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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1954
Page
12
MOULTON Special officials who ran the May 4 primary will handle the June 1 Lawrence County runoff. C A Young, county committee chairman, says unofficial results should be ready early evening. In the primary, most results forecast after midnight, with two or three boxes not reported until about 8 a.m. the next morning.
The annual recital by Mrs. D. D. Burleson’s pupils at West Decatur School featured ushers Dana Pearce Shirley Templeton Marteen McEntire and June Terry. The program included pieces such as Merry Metettes Soldiers at Play The Band Is Coming Little Lady Sunny Sambo Plucks His Banjo and Bettys Wooden Shoe Dance among others.
A reader puzzle page lists across and down crossword clues with numbered slots and a cryptoquote puzzle. It includes example hints for various words, plus a sample cipher using a substitution mapping and a quotation.
A long program lists numerous performers and pieces led by intermission group the Moulionaires. It names soloists and ensembles including Walton, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Rachmaninoff, and Sousa pieces among many titles and eight hand piano works, with multiple duo and trio collaborations.
The Chapel Hill WSCS met at the church for a pledge service with eleven members present. Members signed pledge cards after hymns and prayers as they voted to meet semi monthly in summer and announced an installation service led by Paul Hampton on the fifth Sunday night.
Lawrence County announces a June induction of three men for the armed forces. Norman Paul Christian and Gilbert Franklin Berryman from Landersville and Billy Ray Naylor of Moulton depart June 10 for Montgomery Induction Station before heading to Fort Jackson South Carolina for basic training.
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