Parker Claiborn wedding and Cookeville cadet drill honor
Rev Swilling officiated the double ring ceremony at the Methodist church uniting Betty Claiborn and J P Parker Jr with close relatives in attendance. Betty wore beige Chantilly lace and carried a white Bible with orchids. Best man was Billy Ray Williams and Mrs Bob York was matron of honor. Kia Military Academy Cadets including Sgt Billy Vaughan and Cadets Sykes Martin and Hunter Marsh drilled with 30 cadets as they won a silver trophy at Cookeville after competing with Tennessee Tech.
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Bob York
Billy Ray Williams
Kia Military Academy
Columbia
Tennessee
Cookville
Tenn
Tennessee Tech
Billy Vaughan
Sykes Martin
Hunter Marsh
Local boys in best drilled platoon
The Gold Star platoon of Colum- leads a disciplined local unit praised for precise drill and unit cohesion amid training exercises. Soldiers display sharp formations and synchronized movements reflecting high training standards and community pride.
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Gold Star
Colum
Trotman Family Returns to Decatur Home
Raymond Trotman and his family return to Decatur living at 1118 4th Ave East. Known as a furniture salesman, Trotman has ties with Robinson Furniture Co. This brief notes his relocation and professional connection.
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Raymond Trotman
Decatur
4Th Ave
Trot
Robinson
Kindergarten graduation honors noted as crowd fills school
A large crowd attended Mrs. Auzie Astin’s kindergarten graduation Friday night with Dianne Harris as a fairy and James Gilchrist as a pixie leading the graduates. Vernon Hughes was valedictorian and Sue Lee salutatorian. Linda Carpenter led the class song and Stanley Vaughan Jr sang The Secret Song. Numerous visits and social notices follow from Decatur to Columbia reflecting regional ties.
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Auzie Astin
A Fairy
Dianne Harris
River Traffic Reaches New April High Record
Tennessee River traffic for April totals 285 000 tons and 64 860 000 ton miles as part of a record pace. In the first four months of 1952 coal shipments surpass prior yearly totals with over 500 000 tons moved. Tonnage 975 000 tons and ton miles 226 300 000 by April end. Decatur and Chattanooga terminals now ship scrap iron amid high levels in autos grain petroleum products and sulfur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Paducah
Decatur
Chattanooga
Lindbergh Lands Solo Flight 25 Years Ago
Paris marks the 25th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s May 21 1927 solo nonstop NY to Paris flight landing at Le Bourget. He piloted a Ryan monoplane carrying 430 gallons of fuel and weighing 2 1 2 tons when loaded with a 220 horsepower air cooled engine.
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Paris
Charles Lindbergh
le Bourget
New York
Lindbergh
Steam Plant Surpasses Rated Output at Johnsonville Plant
Four generating units at Johnsonville steam plant ran up 504000 kw on April 10, 54000 kw above rated capacity marking the highest single plant load in the South. Michigan State schedules five home football games in 1952 facing Texas A M, Penn State, Notre Dame and Marquette.
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Johnsonville
Michigan State
Texas A. & M
Urcase
Penn State
Notre Dame
Marquette
Local Socials Highlight Weekend Visits and Marriage
Miss Betty Vaughan returned home for the weekend. Betty Jean Hill and Bobby Agee wed in Iuka Mississippi Saturday afternoon. Betty and several families visited friends around Moulton and Birmingham, including Dan and Ann Gilchrist and Virginia Blythe returning from Spring Creek club house. Guests at Woodall’s included GM 1-c Wade Terry and friends from Albuquerque New Mexico.
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R. H. Tweedy
William Moseley
Decatur
Glenn Wells
Leighton
George Harris
Benton
Kentucky
Llewellyn Holland
Will Edwards
Z. R. Carpenter
Huntsville
E. D. Carpenter
Linda
D. L. Martin, Sr
Wardie Marsh
Yancy Hughes
Sykes Martin
Hunter Marsh
C.M.A
Columbia
Tenn
Dan Claiborn
Florence
Wilbe” Terry
Earl Aldredge
Moulton
Riley B. Moore, Jr
T-Sgt. Moore
Belleville, Jr
C. C. Horton
J. M. Houston
Town Creek
Russell Fowler
Lavonia Chardavoyne
Spring Creek
T-Sgt
Riley B. Moore
Ralph Griffin
Paducah
Mrs. Dar
Mer McBride, Jr
Printess Norton
Lindon Truitt
Betty Vaughan
Pruitt Parker
Cullman
Betty Jean Hill
Bobby Agee
Iuka
Miss
W. J. Terry
Adlai
Hobbs Green
Joe Agee, Jr
John Davis
Birmingham
Wheeler Dam
Wilburn Terry
Woodall
Wade Terry
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Dan
Ann Gilchrist
Virginia
Jimmy Blythe
Lavonia Chardavayne
John Clarke
Garth Clarke
Annie C. Godfrey
Harriett and
Browning Godfrey
Clyde Bankston
Fishpond
Brown Norton
Neighborhood Ladies Visit and Board Social Event
Eight women gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. L cutting over needlework and refreshments in Brookings. The piece recaps a light social scene with conversation about marriage and old jokes while an exchange about a shipwreck provides a punchline.
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Brookings
S.D
Tree Planting Spreads Across Tennessee Valley in 1951 52
TVA reports April completion of the 1951 52 program with 21 million seedlings from Clinton nursery and 2 053 300 from other agencies making a total of more than 23 million. Of these 14 770 250 were planted in the Valley and 8 270 700 to cooperating agencies outside the watershed but within Valley states. Species production included loblolly pine 10 020 200 shortleaf pine 1 798 700 white pine 5 445 450 black locust 186 700 yellow poplar 359 300 red cedar 246 750 red spruce 18 550 and lespedera bicolor 3 050 000.
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Tennessee
TVA
Clinton
Surprise party honors 166th birthday of Mother Edward K
The Ocean City sentinel reports a surprise birthday event for Mother Edward K, described as her son Edward’s guest of honor. Organizers credit Edward’s mother with arranging the celebration. The note adds a light aside about arches and dancing related to a sink.
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Edward K
Edward
Ocean City
Galif
Sentinel
Decatur School Papers Humorous Vignettes and Quips
A collection of light humorous snippets from Decatur school pages. It includes quips about Elizabeth and Raleigh, language mixups by Toby, a secretary filing error in the Lambertson case, a triple Welsh wedding on the Isle of Man, jokes about kissing and illness, a pilot's banter, and a Frost quote on risk and parenthood.
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Decatur
Elizabeth
Raleigh
Toby
Madchen
Germany
Lamberton
Isle of Man
TVA Camps Teach Conservation In North Alabama
TVA signed a contract with the Alabama Department of Education and Florence State Teachers College to run school camping projects in North Alabama. Reservoir lands will be used to teach conservation focusing on fire prevention and control water safety soil erosion prevention forestry fertility marginal land restoration and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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TVA
Alabama Department of Education
Florence
Alabamia) State Teachers College
Alabama
Seaman Boyer To Visit Noted Resort
Paul L Boyer seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Robert H Boyer of Hartselle Alabama is among the crew of minesweeper USS Gherardi visiting the Riviera resort Cannes France The ship will allow visits to Paris and Geneva and the beaches of the Cotes d Azur during the Cannes visit This pattern of port calls is common for ships with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Paul “L Boyer
USN
Robert H. Boyer
Gherardi
Riviera _ resort
Cannes
France
Paris
Geneva
Cotes d’Azur
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Wave Lansdell In Station Blood Drive
Katherine C. Lansdell a WAVE seaman apprentice, daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel C Lansdell of Town Creek Alabama participated in the all out blood donor drive at Kingsville Texas Naval Auxiliary Air Station. The drive collected 720 pints of blood for the fighting men in Korea.
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Katherine C. Lansdell
WAVE
USN
Samuel C. Lansdell
Town Creek
Ala
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Kingsville
Texas
Korea
Black Draught Laxative Claimed to Relieve Constipation Overnight
A vintage advertisement touts Black Draught as a natural vegetable laxative that relieves constipation while you sleep. It promises gentle relief without harsh griping and also claims to sweeten sour stomach and aid digestion, suitable for adults and youngsters.
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Handy Men
Gulf Coast Wells Lead Global Sulfur Output
More than 40 percent of the world's sulfur comes from wells along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas, highlighting the region's dominant role in sulfur production.
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Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Texas
Sulfur Industry Fuels Acid Production in U S
Three quarters of all sulfur produced in the United States is burned to make sulfuric acid, fueling a major portion of industrial chemical output and industrial growth.
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United States
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Youngstown
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SHACK
Lafayette St
M. H. Woodard
E. Moulton
Decatur, Ala
Clarice
Charlie
Helen
Frost
J. D. Manning CO
Decatur, Alabama
Bank
Seaman Boyer
Wave Lansdell
Walt
Disneys
In Wonderland
Sena Corre
Chase & Sanborn
Humphrey
E. Moulton St
Rose Petal
Ann-Lee
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