Rural church conference set for Auburn June 21 to 26
Ministers from Auburn and surrounding churches prepare for the first rural church conference at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn June 21 26. The program includes four full days of sessions with lectures demonstrations farm extension studies and visits to experimental stations. Speakers include Dean M J Fun chess E L Dealen Steints Seth P Storrs and Miss Helen of the state home demonstration.
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Ala
Alabama Poly Institute
Auburn
JL. N. Duncan
Bradford Japp
Monay
M J. Funchess
School of Agriculture
Duncan
Extension Service
E. L. Dealen Steints
Alabama Farm Federation
Seth P. Storrs
Agriculture and Industries
Progres
Rural Home
Miss Helen
State Home
A. D. Giles
Plainsclothes Men To Watch Traffic In Birmingham
Birmingham police chief Fred McDuff orders plainsclothes officers to forego baseball games and focus on traffic enforcement after the city records a 32nd traffic fatality this year. Four officers will be assigned to each game while others patrol for speeders and boulevard stop sign violators.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fred McDuff
McDuff
People Working Declares Prosperity From Field Labor
J. K. Hughes hotel manager reports abundant field work from Decatur to Knoxville and through the Smoky Mountain region. He says every Alabama or Tennessee plate seen was matched by three from other states, signaling returning prosperity and strong crop conditions, especially wheat in Tennessee.
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Decatur
Knoxville
Smoky Mountain
J. K. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Alabama
Tennessee
Man shy waiter seeked after three marriages
In Andalusia Alabama on June 3 George Angelus announces he is seeking a man shy waitress. He notes the last three waitresses he employed married within a week of starting work.
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Andalusia
Ala
George Angelus
Brothers serve together at Fort McClellan hospital unit
Clement J. and James L. Kimbrell, once teammates on the Oxfeohta football squad, enlisted together and are now serving side by side at the Fort McClellan base hospital unit in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Mcclellan
Clement J
James
L. Kimbrell
Oxfeohta
Rural Church and Education Conference Plans
Auburn hosts a week long conference with Alabama extension leaders and educators. Dr A F Harman Dr J N Baker Dr Rolvin Harlan and J L Liles lead talks on rural church education health and farmers business followed by church workers including bishops W G McDowell Jr and W N Ainsworth and others to be announced.
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Alabama Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Duncan
Helen Kennedy
Nell Pickens
Dorothy Dean
H. R. Bailey
Julian Brown
S. F. Brewster
A. F. Harman
J. Bhobby
Claire Bloodworth
J. N. Baker
Alf Tunstall
Child Welfare Department of
Alabama
Rolvin Harlan
University of Richmond
J. L. Liles
Jefferson County
Auburn
W. G. McDowell, Jr
Birmingham
The
Episcopal Church
William N. Ainsworth
Methodist Church
South
Pioneer Army Ace Becomes Commander of Hume Armada
Washington June 3 1912 aviation history recalls Benjamin D Foulois the first U S air officer who led the pioneer three plane raid on New York now commanding a vast modern air force of 672 planes in this year’s army maneuvers. He rose from a fragile box kite pilot to Brigadier General and Assistant Chief of the U S Air Corps vigilantly pushing for efficiency and expansion.
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Benjamin “Oulois
New York
Washington, D. C
New York City
Air Corps
Benjamin D. Foulois
Foulois
Lucy
U.S. Air Corps
Wright Brothers
U.S. Air Force
Farmer discovers untended oats yield better per acre
Gadsden Alabama June 3 Steve Hood of Riddle's Bend planted 40 acres of oats but skipped five acres. He notes the five acre patch harvested last year and expects a higher yield per acre there this season.
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Gadsden
Ala
Steve Hood
Riddle’s Bend
Hood
Airmail Service Opens at Birmingham Airport Dedication
More than 12,000 airmail letters were posted during a three day dedication of the new municipal airport in Birmingham. American Airways inaugurated the southern transcontinental airmail and passenger service when the airport opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
American Airways
Children Prefer Dates Over Candy For Halloween Treats
Local family group advocates giving children dates plain or stuffed with nuts and figs as a healthier Halloween option to replace candy. They emphasize natural sweetness and offer simple serving ideas for households and community events.
Save the Seed of Peas-Vetch for Next Season
Limestone county farm agent J. T. Belue reports on Austrian winter peas and vetch seed practices. Extension agronomist J. Lowery outlines letting Austrian winter peas ripen for seed, harvesting dry vines and pods, threshing methods, and drying seed. Local farmers named include Davenport Hodson Turner Ruff Ruff Ruff Braly Lamon Calvin. Worms threaten seed near maturity. prompt turning under is advised. For more details contact Belue.
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J. T. Belue
Limestone County
J. ©. Lowery
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
G. H. Davenport
E. L. Hodson
H. M. Turner
Agust Ruff
Wm. Ruff
Richard Ruff
Ernest Ruff
C. B. Braly
Lamon
Theo Calvin
Castion
Planes to visit Birmingham on national reliability tour
Birmingham will host a national reliability tour stop on July 18 or 19 featuring more than 40 planes of varied sizes including flivvers and tri motor cabin types. Ray Collins and Jack Storey organized the stop at the municipal airport which opens after its May 29 to June 1 dedication attended by over 100 aircraft and famed pilots.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ray Collins
Jack Storéy
Ben Turner Loses Thumb in Wood Splitting Accident
Cedar Plains reports Ben Turner, a well known resident, lost a thumb while splitting wood when the tool slipped a few days ago. The incident highlights local safety concerns.
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Cedar Plains
Ben Turner
Community Notices and Local Memorial Events Around Boaz
In Other Communities section lists illness of James Henry Fowler and memorial services at Forest Home Church on Sand Mountain near Boaz. Attendees include J W Fowler, J M Fowler Sr and sons, J M Jr, Marlin, Wallace, J A Johnson and family, Eulala Pruitt, Pruitts, Milli cans, Law family, and others. Also mentions birthdays, singing events at West Point on June 7, and a DeKalb trip with multiple locals.
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James Henry Fowler
J. M. Fowler, Jr
Forest Home Churen
Sand Mountain
Boaz
J. W. Fowler
J. M. Fowler
J. M
Marlin
Wallace
J. A. Johnson
Doris and
Wilburn
Eulala Pruitt
O. D
Novella Pruitt
Weaver Millican
Adrian Huden
Lowell Law
Freda Law
Phillips
J. J. Rowell
Charlie. Harp
West Point
Decatur
C. J. Arthur
Luther Alvis
Prank Alvis
Bessie
May
Callie Alvis
Essie Rainwaters
S. L. Law
J. D. Law
Swan Lake
Charlie West
Essie Stanley
J. L. McKenney
Corinth Socials Brighten Weekends at Local Homes
A large crowd attended a singing at the Braswell home Sunday afternoon. Price Bryant, recently at Florence Normal School, returned to his parents’ home. Friends gathered for a Saturday evening party at the Williams home. Mr and Mrs H N Thomas and daughter Miss Corgie Thomas visited relatives here. A musical program was held at the Jennings home Thursday evening. Ted Buckelew and children visited his wife’s parents, the Maddoxes, over the weekend.
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Family
Senate
Snever Powell
Mra
Percy ‘Turrentine
Lena Hampton
Willodene
Nell
Euell Blair
Oma Bryant
Arthur
John
Florence
West Point
T. S. Braswell
Price Bryant
J. M.bryant
Walter Williams
H. N. Thomas
Corgie Thomas
J. A. Jennings
Ted Buckelew
E. J. Maddox
Community Notes From Falkville Area Social Gatherings
A string of Sunday and Saturday visits highlights local social life. Families including Byars McDowell Parker and Hardin hosted and attended small gatherings with friends Roberta Loretta Emaline and Pauline Jones and other neighbors sharing hospitality across Falkville and nearby areas.
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Roberta
Loretta Suggs
Emaline Jones
Pauline Jones
Madgie Parker
Near Evergreen
Loretta Jones
Millie Holmes
J. B. Holmes
S. G. Parker
Little
Falkville
E. J. Jones
Leroy Simmons
Noel Hardin
Sunday Visit Highlights in Caddo Community Ties
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson of Shedy Grove spent Sunday with Thurman Terry Teal of Abbeville and other families including Irvin Sheats in Decatur and Dottie Lamon in Eva. Edna Agee of Town Creek visited. Annie Whitlow joined Esther Mae Fuller. Truitt Jacob saw J H Puller family. Dallas couple welcomed a newborn.
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Tom Johnson
Shedy Grove
Thurman Terry
Teal
Abbeville
Irvin Sheats
Decatur
Dottie Lamon
Wilma
J. D. Lamon
Eva
Mary Stewart
Bertha Fuller
Edna Agee
Town Creek
Annie Whitlow
Esther Mae Fuller
Truitt Jacob
J. H. Puller
Floyd Napps
Oscar Parker
Dallas
Preliminary hearing set in Piedmont slaying of Dr. Morris
In Piedmont Alabama on June 5 Thomas Lane faces a preliminary hearing on a May 22 shooting that killed Dr. J. D. Morris a Calhoun county physician. Witness George Collet said he heard seven shots and the doctor pleading before Lane surrendered to the police.
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Piedmont
Ala
J. D. Morris
Calhoun County
Thomas Lane
Morris
Piedmont-Gadsden
George Collet
Collet
Lane
Cc. R. Smith
Local Family Notes Include May 25 Birth and Sunday Visits
Hames family announces May 25 as George Edward with relatives visiting or hosting across Decatur. Numerous neighbors and kin attended church at Union Grove and joined in Sunday visits at homes of Sims Bayne Johnson Standridge Smith Carroll and others. Willa Ray Lunsford was ill at home. A singing gathering occurred in Decatur and Rev J T Harris planned a Church of Christ appointment for June 7.
New Hope News Church News and Illness Report
G O Allen is ill at his parents home Rev J F Rich preached at New Hope Baptist church Sunday morning Mary Cross and children visited her mother Alice Goodwin Sunday guests with F B Cross family included Buford Sanford Lynn Roland Georges Edmond Cross and William Ike Parker
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G. O. Allen
O.L. Allen
J. F. Rich
New Hope Baptist Church
Mary Cross
Alice Goodwin
F. B. Cross
Buford
Sanford Allen
Lynn
Roland
Georges Edmond Cross
William Ike Parker
Church News
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Henry Ratliff
Lucille
Fay Nell
Max
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Byars
Zula
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J.H. Hardin
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