Farewell and Social News From Decatur Events
A farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ferington hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Aubrey McKinney on Finley Island honored the chemist before his Princeton move. A Trinity lawn shower for Mrs. Gordon Price featured blue hydrangeas and guests from local families and churches.
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Ferington
Thomas Ferington
Aubrey McKinney
Finley Island
Chemstrand
Princeton University
W. J. Tarpley Jr
Trinity
Gordon R. Price
Patricia Collins
Tarpley
Tom Sims
Anderson Terry
Collins
Carolyn Sims
George Collins
Homer Price
Everett Fuller
Jo Ann Maner
Charles Sims
Smith Victor By Landslide Lands Maine GOP renomination
Maine Republicans re nominate Sen. Margaret Chase Smith in a sweeping landslide over Rob ert L. Jones. Early results show Smith 96 159 votes to 19 203 with Jones winning only four precincts and carrying his home Biddeford.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Wis
Robert L. Jones
McCarthy
GOP
Smith
Jones
Biddeford
Mrs. Smith
Wisconsin
Sen. Smith
Federal Reserve Eases Money Check to Boost Credit
The Federal Reserve Board announced a gradual ease in reserve requirements over six weeks, releasing about 1.5 billion dollars in frozen reserves and enabling banks to lend up to six times their reserves. The move aims to keep business credit cheap as Treasury borrowing rises.
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Frank O’brien
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Smith Jones primary contest shapes Maine race
The passage notes the Smith Jones clash as the sole statewide primary contest, with Sen Smith facing Democrat Paul Fullam in September. In the 1st District, Rep Robert Hale won reelection against two opponents, while James C Oliver secured the Democratic nomination, a pattern echoing Hale's 1942 primary ousting Oliver.
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Sen
Smith
Paul Fullam
Colby College
Robert Hale
James C. Oliver
Hale
Oliver
House
Margaret Truman Debuts Dramatically in Autumn Crocus
Margaret Truman starred as Katie Grey in Autumn Crocus at Pocono Playhouse earning praise as the darling Marge of the summer circuit. Variety praised her gracious portrayal as true and shy while she paused from a Kansas City hospital recovery to continue a nine week stock run ending at Philadelphia Playhouse in the Park.
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Mountainhome
Margaret Truman
Marge
Pocono
Miss Truman
Katie Grey
Dodie Smith
Variety Magazine
Kansas City
Philadelphia Playhouse In the Park
Diamond Fifth Grader Chooses Speller Over Newspaper
Chester, Pennsylvania. Alex Diamond, a 5th grade pupil, had a word dispute with his mother over the spelling of Pennsylvania. He thought it was Penn slyvania due to a newspaper error. The paper printed a front page apology for a typographical mistake.
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Chester
Alex Diamond
Pennsylvania
Dear Miss Dix Advice Column Fragments
The page presents multiple reader questions to Dorothy Dix on romance and etiquette. Topics include trust in Leon after infidelity, reconciling with a longtime friend Guy, gift ideas for a cluttered elderly friend, and a hopelessly inconsistent boyfriend. Answers advise patience, proactive reconciliation, thoughtful gifts, and moving on from unstable relationships.
Hard Rock Ads in Vermont Plan Two Million Pebbles
The Greater Vermont Association received a request for two million pebbles to be used in an advertising program. The plan calls for mailing them individually, a note underscoring potential delays for mail carriers due to sleet or snow.
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Montpelier, Vt
Greater Vermont
Dancing for Health and Exercise
A compact description of dance classes framed as health benefiting activity. It notes many pupils take lessons as health insurance and that dancing serves as relaxing yet stimulating exercise prescribed by doctors, with a call to contact Joseph Paul’s Air Conditioned Dance Studio.
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Joseph Paul
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Mrs. Price
Knight Circle
Elton Stephenson
Knight
WSCS
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Horace Knight
H. L. Tidwell
George Sims
Oliver Powell
Dick Wardlow
Torrance Kirby
Benford Chenault
Elgar Hammond
George Powell
Rainbow
Decatur Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
A. H. Hassell
the Smokies
John McGehee
Auburn
Tommy
John Schuessler
Mrs. McGehee
Thomas Schuessler
Roy Hendrix
Roy W. Hendrix
Mobile
Sandra Hendrix
Eugene T. Hendrix
Birmingham
W. J. Williams
W W. Rippy
Collinwood
Tennessee
Kelley Cole
Jimmy
Ed Case
Elizabeth Farish
Alex, Carol and
Suisan Mooney
W. A. Sullivan
Michigan
Edna Holland
R. P. Masterson
Tuscaloosa
Alabama Parent and Teachers Association
Gordon Bible School
S. H. Malone
Florence
Carrie Bishop
Martha Romine
Cullman
Pensacola
Florida
Shirley Ann McBride
Bill Tranum
Mr. Tranum
Mexico
John Richardson
Charlotte
North Carolina
Decatur
Athens
Sea Island
Georgia
Kathleen
W. J. Duncan Jr
Jack McCulloch
Mrs
Ernest McCulloch
Camp Winnataska
Lynne Turney
Kay Wilder
Barbara Williams
Barbara Branum
Mary Ann Riley
Adrian Hembree
Jo Gober
Jeannette Giles
Anne Rowe
Drew Bitler
By Douglas B. Cornell
Lawrenceville
New Jersey
Dick Bond
Dick Osgood
Haverford
Leonard Johnson
Linda
Suzanne McKee
Ryan
Jane Crawford
Arab
Richard Penn
Miss McKee
Morgan County
Miss Crawford
Mary Elizabeth
Europe
Herman Clark
Huntsville
Fred Smith
Decatur Country Club
Josefa
Amer Tee
Loyd’s
Bobbie Mooney
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
R. F. Mooney
West
Moulton St
Miss Mooney
Decatur High School
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Decatur High
South
Etroin Shadlu
Dorothy DIX
Miss DIX
Leon
Harvey
Harvey Muriel Nissen
Guy and
Mary T
Helene
H. Leon Reeves
8Th Ave
Cancellation Shoe Store
E. Moulton Street
Red Craig
Craig’s Barber Shop
2Nd Ave
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