Mrs. Morrow Visits Mobile Auxiliaries in Alabama
State DAV Auxiliary commander Estelle Morrow visited Mobile Prichard and Fairhope auxiliaries after a weekend in Mobile. Hosts included Mrs. Willie P. Harris and Mrs. Sarah Stone. A joint meeting at Mobile American Legion Hall installed new state officers and featured pledges of support for six program areas. The group presented orchids and a Bellingrath Gardens plaque to Morrow and Harris gave a white Bible for future meetings and conventions.
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Estelle Morrow
DAV
Decatur
Mobile
Prichard
Fairhope
Morrow
Willie P. Harris
Harris
Battle House
Adele Miller
VFW
Rosa Shehan
Lucy Walker
Sarah Stone
Kofsow
Lillian Kofsow
American Legion Hall
Frances Daniels
Mobile Auxiliary
Daniels
Rosemary Delaney
Prichard Auxiliary
Grace Hennington
Morn
Bellingrath Gardens
New artificial breast aids postoperation comfort and shape
A 1954 article explains advances in artificial breast forms for women after mastectomy. It contrasts older sponge rubber types with a new skin like plastic form whose fluid core and gravity responsiveness better mimics natural tissue and fits bras or swimsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
King
Austinville WSCS Holds Regular Church Meeting
The last regular Austinville WSCS meeting took place at the church led by Mrs. George Ledbetter with program on Treasure Hunt. Rev George Ledbetter spoke post program. 50 members received ice cream and cake. Next meeting slated for Monday June 28 at 7 30 p.m.
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Austinville
WSCS
George Ledbetter
H. D. McElroy
Dan Walden
Elmer Bussey
McElroy
Ledbetter
Fellowship of Intercession
Pirkle
Burl Johnson
J. L. Sanderson
Memorial Service at Lacey's Spring July 4
The Church of God at Lacey's Spring will hold a memorial service on Sunday July 4 at the adjoining cemetery starting 10:00 a.m. Singers and speakers are invited. Dinner will follow at noon. Theme Lest We Forget. Pastor Rev W W Owen sermon The Glory Of The Resurrection. Cleanup day is June 26.
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Church of God
Lacey’s
W. W. Owen
Homewood Officers Suspended Over Cavalcade Incident
Two Homewood motorcycle officers faced 10 day suspensions after a Jimmy Faulkner cavalcade last spring. Calvin Gillespie and Carl Barnett were acquitted of political activity but found to have used public property for personal gains. Mayor Ray Acton said the officers were paid ten dollars each to use motorcycles and wear uniforms. Faulkner, a state senator and Bay Minette publisher, finished second in the Democratic governor nominating race won by James E. Folsom.
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Birmingham
Homewood
Jimmy Faulkner
Calvin C. Gillespie
Carl §. Barnett
Ray Acton
Faulkner
James E. Folsom
Bay Minette
Escapees in Stolen Car Nabbed After Police Stop
In Orange Virginia two Pulaski youths Jackson Lobert eighteen and Aubrey Caldwell twenty one were found riding in a stolen car after failing to dim headlights as required. Police traced them to an escape from a state prison camp and stopped the vehicle in Roanoke interests.
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Jackson Lobert
Aubrey Caldwell
Pulaski
Roanoke
Kidnap Mystery Solved After 42 Years in Springfield Case
A 42 year old kidnapping mystery ended when a boy now in West Virginia called police. Robert Wilson Pitman, 45, said his father used an assumed name after the abduction in 1912. Investigators traced his mother Rose Tracy now in Vermont and learned he plans to visit Burlington to meet her.
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Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Robert Thompson
Robert Wilson Pitman
Japonica Land
Woodrum Park
Charleston
W. Va
Pitman
Wilson Ambrose Pitman
Rose Ethel Mason Thompson
Ruth Rawson
Rose Tracy
Jericho Center
Burlington
Washington to implement model school integration plan
The Board of Education approved a model integration program to start next school year with full implementation a year later. The plan aligns with President Eisenhower’s call for the capital to model integration for 17 states affected by the Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
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Mrs. Morrow
Goidel’s
Orcatur
V Herman N. Bundesen, A.D
Lacey's
Humphrey
Humphrey’s
Hogan's Gulf
Gifty” the Clown
Gulf Tires
Gulf Batteries
Gulfpride
Gulflex Lubrication
Moulton Street
V.H.F
Hogan’s Gulf Service Station
Moulton St
U.H.F. Tun
Gulf Power Crest Battery
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