Athens College to Stage Little Women May 8 at McCandless Hall
Athens College begins ticket sales for the Senior class play Little Women to be staged Friday night May 8 in McCandless Hall. The four act drama features Miss Thelma Goodwin directing with a cast including Paul Rudolph Atberts Elizabeth Penecost Beatrice Preston Margaret Kimbrough Dorothy Frazier Dorothy Blasingame Neely Tipton Mesers Hammon Carpenter Tom Simmons Woodrow Johnson Tom Garrison and Pauline Looney.
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Athens
Ala
Athens College
McCandless Hall
Col
Thelma Goodwin
New York
Louisa M. Algott
Miss Goodwin
Paul Rudolph
Atberts
Elizabeth Penecost
Gadsden
Beatrice Preston
Hamilton
Ohio
Margaret Kimbrough
Thomaston
Dorothy Frazier
Decatur
Dorothy Blasingame
Sheffield
Sarah
Neely Tipton
Monterez
Dallas Dispatcher Quiets Own Dog by Routine Broadcast
Police radio dispatcher Max Moore gave frequent orders to quiet barking dogs until a neighbor complained last night. The nuisance was Moore's own dog, whose endless yelping woke the neighborhood.
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Dallas
Max Moore
Moore
Do Stars Vary in Composition According to Some Text
The article notes seasons arise from the sun’s distance and angle to Earth, with winter when the sun is closer by about three million miles and summer from near overhead rays and short nights that extend heat. It then asks whether stars vary in composition.
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Northern Hemisphere
Athens items show district conference events and social visits
The Decatur district Methodist conference met in Athens April 30 to May 1 with about 250 delegates on day one and 150 on day two. Talks by Rev. Patterson Davenport and others followed endowment discussions at Athens College. A TVA co op event featured a film and club plays, plus a home tour and garden tea for 200 members.
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Decatur
the Methodist Church
Athens
L. D. Patterson
G. M. Davenport
L. G. Sturdivant
E. R. Naylor
Athens College
Woman's Missionary Society
Annie Pepper Williams
I. V. Legg
Paul Rudolph
K. L. Rudolph
Mildred Rudolph
Local Social News Highlights Moulton Visitations and Campaign Talk
Mil waukee visitor Opal Judy returns home from a visit with parents Mr and Mrs O L Judy. Bernard Wade takes a new job with A P company in Columbus Ga. Several residents plan returns from Louisville and Birmingham trips. John Woodruff recovers from appendicitis and leaves Irwin Dyar Hospital. Local events include a Methodist revival opening and campaign speeches by John Sparkman and Bob Simpson.
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Milwaukee
Wis
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Bernard Wade
A. J. Wade
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Columbus
L. B. Cropper
Louisville
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Irwin-Dyar Hospital
R. L. Counts
Moulton
H. E. Weatherwax
J. E. Aldridge
Town Creek
Birmingham
W. V. Wright
Russellville
Alabama
J. Barkley
State Convict Department
Littrell Hardware Company
John Sparkman
Huntsville
Congress
Edward N. Almon
State
Montgomery
Spen
Clark Hodging
J. C. Weatherwax
Mattie Fae Counts
Mt Hope
R. C. Jackson
Bob Simpson
Congr
J. Kirk Howell
W. R. Jackson
H. H. Barton
Tuscumbia
Morris Richardson
Courtland Road
Highsmith
Ambu- Hollis Smith
Elizabeth ‘Counts
Mt. Hope
W. H. Marsh
J. A. Gilchrist
Einer
F. E. Farley
Juniors Promote Safety Council Delegates Report
The Junior Safety Council of Junior High School sent two delegates, Jack Tankersley and Edith Mae Schimmel, to Birmingham for the A. E. A. trip. They reported back to the class after a successful amateur hour fund raiser in the school chapel. The group meets in room five each Monday for debates and current events led by Lowell Thomas.
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Junior Safety Council of Junior High School
Birmingham
Jack Tankersley
Edith Mae Schimmel
Junior Safety Council
Chapel of Junior High School
Junior Safety
Lowell Thomas
D. Graham
Fannie Mae Street
Albert Weaver
Billy Hoppers
Edith Young
Mable Green
Billy Walter
Harvey Farrish
A. G. Campbell
Warren Sherrow
Kathryn Timberlake
Marvin McClusky
B. E. Wear
William Samuels
Baburn Halbrooks
Mildred Lively
Jack Fite
Jessie Wilson Howland
Janie Ruth Sheffield
Geraldine Ashe
Virginia Osborne
Munsey MacGlathery
Cedar Creek News Notes including Peace Holmes Wedding
The Cedar Creek item reports the marriage of Miss Lela Peace to Mr Woodrow Holmes at the Morgan county courthouse in Decatur on Saturday April 25. It lists local visitors and residents, notes Cora Holmes recovering from flu, and announces Decoration Day on May 10 with a cemetery cleanup meeting May 7 and a Mothers Day program to be announced.
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Cedar Creek
Death Plot Narrative Delays Alabama Execution
Governor Bibb Graves and the state pardon board consider the claim that a condemned Black man was forced into a plan to kill a white man, claiming accidental death of a conspirator. Tom Perkins of Monroe County received a two week reprieve to allow Attorney General Carmichael to review the tale before his May 8 Kilby Prison execution for the slaying of Clifton McNeil.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
State Pardon Board
Tom Perkins
Monroe County
Graves
A. A. Carmichael
Clifton McNeil
Texas
Governor and Pardon Board
McNeill
Marvin Owens
Owens
McNeil
Georgiana
Monroe
Kilby
Escaped convict tied to court case remains unnamed
Prison records show the man escaped from a camp in 19 camp while serving a burglary sentence and was taken to the supreme court. his story was only published yesterday.
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Supreme Court
Railroad Leader Charles P. Jackson Dies at 71
Charles P. Jackson, 71, prominent railroad man, died in Birmingham after an extended illness. A Florence, Alabama native, he served for years as secretary of the Alabama Railroad Commission and had been with the Mobile & Ohio Railroad for 38 years at the time of his death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles P. Jackson
Jackson
Florence
Alabama Railroad Commission
Alabama Public Service Commission
Mobile &Ohio Railroad
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