Limestone Jaycees Sponsor TVA Fish Tagging Contest
Limestone County Junior Chamber of Commerce backs a TVA led fish tagging drive in Wheeler Reservoir Elk river Lee Hi camp area. About 500 game and pan fish including bass and crappie will be tagged to study growth migration and spawning patterns. Prizes encourage tag returns at Griffis Electric Co Athens with TVA Decatur marks on tags and a TVA fishing rodeo starting June 1 1950.
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Lawrence Miler
TVA
Elk River
Lee Hi
Wheeler Reservoir
Limestone County
Ohe
E Tva
State Department of Conservation
Miller
Limestone County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Griffis Electric Co
Athens
Deccatur
Chamber of Commerce
Nine killed in Alabama traffic accidents this week end
The Associated Press reports nine people died in Alabama traffic crashes over the weekend. In Evergreen seven died in an auto truck collision. six victims were Black. Chief W H Williamson said a car cut in front of a sawmill crew truck. E A Smith 39 of Red Bay, president of Smith Lumber and Athens College trustee, died Friday when his pickup left the road near Florence. Two others in the truck were not seriously hurt. Bolas Pritchett 75 of Adamsville, Black, was killed Friday when struck by a car near Adamsville.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Evergreen
W. H. Williamson
E A. Smith
Red Bay
Smith Lumber Co
Athens College
Social Work Conference Opens Three Day Alabama Meeting
Welfare workers from across the state will gather for a three day annual meeting of the Alabama conference of social work in Montgomery starting May 20. The event runs in tandem with the state conference of child caring institutions and agencies to discuss how social work can best serve humanity.
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Montgomery
Alabama Conference of Social Work
State Conference of
Deadline Looms for June Event Ticket Sales
Entrance tickets must be purchased by May 31 for the event running through June 15. Organizers urge early purchase to guarantee seating and avoid last minute shortages.
For Sale Home Near Decatur on 2 Acres
For sale a two acre property with four large rooms and an orchard. Located one city block off U S 31, ten miles north of Decatur. Includes electricity running water and phone on a school bus route. Call Athens 434 M40 for an appointment next week.
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U. S
Decatur
Athens
M40
Home and family loom largest in future training
A thoughtful piece urges shaping the home as the core of future education and character. It argues that stable homes with loving parents, truth, kindness, books, and faith sustain cities and nations despite wars and unrest.
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Carl S. Ell
Northeastern University
Morgan County candidate vows four years of honest law enforcement
A polling aspirant pledges to dedicate every thought and energy to duty if elected on May 30. He promises fair, equal service to all county residents, avoiding special favors, and to discharge duties humbly before constituents and God.
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Morgan County
Rutgers Football Schedule for 1950 Reveals Tough Nine
The 1950 Rutgers football team will face Syracuse Princeton Temple NYU Lehigh Brown Lafayette Penn State and Colgate in order. The column comments on social trends and humorous anecdotes about aging and appearances accompany the sports list.
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Rutgers
Syracuse
Princeton
Temple
NYU
Lehigh
Brown
Lafayette
Penn State
Colgate
Briscoe Reelected Secretary Treasurer at Alabama Assoc
Alvis G. Briscoe Morgan county tax collector was reelected secretary treasurer of the Alabama Tax Assessors and Collectors Association. The Montgomery convention named John Campbell Fort Payne president with D W Crosland Montgomery first vice president and Festus Chamblin Tuscaloosa second vice president.
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Alvis G. Briscoe
Morgan County
Alabama Tax Assessors and Collectors Association
Montgomery
John Campbell
Fort Payne
D. W. Crosland
Festus Chamblin
Tuscaloosa
Briscoe
Colorado River Mother of Four Great Rivers
The Colorado is described as the mother of four great rivers the Arkansas and Platte in the east and the Colorado and Rio Grande in the west, though no streams flow into Colorado from outside.
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Colorado
Arkansas and
Platte
Colorado and
Rio Grande
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Limestone ‘Jaycees
Dillehay’s Drug Store
City Wide Delivery
Grant
Spencer Seed Cleaners
Athens, Alabama
Jaycees
Cal
Quebec Chronicle Telegraph
John MacPherson
Pat
Ireland
John
Aymon
Chicago
Tom Katz
Yours
John F. McCutcheon
Somerville Rt
Chatham, Ont
Canada News
Jacobsen
Valley Coal
4Th Ave
Holly St
Decatur, Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Flight Service
Pryor Field
G. Clyde McRae
Board of Education
Trinity
Central Baptist Church
Mason
Shriner
County Welfare Board
Trinity School
McRae Motors
Redding Emens
Sheats
G. C. McRae
Ala
SALE
Second Avenue
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