Fish Search A Nightmare On Pacific Raft Sails Home
George McArthur Clark reports a 20 year old marine biology student and his father Frank Cushing survived seven weeks adrift on a 23 foot raft. After a storm pushed them 1400 miles west of Guam they reached Calayan Island in the Philippines where an interisland steamer Jumar crew found them in a cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McArthur
Clark
Air Base
Pacific
Frank Cushing
Guam
Frank Jr
University of Guam
Puto Point
Calayan Island
Philippines
Interisland
Jumar
Clark Air Base
Cushing
U.S. Navy
Luzon
Calayan
Memorials and church notes fill Morgan County page
The Morgan County column reports funeral notices, births, and anniversaries including deaths of Willie Bell McDaniel and Henderson Shadix, a May 10 birth in Cullman, and family visits. It also lists church events at Ryan and Pleasant Grove, graduation plans for Edward Cornelius, and local preparations for summer programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Wright
Virgil Sizemore
Ryan Church
Glenda Wright
Glenda
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Lois Moon
Willie Bell McDaniel
South Bend
Ind
Anniston
R. D. NeSmith
Ollie Eaves
Robbie Daniel
Athens
Buddy Evans
Huntsville
Bobby Hawkins
Summerville
Sarah Wright
Bertha NeSmith
Hartselle
Kilpatrick-Bell
Donald Grace
Birmingham
John Grace
Irene Prash
Ryan Baptist Church
Coley Myer Holloway
Columbia
Ben Ralph
Quinton Wrights
Ben
Arab Hospital
Lollie Briscoe
No X Ray Escape Sparks NSW Prison Flap
A Sydney man refused a compulsory chest X ray before trial and was jailed, then X rayed on jail admission. Health Minister William F. Sheahan said the man was released after the incident came to light. The nickname Bobolinks and meadowlarks feature in a brief bird note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
New South Wales
William F. Sheahan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morgan County
Ryan
Lorch
Princess
Caravelle
Rite Seas
Diamond Princess
Lord
Tonto Ware
Wwre
Alabama
Friendly Lord Credit Stores
Second Avenue
Remington Streamliner
Universal Elec
Bulova
Ri Rae
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!