News Of Area Men In Service Fort Gordon and San Antonio
Pvt. Jerry D. Haynes son of Mr and Mrs Jessie D Haynes completed a lineman course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Ga April 29 During six weeks training he learned to lay and maintain open wire lead and rubber covered cable and field communications wire Haynes entered the Army last December and completed basic training at Fort Benning Ga Airman Carol E Schmidt son of and Mrs Fred C Schmidt Hanceville Ga has been selected for training at Amarillo AFB Texas as an aircraft maintenance specialist The airman a graduate of Hanceville High School recently completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas
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Fort Gordon
Jerry D. Haynes
Jessie D. Haynes
Trinity 1
Army Southeastern Signal School
Haynes
Army
Fort Benning
San Antonio
Texas
Airn
Carol E. Schmidt
Fred C. Schmidt
Hanceville 4
Amarillo Afb
Air Force
Hanceville High School
Lackland Afb
Mrs Hunt Recalls Early Decatur Church Days
Evelyn Wyker Hunt recalls Decatur First Presbyterian's early days in 1893 as a ten year old member. She describes a one room frame building with a bell and coal shed, growth to a 113 year old church, and shifts from widows and older boys to broader participation, plus changes in services, leadership, and facilities.
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Jewel Bailey
Decatur
First Presbyterian
Evelyn Wyker Hunt
F. S. Hunt
Ohio
Oak St
Vine
Lafayette St
WSCS Officers Trained at Camp Sumatanga
Eighteen Decatur district WSCS members attended an officers training session at Camp Sumatanga near Oneonta. New officers and secretaries from the local district were present, including Marcus Long as president and Mrs. Jesse Stimson as treasurer, with multiple district leaders and observers from the North Alabama Conference assisting.
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Woman’s ‘Society of Christian Servie
Decatur
Methodist
Camp Sumatanga
Oneonta
WSCS
Marcus Long
Wes. R. L. Hamilton
Jesse Stimson
T. J. Cottingham
Jack H. Jones
Christianias
Girls' Auxiliaries Plan Weekend Activities in Morgan County
Morgan County Baptist churches hold Focus Week with a GA queens banquet at West Hartselle and a Sunday quarterly meeting at Hartselle First Baptist. Miss Cathleen Lewis, GA director from Montgomery, will speak on GA progress, world tour experiences, and mission visits. Jenny Hampton presides.
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Morgan County
West Hartselle
Hartselle
Southern Baptist
Association — Whe
Pickens
Jenny Hampton
Morgan County High School
County Associational
Miss Lewis
Tennessee
the Baptist College, Union University
Jackson, Tenn
Fort Worth
Texas
Missionaries to Appear at Cedar Creek Free Will Baptist
Dr and Mrs LaVerne Miley and family longtime Free Will Baptist missionaries to Africa will lead services at Cedar Creek Free Will Baptist south of Hartselle. The family now lives in Memphis Tennessee and will speak at 7 p m today and 11 a m tomorrow before returning to Ivory Coast West Africa in July to resume work.
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Hartselle
LaVerne Miley
Free Will Baptist
Africa
Cedar Creek
Here
Memphis
Tenn
Jimmie Brown
Miley
Ivory Coast
West Africa
Senior Member Focus Week Planned at Westside Baptist
Westside Baptist Church observes Senior Member Focus Week starting Sunday to honor older laymen. The week is sponsored by the church Brotherhood and the youth organization with a social meeting Thursday where senior members will be guests. The pastor Etree T. Waddell says young people gain wisdom from the "horse and buggy" era and will share old-time experiences during the week.
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Westside Baptist Church
Etree T. Waddell
Brotherhood
Mrs Berckman to Speak Here at Central Methodist
Mrs Hoadley Berckman retired last year after 44 years as a Methodist missionary in China and Malaysia and will speak Tuesday at the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting at Central Methodist Church. She now resides in Albertville.
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J. H. Hoadley’ Berckman
China
Malaysia
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Central Methodist Church
Missionary and educator honored in Alabama biographic note
The article profiles a Southern Baptist missionary who served in Florida as a home missionary and kindergarten teacher and director in the Desoto Homes Mission. After moving to Alabama she became the educational secretary at Birmingham First Baptist Church.
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Southwestern Baptist Theone Seminary
Florida
Desoto Homes
Alabama
Birmingham First Baptist Church
Higginbotham completes combat engineer course at Fort Leonard Wood
Army Pvt. Douglas E. Higginbotham 21, son of Mr and Mrs Bailey G Higginbotham Athens 3, finished a seven week reserve enlistment program training in road and bridge construction demolitions and mine warfare at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on April 22. He enlisted in June 1965 and attended basic training at Fort Benning Georgia after graduating East Limestone High School in 1962. Marine privates Jerry W. Davis and Joe R. Collins graduated from Marine training at Parris Island South Carolina.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Army
Douglas E. Higginbotham
Bailey G. Higginbotham
Athens 3
Here
Higginbotham
Fort Benning, Ga
East Limestone High School
Parris Island
S.C
Marine
Jerry W. Davis
Buel Davis
Joe R. Collins
Horace Collins
7Th Ave. SE
Decatur
Today in History: May 14 1966 AP recap
On May 14 1966 the Associated Press lists events across history including 1787 Philadelphia convention drafting the U.S. Constitution 1643 Louis XIV becomes king 1804 Lewis and Clark launch Northwest expedition 1814 Paraguay gains independence 1913 Rockefeller Foundation chartered 1942 Women’s Army Corps authorized 1957 Russia to cut armed forces 50 years ago 196? local notes mention clean up campaigns 25 years ago youths in jail 10 years ago Red Cross clothing drive and junior baseball league setup.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States
Louis XIV
France
Lewis and Clark
Paraguay
Spain
Rockefeller Foundation
Congress
Women’s Army Corps
Russia
Pope John
China
A. A. Hardage
New Decatur
James A. Nelson
Michigan
Grand Rapids
American Red Cross
Lacey’s
City Hall
Mrs Marcus Long Attends WSCS General Assembly
Mrs Marcus Long of Isom's Chapel Methodist Church in Limestone County travels to Portland Oregon for the sixth general assembly of the Woman's Society of Christian Service where she serves as president of the Decatur district. The meeting began Thursday and will conclude Sunday.
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Marcus Long
Isom's Chapel Methodist
Limestone County
Portland
Ore
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Decatur
WSCS
Covered Dish Supper Marks Ninth Street Church Anniversary
The Ninth Street Methodist Church women’s organization observes its 25th anniversary with a covered dish supper next Friday. The event is held at the church and the nursery will be open.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
Marine recruit completes eight weeks of enhanced training
A recruit at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot completed eight weeks of intensified training under seasoned Drill Instructors. He learned small arms marksmanship bayonet fighting and self protection, along with drill, Marine Corps history, and related academics. He will then undergo four weeks of individual combat training followed by four weeks of basic specialist training before assignment to a permanent unit.
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Marine Corps Recruit Depot
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Cain St
Pick. Hunt
Walter Sanders
Newpori
North Alabama
First Presbyterian Church
Girl's Auxiliary States Activities
Cathleen Lewis
Mrs. Berckman
Luxembourg
Church Briefs
LIONS
Decature Jr
Douglas Rogers
Dewey Lions Club
Hulon Cockrell
John Lyle
Lightly
Walter Hendrix
Tail Twister
John Felkins
Frank Chenault
David Cauthen
The
Lions Club
Ned Frazi
Horst Faas
Viet Nam
Congo
Algeria
Robert Capa
Decatur Daily
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