Madison county to push truck load limit enforcement
Huntsville Alabama June 9 the Madison county board of commissioners plans to press state officials for enforcement of the truck load limit They cite extensive damage on county roads including New Market road as a detour after the No 241 closure and say highway officials will provide scales and weighing stations once a request is made Board Chairman Roy L Stone says cooperation is assured by the highway department
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County Board of Commissioners
Ward McFarland
Roy L. Stone
Stone
Highway Department
McFal
Birth Rate Rise Cited As Strain On Schools
Dr. Austin R. Meadows Alabama education superintendent told a senate labor subcommittee that the national birth rate rose from 17.9 per thousand in 1940 to 20.9 in 1947, contributing to a shortage of school buildings.
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Washington
Austin R. Meadows
Alabama
Senate
Early anatomists Misread Arteries as Air Filled After Death
Historians note that dead organisms appear with empty arteries while early anatomists believed vessels were normally filled with air. The claim reflects evolving understanding of circulatory biology and preservation artifacts in ancient dissections.
Room and Board News Notes and Local Visits
Gene Ahern reports social visits and brief hometown notes. Floyd Morris and family visit Freeman Speaga, Janey Grove guests of Leonard Alexander, Henry Turrentine stays weekend, Bonds and family visit J D Bonds, Nell Maddox and Lavern Evans visit Rigby household, Tom and Leonard on sick lists, Kathleen Alexander visited by Myrtis Turrentine, Will Burgess from Birmingham summering at his Montana ranch, plus a geography trivia line about the Great Barrier Reef off Australia extending 1,260 miles.
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Royal Fairbanks O. Janey Grove
Leonard Alexander
Henry Turrentine
Doc) Bonds
Eva
J. D. Bonds
Bill Joe Rigby
U. S. Marines
North Carolina
Nell Maddox
Cullman
Lavern Evans
Noey Braswell
Mt Vernon
J. H. Rigby
Tom Blevins
Myrtis Turrentine
Kathleen
Alexander
Will Burgess
Birmingham
Community Notes from Morgan County and Surrounding Areas
Local residents and visitors in Morgan County and nearby towns are noted in a stream of social items. Names include Dodd, Shafer, Wade, Johnston, Gilchrist, Pierce, and Williams, with visits to Decatur, Hartselle, Russellville, Birmingham, and Chattanooga. A June 5 birth is recorded at Baugh-Wiley Hospital in Decatur and a Bible school enrollment is reported at the Methodist church.
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Ann
Jackie
Ronald
Gary Dodd
Ringgold
Robert Shafer
W.T Wade Jr
C. P. Johnston
Decatur
Almon Walker
Hartselle
Joann Gilchrist
James H. Williams
New York
Everett. Pierce
Joe. Winton
T. M. Nelson
Birmingham
W. T. Wade Jr
J. Martin Hollo Way
Russellville
Arthur White
Everett Pierce
S. T. Pierce
Hartselle Hospital
Paul
W. P. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Glen “Watkins
Baugh-Wiley Hospital
Community Notes From Morgan County Corinth Area
Mrs Oma Bryant slowly improving after a heart attack. J D Bonds family took a fishing trip to Guntersville Dam. Lou Rigby of De Kalb Illinois spent time with J H Rigby and relatives. Families and friends visit across town including Bonds, Guthries, Yorks, Burgess, Holland, Cooper, Mooneyham. Edd Bryant recovering from illness. Little Jewel Turrentine visits at Block's clinic. Mrs Campbell received medical care during Birmingham ball game trip.
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Oma Bryant
J. D. Bonds
Guntersville Dam
Lou Rigby
DeKalb
Illinois
J. H. Rigby
Mas Bill—Wentworth
Nancy
W. W. Guthrie
Sunda
Alexander
Moulton
Luther Burgess
Andrews Chapel
Albert Holland
Memphis
A. E. Brevins
Birmingham
Little Jewel Turrentine
Greek geographers split known world into Europe Asia
Ancient scholars divided the known world into two regions Europe and Asia. The areas of Africa known to them were regarded as part of Asia in their geographic framework.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
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Goidel
RUG Store
Arvin
Finishry Coz
Gene Ahern
Floyd Morris
Alton Freeman Speaga
Great Barriers Reef
Australia
Wolfgang
Morgan County
Somerville
Sardia Winton
Lula Buchanan Cochranormer
E. M. Pierce
A. M. Walker
R. C. Miller
G. Mikell
C. P Johnston
Don
Delmas Campbell
Block Clinic
B. M. Cuthrell
Mag- Sig Raps
NF Moonerham Sr
Block
HartseHe
J. J. Ransom
Mire Mazzie Ransom
Tallice Whisenant
Morgan
Robert Blankenship
Priceville
Walter Clemons
Phil
Irma Taylor
Center Grove
W. T. Mooneyham Sr
Corinth
Mrs. J D Bonds
Block's Clinic
Campbell
Cain
Bank St
Department Store
oYee
Web
Mathes
Amie Tho
Lucky Strike
Can Currin
Oxford
N.C
L.S/MET
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