Speake High School Sets Graduation for Eighteen Seniors
Speake High School will graduate 18 seniors at commencement Tuesday night in the high school auditorium. Edwin Price of Athens College is the featured speaker. The program includes processional, invocation, piano solo, salutatory, valedictory, and diploma presentations by Principal B G Smith. Baccalaureate will be led by Rev Charles P Adams with the sermon What Are You Worth.
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B. G. Smith
Edwin Price
Athens College
Alga Curtis
C. G. Reding
Martha Moses
Hampton
Dorothy McCaghren
Charles P. Adams
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Decatur
Adams
Warner Crow
Wayman King
Billy Ray Dutton
William Hensley
James Key
Don Looney
Billy Melson
Bobby White
Lyndon Wiley
Wanda Wallace
Doris Fay Hampton
Betty Jean Adair
Wilda Harris
Margaret White
Dorothy Speake
Nell Owens
District of Columbia Claims 62 Square Miles
The District of Columbia covers an area of 62 square miles in the Washington DC region.
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District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Richard Bissell Works On Pajama Game Tie In
New York reports Richard Bissell, author of 7 12 Cents and Say, Derling, is involved in dramatizing his early show business life. He helped adapt The Pajama Game and will co author a new dramatization based on his experiences. The piece notes the Great Wall of China length as 1 400 miles.
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New York
Richard Bissell
Bissell
China
Sanatorium Welcomes Dr. Smith on Historic Visit
The District One Tuberculosis Sanitarium rolled out a red carpet for Dr. W H Y Smith director of the Bureau of Preventable Diseases on his first visit since December. A special steak luncheon followed a board meeting where plans were discussed for a May 23 legislative hearing on tuberculosis funding in Alabama.
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W. H. Y. Smith
Montgomery
Jewel Archer
S Mith
F. F. Beauchamp
Lauderdale County
Roy Odom
Morgan County
C. A. Grote
A. W. Hill
Madison County
Arthur Calix
Bureau of Preventable Diseases
Smith
District One Sanatorium
Decatur
Gill
Alabama
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Dr. Smith
Property transfers listed in Daily Records
Transactions include T. M. Guyton to Charles A. Rogers for 29000 dollars J. W. Livingston to Lois Livingston Key for 10000 dollars W. F. Lamon to James C. Taylor for 3500 dollars M. C. Chunn to Mildred Head for 8000 dollars J. Leslie Doss to H B Lynch for 2200 dollars George H. Salesky Jr to J R Dunn for 3973.80 dollars Irene Hanigan to Ora L. Sims for 12000 dollars Chestnut Court Apartments of Decatur to Robert O Kelly Jr for 10000 dollars.
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T. M. Guyton
Charles A. Rogers
J. W. Livingston
Lois Livingston
W. F. Lamon
James C. Taylor
M. C. Chunn
Mildred Head
J. Leslie Doss
H- B. Lynch
George H. Salesky, Jr
J. R. Dunn
Irene Hanigan
Ora L. Sims
Chestnut Court Apartments
Decatur
Robert O. Kelly, Jr
Couple names and ages chain in two local matches
Cree Yates aged 26 of Vinemont 2 directs toward Rachel Collins 18 of Somerville 2. Howard Manuel Julian 21 of 1113 10th Ave SE draftsman moves toward Joyce Ann McLendon 19 of Tennessee Valley Trailer Park, clerk typist.
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Cree Yates
Vinemont
Rachel Collins
Somerville
Howard Manuel Julian
10Th Ave. SE
Joyce Ann McLendon
Tennessee Valley Trailer Park
Civil suits filed in Morgan County Circuit Court
Charles E. Eady versus Service Fire Insurance Co of New York. a corporate insurance action represented by Powell and Powell for the plaintiff. Carol C. Smith doing business as North Alabama Engineering Co versus A Guy Jones for the plaintiff. Eyster and Eyster represent the plaintiff.
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Morgan County
Charles E. Eady
Service Fire Insurance Co
New York
A Corp. Insurance Action
Powell and Powell
Carol C. Smith
North Alabama Engineering Co
Guy Jones
Eyster and
Eyster
Air travel in 1956 carries 78 million passengers
In 1956 the world’s civilian airlines carried 78 million passengers with an average trip distance of 575 miles each.
Visit to Naval Air Training Command by Williams family
Wayne N Williams a Navy Midshipman third class from Decatur visited the Naval Air Basic Training Command in Pensacola with a group of Naval Officers cadets from Auburn May 14 during a three day program. He observed all phases of Naval flight training including a familiarization flight in a 7 28 training plane. Williams a Decatur High School graduate is majoring in Engineering Physics at Auburn University.
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NAVY
Wayne N. Williams
Ollis N. Williams
11Th Ave
Decatur
Naval Air Basic Training Command
Pensacola
Naval
Auburn
Williams
Decatur High School
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Lafayette St
Everett
E. E. Forbes & Sons
Piano Company
E. Moulton
Sanatorium
Ruby Sandlin
District One Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Decatur Transit
HERTZ
Tourstit
Auto-Trailer Rental Service
Decatur Transfer & Storage
Allied van Lines, Inc
H.F
Chevrolet
Sellarama Campaign
U. S
GMAC
Lee St
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