Danville Graduation Exercises Highlight Sea Voyage Theme
Danville High School holds commencement activities starting May 1 with a May Day pageant. On May 6 at 8:00 p.m. the class will stage a sea voyage themed night with Freeman Smith as captain. Sixty students are listed for diplomas and awards, including Louise Hunter and Freeman Smith for citizenship and Grace Poole and Hollis McAbee for I Dare You books.
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Danville High School
Freeman Smith
Armuline
Louise Hunter
Ellen Stephenson
Auld Lang Syne
Charles Pickens
Louise Poole
Mealy Osborn
Olene Brown
Dorothy Rogers
Mabel Prince
Grace Poole
Hollis McAbee
Danforth Foundation
Lois Asherbranner
Nealy Osborn
Lucien Puckett
Physical Education Department
Sara Langston
Fine Banquet at Danville FFA and FHA
The Danville FFA and FHA held their annual father son mother daughter banquet with a program led by toastmaster John Huie Ellis and hostess Dorothy White. It featured talks on farming economics food preservation and animal husbandry including Dairy Cows Beef Cattle Poultry Hogs Sheep and Soil Improvement. Bankers and plant representatives attended and the event was described as highly educational and instructive.
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Danville F. F. A
John Huie Ellis
Dorothy White
Virginia Reel
Ima Roger
Philip Stroup
Frances Brown
Edgbert Poole
Mavis McCaghren
Paul Walker
Joyce McCaghren
Joe Arsborne
Serline- Poole
Milford Fields
Martha Lindsey
Freeman Smith
Helen Teague
Leonard Sterling
Cheese Plant and Packing Plant
Soldiers must write mother notes for Mother’s Day entry
In Fort Ontario New York on May 3 soldiers of the 368th coast artillery regiment must send a card or letter to their mothers to gain entry to the mess hall on May 8 under orders from Col. Ghauncey M. Hooper. The tradition ties Mother's Day observance to dining privileges.
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368Th Coast Artillery Regiment
Ghauncey M. Hooper
Soldier offers rewards after Garand rifle range score
Lieut Merle S Bennet posted a score of 254 out of 300 on the rifle range with a new Garand and offered $1 to anyone who could beat him He has spent 20 dollars and about half the company has not yet fired their rounds encouraging others to try for the high mark at Camp Robinson Arkansas May 3.
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Ocamp Robinson
Ark
Merle S. Bennet
America
Selby Maxwell
Williams Named Athens City Treasurer After Bank President Death
T. E. Williams cashier of Limestone County Bank has been elected city treasurer of Athens to succeed the late A. B. McWilliams, bank president, who held the post at his death.
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Athens
Ala
T. E. Williams
Limestone County Bank
A. B. McWilliams
Honeymoon Golo by PEGG
Natalie and Brooks Marchbanks wed and tour Halcyon Island, a famed honeymoon retreat, while a murder taints the backstory. Natalie befriends Coralie Simpson, a factory worker, and learns of Johnny’s smuggler-linked plans. The couple contemplates delaying their return to Paris.
Stockyards Boost Athens Industry With Weekly Sales
Athens and Limestone County stockyards drive the area’s largest North Alabama cattle market. Hector French’s Stockyards conduct Thursday public sales and Limestone County Stockyards run Tuesdays. A recent Chris tpher yard sale topped 14 078 dollars in cattle and animals, led by 52 head bought by Florence Packing Company at about 10.95 cents per pound.
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Athens
Ala
Alabama
Hector French
Limestone County
Jack Christopher
Christopher
D. G. Foster
Huntsville
Florence Packing Company
Island Honeymoon Plans and Love Debates
Natalie and Brooks travel to a hotel after a hospital visit. She packs a trousseau for Coralie and Johnny. Brooks taunts her belief in love while recounting Halcyon Island and past schemes. Natalie questions marriage as they discuss romance and social worlds.
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Sympsis Tom
Betsy Forman
Talcyon Island
Jordan Markham
Markham
United States
Natalie Schuyler
Brooks Marchbanks
Natalie
Brooks
Johnny
Halcyon Island
Coralie
Bia
Brooka
The Earth's Spin Shapes Sky and Spring Weather
Readers learn how Earth's rotation creates day and night and drives atmospheric patterns across latitudes. A forecast map by Prof Selby Maxwell offers spring rain predictions, while Q&A on astronomy and weather basics appears with regional Alabama weather notes and trend explanations.
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Earth
Equator
Poles
Tropics
Weather Heralds Warm Cloudy Week Favoring Britain
Five days of this week's weather will be warm and cloudy and will favor the British. Two days will be cool and clear and will favor the Axis.
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Alabama
N. W
Idle Talk Headlines Birth Record Delays in Iowa
The Iowa vital statistics division, pressed by citizenship questions for national defense, has issued rapid birth certificate copies for thousands of native Iowans. An applicant referred to the division as idle statistics, prompting matterful reaction.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Division of Vital Statistics
Lieutenant Without Rank Confusion Over Hero Named Child
In Omaha on May 3, a man named Lieutenant explains his unusual given name came from his father who admired Lt. Richmond Pearson Hobson from the Spanish American War. The father chose Lieutenant as the boy’s first name because he could not recall Hobson’s first name.
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Omaha
Hobson
Richmond Pearson Hobson
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