Decatur Schools Set 1946 47 Opening Date
The Decatur city school board adopted the 1946 47 calendar with opening on September 9 and holidays for Thanksgiving Christmas and spring. The first Monday opening was changed to the second Monday to avoid holiday conflicts and crowding. The annual institute will be September 6 with compulsory attendance, and teachers report September 7 for final organization.
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Decatur City School Board
AEA
Decatur Public Schools
Alabama
School Workers to Submit Tuberculosis X Rays
Dr F L Chenault told the Decatur school board that all employees must present a Health Department tuberculosis X ray certificate by law. Examinations will be at the health center Thursday August 8 1946 from 1 to 5 PM at no charge for public employees.
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F. L. Chenault
Decatur
Health Department
Public Forum Letters On Rural Electrification And Democracy
Readers discuss rural electrification in Alabama and praise Barack Roosevelt era policies. Letters reference Alabama Power and the need for lines to 13 nearby homes, plus editorials honoring Sidney Hillman and the CIO PAC, with broader remarks on adventurous thinking and postwar food consumption.
Russellville Plans $100000 Hotel Project
Russellville plans a 100000 hotel to serve the community. A chamber of commerce meeting appointed C W James and W B Mahan to lead the drive with a stock company raising 50000 aimed at RFC loans for equal funds. Merchants urge Action and trade day support as the project moves to further study.
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Russellville
Franklin County Times
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. James
W. B. Mahan
Citizens
First National Banks
RFC
James
Mahan
Merchants Committee
Candidates for Queen Are Listed at Lions Cotton Pageant
Philadelphia July 13. Nineteen girl contestants for the Queen Cotton title arrived to compete at the Lions International convention session next Tuesday. They were chosen by 1,200 Lions clubs in cotton states and represent Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina Louisiana Oklahoma Texas and more.
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Philadelphia
Cotton
Lions International
Lions Clubs
Frances Stevenson
Ruth Hambleton
Memphis
Tenn
Edna Verdia
McComb
Genell Bowen
Tupelo
Cherry Hodges
Merdian
Jane Hosmer
Amory
Carolyn’ Peterson
Blytheville, Ark
Jan Albert
County Eyes Road Improvements Plan Meeting
A county committee will meet with the County Commissioners soon to discuss road improvement plans and related matters for the area.
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Ernie Pyle
Dugger’s Book Store
219 Johnston
Tire & Battery Service
Decatur Service Station
Hamilton Highway
Johnston St
William Dee Galloway
W. J Galloway
O. Campbell
This City
W. J. Galloway
Albermarle
North Carolina
Wilson
Cambria
Wales
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Cincinnati
New Orleans
WU Prey
Palas
Versil S. Crenshaw
Linden Ave
Nashville
Tennessee
Harold G. Cooke, Jr
Jefferson Ave
ST. Louis
Atlanta
Francis X. Quinn
Bayard Park Drive
Evansville
Indiana
Joseph Orgill, Jr
Waynoka
Ennessee
Aristocrat
G.E. Murray
Maryland Ave
N.E
Atlanta, Georgia
Magnolian
Dixiana
the Dixie
The
Daily
Alartselle, Ala
Rt. 2
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Power
Dr. Merritt
Decatur Daily
Sidney Hillman
Cio-Pac
Roosevelt
Truman
Hillman
CIO
PAC
FDR
Henry Wallace
Ellis Arnall
Jim Folsom
Claude Pepper
Progress
W. L. Wilse
Sherman St
Evanston, Ill
United
R. O. Vandere
Russellville Plans Hotel
Guntersville
Ala
Elizabeth Dell Clapton
Scottsboro
Peggy Joe Varnadow
Covington
Kathleen Sigman
Conover
N. C
Marjorie Hudson
Rosewell
N. M
Betty Jane Love
Greenwood
Miss
Marjorie Mae Robinson
St. ‘Petersburg
Margaret Garrison
Ochlochnee
Dorothy Ann Lewis
Fort Worth
Tex
Billye Belden
Pawnee
Okla
Betty Joe Watkins
Hayti
Catherine Harper
Wetumpka
Dillehay
Grant
Ren
Bank St
J. W. Clopton
Pontiac
Kennedy
Kennedy Motor & Recapping CO
Pontiac Sales and Service
First Ave
Lions Club
Benson Field
Decatur Lions Club Light Conservation Fund
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Morgan, Limestone
Owen Haley
Danville, Kentucky
Neal Archer
Fayetteville, Tenn
Gilbert M. Orr
Columbia, Tenn
Milton J. Easter
Athens, Ala
Ray Ashwander
SAM H. Wheat
H. R. Sherrow
Decatur, Alabama
Carter Dobbs
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