No Vice President If President Dies Says 1886 Law
Washington reports discuss the lack of a sitting vice president during presidential succession. The 1886 law outlines a line of succession through cabinet officers if there is no vice president. Proposals in Congress consider electing a vice president or making the speaker succeed to the presidency in such cases.
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Community Decoration Activities Highlight Local Visitations
Several residents attended the Decoration at Liberty Sunday. Pvt Flint Gillespie of the U S Army is spending a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Percy Gillespie. Mr and Mrs Lilbern Owens moved to the community from near Moulton. Mr and Mrs Robert Melson and children left for Kingston Tenn where he will be employed. Mrs John Dunn and daughter Irene visited Mrs Quenton Lentz. Miss Clara-Dee Hamilton spent time with her sister Dutch Townson in Conway. Louie Melson and children from Kingston Tenn visited with Mr and Mrs Sam Melson. Pvt and Mrs Reno Pruitt of Fort Benning Ga are on a 13 day furlough. Vernon Watkins and wife welcomed a daughter born May 24 named Glenda Gait. William Bell of the U S Army is home on a 40 day furlough. William recently returned from overseas after liberation from Germany. George Standridge is able to sit up after weeks in bed.
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Liberty
Flint Gillespie
U. S. Army
Percy Gillespie
Lilbern Owens
Moulton
Robert Melson
Kingston
Tenn
John Dunn
Irene
Quenton Lentz
Clara- Dee Hamilton
Dutch Townson
Conway
Louie Melson
Tecn
Sam Melson
Reno Pruitt
Fort Benning
Georgia
Vernon Watkins
Glenda Gait
William Bell
U.S. Army
Franie Bell
William
George Standridge
Local Social Roundup From Morgan County Corinth
A crowded Morgan County Corinth scene notes Decoration Day observances at Sardis Pine Grove and Pine Torch. Residents attend shows, church gatherings, and visits with relatives such as the Bonds Aldridge Burden Blevins and Turrentine families.
Local families visit, troops homecomings noted in community
Mr and Mrs Pervis Ward and sons spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Oscar Sybert at Oak Ridge. Pvt Joe Henry Reid of Ft Meade visited Mr and Mrs R B Bridges Wednesday. Pvt Raymond Smith recently home from overseas hospital. Pvt Mildredge Garner at home en route to Ft Meade.
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Pervis Ward and Sons
Oscar Sybert
Oak Ridge
Homer Crowe
Hartselle
M. G. Whitten
Fannie Sybert
Pervis Ward
Margie Crowe
Joe Henry Reid
Ft. Meade
Raymond Smith
Novel Wilburn
Danville 2
S. J. Curtis
Helen Whitten
Josephine Peck
Florette
Morgan County High School Commencement Observed
Homer Gibson and his son John of Auburn visited Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Kyle on Tuesday. The Kyle couple attended Rufus Gibson’s funeral in Decatur on Sunday after Rufus’s death.
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Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Homer Gibson
John
Auburn
M. M. Kyle
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Decatur
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Roy Brown
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