Mongrel Dog Keeps Gas Station Vigil
A sad eyed mongrel dog has kept watch for four weeks at a Mobile filling station awaiting the master who drove off in a car with a California license plate. The pup, tan and white, avoids approaching people but returns to the station, surviving on food left by operator Marvin Whigham and passers by as two locals hoped to adopt him.
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Mobile
Marvin Whigham
California
Miami
A. Whigham
Whigham
Texas Visitor Given Honor at Sunday Picnic
Mrs. Johnie Hogan hosted a Sunday picnic to honor her sister Mrs. Viola Owen of Dallas Texas. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Barto Blair Mr and Mrs Dan Dutton Mr and Mrs Hamp Smith Mr and Mrs Loyd Hogan and many others from Danville Massey Hartselle Hattiesburg and nearby areas.
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Johnie Hogan
Viola Owen
Dallas
Texas
Barto Blair
Vinemont
Dan Dutton
Danville
Hamp Smith
Jimmie Minor
Loyd Hogan
Diane
Janice
Milton Aldridge
John Bryant
Massey
Clell Smith
Martha Nell
Douglas
Paschal Hogan
Hartselle
Clode McKay, Jr
Clyde Holladay
Sonja
Dora Crow
Zemon Crow
Sammy
Brenda
Noel Blair
Ronald Minor
Ottis Dutton
Bob Pope
Robert and
Dana
Opal Hogan
Hattiesburg
Walter Dropo Tops Southern Association Hitting
Walter Dropo, 1949 first base prospect for the Boston Red Sox, stands as a leading hitter in the Southern Association while playing for Birmingham.
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Walter Dropo
Boston Red Sox
Birmingham
Barkeep Finn Quietly Calms Troubled Patrons with TV
In a quiet bar scene Finn, the long trusted barkeep, notes that a television set pacifies unruly drinkers. Patrons fall into a stupor of eyeball awe as the screens hypnotize crowds, reducing fights and even silencing the jukebox. The TV is praised as a rare tool for calm in a chaotic room.
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Finn
M Y F Groups at Lebanon Church Hold Outdoor Chicken Fry
The Danville and Johnsons Chapel church groups joined Lebanon Church in a Tuesday night meeting at the grove. More than a hundred attended the fried chicken supper followed by worship, devilotion, and recreation before adjourning with a friendship circle. The next gathering will be at Danville with inviting other charge churches.
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M.Y.F. of Lebanon
Danville 2
Danville
Johnson's Chapel
Lord
Margaret Owen
S. M. Stabler
Doris Jean Harris
Bernice Kelsoe
Upton’s Chapel
Keys of City Given to Bride in Birmingham
A Birmingham fireman and war veteran married Miss Wilhelmina Edelman of the Hague on Aug. 25. She received the city key from City Commissioner James W. Morgan while seeking immigration relief as her visa expired Sept. 1. Officials said extension was granted while the case is reviewed. The city hopes for a path to citizenship for the bride.
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Birmingham
James Michaela
United States
Wilhelmina Edelman
Hague
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Michael
Immigration Service
James W. Morgan
Holland Girl
Atlanta
Alabama sightless merchants to form organization in Sylacauga
The Alabama Sightless Retail Merchants Association plans an organizational meeting in Talladega on Sunday and Monday. Blind business men and women will organize its membership. Dempsey Byrd of Sylacauga serves as president and says the group will focus on exchanging ideas to improve service.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Alabama Sightless Retail Merchants Association
Talladega
Dempsey Byrd
Coaxial Cable Brings Television To American Life
In Hal New Yorks column a satirical take on the co axial cable’s spread across the United States observes television as a growing force. He notes the cable’s influence on homes, the season’s fashion prompts, and how bartenders praise television as a calming sedative compared with other diversions.
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Hal
New York
America
Benjamin Franklin
General discussion on united purchase to boost profits
Brief notes indicate a discussion focused on forming a united purchase to raise profits. The fragment mentions cooperation and coordinated buying as a strategic method. No specific names or dates are readable in the text.
Pollard Named New President of Alabama 4-H Council
William Pollard a 15 year old Honorville resident and 540 acre farm operator is elected president of the Alabama State Council of 4 H clubs at the annual camp in Auburn. Other officers include Eugene Alfred Oneonta Albert Ray Florence and Claire Frazier Tallassee with Albert Lee Bendall Florence secretary and Carolyn Wright Mathews reporter. The article notes political opinions from Carmichael and Wilkinson about party loyalties in the South.
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Auburn
Ala
William Pollard
Honorville
Alabama State Council
Butler County
W. S. Pollard
Eugene Alfred
Limeohi
Albert Ray
Oneonta
Claire Frazier
Tallassee
Albert Lee Bendall
Florence
Carolyn Wright
Mathews
Carmichael Draws Wilkinson's Fire In Rights Flurry
In Birmingham on September 3 the attorney general A. A. Carmichael faced sharp criticism from a states rights advocate over his handling of rights issues. The dispute centered on federal overreach and state sovereignty debates.
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Carmichael
Wilkinson
Wrong Conceptions in Religion Based on Biblical Test
The piece argues that universal tendency to misread religious teaching stems from clergy influence and urges individuals to judge by Bible alone. It cites 1 Timothy 4 1 3 Romans 9 31 Romans 10 17 and Romans 14 23 to condemn practices not proven by God’s word as sin.
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Paul
Israel
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