Cotaco Plans An Operetta At School Auditorium
The Cotaco elementary school will present an operetta The Wedding Of The Flowers at the school auditorium Friday night May 13 at 7 30. The cast features student roles including Jonquils Roses Sun Flowers Dandelions Rainbow Fairies blue bells and more with numerous student performers listed by name and role.
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Cotaco
Jonquils
Peggy -Jean Callins
Patsy Campbell
Roses
Lynda Pence
Darthy Kay Owens
Betty Ray
George
Dora Sanders
Julia Ann Dunaway
Mildred Bar
Frances Fowley
Alin’ Wigginton
Katy Lou Jennings
Betty Burgess
Wilma Jean’ McCutcheon
Bonnie Lou Norman
Patricia Turner
Linda Jean Jenkins
Patsy Turne
Jerry
Glenn Gree
Marie Lemmonds
David Johnson
Jimmy Lynn
John Dee Downs
Joe Ramey
Maxwell Daisies
Jean. Terry
Elizabeth Wright
Caroline
Fowler
Barbara Ann
Blankenship
Carolyn Barden
Helen Johnson
Peggy Sharp
Nell Sutton
Elizabeth Ann
Lemmond
Pocahontas Bartlett
Forget-Me-Nots
Sandra Jennings
Peggy Brenner
Carol Wooten
Gladys Russell
Sue Ransom
Myra Lou
Wray
Janice George
Mary Grace Fowler
Rainbow Fairies
Jean Johnson
Jewell Turney
Blue Bells
Myra Jean Butler
Linda Sue Garrison
Isa
Bobby Joyce Sanders
Mary Lois Barden
Rita Faye Berew
Imogene Bartlett
Patsy Ann McCanally
Shirley Ray Knighton
Elliot McCanally
Billy Grady
Gerald Turviey
Jimmy Wiggington
Tommy Frank Day
Johnny Willis
Billy Joe Prigmore
Carol Watkins
Johnny
Connie Mack Thomason
Nancy Williams
Abnormally High Return of Tagged Fish at Norris Lake
Of 791 fish tagged during winter in Norris lake 25 were recaught and tags returned by end of March an unusually high return. Tagging this year shows rough fish gar carp quillbacks and redhorse more numerous in upper reservoir reaches.
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Norris Lake
Norris Reservoir
Rings and charms in ancient Greek and Roman belief
The Greeks and Romans held that rings possessed charm and protective properties. Jewelry was thought to influence luck and ward off evil, reflecting broader antique superstitions about amulets and personal adornment.
Methodist W S C S Circles Meet at Church
The Methodist W S C S held Monday circles with leaders named for each group. Bible study used Newness of Life and officers for the coming year were to be installed May 23. A deacons meeting followed with a church supper for wives.
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W.S.C.S
Walter Grizzard
Alton Butler
J. A. Hartselle
Claude Lavender
J.J. Putnam
E. L. Drinkard
Rotary Club Luncheon Hosts Scout Executive Speaker
At a Tuesday noon meeting, L. P. Hall Decatur field Scout executive spoke on Scouting's three principles physical fitness good citizenship and good character. Visitors included Rev. Otis Kirby Judge Jas H Crow Jr and the guest speaker, all of Decatur.
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Rotary Club
L. P. Hall
Decatur
Otis Kirby
Jas. H. Crow
Hostess Report for Rainbow Garden Club Meeting
Co hosts Mrs. Claude Lavender and Mrs. Rudgolph Smith welcomed members on Tuesday. Roll call sparked ideas for program material as the old club year closed. New prospectus committee includes Mrs. Elwood Burks, Mrs. Lavender, and Mrs. Guy Roberts. Retiring president Mrs. Merrill W. Doss received a Wedgewood flower dish. Guest speakers Mrs. F F Anderson and Mrs. Ralph Lauderdale presented Flower Arrangements with artistic displays. Two new members Mrs. Chas H Taul and Mrs. W P Benthal joined. Refreshments were served during social hour to members and visitors.
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Claude Lavender
Rudgolph Smith
Rainbow Garden Club
Elwood Burks
Guy Roberts
Merrill W. Doss
F.F. Anderson
Ralph Lauderdale
Chas. H. Taul
W.P. Benthal
Anderson
Lauderdale
Mrs Hodges Hosts Woman’s Missionary Society Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church met Monday afternoon at Mrs. Paul Hodges' home. Mrs. Carl Williams gave the devotional and Mrs. Leeman-Gibson led the Puerto Rico study. Refreshments were served to members and visitor Mrs. J. P. Hodges.
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Hodges
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Paul Hodges
Carl Williams
Leeman- Gibson
Puerto Rico
J. P. Hodges
Personal Notices Highlight Weekend Travel and Visits
Mr and Mrs H B Thornhill and Mr and Mrs W S Thornhill spent the weekend in Bainbridge Georgia visiting Mr and Mrs E M Rich. The Thornhills extended their stay. Tom Owen and daughter Mary of Center were weekend guests of Mrs J P Hodges and Mr and Mrs Paul Hodges. A O Childers Eva I is in the Hartselle Clinic for medical treatment. Dismissed patients include James Napier Hartseile, Mrs Joan Taylor and baby daughter of Danville, and Mrs Luther Holmes and baby girl Hartseile.
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H.B Thornhill
W. S. Thornhill
Bainbridge
E. M. Rich
WS. Thornhill
Tom Owen
Mary of
Center
J. P Hodges
Paul Hodges
A. O. Childers
Eva. I
Hartselle
James _Napier
Joan Taylor
Danville
Luther Holmes
Hartseile
Le at le Contrelled And Ard Bay You
A fragmented OCR item mentions Le at le and Ard Bay You in a damaged line. The readable portions suggest a local notice or brief but lack clarity on event dates or names. No clear person or organization can be reliably identified from the text.
Social notes from Birmingham and surrounding towns
Local residents and visitors are noted in a string of social updates. Emma Bethridge, Eli Eddy, and families from Vinemont Hartselle and Worchester are mentioned, with trips to Birmingham Atlanta Tampa Memphis and Parkville. A poem by Miss Jean Downs, a Methodist conference report, and various hospital and visit news conclude the snippet.
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Emma Bethridge
Vinemont
Eli Eddy
Hartselle
Pearl Sheats
Birmingham
R. E. Jones
J. Clifton Draper
Fred F. Horns
Worchester
Mass
Harry Currier
E. R. Currier
Isuke Reeder
Falkville
Ollie Martin
Jessie Mae Tolleson
Tampa
Florida
Ruby Martin
Plant City
Spurgeon Long
Parkville
Elmer Freeman
Atlanta
Clarence Waldrop
J. O. Stephenson
Raymond Isley
Ernest Lee Stagg
Barcliff Harvel
John—Paul Puckett
Johnnie
Memphis
G.W. Puckett
Ernest Issey
H. M. Betterton
Frank McLaughlin, Jr
Decatur
Patricia McDaniel
Hamill Clinic
Leonard Hagan
Ft. Knox
A. D. Butler
Famed unit to hold reunion in Atlanta for 20th engineer combat reg
The 20th engineer combat regiment, formed at Fort Benning and built from Georgia, Carolinas and Alabama men, gathers in Atlanta August 4 to 7. It served in World War II from North Africa to Sicily and Normandy, earning a Presidential Citation for Omaha Beach and many Purple Hearts. Members should contact Leonard J. Carparei at 56 Clinton Place, East Rutherford, NJ, for reunion details.
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Georgia
Carolinas
Alabama
Atlanta
Fort Benning
20Th Engineers
Shelby and
Beauregard
Patton
Fedala
Casablanca
French Morocco
Tunisia
Second Corps
Bizerte
Seventh Army
Lecata
Sicily
Palermo
England
V Corps
Omaha Beach
Normady
Europe
Hurtgen Forest
Czechoslovakia
Leonard J. Carparei
Clinton Place
East Rutherford
New Jersey
Mystery Box Gift of the Week Revealed
Refreshments were served by Mrs. Earl Legg and Mrs Dean West to twelve members during the Mystery Box gift of the week event.
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Earl ‘Legg
Dean West
Convicts Recaptured Near Draper Prison in Alabama
Two young white convicts James Melvin Martin and Rufus V. Pendley were recaptured by highway patrolmen after fleeing Draper prison in an automobile. Martin seized a guard’s shotgun and halted a car driven by Mrs. James Woodham of Phenix City, who was charged with embezzling from the mails. A federal jury returned a verdict for Virgil Conway after deliberating hours over marked money found in a mailbox.
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Speigner
Ala
Draper Prison
James Melvin Martin
Mobile County
Rufus V. Pendley
Fayette
J. L. Kendrick
Draper
Martin
James Woodham
Phenix City
Virgil Conway
Mail Carrier Acquitted After May Trial in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama a 57 year old mail carrier was acquitted yesterday in a trial that addressed accusations brought against him. The acquittal ends the case and leaves unresolved questions about the matter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oak Ridge WSCS Meets at Church Monday Night
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Oak Ridge Methodist Church held its weekly meeting at the church Monday at 7 30. The session opened with song and prayer. The lesson centered on The Mother of Jésus with Mrs Edward Singleton Mrs Violet Cook and Mrs Dean taking part.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Jesus
Mother of Jésus
Edward Singleton
Violet Cook
Dean
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