Delano Park Hosts North Alabama District Visitors
Attendance supervisors from the North Alabama district visited Delano Park this week. The group included Martha W. Smith Montgomery and G E Goble Sheffield among others. Oscar Napps hosted. a Thursday bingo party for about 35 children featured prizes and refreshments. Tennis remains popular this summer with servicemen and their wives.
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Delano Park
North Alabama
Martha W. Smith
Montgomery
G. E. Goble
Sheffield
F. Lawler
Huntsville
Illiams
Ed Adams
Cullman
Wilmagram
Limestone County
O. P Richardson
Russellville
Allen de Florence
Oscar Napps
Joe
Charles Hare
Park activity and schedules at Delano Park Tennessee
Residents at Prospect Tennessee enjoy Delano Park with picnics and games. Church groups and clubs attend events, including a ping pong tournament and daily activities. Elizabeth Griffin visits for the first time as Riverside High teacher and local schedule reflects community gatherings. The article also notes park sharing and a Chicago Art Institute fact and crocodile teeth distinction.
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Memorial Drive’ Methodist Church
R. L. Penn
B. M. Thompson
Eurelian
Central Baptist Church
Chas. Williams
Grant Street
Elizabeth Griffin
Riverside High School
Delano Park
Courtland Army Air Use
Offbeat Gags and Local Laughs From Decatur
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from Decatur and nearby locales. Jokes about driving, sobriety tests, a tire gag, and a police surgeon routine mix with classroom puns and theater chatter. Includes small-town banter and light social commentary.
Nazis Fight to Hold Rimini as Allied Forces Press In
In Italy, German forces rally to defend Rimini against the British Eighth Army and Kesselring's units. Allied corps report heavy casualties but no major gains, with Canadians near the Marano river and Americans pushing on along the Fifth Army front. Clark pledges decisive blows after Salerno. Potatoes note follows.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Rimini
Harold Alexander
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Grece
Croce
Marano
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Salerno
Records and Real Estate Transfers in Morgan County
A list of marriages between individuals from Iowa, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, New York and local Alabama towns. Numerous deeds show transfers of property and liens among residents of Decatur, Hartselle, Danville, Moulton and surrounding areas, with amounts ranging from 25 to 17 000 dollars.
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Morgan County
Vernon Howard Fiderbick
Callender
Iowa
Dorothy Schmetzer
Pittsburgh
Alfred Almon McDougle
Louisville
Mary Irene Price
Hartselle
Robert Levee Glass
Curley Mae Turney
Joseph Gregory Grohels
Cadillac
Michigan
Betty Jean Pickle
Oklahoma
Francis Dutton
Falkville
Raythal Doris Long
Danville
Barbara Rachel Ward
Arle Oden
Madison
Alberta Harris
John Samuel Kaczmarek
Saramento
New York
Gayle Charleen Loomis
Coulee
North Dakota
William Hawkins Brehaut, Jr
Hingham
Mass
Gloria Edna Gillis
Glenn Cove
Long Island
Dale Edward Fritz
San Diego
Cal
Virginia Mae McGall
Cleveland
Moulton
Ala
Emmet Netherly, Jr
Moton
Mary Sue Byars
Rufus Greer West
Corie Elizabeth Long
Eural Dallas Letson
Thelma Morgan
Mathew Garth
Courtland
Nellie Harris
James Stewart
Ruby Lee Wilburn
Hillsboro
John Paul Smith
Lollar Suess
W. M. Randolph
J. P. Harvelle
Frank Terry
Edward Rose
Erline
John S. Hardin
Jim Steel
Henry Steel
Crabl Long
J. M. Flatt
Howard C. Hutto
Minnie Lee Flatt
Ira Lovett
L. E. Sanderson
H. E. Harbin
Annie. B. Bynum
Price Crosswhite
M. F. Rylant
Elizabeth Rylant King
Stella Waldrep
FE. Q. Burch
J. H. Free
Lawrence County Marriage Licenses List
Lawrence County records show several marriage licenses issued. Sam Jones Smith Jr of Moulton to Cora Virginia Gar rinton of Moulton. Gordon Cheatham of Danville to Margaret Compton of Decatur. Benford Jones of Moulton to Lizzie Mardis of Moulton. Milton Eugene Washborne of Alabama to Audrey Evelyn (last name incomplete).
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Lawrence County
Sam Jones Smith, Jr
Moulton
Ala
Cora Virginia Garriton
Gordon Cheatham
Danville
Margaret Compton
Decatura
Benford Jones
Lizzie Mardis
Milton Eugene Washborne
Audrey Evelyn
Army plans to sell over five thousand surplus cars
More than 5,000 Army surplus motor vehicles will be sold to civilian used car dealers at Southeastern posts from Sept. 11 to Oct. 23. No jeeps are included. sales use ceiling prices and priority goes to dealers with government agency letters of recommendation.
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Atlanta
Army
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
John Doe
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Anniston Ordnance Depot
Alame
Camp Rucker
Ft Benning
Birmingham Strike Ends as Fairfield Furnaces Resume
At Fairfield Alabama workers at three Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad blast furnaces voted to return to work on the 11 o'clock shift after a union meeting. U.S. labor conciliator W. S. Pierce reported the employer's decision to end the walkout.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Fairfield
W. S. Pierce
U. S
Porter Praises Red Cross After Overseas Service
Staff Sgt. George Porter of Decatur visited the Morgan County Red Cross chapter and praised the organization for helping service men nationwide. A former Red Cross instructor, he spoke on his air corps duties and shared missions from overseas before returning to Miami for reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Porter
Decatur
Morgan County
Red Cross
Porter
Red
Neal Parks
Miami, Florida
Beehive Notes On Eggs And Beeswax Use In Production
It takes three dozen fresh shell eggs to make a pound of whole egg powder. Beeswax is used in the manufacture of ammunition cosmetics and medicines.
Ain’t It 80 Aims for Pleasant Dilemma
A witty verse notes that ease comes from a cheerful spirit even when every letter received is a letdown. It contrasts pleasant demeanor with the sting of frequent frustrating correspondence and praises resilience in bettering mood.
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Heyer
As & m
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Aaron
Atre
J. J. Lee
E. Oo. Wardlow
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Wallace Barber Shop
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Tennessee
Joe Reneker
Joe Pope
Anne
Sue Carell
Bill Martin
Julian Harris
Harry Carpenter
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Susie
Decatur School
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Princess Theater
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Sirenkon
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Europe
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Odis O. Blankenship
R. M. Blankenship
Arnold M. Evans
J. H. Kickemier
Chum McCutcheon
H. E. McCutcheon
Tom Russell
Charlie Taylor
F. P. Sharp
T. R. Graniland
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W. H. Driskill
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B. C. Poole
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Barksdale
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W. O. Rice
W. R. McDonald
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Buford Mae Compton
Arnold Evans
Anne B. Harris
Louise E. D. Carr
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G. S. Atkins
Louise Powers
Thurman T. Poe
B. J. Steel
B. H. Pool
P. G. Kimbrough,Jr
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Myrtle Bean
W. J. Riley
Annie Jones
Aite Jones
Tom Maclin
W. E. Kimbrough
E. H. Phillips
Dorothy P. Whitman
O. P. Chunn
Louise Jenkins Willis
Albert Clemms
Mabel C. Beasley
Henry Monk
A. Gibson
M. M. Holladay
Holloday
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J. T. Roger
T. A. Smith
W. C. Holmes
Yancey Vaughan
L. M. Aday, Jr
Thomas Furniture CO
Sergeant Porter
Turner Coal & Grain Co
Checkerboard
Moulton Street
Board of Education
Somerville Road
T. R. Harrison
Aid
Alabama
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