Morgan County Tigers Build Confidence For Tough 1963 Schedule
Morgan County High School football coach Cain reports a strong spring showing led by quarterback Mike Simpson and backs Wendell Blankenship and Tommie Hobbie. He calls 1963 the toughest schedule yet, dropping Arab and Rogersville and adding Sheffield and Guntersville after a 7-3 season in 1962. The Tigers open at Crtogshort on Sept 6 and play Falkville, Athens, Deshler, Sheffield, Guntersville, and Moulton on the road or at home through Nov 8.
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Mike Simpson
Wendell Blankenship
Tommie Hobbie
Paul Parker
Frank Parker
Jimmy Wallace
Jerry Thompson
Charles Yarbrough
Kenneth Stockton
Stanley Cash
Jimmy Yarbrough
Wayne Ryker
Buddy Glasscock
James Brown
David Wallace
Phillip James
Sims
Richard Grammer
Don Gibson
Freddie Glasgow
Doug Street
Cain
Morgan County
Arab
Rogersville
Sheffield
Guntersville
Tigers
Hartselle
Crtogshort
Falkville
Athens
Decatur
Deshler
Hanceville
Russellville
Moulton
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny song history
The piece notes that Carry Me Back to Old Virginny was a hit song released in 1888, highlighting its enduring place in American music history and its early popularity.
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Old Virginny
Hints From Heloise on Hearth and Household Tricks
Reader tips cover dampening ashes to reduce dust in wood fires and lining a box with newspaper for cleanup. Other ideas include preserving rubber gloves by hanging, neatly storing extension cards, soaking blankets with ammonia during wash, and lemon-juice odor removal for fried fish.
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Heloise
Joan
Rookie Bateman Emerges As Colts Catcher Prospect
John Bateman, 20, Houston Colts rookie catcher from Killeen Texas, earns praise from manager Harry Craft and scouts comparing his arm to Hartnett and Lombardi. He may become No. 1 catcher, competing with Hal Smith Jim Campbell and Dave Adlesh while proving he can handle the jump from Class C to the majors.
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Junction, Ariz
John Bateman
Houston Colts
Ernie Lombardi
Gabby Hartnett
Harry Craft
Colts
Bill Dickey
Walker Cooper
Cleveland
Walter Shannon
Killeen
Tex
Bateman
Harry
Eagle Eyes
Moulton Red Devils close spring drills with intra squad game
Moulton High School coach Henry Hicks lauds spring effort as 14 lettermen return from the 1962 Red Devils squad that went 2 7. Key players include Naylor Parker Hood Jacobs Cameron Bean and Richardson among others. Schedule lists Rogersville Cherokee Scottsboro and Central as upcoming road and home games.
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Allison Smith
Roger Naylor
Raymond Other
Bobby Whitlock
Billy Posey
Roger Weatherwax
Don Long
Ronald Gillespie
Drennen Rutherford
Gary Henry
Wayne Ellis
Don Naylor
Jack Bean
Pascal Proctor
Ronald Thrasher
Dear Shelton
Tommy Cameron
Paul Montgomery
Bryan Henderson
Donald Hagood
Art Slaton
David Woodall
James Richardson
Charlie Terry
Dwight Parker
Dallis Letson
Walter Kirksey
Ricky Burns
Stanley Sivley
Edward Smith
Hicks
Naylor
Parker
Moulton
Hood
Ronald Clark
Larry Jacobs
Holt Hardin
Don Austin
Rogersville
Cherokee
Centralhome
Scottsboro
Wallace urges local school help in education financing
Gov. George Wallace told the Alabama Association of School Boards that state resources are limited and more local effort is needed to fund schools. He promised a fight in a planned special legislative session and said the program targets a segregated system while assuring existing institutions would receive aid.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Wallace
Alabama Association of School Boards
Legistate
Alabama
Falkville Homecoming Set For Apr 18 at High School
Falkville High School announces homecoming on April 18 in the school auditorium. Former students and interested residents are urged to attend with a dinner served from 5 to 7 p.m. Dinner tickets cost 1.25 dollars for adults and 0.75 dollars for students.
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Falkville
Falkville High School
Local sports schedule lists games for fall season
Want ads show a sequence of football games with locations including Athens home on Sept 27 Cullman away Oct 4 Leighton home Oct 11 Haleyville home Oct 18 Muscle Shoals home Oct 25 open Nov 1 and Hartselle away Nov 8.
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Athens
Cullman
Leightonhome
Haleyville
Muscle Shoals
Hartselleaway
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