Largest Decatur High School class earns 95 diplomas
Riverside auditorium celebrated a record Decatur High School graduation as 95 of 98 seniors received diplomas this month. The photo names 53 girls and 45 boys across five rows, with many seniors identified by first and last names.
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Sullivan
Decatur High School
Riverside Auditorium
Mary White
Wynelle Self
Annette Williford
Mary Sue Hardin
Christine Joiner
Sarah Corley
Catherine Thornhill
Elese Evans
Mary Sue Bethany
Mary Ethel
Eyes on God Killer Says Mercy in Kilby Deaths
June 12 Alabama reports two executed prisoners amid a day of clemency pleas. Vincent, 20, died first after a robbery attempt and the patrolman slaying at a Birmingham club. Tyrie Harrell and Gabriel Walters followed with separate executions for debt-related killings in Sumter and Pinora counties.
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Mery
Ala
Vi Vincent
Kilby
Forrest Harris
Roosevelt
Birmingham
Gabriel Walters
Tyrie Harrell
Sumter
Pimore
Frank Boswell
Vincent
Pickwick
Harris
Christ
Bibb Graves
State Pardons Board
Richard Carrason
Jefferson County
U. S. Supreme Court
Shelton
Wash
Mae Vincent
Son
el More
Harrell
Chester Estes
Gabriel Waters
Bertha Lake Marries Melvin Lake at Macedonia Home
Mrs Maudie McCleskey announces the marriage of her daughter Bertha to Melvin Lake of Hartsell route 2. The wedding took place May 30 at the home of Rev W H Aldridge who officiated. also notes social visits and an upcoming Macedonia church singing on the fourth Sunday in June with all invited.
Blacksmith Death Tied to Paid Murder Plot
A report notes that an individual had paid for the death of Lock Sheffield, a Cuba Alabama blacksmith, indicating a premeditated homicide motive and suspected conspirator involvement.
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Sheffield
Cuba, Ala
Chancellor Neville Chamberlain Rescues Boy in Park
In London on June 12, Neville Chamberlain waded into St James Park Lake to rescue a four year old boy after hearing a woman's screams. He vaulted a railing, swam to the child, and handed him to his mother before walking away in soaked striped trousers.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
St. James Park Lake
Chamberlain
Buckingham
St. James's Palaces
New hazard for golfers as horned lark nests on fairway
In Plymouth Massachusetts four featherless hatchlings emerged from a horned lark nest built in the middle of the fairway on the approach to the ninth hole at 4 Country Club. The juvenile birds hatched this week, complicating play for golfers.
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New Hazard
Plymouth
Mass
Southside Baptist Church Hosts Senior B Y P U Program
The Southside Baptist Church in Decatur presented an engaging Sunday afternoon program by its senior B Y P U group titled with a lively community focus.
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Southside Baptist Church
Decatur
Miss Winifred Vincent Hosts Summer Party at Somerville
Miss Winifred Vincent wowed guests at her Somerville Route 4 home with a prettily decorated summer party. Attendees included Catherine Peck Evelyn Johnson Tressie Johnson Gertrude Dunn Charleen Vice Louise Smith Anna Lee Louise Vice Vera Nell Vice Edith Peck Nan Southern Louise Fowler Cucille Fowler and many others. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Glenn Watkins and Mr and Mrs Mid Thompson.
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Winifred Vincent
Somerville
Route 4
Catherine
Jo Peck
Evelyn
Tressie Johnson
Gertrude Dunn
Charleen Vice
Louise Smith
Anna Lee
Louise
Vera Nell Vice
Edith Peck
Nan Southern
Cucille Fowler
Cecil Hipps
Cecil Johnson
Russell Peck
Almon Walker
Fayne Peck
Algie Covey
Jimmy Adams
Daniel Powell
Elgin Bowen
Esther Smith
Carl Vice
Floyd Quinn
Jack and
Prince St. John
Dennis Maize
Paul
Howard Lemmond
Chester
J. D. Johnson
Charles Burns
Bob Bailey
William
Willard Fowler
Sherril
Ley Thompson
Lawson Lynn
Glenn Watkins
Mid Thompson
Bulah Mitchell
Eva
31 Killed in Otanari Colliery Gas Blast Near FukUoka
A gas explosion at the Otanari colliery near FukUoka killed thirty-one miners and injured thirty others. Rescue crews battled fires as the tragedy unfolded in the June 12 incident.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Otan! Colliary
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Sresch & Fuserel dl
Guinnie Puckett
James Compton
Harvey Matthews
Edwin McCulloch
Ann Holland
Sarah Warrick
Mildred Hanigan
Mary Rice
Armenta Wise
Annette Blankenship
Jane Royer
Nell Berry
Wilburn McClusky
Thomas Parks
Frank Speer
Wray Handley
Roy Fite
Fred Trim
Ble
Edward Davis
William Kirby
Cread Pettey
Christine Poff
la Vern Chandler
Edna Minor
Jewel Mae Edwards
Celia Holland
Opal Holland
Bert Armor
Prances Morgan
Lula Mae Boggs
Jean Jones
George Downs
Howard Thompson
Thomas Bailey
Roy Garnett
John Russell
Moseley
Eraine Poole
John Harlan Giles
Mary Clay Price
Mary Frances Rauschenberg
Mary Elizabeth Fowler
Kathleen Yarbrough
Edna Gray
Robert Wilson
Martha Vines
Oberd Huddleston
Ham
Maxwell House
Maduro
Kellogg’s Pep
Pard
Ars
Globes
del Monte
Pickle
Merita
Seth
LUX
Lux Ls
Sete
Crosse & Blackwell Date & Nut
Rinso
Decatur Grocery
God
Killer
Macedonia
Boy
Pines News
Church Street
R. Jacks
Betsy Ross
McGough
Cough
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