Forrest Chapel News Focuses on Visits and Rain Slowdown
Farming in this vicinity is slowed by recent heavy rains. Harold and Julius Tompson are on the sick list. Families from Birmingham and nearby towns visited, including the Battles, White, Sims, Roberts, Sparkman, Mor ris, and Glasgow households. Community members attended decoration services at Johnson and Moss Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Julius Tompson
S. W. Battles
Bessie Blackerby and Sons
Roy
Fred
Neal
Olen Battles
Birmingham
Goh. Battles
Elmer White
Irmingharth
George Sims
Lottie Long
Tuscumbia
Luther Glasgow
G. H. Battles
Arthur Mixon
Bessemer
Johnson and Moss Chapel
Homer Montgomery
Patty and
Pauly
Barton
Veterans Administration Hospital Plan to Hire 70000 Man-Years
The Veterans Administration plans a $448 million hospital construction program expected to require 70,000 man years of on the job labor from building tradesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Local Social Notes and Obits from Lawrence County
Lawrence County MT Ho pe Mrs R M Counts Mrs Floyd Martin and children of Florence visited here. Miss Mary Sharpe spent weekend at Moulton with Mrs R L Counts. J C Johnson is seriously ill. Audrey Blankenship and Harold Smith wed at Moulton. Senior class graduation at the school. Charlie Sims died at Decatur hospital with funeral at Church of Christ. Roy Whitman left for Cairo Illinois. Christine Ferguson visited with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt Counts
Anne
Lela Howell
Moulton
Kirk Howell
Homer Stovall
Guy Counts
Thomas Glen
Marion Lee
Decatur
J. A. Counts
Annie Lee Clark
Austinville
Minnie Elkins
J. C. Johnson
Eva Jackson
Birmingham
Hollis Smith
Audrey Blankenship
Harold Smith
Will Wear
Glen Swallows
Florence
Ben Brennerman
B. M. Counts
S. E. Counts
G Counts
Bell Green
Town Creek
Olen D. Roberson
New Brockton
Charlie Sims
Church of Christ
Roy
Whitman
Cairo
Christine Ferguson
Liquor Seizures Reported in Alabama AprilBusts
Public Safety Director Van Gilbert announced that liquor agents seized 739 gallons of illicit whisky in Alabama in April, 60 gallons more than March. Chief N W Kimbrough’s report notes 69 stills destroyed, 122 gallons of home brew, and 21 141 gallons of mash eliminated.
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Montgomery
Public
van Gilbert
Alabama
Gilbert
N. W. Kimbrough
Enforcement Division
Pleasant View community notes and local visits
Morgan County scene with regular church appointments and family visits across Eva Brooks Lindler and others. The report lists weekend travelers from Decatur Athens Birmingham Florence and Cullman, a Coast Guard discharge, reunions, Navy updates, and local illnesses and hospital stays.
Names and Nonsense At Buckley Field
A Denver dispatch mocks military public relations at Buckley Field with a string of nods to famous names. Private Frank Sinatra and Private Tommy Dorsey are said to be unable to sing or play trombone, while Pvt Harold Lloyd and Pvt James Byrnes are listed as basic trainees. Lou Boudreau is noted as Buckley’s hot bat, and Pvt Lloyd Douglas is described as too busy to write books. In the hospital, a Sergeant Chronic is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Buckley Field
Saint Peter
Frank Sinatra
Tommy Dorsey
Harold Lloyd
James Byrnes
Lou Boudreau
Buckley
Lloyd Douglas
Yoshida Becomes Japan Premier and Forms Conservative Bloc
Tokyo May 16 Yoshida Shigeru assumed the premiership and led an early party harmony session in the house of representatives. He and conservative allies backed Takekichi Miki for speaker and Kenzaemon Kimura for vice speaker while amid rumors of a MacArthur purge and cabinet reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
House of Representatives
Museum -Stat
Miki
Kamura
Botha
Yukio Ozai
MacArthur
Yoshida
Kijuro Shidehara
Takao Saito
Takeshige
Birmingham Pastors Union Calls Fasting for Europe Asia Relief
The Birmingham Protestant Pastors Union set June 2 as a day of fasting and collection for famine relief in Europe and Asia. The body also agreed to seek congregational support for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Birmingham Protestant Pastors Union
Europe
Asia
Congrega
Pension Group to Convene Saturday at Courthouse
The Old Age Pension Association ment to hold a meeting Saturday at ten in the courthouse. Rev J M Engle state organizer announced the gathering and urged all interested in pension plans to attend and receive news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Age Pension Association
J. M., Engle
Engle
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Morgan County Forrest Chapel
WP Roberts
W. P. Roberts
Doris and
Willodene
Clarence Sparkman
Cleo Sparkman
Erby Thompson
Bert Allen
H. E. Morris
Hopewell
Southern Shoe
Second Ave
Zephyrs
Oxfords
Dugger’s Book Store
Johnston Phone
Appei
The
People’s
Johnston Street
Telephone
Jim Folsom
WMSL
James Folsom
Morgan County Friends of
Modest Maidens
U. S
Patent Office
AY Alan
Morgan County
Brooks Lindler
J. L. Wheeler
Pleasant View
Dewitt Bagwell
Fred Morgan
Bagwell
Jimmie Adams
Robert Adams
Clyde Teague
Henry Teague
Darrell Funderburk
Athens
L. H.merrell
Hyland Ryan
U. S. Coast Guard
George Mann
Clara Cobbs
Drucilla
Winnie Ozbolt
Cobbs
Smith
Lizzie Creek
Clyde Cobbs
Avery
Gum Pond
Rufus Murphree
Charles Nickles
Eva
Cephus L. Smith
Ethie
Quinton Murphree
Baby
Seldon Murphree
Burt Murphree
Paul Lindler
University of Alabama
Harold Foot
Anniston
Mary Lee Foot
Rayborn Douglas
John Vann
Dennis. Dufin
San Diego
California
Henry Fowler
Dunn
U.S. Navy
Blue Springs
Ned
Keyes and Son
Keyes
Josephine Peck
Ann
M. G. Peck
Dewey
Bowen
Cullman
Elgin Bowen
Falkville
J. D. Bowen
Adrian Bowen
Navy
Jewel
Vada Parker
Mr. Jaquess
Florette
Penny Morrow
Louisville Ky
Monroe Morrow
Evie Dunn
Valhermosa Springs
Comer. Livingston
B. T. Turrentine
Monte Rhe Ryan
Mt. Zion
Nelo Murphree
Courtland
Jack Morgan
Nancy Patrick
Luther Patrick
Providence Church
Cleo Childres
Cullman Hospital
Walter Ford
Baugh’s
R. A. Ryan
Hyland
E. P. Childs
Clara Chaffin
R. M. Holmes
Holmes
Morgan County Pines
Mahi
Scalf’s
Caddell’s Drug Store
Scalf
Indian River Harmoneers
Joe Bartlett
al Bain
M. Chenault
Masonic
Ishiguro
Shidehara
Pension Group
Yellin
Mary
B.f.goodrich
Ile Levis
Pennsylvania
Zupek
Truck Mirror
Tin’ EM Weber
Silvertown
B. F. Goodrich
Spartan
B.F. Goodrich
Emmett McClary
Lee and Oak Sts
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