Pupils Outshine Teachers At MGM Studio School
Hollywood May 2. Mary MacDonald heads MGM studio school since 1932 with eight pupils including Elizabeth Taylor Margaret OBrien Dean Stockwell Claude Jarman Jr. The pupils earn more than teachers and attend nine to twelve for classes while high schoolers like Taylor do homework. MacDonald previously taught in Philippine and Los Angeles schools after 17 years shaping child actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mary MacDonald
MGM Studio School
Margaret O'Brien
Dean Stockwell
Claude Jarman, Jr
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss* MacDonald
Miss Taylor
Miss MacDonald
Philippine
Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Freddie Bar
Seeing Eye Dog Seized From Blind Beggar in Atlanta
Humane Society officer removed a sighted dog's owner’s pet, saying the seeing eye German shepherd named Big Boy was underfed. W. C. Knight, blind since childhood, defended his care but faces a court hearing as officials intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
The
Humane Society
Marshall E. Lind
Lind
W. C. Knight
Knight
Big Boy
Blytheville woman dies at 110 after long Blythe plantation life
Fannie Burnette Postelle, aged 110, died at her Blytheville home. Born July 5, 1839 on a John Scott plantation near Abbeville, S C, she moved to Blytheville in 1888 and settled on Rev Tom Blythe's plantation. She leaves a brother and sister in Abbeville, both over 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville
Ark
Fannie Burnette Postelle
John Scott
Abbeville
S. C
Tom Blythe
Brightest pupils and a quiet school ethos described
The teacher notes the brightest pupils are not named to avoid harming others. She says most students cooperate and only a few follow bad advice. She has not needed to use force and keeps the school normal. Graduation involves a class and a special party, with diplomas issued at University High in the nearest city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tholoméw
TVA Payments For Tax Listed
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced the payments in lieu of taxes to seven Tennessee Valley states and counties will total 2 050 437 for the fiscal year ending June 30. Municipalities and cooperatives distributing TVA power will pay taxes and payments in lieu totaling about 2 500 000 for the 1949 fiscal year. The total of 4 600 000 is 1 460 000 more than former property taxes on reservoir lands and privately owned power properties. State breakdown lists Alabama Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia with specific dollar amounts for each.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley States
TVA
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Klan Leader Probes Dolly Pond Flogging Case
Dr. Samuel Green grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan says he can identify the leader of a masked group that flogged six people near a Dolly Pond church. He refused to name the suspect but will reveal information at the proper time after meetings with local officials and the Dolly Pond inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Dolly Pond
Atlanta
Chattanooga Times
Green
Raulston Schoolfield
Campbell Carden
Lupton Patten
Grand Jury
the Times
Homecoming Day at Aldridge Church
Homecoming observance set for Sunday at Aldridge Church in Lawrence County with 11 o'clock preaching and afternoon singing. Greer Hendon will direct the program and dinner will be served on the ground.
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Aldridge Church
Lawrence County
Greer Hendon
Massey Officials Guests at Dinner
Massey Home Demonstration Club officers attended a chain store managers dinner last week. Key attendees included President Mrs. Jim King and Vice President Mrs. Price Bryant with Secretary Treasurer Miss Gertrude Radford, Song Leader Mrs. Neal Doss, and council executives President Mrs. Ben Jones Second vice president Mrs. W. L. Hardwick 4-H club leader Mrs. James Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey Home Demonstration Club
Chain Store Managers
Jim King
Price Bryant
Gertrude Radford
Neal Doss
Ben Jones
W. L. Hardwick
James Morris
TVA Power Rates Decline for Valley Consumers
TVA official G. O. Wessenauer says average electricity costs for 950,000 TVA area customers have fallen since World War II. Forty of 144 distributors reduced rates, saving about 13 million dollars annually for retail customers. Overall TVA power users save around 30 million dollars yearly versus national average rates.
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TVA
G. O. Wessenauer
TVA Power
United States
Electrical World
Moss Chapel WSC Sesson Sees Eighteen Members Present
The regular meeting of the Womans Society of Christian Service at Moss Chapel church had 18 members in attendance. Mrs Harvel presided with songs led by Mrs Shirley Moore and Rev Davis delivering the devotional from Hebrews. Mrs L L McCullough, visiting from Decatur, spoke on missionary education. next gathering is June 7 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Society of Christian Service
Moss Chapel Church
Harvel
Jesus
Shirley Moore
Davis
L. L. McCullough
Decatur
The Thrust of an Architectural Arch Explained
The thrust of an arch is the side to side pressure it exerts while the weight causes vertical downward pressure. The concept outlines how arches transfer loads to supports, balancing horizontal and vertical forces.
Offbeat Jokes and Classroom Tea in an Odd Page
A jumble of quips and captions chronicles a lazy classroom exchange about Magna Charta and Gordon Riots. The page also features quick one liners about love, aging, poker jokes, chin up quotes, and a hotel clerk gag, all in a fragmentary humor strip style.
Unclear dialogue clues in daily life scene
A fragmented quote set shows a job applicant and employer exchange about writing days and electricity terms, a panhandler bargaining for coins, a passerby offering change, and a sobering street moment with a child injury as a passerby notes. The text reflects street conversations and urban minor incidents.
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Bob Thomas
Goidel
B. P.O. E. Lodge
Belk Hudson Co
Shantung
Belk’s
Bell
Hudson Co
Massey
Pinky
Homer
Gene Akern
Wolfgang
Moss Chapel
Marye
H. Ryan Appliances & Furniture
East Moulton St
A. A. Jones
H. Jones
Junius
Lois
Snelling
Decatur Man
Tommy
Hew
Pilot
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Panhandler
Holley
Oak Park
L. B Weight
Office
John Patterson Company, Inc
General Insurance—Real Estate
Easter Building
Buick Service md
Poole Buick CO
Lee Street
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