Miss Mary Ruth Mitchell to wed Thomas J. Hagan at Cullman First Baptist
Miss Mary Ruth Mitchell plans to marry Thomas Joseph Hagan in a 4:30 P M July 7 ceremony at Cullman First Baptist Church. Rev Andrew M Coltharp will officiate with Jo Hamilton as maid of honor and a reception at the bride's mother's home to follow.
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Mary Ruth
Mitchell
Thomas Joseph Hagan
Robert John Hagan
First Baptist Church
Cullman
Andrew M. Coltharp
Allen Hyatt
David Conrad
Birmingham
Jo Hamilton
Decatur
Nat Russell
Rossville
Georgia
Alan Burns
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Don Mitchell
William Bowling
Dan Mitchell
Judy Davis
Smallest deer found near Key West faces extinction
America's smallest deer, located in the lower Keys near Key West Florida, weighs about 35 pounds and stands under two feet at the shoulder. The National Geographic Society reports only 32 individuals remain in the wild.
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America
Lower Keys
Key West
Fla
National Geographic Society
Man Convicted Of Slaying Wife Is Given Reprieve
John J. Townsell, a 63 year old Houston county farmer, was scheduled for execution at Kilby prison for the murder of his wife Dovie Lee. Governor Gordon Persons granted an 11 week reprieve to Sept 14 while the case is reviewed during the legislative session.
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Montgomery
Ala
John J. Townsell
Houston County
Kilby
Gordon Persons
Townsell
Dovie Lee
Shirley May Allday
Ralph Knighten Returns From Tarawa Caribbean Cruise
Ralph Knighten yeoman second class USN of Garden City has returned from a Caribbean cruise aboard the aircraft carrier Tarawa. The Tarawa, recommissioned Feb 3, 1951, began a shakedown to train the crew. Calls were made at Guantanamo City Cuba and Port au Prince Haiti. The ship now lies in drydock at Portsmouth Va undergoing minor repairs.
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Ralph Knighten
Yeoman
USN
Garden City
U. S
Caribbean
Guantanamo City
Cuba
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Annual barbecue set for July 26 at Belle Mina
The county Farm Bureau announces its annual membership barbecue will be held July 26 at the Belle Mina experiment station. Maid of Cotton will be chosen that day. Funeral services for M E Wooten were held in Bloomington Indiana.
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County Farm Bureau Organization
Belle Mina Experiment Station
Bloomington
Ind
M. E. Wooten
Athens College
Indiana University
Wooten
Athens
Employment Up In Huntsville Area On Defense Boom
Huntsville Alabama June 27 employment in the Huntsville area has risen about 6000 in the past year due to the Redstone arsenal defense buildup. Non agricultural employment increased from 11100 in June 1950 to about 17200 in June 1951 with ongoing demand for skilled and semi skilled workers including plumbers machinists and electricians.
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Huntsville
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
John E. Worland
State Employment Service
Worland
Charles P Elrod Serves Aboard USS Stribling In Mediterranean Fleet Exercises
Gunner's mate third class Charles P Elrod of 600 Sixth Ave East Cullman serves aboard destroyer USS Stribling in the sixth fleet. The fleet completed two months of exercises in the Mediterranean including a mock amphibious landing on Malta and now makes liberty calls along the French and Italian Riviera.
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Charles P. Elrod
USN
Sixth Ave
East Cullman
Stribling
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Malta
Riviera
Kilgo Completes Electronics Tech School at Great Lakes
Preston H. Kilgo seaman first class from Cullman has graduated from the electronics technician school at the U. S. naval training center in Great Lakes Illinois. He studied maintenance and repair of radar radio sonar and other electronics equipment used in communications detection and ranging systems.
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Preston H. Kilgo
Seaman
USN
Cullman
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Henry VIII Beheads Two Queens and Reigns Thirty Eight Years
Henry VIII executed two of his six queens. He died at age fifty six after a reign of thirty eight years.
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Henry VIII
Athens Housing Authority to open bids for 100 low rent units
Bids totaling about one million dollars will be opened at 2 P M Wednesday by Athens Housing Authority officials for construction of 100 low rental housing units with required labor and materials. Seventy units are planned for white families and thirty for Negro families with separate locations in North Athens and Village View.
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Athens Housing Authority
Athens
Village View
Former PMA official named Limestone agency head
G F Bishop, former county Production and Marketing Administration chief, succeeds Luther Woodroof as head of the agency in Limestone. Bishop, a native of Gadsden, has recently been working with PMA in Texas.
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G. F. Bishop
County
Luther Woodroof
Limestone
Bishop
Gadsden
PMA
Texas
First Cotton Blooms Reported in Limestone County
Agricultural workers report the first cotton blooms of 1951 in Limestone County with initial blooms found in the southern areas this week.
Oakdale Tour Planned With Reid Cedar Hill Guests
Farm people in the Oakdale community plan a neighborhood tour for July 17 inviting residents from Reid and Cedar Hill areas and business leaders supporting local improvement efforts.
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Oakdale
Reid and
Cedar
Hill
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