Hartselle Community News Highlights Local Events
Miss June Grisham hosts a slumber party for Morgan County High seniors at her Bethel Road home with dancing and refreshments. Garden Club units plan regional meeting at First Methodist church with committees named. Hartselle City Council forms committees at first meeting. PTA and church groups announce upcoming meetings and social events.
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June Grisham
Morganty High School
Umber
G. Hrisham
Bethel Road
Beth Howell
Elizabeth Groover
Kathryn Wilson
Barbara Ann Miller
Joan Nelson
Geraldine Shipp
Horace Broom
John Montgomery
Blunt Landers, Jr
Bill Bennett
Bill Houston
Olivia
Toliver Woodward
Hartselle
Almacke
W. T. Stew
F. A. Bennett
W. S. Poole
S. E. Gibson
Guy Roberts
John McDaniel
A. E. Jackson
W. H. Stewart
Wesley Patterson
Alma Fricke
W. T. Stewart
G. P. Frost
J. E. Stone
L. H. Houston
S. M. Nelson
R. L. Sherrill
J. E. Stone, Jr
H. Houston
Sanitary
Adult Training Union
The
First Baptist Church
Frank T. Smith
Laurenna Speigle
L. N. Whitman
Speigle
Brave 10 year old aids police in early armed robbery arrest
In Talladega Alabama on a Saturday afternoon a masked bandit robbed a housing project safe and struck a mother. Anita Andrews a 10 year old girl noticed the vehicle license number and helped police identify Pete Thomas Tadcino of Independence Louisiana who confessed and was jailed on armed robbery and assault with intent to murder charges.
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Talladega
Ala
Highway Patrol
C. M. Thorsen
Anita Andrews
Childersburg
Nancy Andrews
Pete Thomas Cattadino
Independence
Thorsen T
Thorsen
TODAY on the HOME FRONT veterans plan loan guarantees
The Veterans Administration will guarantee part of loans for veterans to buy a home farm or business with up to 4 percent interest. The program shares risk with banks and limits guarantees to 2000 dollars or 5 percent of the loan. Regulations are being finalized and will be distributed to lenders and veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Veterans Administration
Henry
Congress
A Chesapeake Bay drama unfolds in a sleepy town
Mrs. Reynolds hires Anne Wilson as nurse for her mobility challenged household. Laura Reynolds dominates, while Russell Smith, engaged to Laura, is drawn into gossip and a tense confrontation as Miss Withers probes Dan Tart erdat about a suspicious incident involving Laura and Dan. The town buzzes as relationships strain under scrutiny.
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Chesapeake Bay
Vage
Suntor Reynolds
Laura
Dan
Anne Wilson
Miss Withers
Miss
Withers
Mrebh
Abe
Laura Reynolds
Russell Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Lt Eyster Assigned to Utah RAF Depot
1st Lt. Charles H. Eyster of Decatur now serves at the RAF overseas replacement depot in Kearns Utah announced by Col. Weldon W. Doe. Eyster a 1941 University of Alabama graduate and ΚΑ member previously staffed Gulfport AAF as personnel officer. his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Eyster Sr. live in Decatur.
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Warrick
Marilyn Pettit
Marvin Pettit
Charles Dean
Florence
C. Dean
Luther McCaig
O.D Collins
Marion Cooper
Leah
Memphis
G. W. Puckett
Jean Tanner
Virginia Glasscock
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
G.P. Wiggitts
Haleyville
D. K. Wiggins
Malcolm Roberts
U. S. Navy
Danville
Ollie Wilhite
Tenn
S. E. Gibson
Falkville
Jessie Nelle Lee
Mimi Groover
Sarah Jo Putnam
Alabama College
Pvt
Ott Weinman
Kingman Field
Arizona
Pleat Chenault
Mobile
Edward Higdon
Camp Wheeler
Seldon Higdon
Decatur General Hospital
E. R. Roberts
Birmingham
Millard O’bar
Alexander City
John O’bar
William Smith
John Houston
Charles H. Eyster
Sherman St. Decatur
RAF
Kearns
Utah
Weldon W. Doe
Eyster
University of Alabama
Kappa Alpha
Gulfport Aaf
Decatur
Eddy Leads New Assault Between Nancy and Metz
Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy of Chicago, 52, commands the U S 12th army corps leading the new American assault between Nancy and Metz. A front line fighter, Eddy directed Moselle operations under heavy artillery fire and earlier earned the Distinguished Service Cross for Cherbourg fortifications. His wife and daughter reside in Columbus Georgia, the daughter a William and Mary graduate and Ledger reporter.
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Nancy
Manton S. Eddy
Chicago
von Rundstedt
Moselle
Metz
Eddy
North Africa
Sicily
Cherbourg
Martha
Columbus, Ga
William and Mary College
Columbus Ledger
Lt. Ramsey Arrives in Miami for Redistribution Processing
2nd Lt. Frank W. Ramsey, 27, Oklahoma City, arrives at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after a five month England tour. Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters recipient, he will rest about two weeks before new assignment. son of Mrs. H. Ramsey, wife in Decatur.
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Frank W. Ramsey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
United States
AAF Personnel Distribution Command
AAF
Ramsey
H. §. Ramsey
N. Shartel St
Decatur
England
Group Two Selectees Forwarded to Ft McClellan
Selectees listed by board two from Hartselle are sent to Ft McClellan for induction. Names include Jack Harry Smith Robert Odell Nix James Verlon Lindsey Lonnie Edward Parker Calvin Norris Wray David Cardwell Ledbetter Jr Paul Roscoe Thomas and Leslie Fred West.
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Ft. McClellan
Hartselle
Jack Harry Smith
Robert Odell Nix
James Verlon Lindsey
Lonnie Edward Parker
Calvin Norris Wray
David Cardwell Ledbetter, Jr
Paul Roscoe Thomas
Leslie Fred West
Lt Matthews 18 Back in Stat at Miami Redistribution Center
Lt John E. Matthews Jr of Decatur arrives at a redistribution station in Miami Beach for processing after overseas service. He will undergo medical exams and interviews to determine his next assignment, while likely remaining about two weeks. Matthews, a Liberator pilot with six months in theater and 35 missions, earned the DFC and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. His wife, Mrs Lanelle Matthews, lives at 1207 E Weatherford Ave Fort Worth Texas.
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Ist
John E. Matthews Jr
Decatur
Miami Beach
United States
AAF Ribution
AAF A
Matthews
John E. Matthews
Lanelle Matthews
E. Weatherford Ave
Fort Worth
Texas
Road to Berlin fronts distances by theater
Western front reports 302 miles from Venlo northward while the Russian front sits 310 miles from Warsaw and the Italian front stands 364 miles from Loiano. These figures map Allied and Axis positions across Europe as World War II press coverage tracks advance.
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The
Associated Press
Venlo
Warsaw
Loiano
Coroner M. Evans Dies in Birmingham After Illness
Jefferson County coroner since 1931 M. Evans died last night at a local hospital after a long illness. He had been on sick leave since July and was widely known in Alabama for his service to the office.
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Birmingham
M. Evans
Jefferson County
Alabama
Evans
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Clara Burleson
Parent-Teacher’s Association of
Morgan County High School
Women's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Canara
Edwin Branscomb
Mary, Cunningham
F. L. Aldridge
Clara Swain
Poole
H. E. Orr
J. E. Peck
W. V. Pattillo
Dutch East Indies
W. S. Poole, Sr
Harry Lyle
Edwin Brans
Ege
Tider
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Willie R. Lott, Jr
W. R. Lott
Laurel
Earline Grisham
Oneonta
G. H. Grisham
William Cost
Ralph Slate
Billy Stephenson
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
George_Stephenson
Billy — Walter
Boston
Mass
J. P. Walter
W. H. Bennett
Joan Barrett
Rebecca Collins
Owen Wright
Sylacauga
J. A. Wright
Joe E. Wright
J. M. Nelson
Ethel
Noble Yocum
Gadsden
Hubert Mitchell
Joe Caldwell
Bobby
E. L. Drinkard, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
E. L. Drinkard, Sr
Edward Warrick
U.S. Navy
Memphis, Tenn
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Riley Cunningham
Lexington
L. C. Pattillo
Nancy Allen Pattillo
Dottie
Susan Stewart
Emmett Bennett
Stewart Bennett
West Market Street
Lucy Bell
Doris Long
Irene Shafer
Betty Jo Johnson
Doris Ann Moe
Peggy Johnson
Jean Hooper
Mary Frances Johnson
Shirley Jean Moe
Betty Jane Andrews
Agnes Waldrip
Martha Morgan
Barbara Ann Aldridge
Billie Doris Hooper
Nancy Aldridge
Hilda Long
King Features
Yaven Warren Howard
Russell
Chapter
Miss Wilson
A Ce
NEW Assault
Miami
LT. Matthews
Berlin
Johnson's Red Cross
RED Cross
Johnson & Johnson
Belk’s Bargain Basement
Sinclair
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