Blind Bob the Bartender Guides Ghost Town Tour
In Virginia City Montana Blind Bob Gohn once lost his eyes in the mines and now runs a tavern and store while claiming to be the West’s only sightless bartender. The once bustling Alder Gulch mining camp draws tourists as Charles Bovey revives the old town, with about 100000 visitors last year.
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Hal Boyle
Virginia City
Mont
Justice of the Peace
Bob” Gohn
Rod” Andeasant
Montana
Alder Gulch
Charles Bov
Bovey
Blind Bob
George Gohn
Montana’ Territory
Agnes Baggett Wins Alabama Secretary of State Primary
Mrs Agnes Baggett led the Democratic primary with 106 408 votes followed by Mrs Mary J Thompson 66 294 and Ben Hudson 64 431. Thompson said she would not enter a runoff if final figures kept her in second place. House veteran Sybil Pool earlier broke barriers as first woman elected to a state constitutional office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Sybil Pool
State House of Representatives
Marengo County
Agnes Baggett
Secretary of States Office
Blind Bob Keeps Court On Tombstone Hill Mining Town
Blind Bob, Justice of the Peace in a sparsely populated mining town, recalls 1864 vigilante hangings on Cemetery Hill and dreams of a mother lode. Tourists bring brief prosperity while two mines run. locals sustain by mining tradition and memory of Montana’s territorial days. He jokes about misheard money and a troublesome jukebox behind the tavern bar.
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Cemetery Hill
Blind Bob
Bob
Mother Lode
Virginia City
Montana
Milk Scalding Tip: Watch for Edges to Form Small Beads
Heat milk gently and stop as beads or bubbles appear around the pan edges. This signals just before boiling, preserving texture and flavor.
Local Cruisers Sign For Cruise
Two local cabin cruisers are among 45 entered in the third annual Tennessee Valley Ho Cruise a tour dubbed the Great Lakes of the South Commodore Emmett S Newton of Chattanooga will lead the event Leonard Moody head of the local Coast Guard Auxiliary flotilla enters the 25 foot Betty Ann John White former Yacht Club president joins his 33 foot Irma The 645 mile voyage starts June 19 at Paducah Kentucky ends June 28 in Knoxville They reach Decatur June 24 After Knoxville the group takes an overland bus trip through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park The S S Gordon C Greene will sail June 17 from Nashville with 150 passengers Other North Alabama boats entered include Pollyfran IV Ponder Point Bubba Wallon III Cornelia Lochinvar and more Persons and boats listed with owners from Anniston Cullman Birmingham and Albertville.
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Great Lakes
South
Emmett S. Newton
Chattanooga
Leonard Moody
Coast Guard
John White
Yacht Club
Owens
Paducah
Knoxville
Decatur
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
S. S. Gordon C. Greene
Nashville Tennessean
Nashville
Cullman
Wallon, III
Chris-Craft
W. P. DeBardeleben
Birmingham
Cornelia
Chris- Craft
D. M. Ouster
Lochinvar
Thomas E. Orr
Albertville
Eighth Graders Tour Wilson Wheeler Dams and Museums
Weary but happy forty three eighth graders toured Wilson and Wheeler Dams Rogers Hall museum Florence State Teachers College and the Annie Wheeler home on a six hour trip. They left from Decatur Transit at 12 30 PM and returned about 6 PM. Mrs Hanson reported the trip on Saturday.
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Wilson and Wheeler
Rogers Hall
Florence State Teachers College
Helen Keller
Annie Wheeler
A. T. Hanson
Strong
Mrs. Hanson
Decatur
Yale
Harvard
Unprecedented Move Elevates Major Odom to Wing Director
Major William E Odom Pr 32 year old Decatur native named 2nd bombardment wing director of operations at Chatham AFB Savannah Ga He directs operations and training to build a combat ready unit He is a statistician training officer navigator radar operator and bombardier married Bonnie Belle Larson Alliances Neb Paul age 2 serves as unique observer in wing operations and training role in the Air Force
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U. S. Air Force
William E. Odom
Decatur
2Nd Bombardment Wing
Chatham Afb
Savannah
Odom
Major Odom
Bonnie Belle Larson
Alliance
Nebraska
Paul
Execution Stays For Two Negroes Issued by Folsom
Gov. James E. Folsom granted stays of execution to two condemned Black men. Jim Arrington of Cren shaw county and Lonnie James Ball of Calhoun county were due to die in Kilby Prison electric chair May 12. The reprieves extend to June 16 to allow legal appeals and clemency proceedings.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Jim Arrington
Crenshaw County
Lonnie James Ball
Calhoun County
Kilby
Prison
Record attendance projected for Alabama Conference of Social Work
Montgomery May 6 official say advance registration points to a record turnout for the Alabama Conference of Social Work May 25 27 Bess Adams chair of the finance and membership committee estimates four hundred to five hundred delegates expected to attend.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Conference of Social Work
Bess Adams
MacLane Sees Film Stars Like To Leave Town
Hollywood star Barton MacLane, famed for mobster roles, visits to film Jimmy Cagney in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye then plans to return to his Madera California cattle ranch. He argues actors need hard physical work and sidelines to stay active and happy, noting war years steered his shift to ranching.
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Hollywood
Barton MacLane
MacLane
Madera
Calif
Fresno
Jimmy Cagney
Palm Springs
Sun Valley
Man Poised to Gross 20000 From Annual Heifer Yield
The speaker notes a plan that yields 100 heifers annually, each worth 200 dollars, potentially grossing 20000 dollars per year. The tax arrangement allows more earnings to be saved, boosting net gains.
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Fairview
John J. van Gorder
Dr. van Groder
G. Covell Keenum
Chambrays — Ginghams
Gray Clothing CO
Ine
Folsom
Arrington
Ball
Oxford
Loyd’s
Onus
Grocery
W. Moulton Street
Dillehay
Grant
Bud
Pettey
Ferry Street
Sherwin
WILEY
Sherwin-Williams
SWP
Cory
Suemwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Johnston Street
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