Chatter Box Notes From Town Trips and Birthdays
Town column details residents traveling to Nassau Spartanburg Decatur and New Orleans. Greta Bill Pockman and Dick Pockman move back to Decatur. Phyllis Leslie visits family in New Orleans. Connie and Gene Wright attend a wedding in Gadsden. J W Pipkin celebrates 92nd birthday with neighbors. An anniversary party recalls 1917 WWI friends. Couture Group cancels planned New York trip.
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Nassau
Ethel
J. B. Wiley
Jackie Johnson
Greta
Bill Pockman
Dick Pockman
Bill
Spartanburg
Decatur
March of Zombies in The Ladies Powder Room
A light local column plugs fashion and social happenings. It notes invites from Sally Victor and Helena Rubinstein, a Betty Crocker cream puff mix, and Teas and parties. It ends with a humorous verse on female clerks and a boss’s plight.
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New York
Army Pvt Charles R Tuck completes eight weeks basic training
Army Pvt Charles R Tuck son of Mrs Cecile Tuck 446 Grant St completed eight weeks of basic combat training under the Reserve Forces Act program June 8 at Fort Knox Ky. He may finish six months of active duty in a local Army Reserve or National Guard unit. He is married to Helen and a 1956 Birmingham Southern College graduate. He formerly worked as a research chemist for Reynolds Metals Co in Richmond VA.
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Army
Charles R. Tuck
Cecile Tuck
Grant St
Fort Knox
National Guard
Tuck
Helen
Albertvile
Birmingham Southern College
Reynolds Metals Co
Richmond
U.S. Army
Auto Wreck In Chase Leaves One Injured Near Cullman
A seven to eight mile chase by Highway Patrol near Cullman ended with Mahugh Porter charged with reckless driving after his 1956 Chevrolet overturned on a county road. Passenger Edward H. Porter, 41, Addison, suffered a fractured shoulder and head injuries and was hospitalized. The car was a total loss.
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Hallelujah W. St. Journal
Auto Mfgs
Cullman
Highway Patrol
Here
Edward H. Porter
Addison 1
Cullman Hospital
Mahugh Porter
Bethel
Sardis
W. M. Brown
Fred Nothdurst
Bill Tucker
Porter
Farm Ownership Loans Total 46 In This County
In Morgan County 86 farm families are buying or improving farms with Farmers Home Administration loans. The first loan was in 1938, with about 180 local families using this program since then. Average farms bought or improved in 1956 57 are about 130 acres, with loans repayable up to 40 years but typical repayment around 10 years.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Farmers Home
Tlon
C. T. Cash
Steven B Cook Celebrates Second Birthday
Steven B. Cook son of Mr and Mrs Bailey Cook 1816 16th Ave SE celebrated his second birthday on June 9 with a family dinner at his parents home. His farm themed cake featured white icing green grass dyed coconut yellow wheat field and miniature animals. Mrs J Casie Taylor a grown up friend decorated the cake. Relatives including Miss Dot Cook Ray Praytor Tommy Newman and great aunt Mrs Clara Newman attended along with grandparents and a great grandmother.
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Steven Bailey
Cook
Bailey G. Cook
16Th Ave. SE
H. W.praytor
G. C. Cook
Irene Praytor
Kyle Sullivan
Steven Bailey Cook
Mrs. Bailey Cook
16Th Ave
J. Casie Taylor
Steve
Miss Dot Cook
Ray Praytor
Tommy New
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Phyllis Leslie
Mrs. Tom
New Orleans
Connie and
Gene Wright
Gadsden
Connie
Thomas Kay
Lila Archer
Dot
Ed) Blackburn
Morningside
Inez Howell
J. C
J. W. Pipkin
Pip
Daphne Wyatt
Stan
Gladys
Ralph
Maude Hoff
Bryan McAfees
Couture Group
DLL
FOR Industry—Farm Business—School
Putman Construction CO
Blount St
Huntsville
Ala
Jefferson
Kelvinator
H.P
Service Dept
Kittle As
E.E. Forbes
Piano Company
Moulton
Betty Crocker
Paul Davis
Texas
Kiplinger
Florida
Honkalas
Harold
Ann
Lou
Jack Walden
Doris
B. F. Wear
Patsy
Peggy
W. L.) Hartzog
Karl) Klein
Sandra Schwabow
Carol Pearce
B'ham
Lynne Turney
Carolyn McClellan
The
National Geographic Society
Sunshine Cleaners
Second Avenue
Steven B. Cook
Mrs
Clara Newman
Australia
RCA Whirlpool
Paris
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Busch Welers Opticians
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