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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

27 May 1954

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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1954

Page

11

Courtland News Personal notices fill weekend in towns

Courtland area residents and visitors populate social pages with travel to Florence Decatur Town Creek and Birmingham. Names include Terry Locke Coburn Godfrey Gilchrist Norton and Addison families among others with multiple weekend visits and trips to Detroit Cullman Mentone and Nashville.

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Al'e Charles Edward Terry Gunter Field Montgomery Glenn Wells Leighton Russell Preutt W. J. Lee Sr Town Creek R. H. Tweedy Alma Letson Lawrenceburg Tennessee Austin Baden Fred Ashford R. J. Locke Columbus Mississippi John Amos Terry Guy Terry San Diego California Annie C. Godfrey Harriett Brownie Godfrey Frank Coburn Wardie Marsh Dave Martin Jr Florence W. P. Dozier Decatur Bob Tweed Alfred Hill D. L. Martin Sr W. H. Marsh Columbia Alice Neal Gene Matthew Cross Kalamazoo Michigan Bill Barnes E.C.M. Hospital James Gilchrist Mattie A. Locke Glenn Wallace Fred Halbrooks George and Billy James W. Fennel Ruth Crow Moulton Dane Coffey J. W. Horton Pearl Rutherford Russellville J. Will Terry Roland Montgomery University C. P. Montgomery Roland Virginia al Jen R. E. Simpson Tuscumbia Barbara Simpson Courtland H. J. Locke Mentone Kate Darrah Brownie Harriett Godfrey Jane Coburn Jean Reding Guy Burden Jimmy Hardy Brown Terry Lawrence Parker Atlanta Georgia Robert Simpson Bob John Clarke Huntsville Fred Crow Ed Bow-les Tri-Cities Denon McMillan Baton Rouge Louisiana Frank Morris McMillian Clint Terry Rockview Leonard Terry Julia Sue Hillsboro Bailey Terry Trinity Robert Berryman Clinton Berryman Wallace Myhan Milton Ed Bowles W. A. Auten Clyde Johnson Sarah Joe Estes Haleyville Tate Hollenbeck Lavinia Chardavayne Ava Maria Grotto Cullman E. R. Todd Wade Terry Detroit Ivy Watson Watson Gwendolyn Crisler Lester Connor C.T. Happer Carl Happer Birmingham Jack Norwood Fort Campbell Kentucky Pruitt Parker Mary Hunt Mrs. Bradford Tae Ae Ofie Wile Neto
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Mobile Harbor Work Approved

A House Public Works Subcommittee approved 5.788 million dollars for Mobile ship channel and harbor improvements and 70 thousand for access to a proposed small boat harbor on Dauphin Island. The total river and harbor program totals 97.182 million with four Army Corps projects to deepen and widen channels to 40–42 feet and widths up to 1 400 feet, to accommodate larger ore carriers and oil tankers arriving in the next two years.

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Washington House Public Works Mobile Ship Dauphin Island Congress Army Corps of Engineers Mobile Harbor Mobile Harbor Bar Mobile Bay Mobile River Alabama State Docks Mobile Bar
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Bishop Denied Tabernacle Use

RUSSELLVILLE AL A Church of God faction led by Bishop Homer J Tomlinson pressed on with its Alabama convention after Franklin County Court denied a temporary injunction to use Red Bay tabernacle known as the Ten Acre Field The state wide gathering at Kennedy Chapel Church of God south of Red Bay will run through Sunday with Tomlinson and visiting ministers speaking He seeks permanent possession of the property valued at about 100 million dollars while Bishop Mills who controls the site has 30 days to answer the petition

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Russellville Ala Church of God Homer J. Tomlinson Alabama W. H. Quillin Franklin County Law and Equity Court Tomlinson Red Bay New York Kennedy Chapel L. B. Hall Anniston Red Bay Tabernacle Mills
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Two Georgia Seamen Survive Bennington Blast

Thomson high school mates Gunner's Mate 3 C Weldon T Neal Jr. and Seaman Charles Cameron Jr. survived a second blast aboard the Carrier Bennington after having served on board during a 1953 boiler explosion that killed 11 crewmen.

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Georgia Bennington Thomson, Ga Thomson Thomson High School C. Weldon T. Neal Jr Charles Cameron Jr Neal Cameron
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