Decatur schools seek bids for three classroom addition projects
The City Board of Education of Decatur Alabama invites sealed bids for construction of three projects Job No. 702 703 and 704 including site work and M E services. Bids due 2 00 PM at Riverside School Building. Projects may be bid individually or as a package.
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City Board OF Education
Decatur
Alabama
City Superintendent of Education
Riverside
Wilson Avenue
Teely
Walter Jackson
West Decatur
Walter Jackson Elementary School
West Decatur Elementary School
Riverside School
Tom " Kirkland
South
Hull Street
Montgomery
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Atlanta
Birmingham
Birmingham Builders Exchange
Gadsden Plan Service, Inc
Gadsden
Stop Pain of Piles Stop It Today at Home Moneyback Guarantee
An advertisement touts relief from piles with Triolyte offering a money back guarantee. Claims include at home use and a non staining formula suitable for clothing. Promotes modern suppositories or ointment available at druggists with claimed anesthetic action.
District Diary Notes and Local Education Highlights
District Diary items report cotton blooms on Annie B Richardson land near Mooreville with E S Towe farming the Richardson acreage and Empire variety planted April 15. Moulton graduate Woodrow Burks earns MA at George Peabody College and starts county superintendent duties July 1 after BS from Florence State. Cullman Kiwanis hosts Rev. Lowell Van guest speaker and Cullman Rotary hears Asa Hartwig speak on Boys State trip funded by the club.
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Mooresville
E. S. Towe
Annie B. Richardson
Here
Towe
Richardson
Moulton
Woodrow Burks
George Peabody College
Burks
Lawrence County
Cullman
Lowell van
Cullman Kiwanis Club
Howard College
Ebenezer Church
Asa Hartwig
Cullman Rotary Club
Boys State
Rotary Club
Hartselle Mrs C L Thompson and daughter noted
The fragment lists Mrs C L Thompson of Hartselle and a daughter, indicating a brief social or obituary notice with limited readable details.
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Hartselle
C. L. Thompson
Radio and TV Listings Roundup Across Multiple Stations
A dense schedule page lists daily radio and television programming including News In Brief Weather Sports and variety shows from stations 1490 18-00 800 890 6 000 NBC CBS and Educational Network Channel 16. It covers from early morning Sign On to late night Sign Off with talk music dramas cartoons cartoons and local news segments featuring multiple anchors and hosts.
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Wros
Frankie Starr
Dr. Monroe Parker
Aunt Mary
Mary Blaine
Jimmy Fidler
Alabama
Blve
Walter Compton
Ken French
Sam Hayes
Steve McCormick
Josh
Decatur
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Gabriel Heatter
Lyvie van
WBEEC
Doug Edwards
CBS News
Guiding Light
Alabama USA
Bob Crosby
Theater Guild
Arthur Godfrey
Dr. Christian
Mystery Playhouse
Soday discusses early man finds in Tennessee Valley Decatur
Dr. Frank Soday told the Decatur Rotary Club that remains of early man are concentrated in the Tennessee Valley around Decatur, with evidence spanning 40 000 years and sites from Italy to England. He described interglacial periods, stone tools, shell-mound culture, and radiocarbon dating, noting discoveries by himself and others.
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Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Frank Soday
Decatur Rotary Club
Soday
Chemstrand
Roy Sudhoff
Lawson Davidson
Earth
Italy
South Africa
China
Lake Victoria-Nyanza
Africa
England
France
Liz Norris
Rotary
Tom White
Wool debate ignores Kashmir wool sources
The piece notes that cashmere sweaters are made from goat hair imported from Iran, China, and Mongolia, while the Kashmir region’s wool from local sheep supplies rugs.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Europe
America
Iran
China
Mongolia
Kasmir
Bible School At Lacey's Spring Closes With Picnic
The Methodist Church at Lacey's Spring closed its vacation Bible School on Friday with a Huntsville Park picnic. About 70 children and 25 adults attended. Intermediate sessions run June 24 to 29 for ages 12 to 15, with daily classes 7 to 9 pm and a June 29 wiener roast. Homecoming is planned for the church's fifth Sunday in June, with revival to begin. exact plans will be announced.
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Lacey
Methodist Church
Huntsville Park
Watkins Acquitted By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed John T. Watkins's contempt of Congress conviction by a 6 to 1 vote and wiped out the indictment for failing to name former Communist associates. The ruling also criticized the House Un-American Activities Committee. Arthur Miller's lawyers said the decision could apply to him and planned district court action to overturn his similar conviction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John T. Watkins
House Committee On UN
Local Rotary guests include notable visitors from several cities
Jr. and other guests attended as club visitors. Wilson Williams, Ralph Jenkins, John Smith from New Orleans and Milwaukee were present. Visiting Rotarians included R. L. Haskins, Dwight Beeson and Joe Falts from Huntsville. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
1956 cotton loan cotton to be purchased by CCC on July 31
The Agriculture Department announced that the Commodity Credit Corporation will buy all 1956 crop loan cotton unredeemed at the close of business July 31 1957. Through May 3 1957 a total of 4 816 842 bales were pledged, with 814 854 redeemed and 4 001 988 loans outstanding. Producers may redeem or sell equity before July 31 1957.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Eith
City Board Approves Bids for Three School Additions
The city board of education authorized competitive bids for three school additions including a Junior High annex at Decatur High and eight new elementary rooms at Walter Jackson and West Decatur. Estimated total $440000 plus $325000 and $57000 respectively. Construction aims for use in 1957 58 with Olmsted Brothers site recommendations guiding layout and safety features.
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City Board of Education
City Supt. of Education
H. R. Leeman
Decatur High School
Walter Jackson
West Decatur
Tom B. Kirkland
Montgomery
Somerville. Rd
Decatur High
Olmsted Brothers
Boundary Streets
Mrs. C. H. Gordon Dies in Huntsville Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. C. H. Gordon 58 sister of Mrs. W. H. Jenkins will be held at Laughlin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Huntsville Cemetery. Mrs Gordon wife of C. H. Gordon manager for Southern Bell Telephone Co. Survivors include her husband one daughter Mrs. George Newman Robinson Huntsville two sisters Mrs. John D. Reeves Chattanooga and Mrs. W. H. Jenkins Decatur and three grandchildren.
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Huntsville
C. H. Gordon
W. H. Jenkins
Decatur
Laughlin Funeral Home
Huntsville Cemetery
John Petty Named To Military Academy
John Petty son of former Decatur residents receives appointment to the U S Military Academy at West Point. He will enter the academy in July to join his sister Mrs Ray Thornton of Decatur and parents Mr and Mrs T C Petty of Gainesville Georgia. Petty graduated Gainesville High School as feature editor of the annual state editor of Key King and a member of Beta Club Quill and Scroll Hi Y football and current affairs activities. He is active in church and city youth groups and holds DeMolay degrees including Chevalier and Representative DeMolay.
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John Petty
Decatur
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
T.C. Petty
Gainesville
Ray Thornton
Petty
Gainesville High School
Key Club
Quill and Scroll
Jpeg
Hi-Y
Order of DeMolay
DeMolay
Horse and automobile collide near Knoxville
A horse and car collision near Knoxville Tennessee left the vehicle demolished while the horse suffered a slight jaw fracture and no serious injuries.
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Knoxville
Tenn
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