Three Constitutions Amended for Governor Signature
Three amendments were prepared for Governor Frank M. Dixon to sign, with two more set for final votes. Bills sent to the governor include biennial legislative sessions, a new system of pardons and parole, and allowing plea of guilty without grand jury in some felonies with probation. Other measures authorize voting machines, safe investments of trust funds, and study of legal fees. The House rejected a reapportionment bill.
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W. T. Maynor
Dixon
Judiciary Committee
House
Beck
DeKalb
New Arrivals Move Into Cozy Main Street Rooming Home
Dinah tours Lana through the Morriss house as Lana considers renting a room. Dinah explains her mother’s need to work and Dinah’s own goal to feel useful while living with an invalid chair. Lana agrees to lunch and they form a budding friendship, planning a shared future in Brighton. Jim reports a three month job starting tomorrow, and Lana imagines a welcoming home for them both.
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Mother
Dinah
Lena
Morriss
Lana
Bennett
Jim
Main Street
Brewton Tornado Strikes Brewton Alabama Injures Two
A tornado hit east Brewton Alabama around 6 am damaging a store and home under construction. Two women were injured Mrs Bolen and Mrs Bell while residents escaped death or serious injury as buildings were demolished. Aides from Alabama highway patrol and convicts from Atmore prison aided debris cleanup.
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Brewton
Ala
Bolen
Bell
Alabama Highway Patrol
Atmore
Sickness and social notes from Cullman and Corinth
Mitchell McClellan and his younger brother remain on the sick list but show improvement. Howard Ivare and family suffer from flu. Clarence Moore returns to work after a week of illness. A large singing gathering drew a cordial crowd and invites attend the fourth Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Henry Jones of Etowah county visited the McClellan family. Farmers from the area spent a weekend fishing with good reports. Wallace McClellan and Jim McClellan’s families were seen Sunday evening. Vera Freeman and Lorcan Turrentine attended singing and preaching at Querinth. Mrs J H Rigby has been ill but slightly improving. Mrs Earl Morgan visited Mrs J H Rigby. Thelma Pig and Francis Luker were guests. Mrs Pasker Evans visited Bettie Carter in Piney Grove then returned for summer with the Freeman family. A baby boy named Johnnie Edward was born to Alton Freeman on March 18. Jessie Holland and Darlas Sharp from Memphis visited Jack Holland Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell McClellan
Little Brother
Howard Ivare
Clarence Moore
Henry Jones
Etowah County
Jack McClellan
Wallace McClellan
Jim McClellan
Vera Freeman
Lorcan Turrentine
Querinth
J. H. Rigby
Earl Morgan
Thelma Pig
Francis Luker
Pasker Evans
JH. Rigby
Roy Hampton
Docie Turrentine
Bettie Carter
Piney Grove
Marvin Freeman
Alton’ Free
Athens High Students End Four Day Southern Tour
Forty five Athens High school students in two buses plus six teachers completed a four day tour visiting Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Athens
Ala
Hoyse and Girls
The
Athens High School
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Junior High School citizen ship council meets for cleanup
The Junior High School citizen ship council met in Room 6 to assign duties on bicycle stairs and ground sanitation. Members include James Holesapple Daly Faye Dobbs Mary Stuart Terrell Ann McEntire Naomi Bryant Jane Bethany Arthur Parker Florence Lovelace Clyta Gray Pitta. The grounds committee leads a daily cleanup to remove paper and prevent future litter.
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Citizenship Council
James Holesapple
Daly
Faye Dobbs
Mary Stuart Terrell
Ann McEntire
Naomi Bryant
Jane Bethany
Arthur Parker
Florence Lovelace
Clyta Gray Pitta
Touring points through Alabama and Louisiana region
The voyage continued through Alabama and nearby areas with stops in Birmingham Montgomery Tuscaloosa Mobile Gulfport Biloxi New Orleans and Pensacola last weekend.
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Florida
Birmingham
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Gulfport
Biloxi
New Orleans
Pensacola
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Gatttsens
Tue Daily
Brighton
Ruth Ray Kane
Gen Aker
ARKUM
Frog Swamp
Murphy High Thespians
Wos Aktu Gine
Murphy High School
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Ralph Holmes
Gloria Bridgewater
Jack Plannagan
Mary Lee Tibor
Edwin Zilnicker
Doris Smothers
Louise K. Hamil
Cullman County
Corinth
Johnnie Edward
Jessie Holland
Darlas Sharp
Memphis, Tenn
Jack Holland
Tuck
Speake, Warren
Ratliff
Decatur’s
Alee Ster
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