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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1955

Page

5

SOS for Women to Fill Secretary and Typist Jobs

Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell urged jobless women with typing skills to apply at public employment offices to fill a growing shortage of secretaries stenographers and typists. He cited 38 states reporting shortages and 1100 openings in District of Columbia offices including overseas posts. The nationwide recruitment involves communities and women's organizations.

Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell Mitchell District of Columbia

Mountain Name Change Reflects 1949 Mole Hill History

In 1949 Mole Hill West Virginia officially changed its name to Mountain, signaling a local identity shift and marking a notable point in the town's historical record.

Mole Hill W.va Mountain

Teenagers Active In Local Church Life In Decatur

Decatur churches eye youth development with full programs for boys and girls. Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist and Catholic groups offer choirs, retreats, missions studies, softball, Sunday services and summer camps. Activities foster leadership, service and faith from childhood onward.

Marian Chandler Decatur Deccatur St. John’s Episcopal Central Methodist Royal Ambassadors Baptist Central Baptist Church Youth Fellowship United Movement of Church Youth Young Churchmen of Alabama Episcopal United States Epiphany Central Methodist Church Daytona Beach Fla Church of God Young Peoples Endeavor St. Ann’s Catholic Church First Christian Church Christian World Fellowship Fund Lutheran Church of Christ First Presbyterian Church Shirley Wooten Linda Stone Mary Lou Wooten Peggy Scott Tommy Black Roy Garnett Ken Nelson

Four Men Aboard Rowboat Drown Off Casco Bay

A small 14 foot rowboat swamped in Casco Bay near Cousins Island drowning three of four occupants. Surviving, John A. Greenlaw 26 of Bath said the victims were Elroy Gross 29 of Waldoboro Robert E Cobb 24 and Arthur E Berry 24 both of Brunswick. Greenlaw and the others were engineering survey crew crossing to Cousins Island for surveying work.

Yarmouth Maine Casco Bay John A. Greenlaw Bath Elroy Gross Waldoboro Robert E. Cobb Brunswick Arthur E. Berry Greenlaw Cousins Island

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