Personal News Notes From Local Families
A flurry of visits and travels fills weekly personal items. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Norton and daughter of Nashville visit relatives in town, while Mrs. R C Wight and Tomi Ann tour to Miami after New York. Mrs J L Broadway of Waco returns home from a stay with Cline and Covey families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Howell
Phyllis Nungesser
Phil Nungesser
8Th Avenue East
Ashland
Kentucky
Nungessex
Herbert Norton
Nashville, Tennessee
Henry Norton
A. B. Pickens
R. C. Wight
Tomi Ann
T. R. Covey
Miami
Florida
New York
J. L. Broadway
Waco
Texas
H. O. Cline
Katherine Wight
Robert Johnson
Leota Bowden
Morristown
Tennessee
C. Major
Chaplain Corps Celebrates 175 Years of Service
Historical overview traces the chaplaincy from 1775 when Congress ordered pay for clergy to Washington's call for service. It notes milestones including 1791 regular Army chaplains, 1920 establishment, WWI and WWII chaplains counts and decorations, and Miller's view of military religion as an extension of civilian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplains Corps
Continental Congress
George Washington
John Steel
Carlisle
Army Chaplain School
United States
John Hurt
Virginia
Luther D Miller
United States Army
America
Chaplain Corps
The Great Bastard Bird Records A Huge Weight
The Great Bastard stands as one of the largest flying birds with an estimated weight around 30 pounds.
15 Students Go To Convention
University of Mississippi students travel in a 11 car caravan to Birmingham for the Dixiecraft rump convention to back the State's Rights movement. Led by Mays Hunter and joined by Rep Noah Sweat and Rep Andrew Sullivan, they adopt resolutions praising the Mississippi delegation at the Democratic National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University, Miss
University of Mississippi
Mays Hunter
Macon
Ole Miss
Alabama
Mississippi
University’ of
Philadelphia
Hunter
Ole’ Miss
Birmingham
Andrew Sullivan
John C. Murray
Brandon
Noah S. Sweat
Corinth
David Whitaker
Leland
Sweat
Resolutions Committee
Wright
Sulli
Ole Miss student delegation lists many attendees
Van and other student legislators at the Birmingham meeting include David Womack Belzoni and McKenzie Michigan City with Henry Wood Louisville. Ole Miss students in the group feature Darwin Maples Tiger Branch Cecil Inman Jack Cavenaugh Dee Hamilton and many more from towns across Mississippi and adjacent states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Van
Birmingham
David Womack
Belzoni
Et McKenzie
Michigan City
Henry Wood
Louisville
Ole Miss
Darwin Maples
Tiger Branch
Cecil Inman
Jack Cavenaugh
Dee Hamilton
Fom Crockett
Jackson
Nate Williamson
Meridian
Charles Capps
Cleveland
Gibbs
Fulton
Frank Barber
Hattiesburg
Cleveland Davis
Itta- Bena
James Denman
Clinton
Byron Long
Tupel
Red Cross Chapter Will Hold Meeting
The Morgan county chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting Thursday July 29 at 2 30 P M at the Red Cross office in the courthouse annex. Eight directors are to be elected and annual reports read. Alvis Briscoe urges all eligible members to attend. An annual membership is earned by a $1 or greater contribution in the last fund drive. The note lists several names across Mississippi. A ruby thr oated hummingbird in June has 940 feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Alvis Briscoe
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Society
Miss Mooney
Wayne Craig
Melia Mooney
Wayne Jackson Craig
David B. Mooney
Decatur
University of Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Craig
W. J. Craig
4Th Avenue West
Florence State Teachers College
Judson Waugh
David
New Friendship
Rodney
Edwin Davidson
Mrs. Dewey Clark
Mrs
Everett Elkins
Mt. Hope
Constance Peerson
Louise Fitzpatrick
Gatlinburg
Asheville
North Carolina
Martha Frances Kilgore
Jacqueline Johnson
Mimi Jones
Martha Dinsmore
Laguna Beach
J.N. Gibson
Jerry Wallace
Zeno Bailey
Jefferson Hospital
Milton Harvey
Johnston Street
Little Bill Cree
Oliver
Melvin Oliver
Bill
W. V. Pattillo
William Ray Cadenhead
Tuscaloosa
Camp Westmoreland
Ralph Pattillo
Jackie Summerford
Wayne Summerford
L. A. Neill
Woolsey Finnell Jr
Finnell
Frank Stone
Lewis Brown
Fort Walton
Charles L
Chillie) Green
Charles
Irene Dees
Pensacola
Flora
Goidel
Pamela Mooney
Fourth Avenue West
Forest E. Burleson
Mary Nell Ballew
W. L. Ballew
Trad
Emark
Patent Office
Dugger’s Book Store
Crane
Montag
Norcross
Gibson
Puritan
White and Wykoff
North
Ira Schnell
East Moulton St
Ala
Bambi
Bronx Zoo
Helen Martini
2Nd Ave
Red Cross Chapter
T. E. Bounds
Shubuta
Paul Johnson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cecil Vick
Batesville
Robert Jones
Moss Point
Stanford Morse
Gulfport
Sinclair Daniels
Brookhaven
Troy
Rainey
Charles Herring
Meadville
Robert Watkins
Jack Brown
Collins
Breater Vaio Chaxtatce
Batiste
Bemberg
Chambray
Pique
Bastiste
Dimity
Dimities
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