City Ready To Replace Cops
OBILE Alabama reports a city council ordinance to discharge all union police and fire department employees who refuse to sign new statements. About 100 of 125 police and 90 percent of firefighters are AFL affiliated. The measure excludes nonunion staff and faces union challenges claiming rights violations.
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Obile
Ala
Charles A. Baumhauer
Baumhauer
Ather
American Federation of State
AFL Firefighters Organization
Sam $. Douglass
Alabama Oration of Labor
Two Electrocuted When Truck Hits Live Wire Near Cleveland
Two Birmingham men, Jacob Korpus and Allen White, were electrocuted when their truck struck a live cable on North Lee highway about six miles east of Cleveland Tennessee. A Dalton Georgia driver, Coy Burnette, struck a pole causing the wire to fall across the road and ignite. Burnette sustained injuries. warnings by nearby motorists were reportedly ignored.
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Cleveland
Tenn
Birmingham
North Lee Highway
Here
Burnette
Funeral Home
General Booth Near Death in New York Home
General Booth in Ts dale New York near death at 84 after a year of illness. She lies in a coma at her home with her father General William Booth founder of the Salvation Army.
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Tsdale
N. Y
Eline Booth
Salvation Army
Miss Booth
William Booth
The
Vivian Stanley
Detroit
Sam B. Sampson
New School Year Begins in Limestone County
Limestone County superintendent Floyd Johnson starts his second year Monday as 4,359 white and 1,713 Negro students return to classes after summer. The district adds three buses and replaces 15 emergency teachers, while health programs and fluoride treatments begin.
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Floyd Johnson
Limestone County
Johnson
Limestone
Elkmont
Limestoneounty
East Limestone
Ardmore
Addio
Daily
Army to Reopen Fort Jackson for Individual Training
The Army announced the reopening of Fort Jackson in Columbia South Carolina as a replacement training center for individuals rather than organized groups. Details on start dates and trainee numbers were not provided.
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Wasington
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Columbia
Kilimanjaro Rises with Twin Peaks Kibo and Mawenzi
Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is described as having two peaks named Kibo and Mawenzi.
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Kilimanjaro
Africa
Kibo
Mawenzi
Southeastern Files Suit Over Damaged Electric Percolators
Southeastern Metals of Decatur filed a $150000 damages suit in Jefferson Court Birmingham against East Birmingham Bronze Foundry claiming defective brass castings in heating units of electric coffee pots caused many thousands of percolators to fail. Law firm Lang Simpson Robinson Somerville represents the local plaintiff.
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Southeastern Metal Company
Decatur
East Birmingham Bronze Foundry Company
Birmingham
Lang, Simpson, Robinson and Somerville
Southeastern
HARTSELLE WEINER ROAST AND BRIDGE TEA
Hartselle Homemakers Club held a weiner roast on Vaughn Bridge Road with toasted wieners and marshmallows and a rustic table spread. Guests included many local families such as the Bradleys and Lavenders. Mrs John Horton then hosted a bridge bingo afternoon at Mrs Sam Wheat's Decatur home with a round table on mums and desserts.
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Weiner
H.M. Betterton
Vaughn Bridge Road
Homemakers Club
Marlin H. Bradley and
Kenny
C. T. Cash
Ralph and
Stanley
C. B. Lavender
Claude, Jr
Betty Lavender
J. C. Stroup
Nancy
Bracken Puckett
Frances Léah
W. L. Groover
S. Leonard Hagans
Loyd Rogers
Millard O'Bar
O. E. Penn
Ernest Maddox
Sherry
Garland Rollins
Gerry
Danny
Ben Bean
Bonnie Bean
Ronnie
Larry Nesmith
William E. Smith
H. M. Betterton
Jack and
Joe
David Glasscock
Lucille Hawkins
Madelyn Dees
John Horton
Sam Wheat
Decatur
Horton
J. W. Henderson
Harold Parker
Howard Evans
J. F. Stewart
W. H. Block
Claude Lavender
Joe E. Wright
Wayside Garden Club Meets at Mrs Sam Minor Home
The Wayside Garden Club gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Sam Minor’s home with Mrs. Trueman Praytor as joint hostess. Glass vases adorned the rooms while sixteen members answered roll call with favorite flower combinations. Chrysanthemums What to do With Them Now was the topic.
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Wayside Garden Club
Sam Minor
Trueman Praytor
Officers Installed at Hartselle Chapter 39 OES Meeting
Hartselle Chapter 39 of the Order of the Eastern Star installed officers at the Thursday meeting. New appointees include Ida Kate Mooneyham as Worthy Matron and E A Oden as Worthy Patron with Nettie Venable a. m. and D R Bibb as secretary and treasurer. Several elected officers were absent and will be installed later.
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Hartselle
O.E.S
Ida Kate Mooneyham
E. A. Oden
Nettie Venable
A. M
D. R. Bibb
A. P
Berta Mae Aldridge
Daisy Bibb
Ruth Groover
Eunice Nix
Christine Midgette
Berta Murphy
Adah
Lula Bennett
Ruth
Ethel Lynn
Esther
Pauline Gurley
Martha
Inez Watkins
Electa
Survey for Gas in Hartselle Opens This Week
A city survey to gauge interest in natural gas starts this week in Hartselle. Residents may call city hall or place a five dollar deposit to show interest and secure eligibility if gas comes to their home.
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Hartselle
City mulls gas service with house-to-house survey
Officials plan a house-to-house survey to find up to 350 potential customers for gas. If enough are found, gas will be brought and a distribution system built. If Hart selle cannot assure adequate customers, the city will refund the $5.00 deposit.
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Hartselle
Personal note from Columbia and Guntersville families
Mr. and Mrs. Euclid Williams and their son of Columbia Tennessee and Mrs. Robert Mason of Guntersville are at the bedside of their father Les.
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Euclid Williams and Son
Columbia, Tenn
Robert Mason
Guntersville
Les
Local social notes and visits across towns
Williams remains seriously ill as friends and relatives visit from Lynchburg College and nearby. Mrs. E. T. Giers arrives to spend weeks with daughter Mrs. D. D. Lindsey. Couples travel to Mentone to fetch Gene Brindley Horton from Skyline Ranch. Rev. Wayne A. Culp and family spend the weekend in Cullman county aiding a revival. Various locals are seen in Birmingham, Florence, and other nearby spots for study, illness, and travel news.
Three Paving Ordinances Set for City Council Meeting
Three paving ordinances will come before the City Council at its regular meeting Monday in the city hall. A public hearing on paving Wilson Avenue from Grove to Sycamore Streets will be held. The final hearing on paving Tenth Avenue East in the 1700 block between Slerman Street and Gordon Drive will be held.
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Wilson Avenue
Grove
Sycamore Streets
Tenth Avenue
Slerman Street
Gordon Drive
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