Geneva Schools Take Eleven Day Holiday
Geneva County schools close for Christmas with eleven day break and reopening January 2. Superintendent J J Collins notes five full months of operation after reopening, with several Saturdays included and two days off for an AEA meeting in March. Teachers and bus drivers paid in full. a long list of local names appears, plus a naval separation notice and a trivia line about timber land forming a vast forest.
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Geneva County
J. J. Collins
Educaten
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Geneva County Schools
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AEA
Coling
Schools Appoint Military Advisors in Wiregrass Area
Maj. Joseph R. Pickett of the Dothan Army Recruiting Station said forty six area schools have been asked to appoint counselors to inform Army age students about enlistment and induction. Other schools are expected to report soon as advisors, faculty members, will receive materials from the United States Armed Forces Institute and Army Service Forces Information Division.
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Joseph R. Pickett
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Dothan Army
Pickett
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United States Armed Forces Institute
Informaton and Education Division
Army Service Forces
World Friendship Report Received At Scout Office
World Friendship Fund reports from seven troops and two packs in the council arrive at Scout headquarters announced by J V Cuore executive. Listings include Troop 6 bands Pack 61 Negro Dothan Troop One Florala Troops Two and 17 Troy Troop 16 Ozark Troop 1 Newville and Troop 39 Pack 39 Samson. The executive urges all other units to file reports promptly. The fund, created by the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, aims to aid restoration of Scouting in countries where it was abandoned after the war.
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World Friendship Fund
J. V. Cuore
Dothan
Florala
Troy
Ozark
Newville
Samson
Scout
Friendship Fund
Pssible
Boy Scouts of America
Church Honors Returned Vets at Turkey Dinner in Marianna
At First Presbyterian Church in Marianna a turkey dinner and barbecue honored veterans from the Armed Forces. Charles Wandeck chaired the event with Rev. M A Durant and Charlton Keen among speakers. Dexter McCaskill answered the welcome as about 125 veterans and church members attended. Names listed include Woodrow Lewis, Maurice Roberts, Julius Cox, and others.
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Marianna
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Wandeck
M. A. Durant
Charlton Keen
Sr. A Datfin
Dexter McCaskill
Woodrow Lewis
Maurice Roberts
A. J. Lewis, Jr
Julius Cox
Adam Lewis
Charles Griffin
Charles Garraway
Robert Livesay
Orville Futch
Claude
Hartford School Building To Be Ready January 15
Geneva reports the Hartford elementary school will be ready for occupancy around January 1. J J Collins, Geneva County Superintendent of Education, says the modern building has eight standard classrooms and heating systems. Other new schools completed include targets at Tata and Samson with plans and county-wide construction progress noted.
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Hartford
J. J. Collins
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Samson
Scotland
First atom smashers trace giants of science progress
In 1820 a pioneer built massive stem smashing machines, a feat followed by 1939 developments that unlocked Uranium 235 fission. The era saw dramatic leaps in physics as engineers and scientists forged new capabilities and uncovered atomic secrets.
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