Folsom Consolidates Support as Incoming Legislature
Eight years older and wiser, Gov. James E. Folsom plans for a second term by courting House and Senate members individually. He has chosen speakers and leadership before the runoff, claiming a pledged majority, contrasting with his earlier neglect of the legislature. The article notes a shift from 1946 to 1954 and hints at Senate tensions.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
James E. Folsom
House
Senate
Folsom
William M. Beck
DeKalb County
Bruce Henderson
Henderson
Auburn Board of Trustees
Montgomery
H. Finney
Capital
E. A
Bud) Grouby
Autauga County
Carroll Jack Law
Hardaway
Peyton Finch Jr Moves to U S Pipe Co as Patent Counsel
Peyton N Finch Jr patent attorney for The Chemstrand Corporation resigns to join United States Pipe and Foundry Company Birmingham as patent counsel effective June 21 He is a Selma native with a University of Alabama law degree and prior service at the U S Army and Commercial Solvents Corp He and his wife Betty and daughters Elizabeth and Susan reside in Decatur Alabama
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton N. Finch, Jr
Chemstrand Corporation
United States Pipe & Foundry Company
Birmingham
Chemstrand
Mr. Finch
U. S. Army
Washington
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Terre Haute
Indiana
Selma
Alabama
University of Alabama
American Patent Law Association
Finch
Betty
Elizabeth 5
Susan
Decatur
Canal Street
Life Underwriters Elect Robert Spiers President
The Life Underwriters Assn of Decatur elected officers led by president Robert T. Spiers and vice president J F Bayley. Others include secretary treasurer Sam McClure and national committeeman Arthur Nebrig with state committeeman Watson Carlisle. Board directors are Howard Belser B R Reese Maurice Jackson John McGehee J J Putnam and Jack Kennedy. Attendance chairmen are M C Taylor J J Putnam with publicity Maurice Jackson program J F Bayley and membership B R Reece. The group meets monthly at the Cornelian Court Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Life Underwriters Assn. of
Decatur
Robert T. Spiers
J. F. Bayley
Sam McClure
Arthur Nebrig
Watson Carlisle
Howard Belser
B. R. Reese
Maurice Jackson
John McGehee
J. J. Putnam
Jack Kennedy
M. C. Taylor
Local Residents Kin gs Injured In Fall
Mrs. Herman Rogers Mrs. L. B. Hendon and Rev and Mrs. John C. Black were called to Tuscaloosa to be with Aunt Mattie Cross 83 who fell and broke her hip during a wind and rain storm. She underwent an operation and was in serious condition.
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Herman Rogers
L. B. Hendon
John C. Black
Tuscaloosa
M. M. Cross
Cross
Mattie
Many Graduate At Bible School In Moulton
Commencement and graduation exercises closed a two week Vacation Bible School at the Moulton Baptist Church. The May 23 to Friday session enrolled 111 including teachers with an average attendance of 89 pupils across beginners primary and junior groups.
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Moulton
Moulton Baptist Church
R. P. Irwin
John Caspers
John Wilson
Athel King
Howell McCullough
Barbara Richbourgh
Nellie Miller
Ray Appleton
Victor Blakemore
Passenger writes years on bus to publish new book
A Los Angeles bus rider who sat in the same seat daily for three years has published a book titled The Window Cleaner A Quiet Book for a Noisy World. Sydney J. Taylor, a Scot who moved to the area twenty years ago, said he writes during rides to avoid wasting time.
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Los Angeles
Here
Hollywood
Sydney J. Taylor
Scotland
Taylor
Postal Receipts Rise 12 Percent in May
H. G. Williams, Decatur postmaster, announced May postal receipts were 12 percent higher than May 1953. Total May receipts reached 17,586.69, up from 16,283.69 a year earlier.
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H. G. Williams
Decatur
United States imports pyrethrum from daisy blooms
The United States imports around eight million pounds of dried daisy blooms annually to produce pyrethrum, an insecticide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gold Mine at Newton Conn Fueled Revolution Profits
During the Revolution there was a profitable gold mine at Newton Connecticut, drawing note for its role in era trade and wartime wealth, referenced in local histories.
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Newton, Conn
Ocean covers half the globe and feeds a small share
The sea covers more than half of Earth's surface and provides about one percent of the world's food supply.
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Corn Grinders
Bank and
Lafayette Sts
Life
Robert Spiers
U. S
Houston
Emory Solomon
G. B. Mathison
Henry
Sen
Walterg. Givhan
Dallas
Kings
Bible
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BESMR
Alliance Tenna
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