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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1958

Page

33

Princess Theater Teams With Cancer Society in Film Drive

The American Cancer Society and Princess Theater present The Other City an educational documentary shown all week. City residents and local Cancer Society cooperate to highlight seven cancer danger signals through real people and simple natural imagery in a hopeful appeal to viewers.

American Cancer Society Princess Theater Cancer Society The Princess Peyton Place

THAT'S EARL BROTHER- Strange Talk At Swank 21

In New York Pat Boone dining at Swank 21 jokes about a post college career in music and films as he nears his 24th birthday. He recalls studying Greek and chamber music and plans to read music further while weighing Hollywood moves with wife Shirley and manager Jack Spina.

Earl Wilson New York Pat Boone Pat Swank 21 Bing Crosby ABC Columbia New Jersey Hollywood Shirley Jack Spina Spyros Skouras 20Th Century- Fox Jimmy Durante Broadway Alan Jay Lerner Nat (King) Cole L.A Sugar Ray Robinson Errol Flynn Africa CBS Cabin In the Sky Sammy Davis Jr Alan Freed Brussels George Raft Sophia Loren London

Whitworth Rites Today at Mt Hope Church

Mrs Jessie Whitworth of Athens died in Decatur Friday at 11 45 a m Funeral services set for today at 2 p m Mt Hope Church of Christ Lawrence County with Bro Billy Norris officiating Burial will be in Mt Hope Cemetery Spry Funeral Home Athens directing Surviving son J L Whitworth Decatur daughters Bessie Holliman Guy Steenson C H Hurst 11 grandchildren

Athens Jessie Whitworth 8Th Ave Decatur Mt. Hope Church of Christ Lawrence County Mt. Hope Cemetery Spry Funeral Home Billy Norris J. L. Whitworth Bessie Holliman Guy Steenson C. H. Hurst Moulton Whitworth Church of Christ Mt. Hope Church

Busy Cyril Ritchard to direct Broadway project next fall

The theater star Cyril Ritchard has been invited to supervise a Broadway production for next fall titled The Pleasure of His Company with Cornalia Otis Skinner. He is currently touring Visit to a Small Planet and has commitments in La Perichole and a London import For Amusement Only set for December.

New York Cyril Ritchard Cornalia Otis Skinner Ritchard London

Mayflower Vessel Had 101 Passengers and 48 Crew in 1620

The Mayflower carried 101 passengers and 48 crew members on its 1620 departure from England. This voyage marked the beginning of a pivotal settlement era in North American history.

England

Hightower Campaign Ad Noted in Alabama

The text references a political advertisement from Quenton S. Hightower of Hartselle Alabama urging voters to choose his campaign. It mentions education background including Auburn Athens College George Peabody College and a World War II Marine service. The slogan Knowledge is Power appears in the ad.

Auburn Athens College

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