ROMANOS’ SIMPLE LIFE SHAPES Dothan’sNeighbourhood
ED DRIGGERS profiles Frank and Mrs. Romano of Dothan who came from Gascono Italy as youths and built a life of hard work and giving. They ran a trust stand, grew fruits and peanuts on Hodgesville Road, and operate a busy 12 acre garden while helping neighbors and overseas families with food and clothing. Their toil ethic and community acts define a hometown ethos.
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ED Driggers
Frank Romano
America
Gascono
Italy
Hoboken
WN. J
Romano
Dothan
Bootblack Parler
Worth Foster Street
Bootblack
Cook
Naly
Bulding
Petes Pisce
Romanos
Hodgesville Road
Romano Stace
Sescano
Mrs. Romano
Remsno
Tax Collections Total 265146 By Houston County Office
Houston County Tax Collector Carl Sellers reported disbursing 265146 dollars and 62 cents in taxes for the period ending November 30. The total exceeds last year’s by 95706 dollars and 47 cents, with 40005 dollars and 62 cents from the four mill hospital tax. The hospital funds were turned over to the Hospital Association treasurer. Remaining funds were distributed to city, county, and state authorities.
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Houston County
Carl Sellers
Sellers
Jess
Ricnsom
Hospital Association
71 Calls Answered By City Firemen For Record Month
City firemen reported a record 71 alarms in November with 32 grass and rubbish fires, 18 residential, six non residential, eight automobile, and seven outside city limits. Chief Floyd Harris attributed the surge to dry cold weather. October had 28 alarms, a normal figure. The Bremen note appears as a stray fragment.
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Harris
Alabama cotton farmers urged federal aid to stave exodus
Rep Robert Jones of Huntsville warned in Washington that up to 65 percent of North Alabama cotton farmers are marginal operators facing the worst financial straits in memory. He pressed the Fed and Agriculture Department to ease credit restraints and provide emergency relief funds as 1950 cotton losses and rising costs drive farmers toward other Work, with many quitting cotton to pay debts.
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Washington
Robert Jones
Huntsinville
Alabama
Jones
I Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Reserve‘!Board
Agriculture [Department
Speial Department
Westock
Dale Bookmobile Schedule Listed
The Dale County War Memorial Library Bookmobile will follow a weekly route for county patrons. Schedule includes stops in Camp Ground, Grubbs Store, ville, Mallins Store, Clayhatchee, Mills Store, Newton, Pinekard, Grimes School, Napier Field Church, Sylvan Grove, Williamson's Station, Post Oak, Ariton School, Chalkhead, Echo School, Skipperville School, Asbury, Rocky Mount, Madison, and more with times ranging from morning to afternoon.
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Ozark
Dale County War Memorial Library
Camp Ground
Grubbs
Vie
Chambers
Grimes School
Napier Field Church
Grimes
Clarks
Sylvan Grove
Williamson's
Post Oak
Ariton
Baker's Staton
Rocky Heed
Faday
Ewell
Pylant’s
Chalkhead, Coley’s
Browns — Cross
Corinth
Lewis
Echo
Bertha
Grantham's
Skipperville
Asbury
Snell
Rocky, Mount
Madison
Burns Named Baptist Moderator in Marianna
Rev Burns pastor of Marianna's First Baptist Church was named moderator of the Chipola Baptist Association which includes 33 churches in Jackson County. Joseph J. Hickey, a University of Wisconsin professor, says warming trends are pushing many species northward and extends breeding places, with Burns also serving as member of the Miami Board of the Florida Baptist Convention.
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Marianna
Thelder BW Burns
First Baptist
Oshkosh
Wis
Chipola Baptist Association
Joseph J. Hickey
Jackson County
Wisconsin
Burns
Marianna Ministerial Association
Florida Baptist Converrtion
Hunters Target Pheasant Despite Lengthy Pursuit
Local report notes hunters during pheasant season despite a long claim by Summers that a stuffed pheasant on a fence has been shot at. Over eight hours, hunters fired at the bird from various positions, with Summers noting extensive attempts and at least 50 participants in the hunt.
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Ogden
Wiah
Walt
Summers
One Way To Open Safe in Omaha Heist Report
Omaha police report a safe opened with a pick axe during a break in. A suspect identified as Yakeh trod a Hembeyant broke into the gate and stole $493 in cash plus several checks.
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Omaha
Neb
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Mvs
Chevrolet
Desler
St. Andrews St
Bremen
Weser
Wilbur Jennings
Hep Laurie Battle
Birmingham
House Foreign Affais Committee
Korea
Hobbs
Robert Knox Greene
Greene
Greensboro
N.C
U. S Savings and Loan League
F. R Simmons
Albert Simmons
Gadeden
Lister Hill
John
Sparkman
Redgeshop
United Nationist
John McDuttie
Mobile
Justice Department
Senate
Rev. Burns
Kimball
Rimson's
Rumson’s
Rimson Furniture Company
W. Main
Headland
URE CO
Rimson
For Her
Rimson Furniture CO
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