Mountaineer Tefferteller Hoots at City Square Dance
Fire engines roar and sirens wail as Ralph Tefferteller known as Teffy leads a Tennessee style square dance call in Greenwich Village during a benefit tour for Monteagle’s High Lander Folk School. The crowd roars with each shout while police and fire engines race past seeking a riot. The mountaineers head to Baltimore then Washington on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger D. Greene
New York
Big Smoky
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Ralph Tefferteller
Teffy
Highlander Folk School
Monteagle
Tenn
Greenwich Village
Baltimore
Washington
Local Happenings in Somerville and Nearby Towns
Mrs Ochis Campbell and infant returned with Mr Campbell to Chatanooga. A M Peck and Howell Turney of Decatur visited. Born to Mr and Mrs Howard Barber an eleven pound son on April 22. Mother and baby well at route one. Miss Kittie Ransom visited with Maggie Ransom and returned home. Dr Peck Mrs Mary Peck and A M Peck went to Hartselle on business. A M Dunaway in Hartselle. Mr and Mrs Carl Patterson of Decatur attended to business in Somerville. A D Sample of Hartselle visited briefly. R L Henderson and son Royal and J M Smith of West Somerville in Cullinary on business. Ms John Smith spent Wednesday in Decatur. Mr and Mrs Louis Turney and Mr and Mrs J E Lee Jr of Decatur visited with the Smiths. Mrs Annie Black and her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Carl Patterson
Decatur
A. D. Sample
R. L. Henderson and Son
Royal
J. M. Smith
West Somerville
Cullinary
John Smith
Louis Turney
J. E. Lee, Jr
Annie Black
Child Health Day Emphasized by Morgan County Health Officer
Morgan County Health Officer Dr L R Murphree urges May Day as Child Health Day to boost preventive care for children. He cites infant death rates and preventable illnesses, urges clinics, vaccinations, and early treatment to prepare children for school and reduce future health costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
L. R. Murphree
M. D
Robert Louis Stevenson
Health Department
Massey
Massey School
Munster Tent City Rule Faces Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana high court will decide whether Munster may bar tourists and trailer families from staying more than 30 days. Village attorney M Elliott Belshaw defended the ordinance as constitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Court of Indiana
Indianapolis
Munster
Indiana
M. Elliott Belshaw
WPA Workers Given Holiday to Vote in Area One
More than 6000 WPA employees in area one were given a holiday on election day by R Shepherd area supervisor so they could vote. Of these 758 WPA workers are in Morgan county. Madison county has 1300 WPA payrolls making Morgan county the next largest. Area one includes Morgan Madison Limestone Lawrence Cullman Colbert Jackson Franklin and Lauderdale counties.
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Area One
R. Shepherd
Morgan County
Madison County
Morgan, Madison
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman, Colbert
Jackson
Franklin and
Lauderdale
Randolph Named AAA Officer in Charge in Alabama
Washington May 3 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced the appointment of Walter L Randolph of Auburn Alabama as administrative officer in charge in Alabama. He becomes assistant director of the southern division replacing I W Duggan who was named director. The division covers South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Fred R Merrifield of Stillwater Oklahoma was designated to represent the southern division in the crop insurance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Walter L. Randolph
Auburn
Ala
AAA
Alabama
Randolph
I. W. Duggan
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Fred R. Merrifield
Stillwater
Okla
Massey School Trip And PTA Officers Noted
Morgan County coverage records a Massey School bus trip visiting Wheeler Dam Wilson Dam Helen Keller home and Joe Wheeler home with 7:20 pm return. PTA elected officers Mrs Clyde Maples president Mrs Merlie Owen vice president and Mrs Hance Hardwick secretary treasurer with post meeting ice cream and cake.
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Hk. O. Camp
Faye Self Hulksey
Mary Woodruff
Huptselle
Massey School
Cowboy
Bill
E Massey
Wheeler Dam
Wilson Dam
Wilson
Helen Keller
Sheffield
Joe Wheeler
Clyde Maples
Merlie Owen
Hance Hardwick
Raymon Minter
Seldon Kilpatrick
Dannie Penn
Onie Penn
Edith Teague
Herman Owen
Melba
Billy
Hartselle
Labern Parker
FBI Agent Dies After Danville Gun Battle
William R. Ramsey 34, an FBI agent, died from four bullet wounds at Lakeview Hospital after a showdown at the home of Joe Earlywine, who allegedly opened fire. Sheriff Harry George led Illinois and Indiana troopers in the pursuit. a son Virgil and a youth injured in the exchange were treated, with Ramsey's mother en route from Seattle.
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Danville
William R. Ramsey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indiana
Lakeview Hospital
Willam BR. Ramsey, Sr
Seattle
Harry George
Illinois
Joe Earlywine
Lapel
Ind
Barlywine
Parlywine
Virgil
Ramsey
Jessup
Indiana State Police
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By Gen Aker
Sali
Drake
Francis Drake
Somerville
W. H. Winton
Novel Miller
Myrtle Miller
C. P. Johnston
American Cleaners
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph CO
M. Elliott Belshaw Foe
Margaret Bourke-White
Miss Bourke-White
Ralph Martin
New York World's Fairgrounds
Harry C. King
America
Columbia Network
Benny Goodman
B.S.T
B.C.S.T
C. S.T
M. S.T
Vertner Hatton
Floyd Smither
J. Reynolds
WPA
W. M. Woodruff
Oda Sandhni
Joe
Lois Dutton
Marie
Mia
Bill Woodruff
Louise
Nina Faye Blackwood
Hartaselle
Farmer J. FE. Jessup
Anderson
South
J. BK. Jessup
Guilford County
North Carolina
Edgar A. Anderson
Central Press
FBI
North Alabama
Moulton Street
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