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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1949
Page
2
Seminole County Boy Uses Electric Hotbed for Potatoes
Rex Trawick, 15, of Tron City, a 4-H member, operates an electric sweet potato hot bed demonstration under the Georgia Extension Service. The six by forty foot bed with 14 bushels of seed produces plants in 11 days, enabling transplanting in time for early market sales. Rex also grows two acres of early potatoes, competes in contests, and leads a pig project while serving as 4-H club vice president. the program supports high quality disease free sweet potatoes as a cash crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Po Nalsonville
Trawick
Ard
Jay Trawick
Tron City
Inole County
George Extension Service
Gw. Co
Carter
Arly
Seminole County
Rex
Porto Rico
Lions Club to Sponsor Seminole Feeder Calf Show
Donalsonville Lions Club announced it will sponsor the 1H9 Seminole Feeder Calf Show and Sale on August 30 in Seminole County. The event contrasts with fat steer shows, marketing small calves from milk and pasture. County agent Eugene Ragan said rules were approved and mailed to 44H members, FFA members, and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donalsonville
Donalsonville Lions Club
Seminole County
Coastal Plain
Eugene Ragan
Lions Club
Future Farmers of America
Marianna to Get Interstate Airway Station
Marianna will host an interstate airway communications station as part of a west Florida network, confirmed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The city commission voted to provide quarters at the Marianna airport for staff, with an estimated $700 needed to ready the space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Inter-State Airways
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
West Florida
Glen Holley
Board of City Commissioners
CIO Hopes in South Raised by Ruling on Alexander City Case
The CIO Textile Workers Union welcomed an NLRB ruling that found Russell Mills and three Alexander City policemen interfered with union drives dating to 1945 46. The decision ordered back pay reinstatement and dissolution of a company dominated union, with notices ordered and appeals planned. Chief Horton and Officers Mann and Alford denied guilt. NLRB cited violence and coercive acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
South
Alexander City
Washington
Textile Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
John Edelman
Ala
NLRB
Russell Mills
G. Mack Horton
Floyd Mann
Alphonse Alford
Horton
Alford
Mann
Industrial Home Winner Announced
Jackson Cottage at the Florida Industrial School for Boys won the March afficiency contest with 205 points earning the honor flag. Cottage Father James Datfin led Jackson Cottage with 120 points for promotions and Director John Murano added 100 points as the group lost only 15 points for demotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Jackson Cottage
Florida Industrial School
James Datfin
John Murano
Wedding Rings Adorned with Gems Across Ages
Jewelry historians trace ring adornment from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance noting gems set in wedding bands as a symbol of status and ceremony across periods.
Stripper Harvesting Of Cotton Tested By Extension Engineers
Agricultural engineers at Auburn tested mechanical cotton strippers at the Sand Mountain Substation near Crossville to assess suitability, plant requirements, spacing, defoliation timing, and harvest outcomes. Results note that plant height, branch length, and fluffiness affect stripper efficiency, with caution on trash and green bolls and the need for compatible gin and cleaning equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.P.3
Sand Mountain
Crossville
Auburn
Home Demonstration Club Week Observed Across Alabama
Alabama’s 13,000 home demonstration clubs representing over 62,000 club women celebrate National Home Demonstration Club Week May 1 to May 7 with tours exhibits radio programs dinners and discussion meetings announced by Mrs Lillie Alexander A P I Extension Service home demonstration club leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Lillie Alexander
A. P. I. Extension Service
Norwegian shipbuilders restore figureheads on engine ships
Norwegian shipbuilders are again placing figureheads on ships that are now powered by engines. This revival signals a stylistic nod to traditional maritime art amid modern propulsion.
City Clerk Counts Money With Coffee Grinder Memory
City Clerk J L Vaughn presides over a new counting room counting pennies and nickels from city meters as a machine hums at 1,000 coins a minute. He recalls helping his mother grind coffee in Coffee County while secretary Gladys Eddins sorts coins with a faster machine. about 30 to 40 dimes accompany weekly totals of thousands of nickels and pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Vaughn
Gladys Eddins
Eagle
Vaughn
Coffee County
Kathy Fiscus Rescue Fund Grows After Tragedy
In San Marino California an AP report notes the Kathy Fiscus rescue fund has near 17 000 dollars raised with potential to exceed 20 000 as average gifts come from piggy bank dimes to hundred dollar checks. About 50 men who worked 52 hours to reach the child may receive checks. leaders Bell Hill and McClung screen workers to apportion money based on hours and effort. More than 4 500 pieces of mail have been received with only a quarter opened. The piece outlines how workers from O A Kelly to Bill Yancey and others may gain allowances and even nonfinancial benefits, while some had job offers and changes in their lives following the rescue effort. The article ends noting the event closes with a final unrelated line about an early 1912 machine gun firing from an airplane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Kathy Fiscus Rescue Fund
O. A. Kelly
Bill Yancey
H.E . (Whiter) Blicke
Gerfer
Clark E. Bell
Bell
Raymond A A. Hill
Glenn F. McClung
Los Angeles
Kathy
Yancey
Bartram Herpel
Duarte
Herpel
Kelly
Bickensserfer
Birkensderfer
B. A. Gorham
Mars Nottingham
Paul Newford
Frank Fisher
AL Lareen
George Goold
Don Metz
Lee Wood
Duble
Local theory links dimes to out-of-town motorists
Mrs. Eddins proposes a theory that the weekly dime count signals how many new drivers come to town from far away, enough to miss the Eagle. The judge considers the possibility credible and agrees she may be onto something.
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Florence
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Loains
Tri-State Loan &Finance Co
Foster
Cannon
Harry Cope
Mar
Mariannna
Southside Granite Co
S. Appletree
L. Brunson
Jack Kingry
LCS
G. L
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
It & No
Wk. AM
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D. S. Percival
P. O
Parker, Florida
Oman
Lovely Vikki
Betty
America
National Roller Skating Association
Vikki
R J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
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