Getup and Rescue tied to Huntsville area history
Mrs. J. O. Hughes, a veteran educator, details how the northeast Morgan County settlement once named Getup merged with Morgan City and became Rescue. The piece traces pioneer families the Hughes and Ditto lines, local schools, churches, ferries, and Ditto’s Ferry heritage linked to Huntsville’s early development.
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Huntsville
J. O. Hughes
Morgan City
Hughes
Greenbrier Cove
Texas
J. C
Cameron
Milam County
Alabama
Ditto’s Landing
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Colbert’s Landing
Natchez Trace
Coffey Reports Record Ford Launch Sales Uplift
Dick Coffey Ford reports high demand for the new Ford model with £8985 sales on introduction day up 60 percent from last year and more than double 1957 and 1959 volumes. For three days Friday to Monday total new car deliveries reached 34 237, up 7 400 from last year. Fleet orders more than doubled and retail orders topped 29 000 on introduction day.
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Ford
Dick Coffey
Ford Motor Company
Coffey
Do It Yourself Dusting Cloth From Old Chenille
An old chenille bedspread or bathrobe can be converted into a cluster for ceilings walls and moldings. Cut out two rectangles stitch up three sides and run a draw string around the opening to fit a broom. Launder the slipcover duster in hot soapy water after use.
Lawrence County Moves Toward Industry Growth and a New Town Hall
Lawrence County eyes industrial expansion as Moulton plans a $50,000 town hall with federal grant hopes. Courtland also pushes to convert the abandoned Courtland Air Base into a major industrial park alongside ongoing county development efforts.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Decatur
Huntsville
South
Martin J. Lidle
Birmingham
Moulton Council
Irwin Clinic
Bank of Moulton
Moulton Fire Department
Lidle
Monroe Sandlin
Courtland
Courtland Air Base
Army Air Force
Industrial Development Committee
Fourth Hunter Gallery Annual Art Exhibition Opens in Chattanooga
The Fourth Hunter Gallery Annual, a Southeastern art competition, runs November 10 to 27 at the George Thomas Hunter Gallery of Art in Chattanooga Tennessee. Open to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North and South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia artists. Two original paintings may be entered within the past two years and not previously shown. Entries must be shipped prepaid to Chattanooga October 10 28 or hand delivered during specified dates. Further information and entry blanks available by writing to Fourth Hunter Gallery Annual Hunter Gallery of Art 10 Bluff View Chattanooga 3 Tennessee.
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Hunter Gallery
George Thomas Hunter
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Hunter Gallery of Art
Bluff View
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H’ville
U. S
Alabama Highway Department
Apple Grove
Morgan County
Wallace
Wisconsin
A. E
Mary Tyler
Tylers
Rescue
Wilson
Otis Wilsons
Union Hill
North Carolina
Cotaco Valley
Bridge
Whitesburg
Swartz
Tom Miller
Andrew) Jackson
Ditto’s Ferry
Matthew Mahan
Jesse Allison
Ditto
Hunt
Guntersville
Miller
Atlas
Samuel Davis
Davis
Mt. Fork
Morgan
Madison
Marshall
Grant
Daughters of the American Revolution
Otis Wilson
Rescue Methodist Church
Gospel Meeting
Flint, Alabama
Bernard L. Dawes
W. R
Bill
Haffner
COA
P. O
Ala
Lawrence
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