Graham-Burt wedding planned in Florence
Society notes announce the impending marriage of Miss Juanita Graham to Mr Garland Clifford Burt. The couple plans a five o clock ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Florence on August seventeenth. Juanita is a Florence State Teachers College graduate and former teacher, while Burt trained in radio and works with WLAK in Lake land Florida. Additional society items list visits, travels, and family news from Florence and nearby areas.
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Port Arthur
Texas
WLAK
Lakeland
Florida
First Baptist Church
Florence
Local Visitors Stop by Hartselle Family Homes
Mrs M F Drake and her three sons from Birmingham visit their mother and grandmother Mrs Vienna Webster. Miss Mary Helen Donald of Quitman Mississippi and Mr Dave Kilgore of Jasper attend a Saturday visit with Mr and Mrs W V Pattillo in Hartselle.
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Susan
Birmingham
Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Jack Cothran
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ray Baker
Grant Street
M.F. Drake
William
Francis
Mack
Vienna Webster
Mary Helen Donald
Quitman
Mississippi
Dave Kilgore
Jasper
W. V. Pattillo
Hartselle
Sleeper on Bus Loses Her Cash but Gets It Back
Eddie Mae Craig traveling from Cincinnati with a Black female seatmate woke in Decatur to find $69 missing from her purse. Police say the other woman slipped the money while Eddie Mae slept. In Birmingham, Eddie Mae retrieved the cash and chose not to press charges. Officers Hunter Kennedy and Jones investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Mae Craig
Cincinnati
Eddie Mae
Decatur
Birmingham
Hunter, Kennedy
Rapid nomination twists at states' rights meeting in Birmingham
At a Birmingham convention the states rights gathering moved fast as Horace Wilkinson announced Thurmond and Wright as potential nominees. Wright confirmed potential nomination while Thurmond delayed and the room held tense control over resolutions and speakers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Horace Wilkinson
Govs
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Wilkinson
Tutwiler
Wright
Thur
George McNabb
Iron
Associated Press
Tutwiler Hotel
Frank M. Dixon
W. W. Wright
Jackson, Miss
Sidney Smyer
Thurmond profile spans war to state leadership
Thurmond, a World War II veteran and former Lieutenant Colonel, wears 12 medals including the Purple Heart and Legion of Merit. He served with the First Army in Europe and landed at Normandy with the 82nd Airborne. In civilian life he was a state circuit judge and a state senator from Edgefield County after Clemson.
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Thurmond
First Army
Europe
Normandy
82Nd Airbourne
Edgefield County
Clemson
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Pattern Offers Six Motifs
Embroidery pattern advertisement features six motifs for kitchen towels, pattern number 774, with measurements 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Instructions claim Laura Wheeler's improved charts and concise directions. Mail 20 cents with name, address, and zone to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. P.O. Box 13 Flatbush Station Brooklyn NY. Also advertises Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book offering 15 cents and highlights a catalog with 101 illustrations and free book features.
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Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept. P. Oo
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
N.Y
Thurmond’s Education Push and Governing Life in 1947
The article recalls Thurmond’s teaching and superintendent years, his 1947 teacher pay reform support, and federal aid for education with state control. It notes his 1930 admission to the South Carolina bar, marriage to Miss Jean Crouch, and his open mansion hosting to attract industry while Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmond
Edgefield
South Carolina
Jean Crouch
Palmetto State
U. S. Senate
Birner R. Maybank
Wallace To Lead Morgan County Singing Convention
Richard Wallace elected president of the Morgan county singing convention for the coming year at Center Spring. Other officers include Grady Parker as vice president and M M Kyle as secretary treasurer. The first part of the program featured numerous singers and groups led by Wallace along with several guests.
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Richard Wallace
Morgan County
Center Spring
Grady Parker
M. M. Kyle
M. D. McDonald
Albert Postell
Convention to Convene October 10 at Bethel
The record lists performers Mary Jo Carrart piano solo Arthur Lee Jasper Kelley M Kyle Clyde Key and Frank Wallace in the Person Stamp quartet. Next meeting of the convention will be held October 10 at Bethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Carrart
Arthur Lee
Jasper Kelley
M. Kyle
Clyde Key
Frank Wallace
Person Stamp
Bethel
Jaycees to Meet Tuesday in Decatur
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday at 7 00 P M at the Why Not cafe. Directors meet Monday at 7 00 P M at the secretary’s courthouse office. Alvis Briscoe to announce committee appointments and outline a four point program after recent installation by State Jaycee President Bill Leavell of Montgomery.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Julian Bibb Jr
Jaycee
Alvis Briscoe
Briscoe
Bill Leavell
Montgomery
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Decatur General Hospital
J. S. Heggie Sr
Augusta
Georgia
J. S. Heggie Jr
Dallas
E. P. Calvin, Jr
Miami
Mrs. Rayburn Neville
Claude ‘Aycock
Billy Joe
Toledo
Dayton
Ohio
Jerry Craig
Allen Counts
Walter Bolin
Ronald Ferguson
Boy Scout Troop
Camp
Westmoreland
Howard Hagood
Havana
Cuba
William Ray Cadenhead
Ralph Pattillo
F. K. Gamble
Talladega
Pattillo
Friends of
Reverend H. M. ‘Lay
Imperium
Sally Victor
Wallace
Claud Chambers
Fletcher Turney
John Curtis
S. D. Stevens
Joe Wright
W. T. Willoughby
T. Ss. Sparkman
Mr. Ditto
J. I. Nunn
Virgil Mason
G. Turney
Homer Bagwell
Gene Wallace
Parker
Betty
M. .D. Bolding
J. .Felton Legg
Jeanette Leamon
Cataco
Detatur
Stamps
Jim Brown
S. B. Tapscott
Guy Walker
Willis Johnson
J. K. Haynes
King Brothers Quartet
Milford Roan
Herman. Bently
Simy. Brown
Clyde Marshall
Key Tone Melody
Jaycees
Gladioli
W. Moulton ST
Modul T Greenhouse
Thor — Bendix
Blackstone
Dexter
ABC
Universal
Dual
Landard
Philco Deluxe
Hotpoint
G. E
Kelvinator
Norge — Admiral
Gibson — Universal
Electromaster
Ryan
East Moulton ST
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