North Alabama Regional Science Fair names director for next year
Dr Arthur Beindorff will head the North Alabama Regional Science Fair with Athens College hosting exhibits and judging. The decision followed a Decatur High School meeting led by Dr Madison Marshall, noting 130 exhibits last spring from nine counties and a remaining balance of $96.60 after expenses.
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Arthur Beindorff
North Alabama
Athens College
Decatur High School
Madison Marshall
Alabama
Decatur
Tri-Cities
Huntsville
Russellville
Dr. Marshall
Sheffield
Cleveland
Ohio
Mobile
Birmingham
University of Chicago
Plans Underway For SE Decatur Supermarket
Bulldozers worked on a 70 by 140 foot brick and steel building on 7th St SE near Somerville Rd for a planned 200000 Fuller’s Super Market to be run by O A Fuller of Tuscumbia. Dr Erskine Chenault owns the site and may lease to Fuller on a 10 year contract. Parking for 250 cars and a full frozen foods meat and grocery line are planned with air conditioning and six months to finish. Fuller’s chain links to M P Brothers in Nashville.
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7Th St
Somerville Road
Erskine Chenault
Fuller’s Super Market
O. A. Fuller
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Tennessee
Brothers
Cullman
Fuller
Athens
Russellville
Ala
Lewisburg
Fayetteville
Fuller’s Chain of Supermarkets
M. P. Brothers Store
Mercantile Wholesalers
Nashville
Elizabeth Crawford dies in Birmingham. Athens native
Miss Elizabeth Crawford, longtime Athens resident and Limestone County family member, died suddenly Friday in Birmingham while visiting relatives. Graveside services will be held Sunday at two o'clock at the Athens city cemetery. Surviving are sisters Mrs. Kate Hine of Athens, Mrs. Louise Rochester and Miss Anna Crawford of Birmingham, brother William Crawford of Decatur, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Athens
Elizabeth Crawford
Birmingham
Miss Crawford
John Crawford
Mooresville
First Christian Church of
Kate Hine
Louise Rochester
Anna Crawford
William Crawford
Decatur
Central Baptist Sunday School Picnic Nears End in Delano Park
Sunday Schoolers of Central Baptist met for their annual picnic at Delano Park with 209 attendees. Ralph Guffin led opening, tables overflowed with food, and both children and adults enjoyed games after the meal.
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Central Baptist Church
Delano Park
James McMullins
Ralph Guffin
Greer Black
Jimmy Hambrick
Johnny Aycock
Tommy McRae
Frank Williams
A. E. Quattlebaum
George Schmidt
H. T. Sammons
L. B. Wright
John Chenault
Paul Glenn
Kathleen Malone
B. F. Teal
Joe Norris
Lawson Mills
Native of India Joins Chemstrand Research Department
Prem P. Singh joins The Chemstrand Corp Textile Research Department as a textile engineer. A native of Jullundur in East Punjab he earned B S and M S in textiles from North Carolina State College and an MBA from Harvard. He previously worked at North Carolina State and Delhi Cloth Mills. Singh and his wife will reside in Decatur.
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Prem P. Singh
Chemstrand Corp
S. Jack Davis
Jullundur
Limestone Bar Proves Elusive
Athens Pleas Orr a 47 year old farmer near Harris Station reports seeing a large black bear at night along a section line road near Bee Line. He slowed his truck to avoid the animal and drove to Roy Laughmiller's store to notify authorities. Officers searched the area but found no tracks, though Orr remains convinced the bear was the same kind that Davy Crockett killed.
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Athens — Pleas
Orr
Harris Station
Davy Crockett
U. S. Highway 31
Roy Laughmiller
Laughmiller
State Highway Patrol
Decatur
M. W. Jacks
Athens
Clyde Ennis
D. W. Brown
ABC
Herman Sandlin
Carlos Nelson
Mooresville
Civil Service Workers Await Unraveling Of Status
In Birmingham on June 4 a hearing was held to determine the status of 2600 civil service employees as authorities sought a resolution. The outcome would affect job security and future employment terms for the workers involved.
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Birmingham
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Grant's
Second Avenue
SE Decatur Supermarket
Semmes ‘Motor
Art Gentry
Penney’s
Semmes Motor Sales
Gentry
Detatur
Johnson City
Tenn
Sharon
Judy
7Th Ave
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
B’ham
Central Baptist
India
Chemstrand
Daa Ake
Kodak Film
Reedy Tomorrow
Crump Camera Shop
Bank Street
H. Ryan
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