Retiring Postal Workers Honored In Town Creek
In Town Creek Alabama rural carrier Robert R. Berryman and clerk Ada Etheredge retire total service over 47 years. Berryman began in 1924 and retires May 1. Etheredge retires July 1 after 15 years with the post office and 25 years as a store clerk. A surprise dinner at Hazlewood cafeteria honored them with gifts and a plaque from the Postmaster General.
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Town Creek
U. S
Robert R. Berryman
Ada Etheredge
Hazlewood
Etheredge
Berryman
Arthur Summerfield
Post Office Department
Masonic Ledge
Elihu Etheredge
Miss Etheredge
J. W. Weems
Florence State College President to Speak at Mt Hope Exercises
Dr. E. B. Norton president of Florence State College will be featured speaker Friday at commence ment exercises. Twenty eight seniors will receive diplomas in the high school auditorium starting at 8 pm with Martha Lou Gilbreath delivering the valedictory and Jane …
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MT. Hope
E. B. Norton
Florence State College
Martha Lou Gilbreath
Jane
Elkins Salutatory Addresses at High School Baccalaureate
The salutatory addresses and Baccalaureate services are tonight at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. Reverend James E. Harris of the Florence district Methodist church will deliver the address. Diploma recipients include Mary Sue AdcockFreida CagleAnn Counts Carol Sue Elkins Jane Elkins Delpice GastonImogene Gaston Martha Lou Glbreath Doris Henson Alma Ann Lovett Ann Martin Dawn Massey Sandra Massey Sherry Portwood Jean Wood Donald Allen Billy Atwood Bobby Bozeman Huston Hawkins Billy Jeffreys Dale Karrh Dwight Martin Zane Shields Hal Sibley Jerry Sibley Arnold White and Maxie Witt.
Heiress Hetty Green Inherits Vast Fortune at 21
Hetty Green one of the wealthiest women in the United States inherits seven and a half million dollars at age twenty one, marking a remarkable transfer of wealth as the new century begins.
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Hetty Green
United States
James A. Blevins commemorated in Hartselle service
Funeral services for James Arthur Blevins 72 Hartselle 3 are set for 2 p m at Bethlehem Baptist Church. He died Friday in Tuscaloosa with interment Reeves Cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survived by two sisters Miss Bertie Blevins Sevierville Tenn and Mrs Nannie Allison Sevierville Tenn and brother Sam Blevins Hartselle 4. Nephews will be pallbearers.
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Hartselle
James Arthur Blevins
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Blevins
Tuscaloosa
C. Prince
Jack Williams
Reeves Cemetery
Peck Funeral Home
Bertie Blevins
Nannie Allison
Sevierville
Tenn
Sam Blevins
Daughter Of Ardmore Man Killed At Ft Bragg
Shelila Tillery nine died at Ft Bragg due to electric shock when a washing machine fault sent current to a nearby sewer pipe. The 15 month old daughter of S/Sgt William T Tillery and his wife was found with a hand on a wire fence and a body touching the pipe. The family planned burial in Ardmore and Rainey's Funeral Home of Ardmore announced arrangements.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Ardmore
Alaman
Alph Clark
Shellia Tillery
William T. Tillery
Ft. Bragg
Clark
Rainey’s
Tillery
Huntsville
Grandfath
Owen Opposes Merit Based Safety Director Plan
Biloxi Mississippi May 18 The president of the Alabama Public Service Commission criticized a proposal to remove the office of public safety director as an appointive post He warned a merit system could lead to grave dangers if the director is not accountable to the governor and the people The Alabama Safety Council proposed making the post permanent and non political The truckers group elected Birmingham figures C D Deaton Jones Dunham to leadership positions
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Biloxi
Miss
Alabama Public Service Commission
Do. C
Jack) Owen
Alabama Truckers Assn
Alabama Safety Council
Joseph M. Riggs Former Resident Dies in Seattle
Joseph M. Riggs 51 a former Decatur resident died suddenly after a heart attack in Seattle. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown Funeral Co. Survivors include two sisters Vera Riggs Stanford Decatur and Grafton Buffalo Minor Hill Tenn and one brother James Riggs Huntsville.
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Joseph M. Riggs
Seattle
Wash
Decatur
Brown Funeral Co
Riggs
Vera Riggs Stanford
Grafton Buffalo
Minor Hill
Tenn
James Riggs
Huntsville
Fretwell Rites Today At Moulton
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth L. Fretwell 59 who died from gunshot wounds Friday morning will be held today at 4 PM at Moulton Methodist Church. Officiating will be Revs. Lankford Wear and Owens with burial in Old Town Ore Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter Elvie Terry and one son Leo Fretwell, plus three sisters and two grandsons. Pallbearers listed. The victim’s killer is identified as Alvis Tillery of Ardmore.
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Moulton
Ruth L. Fretwell
Moulton Methodist Church
Lewis Lankford
Will Wear
Roswell E. Owens
Old Town Ore Cemetery
Brown
Moul
Fretwell
Carrollton County
J. T. Taylor Dies. Rites Slated at Union Grove
Funeral services are set for J. T. Taylor 47 of Columbus Georgia and former Decatur resident at Union Grove Methodist Church on the old Moulton Road Monday at 11 a.m. He died Friday at 3 p.m. in a Columbus hospital after residing there five years. Burial will be in Bald Knob Cemetery with graveside rites by Masons. He leaves one sister.
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J. T. Taylor
Columbus
Decatur
Union Grove Methodist Church
Moulton
Masons
Local Family Figures in Gadsden Connection Mentioned in Notice
Mrs. James Murphy of Painesville Ohio is named as stepmother of Edna Taylor of Moulton 2 and three uncles Tom Winningham Walter Winningham and John Taylor all of Gadsden are listed in the notice with related kinship details.
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James Murphy
Painesville
Ohio
Edna Taylor
Moulton
Tom and
Walter Winningham
John Taylor
Gadsden
Relatives Noted at Pallbearers List for Local Service
Pallbearers named for the service include R. V. Nelson, Charlie Kitchens, Razzie Suggs, Odis Hill, Newt Kitchens, and Bernice Clark. The text notes Leo Durocher, a major league baseball manager, is of French extraction and began his baseball career in the Catholic Junior League in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
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R. V. Nelson
Charlie Kitchens
Razzie Suggs
Odis Hill
Newt Kitchens
Bernice Clark
Leo Durocher
West Springfield
Mass
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Worthington
Robert E. Hammond
Dewitt T. Green
Decatur Works
Worthington Corp
Hammond
Beech Street
Green
8Th Street SE
Home Owned and Operated
Clifford E. Hodges
Mgr
Sherman St
Decatur, Ala
KODAK
CRU
Bank St
James A. Blevins
Morgan District
American Legion
Massey
Cotaco
Owen
Alvis Tillery
Butler
N. S. Hatcher Company
Jackson Highway
Sheffield
Ala
Union Grove
Andrew Rombokas
8Th Ave
S.E
Evan’s Awning & Insulation Co
2Nd Avenue, N. E
Southern Engineering Co., Inc
MOSS
Plymouth
Riveria
Savoy
Pontiac
GMAC
Lee Street
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