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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1949
Page
7
Graduation exercises announced for Athens High School seniors at the school auditorium Friday evening May 20 at eight o clock. The program includes processional invocations salutatory portraits and several speakers with awards diplomas presented by Mr Julian Newman and Rev L W Hart.
A Tuscaloosa man, Wilson White, 39, was shot in the leg after he intervened in a dispute at a suburban Birmingham area sandwich shop between Marian Wilcutt, 26, and her estranged husband Earl Wilcutt. Police seek Earl Wilcutt. White was treated and released from a hospital.
Dr. Samuel T. Hardin, 72, longtime area physician, died last night. He served as chairman of the board of censors and was a fellow in the Congress of Medical Society.
A teen girl pleads with Dorothy Dix about a mother who bars dating and fun. Dix warns that changing rules is unlikely and cautions that perpetual infantism harms both daughters and marriages, urging acceptance of consequences.
Commencement days approach at Tanner High School in South Limestone County. Exercises are scheduled for May 24 at 7:30 PM in the high school. Processional, invocation by Rev. S D Lankford. Glee club performs Land of Home. Introduction by B D Broadwater. Address by W E Edge. Diplomas presented by B D Broadwater. Alma Mater.
New Delhi May 17 with only two dissenting votes the constituent assembly approved the agreement with Britain permitting India to become a republic while remaining in the British commonwealth. The 156 to 2 vote endorsed the plan that keeps India tied to the British crown through the commonwealth.
In Danville the high school seniors push toward graduation with a Sunday program and a Friday night address by Rev. W. W. Glass of Decatur. The ceremony features processions, hymns, prayers, an address, salutatory and valedictory by named seniors with diplomas awarded by G O Spencer. Choir and ushers lines present. The text lists numerous student names and choir members.
Hartselle FFA chapter announced plans for a six state tour spanning Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. The trip is scheduled for six days departing August 2 after a regular night meeting led by Charles Smith.
In Tallahassee on May 17, Governor Warren told about two dozen Florida legislators after dinner that any tax is acceptable to him except a general sales tax on necessities of life. This marks his first explicit qualification of his opposition to a broad sales levy.
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