Birthday Today Bellingrath Plans Garden Party
A famed Gulf Coast planter, Watter D. Bellingrath, turns nine and hosts a large birthday garden party inviting neighbors to see his flower gardens at Bellingrath on Fowl River. The founder of the gardens built a tourist draw with a staff of gardeners and funded religious education and scholarships from garden profits.
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Hendrix Chandler
Mobile
Alu
Gulf Coast
Watter D. Bellingrath
Bellingrath Gardens
Berlin Xrath
Mabons
Belt
Miss Hessie
Invisible Phantomold hearing device debuts in Chicago
In Chicago a new invisible hearing aid called Phantomold offers clear hearing without any visible receiver button. The brochure from Ecitone, Dept. 40, 1450 W 1th St, Chicago 8, IL promises home trials and a free plain-wrap brochure.
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Ecitone
Dept
Chicago
Boltone
Atly
Double Charges Faced in Clio Fight
Two men in Clio are charged with assault with a deadly weapon and public drunkenness after a melee near the town Wednesday night. Police and doctors reported 180 stitches total for injuries, Wallace Casey sustained a ruptured ear drum, Bee Smith received 80 stitches, Casey 50 stitches, as injuries were treated.
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CLIO
Wallace Casey
Bee Smith
Casey
Clic
Faithful Student Cleburne High School Record
Bar nara Jordan graduated in Cleburne Texas with an attendance record showing no tardiness and no absences marking a flawless year at high school graduation.
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Cleburne, Tex
Barnara Jordan
City Gets Bouquet On Traffic Markers
A letter of praise to Mayor Jim Brennan at City Hall in Dothan commends traffic markers for clarity and placement 30, expressing gratitude from Mrs. Gilbert Harria of Chattanooga Tennessee after a Panama City trip.
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Dothan
Jim Brennan
City Hal
Brennan
Panama City
Gilbert Harria
Chatttanoogs, Tenn
1318 Voters Qualify In Marianna Referendum
In Marianna 1318 voters have qualified for an August 9 referendum asking whether the city clerk municipal judge and chief of police will be elected or appointed by the five member Board of Commissioners. If the ballot changes the current system an annual election for these officials would be required, something not done since 1934. Polls at City Hall will run 7 am to 1 pm with inspectors named.
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Marianna
Evelyn Davis
Eric
Board of City Commissioners Wii
Fiveman Board of Commissioners
City Hall
Amos Tustiss
Mary Calhoun
Floyd Miller
A. J. Stevens
Clevis
Steamer Still Good in Abington
Abington Mass. Cal vin O Holmes owns a two year old Stanley Steamer kept for work and pleasure driving. The car has no clutch gear shift or transmission yet runs with plenty of power and cruises at about 40 to 45 miles an hour.
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Abington
Mass
Calvin O. Holmes
Alabamians In Washington by Wilbur Jennings
Alabama congressman Carl Elliott praises the South’s potential for industrial and agricultural development. He cites natural resources and waterways, urges attracting manufacturers, notes capital and freight-rate hurdles, and emphasizes keeping youth in the state for future growth. About 300,000 Alabamians are abroad and the article highlights brain drain.
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Wilbur Jennings
Peuial
Washington. Service
Peo- Washington
Alample
New York
Carl Elliot
Ala
Elliott
Southern migrants: millions seek jobs across the nation
A fragmentary report notes that after World War II about 1.5 million Southerners including 150,000 youths left the region seeking employment in other parts of the country. The text portrays economic loss and hardship from this migration of people.
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