West Decatur to add new Pony League baseball field
A new baseball field in West Decatur on the West Decatur School campus at 3rd St and 5th Ave SW is under construction. The city street department is grading and installing a back stop with lighting expected by mid June. Pony League senior division games will move from Legion Field to the new park once completed.
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West Decatur
City School Board
West Decatur School
3Rd St
5Th Ave
City Street Department
Joe Elliott
Park and Recreation Board of
City
West Town Park
Pop Oliver
Paradise Swimming Pool
Cherry St
West Town
Legion Field
Dormouse Still Living in Real Life Hibernates
Dormice, the tiny animals once seen in Alice in Wonderland, continue to exist. They hibernate for up to six months each winter and wake briefly to eat stored food.
Musical Program Dates At Macedonia Presbyterian Churches
Several congregations prepare week long programs with services, choirs rehearsals, and guest ministers including Rev. Austin Anderson of Florence Alabama. Activities include Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with sermons, midweek prayer, and choir gatherings. A separate note covers Orrs Kindergarten visitors to Memphis Zoo trip May 22 with chaperones and return by 2 30 a m Friday.
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Elisha Robinson
Austin Anderson
Florence
Alabama
Mary Grisby
Orr
Memphis’ Zoo
Decatur
Memphis
Tennessee
R.R
Corinth
Mesdames
Virgie Lee Binford
Bettie Jackson
L. Malone
Evelyn Raybon
Oakland Church Men to Held Annual Men Day Program
Beginning Sunday June 8 church school at 8 45 a m with Brother James Lee McDonald superintendent morning worship at 11 o clock pasat 2 00 p m Oakland Church Methodist Men plan their annual Men Day program Brother Will MacLin serves as president Rev E H Leeth is pastor
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James Lee McDonald
Oakland Church Methodist Men
Will MacLin
E. H. Leeth
Mothers’ Union
Mother’s Union of
Decatur
Macedonia C. P
Frank Moore
Sallie Webb
B. M. Scott
Macedonia Presbyterian Church
W. Cherry Street
Gwendolyn Evans
Cherry Street
A. C. Banks
Jas. McGahee
Jerry Southward
W S C S Met At Leeth Home In May Meeting
The W S C S met at the home of Rev and Mrs E H Leeth on Wednesday May 28. The gathering reflected community ties and shared in church activities and fellowship.
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W.S.C.S
E. H. Leeth
Spring Hill Sunday Services Schedule and Dinner Sale
The Spring Hill church hosts Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. with Supt Langston Elliot and Rev S Hunt. Worship with Bell Church at 2:00 p.m. Sermon by Rev S Hunt. Children Day service at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening meeting at 1:00 p.m. for program planning. First Baptist Club prepares a lawn dinner on Saturday June 7 at 11:00 a.m. with southern fried chicken and vegetables.
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Spring Hill
Langston Elliot
S. Hunt
Bell Church
Hooper Franklin
Elijah Gray Jr
Susie McDaniel
Dorothy Stover
Geneva E. Gray
First Baptist the Progressive Club of
The
First Baptist Church
Club Meetings and Community Notices From Decatur
A Decatur column reports a 12th club meeting at Mrs. Clotile Harris home with full officers, sickness reports, and birthday celebrations for Mableine Cowley. Future plans name Mrs. Estella Porter and Mrs. Donella Jones, with prizes, gifts, and a social hour. Also listed are Mothers Union program at Macedonia C P Church, a Masonic Banquet at Garner Memorial Church, local personals, church women conference travel, and a Greek chorus of upcoming musical program at Macedonia Presbyterian Church with Miss Gwendolyn Evans and a Circle No. 2 sponsor.
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Chitty Fletcher
Madie Johnson
Amanda Dabney
Susie Hooks
Fletcher
Susie Hall
Clotile Harris
Mablerine Cowley
Estella Porter
Merlon Hampton
Phillips
Donella Jones
A. J. Woodruff
St Lawrence Seaway Project Aims for 1959 Completion
The St Lawrence Sea way will be completed in 1959 enabling larger ocean vessels to load in Middle West ports.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Middle West
Bama Guards Head For Camp
Alabama National Guard troops head to summer field training at Ft. McClellan with over 1,000 military vehicles in 18 convoys carrying nearly 7,000 Guardsmen of the 31st Infantry Dixie Division. Convoys from Mississippi and Alabama will pass through Pell City Talladega and Oxford on Sunday.
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Pell City
Talladega
Oxford
Anniston
India Exports Sewing Machines to United States Under Pending Pact
The Export Council of India plans to ship sewing machines valued over 126000 dollars to the United States in coming months. The deal hinges on a mutual agreement now pending between the parties.
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Export Council
India
United States
N C Negroes Facing Jail For Golfing
Six Greensboro Negroes must serve 15 day jail sentences for trespassing on a whites only golf course. They lost an appeal to North Carolina’s Supreme Court after challenging the Guilford County conviction for attempting to play at Gillespie Park in December 1955.
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Raleigh
N.C
Greensboro
State Supreme Court
Guilford County
Guilford
Patterson Kin Celebrates Patterson Victory in Alabama Primary
Raleigh travel agent Lafayette Patterson, uncle of Alabama’s new governor nominee John Patterson, says the victory felt like winning office. He recalls De lona Patterson who died in World War II and notes they grew up and worked together as he praises the candidate’s courage and focus.
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Raleigh
N.C
Lafayette Patterson
Alabama
John Patterson
Lafayette
Delona
Airman Admits Strangling Girl in Japan Case
Airman James W. Newmaster of Auburn California confessed to investigators that he strangled Yasuko Wakatsuchi, a 23 year old Japanese woman, with a nylon stock. The body was found March 19 after the alleged crime in Yokosuka.
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Yokosuka
Japan
US Navy Today
James W. Newmaster
Auburn
Calif
Gir Yasuko Wakatsuchi
United States
Newmaster
John Patterson’s North Carolina Roots Noted
The record notes John Patterson has roots in North Carolina. It mentions his son moving from this state to Poosa County and to Goldville where John was born.
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John Patterson
North Carolina
Poosa County
Goldville
John
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