Peach Parade Opens Clanton Peach Festival Today
Clanton and nearby towns stage a Peach Festival parade with 15 floats from Thorsby Jemison Maplesville and Clanton. The parade runs Thorsby to Clanton where festival king and queen will be named. Speakers include Dr. E V Smith Frank P Samford and Joe Jackson. Events include barbecue water ballet and a baseball game. The 1951 festival was canceled due to late freezes damaging the crop.
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Clanton
Thorsby
Jemison
Maplesville
E. V Smith
Alabama Polytechnic —Institute
Alabama Experiment Station
Frank P. Samford
Birmingham Insurance
Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Joe Jackson
Clanton City Pool
Shakespearean Dramas Contain Vast Lexicon Estimates
Analysts estimate Shakespearian plays use around twenty thousand distinct words across the corpus. Scholars note rich vocabulary and creative coinages that shaped early modern English.
Wholesale Food Prices Jump in Sharp Weekly Gain
New York wholesale food prices rose this week as per the Dun & Bradstreet food index marking one of the year’s sharpest week-to-week increases. The index stood at 6.61, up from 5.51 last week and 6.88 a year ago, with 1952’s high at 6.64 on Jan 1 and low at 6.31 on April 22. The index covers the total wholesale cost of one pound of 31 commonly used foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Midway Club Holds July Meeting at Mrs Suggs Home
The Midway Neighborly club met last Saturday at Mrs. Lewis Suggs home with president Margarett Shelton presiding. Dorothy Suggs gave a devotional on John 14 1 4 and led the Lord s Prayer.
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Midway Neighborand Club
Lewis Suggs
Margarett Shelton
Dorothy—Sugegs
Marvin Waugh Jr
Max Shelton
Vancille Gillespie
Bobby Suggs
Brenda Gillespie
Donnie Shelton
Shirley Parker
Dorothy Suggs
Katie Parker
Janie Suggs
Price Parker
Tip Gillespie
Billy Suggs
Midway School
Red Cross Plans Its Work In Morgan County
The Morgan County Red Cross chapter chaired by Al Shelton meets its board to map the fiscal year focusing on the blood bank program. The letter outlines Red Cross goals and lists chapter officers and committee heads including C. T. Cash Cooper McClanahan Bob Hunter Jimmy Edwards Mrs. Frank Whisenant Jack McLaughlin Dr. Allen Rooks Mrs. Barrett Shelton and others.
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Morgan County
The
Red Cross
al Shelton
Shelton
C. T. Cash
Cooper McClanahan
Bob Hunter
Jimmy Edwards
Frank Whisenant
Jack McLaughlin
Home Service
Frank Kirby
Allen Rooks
Barrett Shelton
Bob McNelly
Floyd Briscoe
George Porter
Louise Ryan
Girl Walks Home, Ends Up in Jail on Trespassing Charge
A 20 year old San Francisco woman Pat Phillips left a tavern car after unwanted advances and wandered onto the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. She was picked up by highway patrolmen and held on a misdemeanor trespassing charge with bail set at 100 dollars.
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San
John B. Molinari
Pat
Asbestos Deposits Found in Southern Quebec 1877
Rich deposits of long fiber asbestos were discovered in southern Quebec in 1877. The province’s asbestos industry processes about 15 tons of rock for each ton of fiber produced.
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Quebec
Incumbent Mayors Win Their Fights in Escambia
Incumbent mayors in Escambia County won re elections yesterday. Fountain of Brewton defeated A. B. Carter Jr. 443 to 289 to secure a third term. Atmore mayor H. H. Dees beat John Brown 455 to 302 and Odus Wise 175 to claim the mayorship.
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Brewton
Escambia
Fountain
A. B. Carter Jr
Atmore
H. H. Dees
John Brown
Odus Wise
Wage Cut Back Ordered in New Bedford Textile Mills
Arbitrator Walter Gelhorn ruled an eight and a half cent decrease in textile wages to the March 19, 1951 level for about 15,000 workers in the New Bedford Fall River area. The decision preserves a cost of living escalator clause that added four cents hourly, amid broader fallout for 55,000 northeastern textile workers.
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New Bedford
Mass
Walter—Gelhorn
New Bedford-Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Association
Textile Workers of America, Cio
Gelhorn
Gellhorn
Columbia University
Boston
Notice to Navigation on the Tennessee River Fort Loudoun repairs
Derrickboat No. 7 will repair valves at Fort Loudoun Lock Mile 602.3 Tennessee River for 30 days. Traffic delays up to four hours possible during certain phases. Reduce speed and follow navigational rules. Robert W. Lockridge Lt. Col. Corps of Engineers Acting District Engineer. Although kangaroos have four teats it is unusual for them to have more than one birth at a time.
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Tennessee River
Fort Loudoun Lock
Mile
United States
Robert W. Lockridge
Corps of Engineers
New Oil Find Expands Pollard Field Prospects in Alabama
Gulf Refining Co reports a third lower formation oil discovery in the Pollard Field near Brewton Alabama. The No 2 well in the Miller Mill Co area shows sands in the Cretaceous at 6298 feet with initial shallow production and a Massive Tuscaloosa interval between 5980 and 6110 feet.
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Brewton
Follard
Gulf Refining Co
Gulf
Cretaceious
F.R. Miller Mill Co
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Oi & Retainer Cr
Historic minerals and metals long valued through ages
Although new minerals are discovered, all major precious stones and nearly all precious metals have been known and valued for centuries, shaping trade, wealth, and jewelry across civilizations.
Zinc Oxide Fire Forces Mass Evacuations in Philadelphia Plant
A zinc oxide fire at the General Smelting Company plant in Port Richmond Philadelphia forced about 1,000 residents to evacuate. Forty nine residents from a row across the plant suffered exposure with symptoms resembling sulfuric acid fumes. Doctors warned the fumes pose risks to children and those with heart or asthma conditions as firefighters battled the blaze for seven hours in gas masks.
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PALA
Philadelphia
Port Richmond
Northeast Hospital
General Smelting Company
Persons to Attend Party's Convention
Montgomery officials announced that a delegation will attend the National Democratic Convention in Chicago next week. Governor Gordon will leave by train Friday with executive secretary Vernon Merritt and State Finance Director D. We Hodo accompanying him.
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Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Chicago
Persons
Vernon Merritt
D. We Hodo
Butler graduates Navy interior communications electrician course
James O. Butler, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel C Butler of Town Creek, finished the naval interior communications electrician course at Great Lakes after enlisting November 14 1951. A Hazlewood high school graduate and former J F Armstrong and Son employee, Butler trained at San Diego before assignment to shipboard duties.
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Naval Interior Communications Electrician
Great Lakes
James O. Butler
Interior Communications Electrician
USN
Samuel C. Butler
Town Creek
J. Butler
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Hazlewood High School
J. F. Armstrong and Son
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Gene Aker
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WR. Bush
George E. Rush
Exec
John Murray
E Aubres ‘Carmack
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Melvin Hutson
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Ar Value Loan Company
H. Parker Osment
Morton, Allen & Williams
Ware
N. E. Ware Hauling & Contracting Co
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Pac Value Loan Co
Walker Mattison
National Union Life Insurance Co
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Frank Chambers Engraving Co
Par Value Loan Co
M. J. Collins
Collins Produce Company
I. B. Herron
Joan Company
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Hendrix-Brooks Furniture Company
Aubrey Carthack
Sidney W. Smayer
Decatur
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Bessemer
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Loyd’s
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Buick
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