Infant Eye Removed for Study in Hope to Save Vision
Baby Helaine Colan underwent the left eye removal to halt a retinal tumor and preserve the right eye. Ten doctors approved the procedure as the only chance against fatal spread to the brain. The infant, mother Estelle and father Herman Colan faced a tense night as radiologists and laboratories prepared further tests.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Helaine
Robert H. Good
Good
Norris Hershman
Estelle Colan
Herman Colan
A. E. Abramowitz
Kidnapped playwright Garry Page fuels suspense in London
Barbara learns Garry Page, a Broadway playwright, has been abducted for a $100 000 ransom. The gang seeks his manuscript as leverage while police and paper executives fear for his life. Garry writes under pressure, calculating risks as his captors finalize plans.
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Barbara
Ray
Garry Page
Wenda
Guy
Garry
Girl with One Eye Prays for Chicago Infant
Thirteen year old Ruth Clarke of Worchester Mississippi recalls losing an eye ten years ago to a glioma operation. She prays for the Chicago infant Helaine Colan to save the baby’s other eye and hopes her right eye will be as good as hers. Ruth’s father, Inald Clarke, notes his child’s optimistic tone and active school life as she nears graduation.
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Worchester
Miss
Ruth Clarke
Helaine Colan
Chicago
Ruth
Inald Clarke
John E. Rice
Service Schedule Announced Today by Southside Baptist Church
The Southside Baptist Church released its service schedule today indicating a Wednesday evening service this week. The notice emphasizes midweek worship times and confirms church activities for the current week.
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Southside Baptist Church
Baptist Pastors Scheduled for Midweek and Sunday Services
Senior B Y P U leads midweek services while Rev Hoyt Vasser preaches Sunday morning and Rev George Downs in the evening. Next Wednesday Rev I W Myers will deliver a sermon on Baptists and Their Relations to the People of the Earth and report on the Baptist convention in Richmond Virginia.
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Hoyt Vasser
George Downs
I. W. Myers
Richmond
Weekend Visits and a Born Baby in Ohio Patrol
A column of neighborhood visits lists families from Forrest Chapel to Neel and Decatur with weekend guests and daytime calls. In Columbus a woman ran to officers for help as a baby was born in a patrol car during a Berkley city drive. Dona Gail is named for Edward and Carrie Jones’s grandchild.
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Columbus
Robert Bradfield
al Cooper
Berkley
Connie West
Edward Jones
Dona Gail
Coffer Speakman
Ernest
Ora Mae
Petway Roberts
Dosis’ and
Willodene
Bethel
Earl Wilcut
Baby
Birmingham
L. H. Higdon
Old Romance Flare Anew In North Bergen NJ
Feideo Tartara and Madeline Avena, once separated by war and years of travel, plan to remarry in North Bergen after a long reunion arc. He served three years in Italy’s mountains while she divorced and moved back to North Bergen before resuming hope of a life together.
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North Bergen
N. J
Feideo Tartara
Madeline Avena
St. Bridget Catholic Church
James D. McCabe
Frideo
Maceline
Union City
Frances Deltiano
Egideo
Fool's Holiday Put on by Lawrence County Seniors
The Lawrence County High School Senior 3 class presents the comedy drama Fool's Holiday on Wednesday night May 11 at eight in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Jed Bradley Price McLemore Tom Bradley Joe Free Clark Masters John Woodruff Tony Drew Cecil Caine Mrs Bradley Beatrice Ledbetter Thelma Bradley Gurley Del Blaxton Bonnie Belloirs Alice Grace McWhorter Myra Haviland Marie Ellis Grandma Haviland Panzle Legg.
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Lawrence County High School
Jed Bradley
Price McLemore
Tom Bradley
Joe Free
Clark Masters
Tom
John Woodruff
Tony Drew
Bradley
Cecil] Caine
Mrs. Bradley
Beatrice Ledbetter
Thelma Bradley
Gurley del Blaxton
Bonnie Belloirs
Thelma
Ailse Grace McWhorter
Myra Haviland
Berry Picker
Marie Ellis
Grandma Haviland
Myra
Panzle Legg
Falkville Farmers Present Comedy When a Man Turries
The Falkville Farmers chapter stages a three act comedy titled When a Man Turries on Friday night May 13. The Black person choir of Hartselle will perform songs between acts and after the play as a special attraction.
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Falkville Farmers Chapter
Hartselle
Stone laying ceremony announced for new building
The project is under construction but is scheduled for completion in time to host a stone laying ceremony. Local officials confirm plans and timeline for the ceremonial event.
Davis Heads State Group
John D. Davis of Decatur elected president of the Ronded Warehousemen's Association at a one day Tuscaloosa convention. New officers include J. B. Barnett and Frances Hoyle reelected. new directors include W. K. Mullins E. S. Basett B. Kelly H. C. McConnell and Sam G. Swaim. Delegates heard remarks from C. A. Bertel Gordon D. Palmer and Joe A. Duckworth. Gadsden invited for 1939 but decision postponed.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
John D. Davis
Decatur
Davis
W. K. Mullins
J. B. Barnett
Monroeville
Dent
Gordon D. Palmer
Joe A. Duckworth
Gadsden
Board of Directors
Ninth Street Methodist Church Service Class Meeting
The Ninth Street Methodist service class met at Fairview in Mrs. R. D. Compton’s home Friday at 7 30 pm. Mrs. L. G. Smith presided. A song Faith of Our Mothers was sung and Mothers Day readings were given by Mrs. Spearman Mrs. Otto Biles and Mrs. Kelley Watson. The discussion included old and new business followed by prayer. Hostess served sandwiches cake candy and chocolate soda. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Kelley Watson’s Fairview home.
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Ninth Street Methodiat Church
R. D. Compton
Fairview
L. G. Smith
Spearman
Otto Biles
Kelley Watson
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Neel
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J. P. Roberts
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Loretta Young
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Riverside High School
Future Homemakers Association
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Miss Emens
FHA
Virginia LaBoon
Samuel B. Adams
Alabama Masons
Masonic Hall
Town Creek
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Town Creek Masons
North Alabama
Phone 305
Fite Drug CO
Roy Fite
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