Personal notices of students and families in Florence region
James Cunningham and other students from Florence State Teachers College plan summer stays with family. Various relatives travel for graduations, visits, and vacations in Florence Montevallo Birmingham and Louisville with notable mentions of Alabama College and Asbury College. Larry Brazelton improves at Cripple Children's Clinic. several families return from trips to Kentucky Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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James Cunningham
Florence State Teachers College
Florence
Nell Cunningham
Paul H. Eubanks
Wilmore
Kentucky
Paul H. Jr
Asbury College
Paul
Points
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Larry Brazelton
W. T. Brazelton
Cripple Children’s Clinic
Birmingham
Larry
Thomas Glenn Counts
Guy Counts
Home Demonstration Club Hartselle May Meeting Highlights
Southeast Hartselle Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. G. H. McKee's home for May with Mrs. L. E. Slate presiding. A devotional cited biblical verses, a discussion on scholarship funds led to pledges to aid an Alabama girl’s college. Officers attended Decatur banquet. Slate demonstrated salads. seven members shared salads and iced grape juice. Mrs. William Patterson to host June 4.
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Hartselle
G. H. McKee
L. E. Slate
Alabama
Decatur
William Patterson
Armory Renovation Underway in Decatur
Workmen begin a major renovation of Decatur Armory with interior repainting in battleship gray and floor sanding. Eight painters, three sanders and about four laborers are on site. walls and doors previously brown. Completion expected early next week aside from flooring.
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Decatur
Sanders
Fikes Rites Held in Birmingham Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Ben J. Fikes of Decatur are set for Tuesday at 3 PM at Brown Service Funeral Home in Birmingham. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery. she died Sunday after several weeks illness. Surviving are her husband a son Olan a grandson and a brother.
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Ben J. Fikes
Decatur
Brown Service Funeral Home
Birmingham
Elmwood Cemetery
How Is Your Posture Lady Perfect Figure
An old era health feature urges women to improve posture for health and appearance. It warns that slouching stems from laziness and bad habits, causing chest compression, poor circulation, and breath lessening. It promotes gym classes and guidance by a physical education teacher to restore natural spinal curves.
Fire Prevention to Be Aim of New Group
Civic leaders and representatives of private and public agencies in Montgomery gather to form the Alabama Conference on Fire Prevention. The move follows President Truman’s recommendation at a national conference last December urging state groups to educate the public on fire hazards and prevention. A committee under Gov. Folsom has planned the statewide meeting for weeks.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Truman
Prices Firm on Toronto Stock Exchange in Quiet Forenoon
Prices were firm across groups on the Toronto stock exchange with papers and steels strengthening and several junior golds gaining. Base metals rose and leading Western oils advanced, as trading remained quiet in the forenoon.
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Toronto
Toronto Stock Exchange
Presbyterian Chapel To Have First Service
Initial services at the Courtland Road Presbyterian chapel will be held Sunday afternoon June 6 with William McAliley as the preacher. The event doubles as an organizational meeting for the Sunday school and all residents are invited.
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Courtland Road Presbyterian Chapel
William McAliley
Scouts Start Prospects Johnson and Compton on Baseball Path
Two North Alabama high school players Rayburn Johnson of Decatur and Charles Compton of Elkton depart by bus from Decatur to Cordele Georgia to meet with Manager Hal Lee and scout Ivy Griffin. They seek professional contracts in the Cleveland Indians farm system, with both players recently earning diplomas and showing strong pitching records.
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North Alabama
Decatur
Rayburn Johnson
Decatur 3
Charles Compton
Elkmont
Cérdélé
Hal Lee
Ivy Griffin
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Grn
Johnson
Caddo
Decatur Owls
Austinville High
Compton
Elkmont High
Cordelo
Lee
Griffin
Pat Bishop
Ingalls
Hatton
Cordele
Lee Ts
Ticket Scalpers Arrested at Speedway
In Indianapolis on May 31 sheriff deputies seized a wagonload of ticket scalpers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Due to heavy traffic they were held at the speedway until after the 500 mile race. A fresh supply of general admission tickets was rushed from the downtown office to meet demand.
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Indianapolis
Sheriff's Deputies
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
Selma Boy Drowns in Gravel Pit Pond
Grady Nettles, 12, drowned yesterday in a gravel pit pond in Selma Alabama. He and friends swam at 6 P.M. a companion alerted others when he disappeared. Police and firemen recovered the body within an hour. revival efforts failed. Funeral at Capell cemetery near Camden tomorrow. son of Mrs. M. D. Taylor of Selma.
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Selma
Ala
Grady Nettles
Young Nettles
Grady
Capell Cemetery
Camden
M. D. Taylor
Kiruna Receives City Privileges in Swedish Lapland
Kiruna in Swedish Lapland, the world’s largest city by area, was granted city privileges on January 1, 1948. Despite a population of about 18,000, it covers more ground than 18 times the area of greater New York City.
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Kiruna
Swedish
Lapland
New York City
Fashion notes on wedding gowns and rings through the ages
The piece surveys lasting wedding gown traditions from white satin and lace to organdie, vanity of double use as a dance dress, and choices in veils and headdresses. It notes shifting ring trends toward diamonds and bands in gold platinum or palladium, with jeweled settings.
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Associated Press
Dear Miss Dix Advice Column Snippet
A teen boy seeks help after moving out due to a cruel stepfather and debt. Dorothy Dix urges responsibility, persistence, and banking to secure work, framing this as turning point for self reliance and eventual success.
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Miss Dix
Vacation Bible School Opens June 7 At Commu House
A daily vacation Bible school will begin June 7 at 8 30 A M in the Commu House on Market Street with Mrs Frank Siebert as rector and Mrs Will acting as Superintendent The faculty includes Mrs Dean Peck and Mrs W Wheeler for beginners department Mrs Leonard McCulloch and W H Johnson for primary department Mrs E A Edwards for girls and Mrs W D Riding for junior and senior classes
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Commu House
Market Street
Frank Siebert
Dean Peck
W. Wheeler
Leonard McCulloch
Nurses Needed in Chicago President Urges Expanded Health Program
President Truman told a Chicago nursing convention that recruiting student nurses is urgent and called for a broader national public health program with increased benefits to the public. The remarks highlighted the need to expand healthcare access amid a push for stronger public health measures.
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Chicago
Truman
United States
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Wanda Harris
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Betty Hunter
Alabama Collge
J. R. Hunter
J. W. Pettey
Mrs. J. T. Pettey
Martha Blizzard
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Joyce
Ella Jeane
Mary Ann Pettey
Mrs. J. W. Pettey
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Cole Holesapple
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Charlie Johnson
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SuLlivan’s Studio
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Jones Coal Co
Aa Jones
Helen Follett
Jacqueline White
James E. Folsom
Presbyterian Chapel
Norman Norell
Joel
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Dorothy DIX
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Jack Dorothy DIX
Jack
S. E
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Day & Dugger
East Moulton
Ervice OK
Tore
Oranes
Don’s Floor
Don Williams
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Helen Holmes
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