County Civic Clubs Asked to Sponsor Maid of Cotton Contest
Civic clubs urged to sponsor one or more girls for the 1956 Maid of Cotton contest in Alabama. Planning meeting at Lyons Hotel set July 13 as the date for county contestants to be held at Lyons Hotel. Entry blanks and entrant photos due five days before, with coordination through the Chamber of Commerce or Ed Price at Union Compress.
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County Civic Clubs
Lyons Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Fice
State of
Alabama
Joe McCullers
Ed Price
Union Compress
Alabama Cotton Promotion Committee
Alabama Maid of Color
Birmingham
Memphis
4-H Camp Plans and Contest Rules Highlight Rural Youth News
The note urges reservation by the 20th for camps with 60 girls and 60 boys per site. It discusses unclaimed letters, county office info, and a home demonstration effort to spruce the camp. It lists record keeping rules and eligibility for the Alabama Maid of Cotton contest with dates, travel, and state and national duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Demonstration Clubs
Ives
Auburn
Bids Announced On 23 Projects Across Alabama
State law bids totaling 2 334 075 dollars were let on 23 projects Monday with some withdrawals and no bids in Tal ladega County. Projects include roads in Dallas Madison Talladega Etowah Houston and involved firms such as Brooks and Mixon Cox Construction Watkins and B F Williams Construction. The American Bible Society distributed fourteen million nine hundred eighteen thousand three hundred fifty three volumes in 1955.
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Montgomery
Cullman County
Talladega County
Dallas County
Wilcox County
Minter
L. B. Kilpatrick
Troy
Ala
Madison County
Briar Fort Creek
Meridianville
New Market Road
Brooks and Mixon
Contracty Vray
Allison Mill Road
County Training School
Talladega - Ironton Road
Southern Railroad
Renfroe- Talladega Road
W. B. Caldwell Constr. Co
Talladega
Cox Construction Co
Etowah County
Cox Gap
U.S. 31
Cane Springs
Watkins Construction Co
Gads- Watkins Construction Co
Mary Gore Promotes Efficient Record Keeping
Assistant Home Demonstration Agent Mary Gore urges improved record keeping practices in a brief note requesting attention to orderly records and future action.
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Mary Gore
If a growing child ate as a growing bird would
The saying compares a child’s appetite to a growing bird and asserts the child would consume three lambs and a calf in a day if eating matched weight proportionality.
Nylon publicized as a new material in 1938
A 1938 report announces nylon as a newly publicized synthetic polymer. The article highlights its envisioned uses in textiles and industrial applications, noting early development by chemical researchers and industrial interest in its potential.
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Penney’s
Big Penney
Stanley
Shirley Comstock
Donald Brown
Erie
Dear
Susan
Betty McKee
Brendable
M Sledge
Den
Houston County
U.S
B. F. Williams Construction Co
Ozark
The
American Bible Society
Mars
GAC
UW Ag
One Coal & Feed CO
Holly St
GMC
Smith Motors, Inc
Oak St
N.E
Chip Wales
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