Ashford Society Notes Brighten August Activities
August committee plans light display contest for Ashford businesses and homes with cash prizes. Local residents guests include Demsey Rainwater Howard Odom E Thell Kilgore and Bert Roney while Troy State College graduates Dorothy Glass Clarice Ingram and John A Sparkman feature in ceremonies.
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Lion W. BP. McArthur Lions
Pate
Wyatt Wells
Howard Odom
E. Thell Kilgore
Herbert Roney
Sanford Pate
Lion Bill Womack
Harry Deering
Birmingham
Dorothy Glass
Carson Glass
Troy State Teachers “College
John A. Sparkman
Clarice L. Ingram
Ashford
R. V. Knight
Ozark
Floyd Knight
Betty Robinson
College Station
Texas
Martha Knight
Jack Williams
Columbus
Bill Lewis
Evelyn Baxter
Lurline Dobbs
Andalusia
Robert Clark
Polk Votes Counted Quietly Under Guard
In Benton Tennessee the Polk County general election tally was completed under National Guard and state highway patrol protection. 65 patrolmen joined guards in patrolling as election commissioners worked behind closed doors. The quiet canvass confirmed Good Government League majorities, unseating the longtime Democratic machine led by Burch E Biggs.
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Benton, Tenn
Polk County
National Guard
East
Tennessee
Good Government League
Burch E. Biggs
Man Fights Over Parking Space Then Repairs Damaged Car
Abraham Spivak, upset by a traffic dispute, chased a rival motorist to a hardware store, bought a knife, and slashed the other car tire. In court he apologized, paid a $50 fine, and promised $30 to cover tire and tube damage. The case involved a man identified as Stewart and a vehicle at 715 Stewart. Barranquilla is noted as Colombia’s largest Caribbean seaport.
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Tampa
Fla
Abraham Spivak
Stewart
Nis
Spivak
Fire destroys 4 tenant house on Spring Farm in Dothan
W T Singletary owner of Spring Farm reports a fire about nine am yesterday destroying a four room house occupied by Cleo Madison and family. Negro tenants had remodeled six months earlier with minimal insurance on the dwelling and no insurance on furnishings. Singletary found the blaze while checking cotton. family were in the fields. Madison's family is staying with relatives while a replacement home is arranged.
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Spring Farm
W. T. Singletary
Dothan
Cleo Madison
Singletary
Madison
Democrats To Stay On Texas Ballots
Texas Democrats defeated a Dixiecrat bid to dump the Truman-Barkley ticket by 42 to 18 as the state Democratic executive committee tabled a resolution for a states rights referendum in the August 28 primary run-off. The measure would have let voters choose between the Truman-Barkley ticket and Thurmond Wright slate for November.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Truman - Barkley
Democratic Executive Committee
Bennett G. Smith
Fort Worth
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Absentee Mayor Replaced by Lakeland Commissioner
Lakeland replaces Mayor William R. Cade after four consecutive missed commission meetings. C. V. McClurg, banker, elected mayor by commissioners E. R. Sutton and G. V. Tolson amid political opposition. Cade had been on illness leave in New York and did not return to attend meetings. The charter allows replacement after four absences. The article adds a note that coffee is Colombia’s leading crop.
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Lakeland
Fle
C. V. McCharg
William R. Cade
Cade
New York
McClurg
E. R. Sutton
G. V. Tolson
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Thursday Bridge Club
Ed Bruner
J. W_ Baughman
Marietta
Max Bruner
Ralph Johnson
David Harrison
Solomon *Baxter
W. P. McArthur
Edred Pate
Jack Pate
James Baughman
J. W. Baughman
Joe Summerford
Herman Ellis
Lem
Enterprise
Ola Bruner
Hugh Summerlin
W. E. P Pate, Jr
Marianna
Alex Rhyne
Lynnwood Buntin
Macon
Russell Kennington
Janie Brooks
Solomon Baxter
Montgomery
Martha Baxter
Ny Bowner
Lamer Aman
Hustingden College
L. B. Grean
Ashford Methodist Church
June Reynolds
Gene Hicks
Camp Grandview
Maeat- Gomery
Greens
Wilson Wynn
Ronnie Joe
Ariton
Wells
Clarence Mathis
Banks
Walter Bruner
Sara
Molly Bruner
Julie Carr
John L. McLendon
Clarence McLendon
Dawson
Georgia
Walter Pate
A. L. Snell
Jimmy Parrish
Crosby
R. E. Aman
Turner
George Williams
Lolyd Jackson
Manchester
Henry Williams
Elizabeth Grover
Climax
R. D. Wright and Son
Sarasota
Miami
Sonce
Savings
Ala
Universal Concrete Pipe CO
Polk
Barranquila
Caribbean
Colombia
Panama City
THE
BAY Line
Coffee
Blumberg
Great August
Pennsylvania
America
Duncan Phyfe
AMO
Blumbergs
Jutumnun
Blumberg’s
Hathway
Penn House
Dresser & ‘Tesler
Chest & In
Deshan
VOGUE
Florence
Panels
Hathaway
Jong
Wataset Rayom
Cringle
Sivertich
Tedremer
Ap Ark Seem
Blumterg’s
Columbia Beautiful
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