrey cottage aged 104. He reportedly was the second oldest man in the country. As a boy he climbed flues naked to clean them with a handbrush.
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Windlesham
England
Charles Dickens
Joseph Lawrence
Surrey
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