Decatur Launches Safety Check Lane For Vehicle Inspections
Highway Patrol official A B Lightfoot promotes Decatur safety check lane aimed at cutting traffic accidents by 15 to 20 percent. The lane on Gordon Drive between Second and Fourth Aves runs 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with a free ten point mechanical inspection. Entry is voluntary and open to all motorists with no charge.
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Decatur
A. B. Lightfoot
The
Highway Patrol
James Roberts
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Dr
Fourth Aves
Lightfoot
Highway Patrol Safety Education Department
Chamber of Commerce Safety
Second
Fourth Ave
Hatton seniors visit to St. Augustine Florida trip
Hatton High School seniors traveled to St. Augustine, Florida, leaving Wednesday and returning Sunday. Faculty chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Roberson. Earl McCreless and Russell Parker drove the buses.
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J. M. Anderton
Robert Posey
Sandersville
Hill Carpenter
Brenda
James Thompson
Talladega
M. J. Sanderson
Town Creek
W. R. Taylor
Taylor
Tony Masterson
University Hospital, Birmingham
Max Jeffreys
Moulton
Jesse Jeffreys
Jimmie Dee Martin
Crawford Stinson
Vanderbilt Hospital
Willard Cox
Dear Dorothy Dix Love Advice Columns Reprint
Dear Dorothy Dix offers guidance on engagements vacations jealousy and age gaps with short Q A snippets. Includes notes on jealousy double dating and bringing up children with a spouse and ends with a brief biographical remark about Hetty Green wealth at 21.
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Dorothy DIX
Mac
Blossom
Florence Weekend Visit Noted In Regional Social Roundup
Visiting in Florence over the weekend were Mrs. Lula Campbell of Fort Worth and sister Mrs. Gladys Martin with Lorraine Hollingsworth of Gadsden to see Mr. and Mrs. Otto Owens. Mrs. Billy Green had surgery in Birmingham last week. Sunday guests at Ott Smiths included Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Filannagin and son of Town Creek and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Woods and Janice of Flat Rock.
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Florence
Otto Owens
Lula Campbell
Fort Worth
Gladys Martin
Lorraine Hollingsworth
Gadsden
Billy Green
Birmingham
Ott Smith
Woodie Filannagin
Town Creek
J. C. Woods
Janice
Flat Rock
Community Happenings Loyal Visitors In Local Families
Lawrence County notes list weekend and Sunday visits to Forrest Chapel and nearby towns. Guests include Mazel McMillian and Mina Rose Benton from Chattanooga, and many relatives from Decatur Hartsel e Gardendale Alabama City Austinville Hillsboro and Birmingham joining dinners and gatherings with the W. P. Roberts S. J. Curtis and Woodall households.
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Auburn MecMillian
Mazel McMillian
Mina Rose Benton
Chattanooga
R. B. Templeton
Decatur
Dixie Cox
Hartselle
J. L. West
Buddy Cox
W. E. Ward
W. P. Roberts
Sallie McCall
Nora McCall
Mary Francis McCall
Malcolm King
Carol
Donna
W. E. Story
Alabama City
Leon Osborn
Roy Osborn Jr
Gardendale
Sallie Osborn
Bobby
Austinville
Alton. Wallace
S. J. Curtis
Four Women Cadets Studying at Turkish Military Academy
Four women cadets are students at the Military Academy of Turkey, the Turkish counterpart to West Point. The institution trains officers and emphasizes modern reforms and expanded roles for women in the armed forces.
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The
Military Academy of
Turkey
U.S. West Point
Cab driver chases killer after slaying of Dr Harold G Trimble
Cab driver Harold G Billings witnessed the shooting of Dr Harold G Trimble a 61 year old chest specialist in Oakland California. Billings radioed his office and followed the getaway car. Police captured Sydney Klass 53 eleven minutes after the shooting and quoted him saying I did it.
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Chase
Harol G. Billings
Harold G. Trimble
Oakland
Calif
Billings
Sydney Klass
Panamas Isthmus Described By Map and Contour
The Isthmus of Panama trends nearly east to west in reality though its map appearance seems north to south due to its winding contour.
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Isthmus
Panama
The
Canal
Kiwanis Speaker Predicts Auburn Tops SEC This Year
Alf Van Hoose of the Birmingham News spoke to the Kiwanis Club forecasting Auburn as the No. 1 team in the SEC this season. He named Auburn atop the league, Georgia Tech facing difficulties, Tennessee contending near the top, and Alabama facing hard times ahead. He attributed success to coaching and material, and urged enjoying good days in sports.
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University of Miami
Auburn
Alabama Crimson Tide
Kiwanis Club
Alf van Hoose
Birmingham News
Milton Norris
Decatur
Shorty Ogle
Aubrey Fuller
van Hoose
Alabama
B. M. Cornell
Frank Troup
John Miles
Wmsl-Tv
J. M. Horgan
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
South
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
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H. F. Stephenson
Mariel Nissen
Jaye
Allison
U.S
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Hetty Green
United States
Decatur Transit
Sherist Rate
Anywhere & Tech
City Bus
HERTZ
Auto-Trailer Rental Service
Decatur Transfer & Storage
Allied van Lines, Inc
P. D. Box
Decatur Worder BuIlDing Company
B. R
PAT
Godwin
Lawrence County Forrest Chapel
Cain Af
Kiwanis
H. Leon Reeves
CPN Dette
Southern Engineering Co., Inc
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