Houston County History Snapshot From City Notes and Elections
A compiled year in Houston County highlights officials selected to fill vacancies, referendums and tax votes for a new hospital, notable local events from April to December, including the City Commission change, county road plans, factory moves, a four mill ad valorem tax approval, and community milestones such as Miss Joan Bryant’s Peanut Festival queen title and local honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pancy
Tech
Morris SB Malone
James M. O'Neal
Malone
Dinener
Houston
John Tempie Teaven
Birmingham
Charles Bloch
Macon
Tommy Kirkland
Houston County‘Board of Rev. Tne
Brannon
Stind
Rehobeth
Chamber of Commerce
Dothan
Peck
Ar Ren
Florida
Hedstrom + Union offficials
Fires Bells Tricycles
Allied
Westregross
Otf
Houston County
Clayton "Boogie van
Bey
Ne Smarning
Johnny
Tally
Ang Mayor
Pug" Drake
Row City
Dor Hse
United Telephone and Telegraph Company
Napier Field
Alabama
Witch Blakely
Joan Bryant
Addie Anderson Wilson
Johhny Roy Smith
Bay County
Geneva
Charles
Smith
Slocomb
Dothan Browns
Mike & Healthy Baseball Club
Chem
Hartford Bulldogs
Eagle
Christman
Sid
Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass
The article notes a January 10 meeting of the Alabama Aeronautics Commission in Montgomery. It also reports on police booking of H. D. Kulungsworth for intoxication and driving with a suspended license, and includes garbled sections about postwar European and world affairs with references to Truman, atomic energy, Europe unity, and relations with China and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronautics
Alabama Aeronautics Commision
State Department of Aeronautics
Montgomery
Roy
Bureu
Europe
Paris
United States
Far East
Truman
Far Eiast
Assatic
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Evbrurty
Pp Avia
Commpunler
United Nations
State Department
European Union
Raa
Sanier Sien Katy
Westvin
Medea
Germany
Briain
Holtes
Russia
China
America
Belinim
Britain
Congress
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Hla
Marshal Tito
USA
Tuskegee Lists Three Lynchings During Past Year
Tuskegee Institute reports three lynchings in 1949 within Saiss country, with Ne gro victims from Georgia and Mississippi. The year marks another in a line of annual mob killings since 1862, detailing arrests, thwarted attempts, and related violence across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Tuskegee (Ap
Georgia
Mississippi
U. S
Tuskreger Institute
Sais
Nero College
Howard
Camden
N. J
Pelice
New York
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Tishapi
New Jersey
South Carolina
Tennessee
Caleb Hal, Jr
Irwington
Hill
Irwinton
Dennis Lamar Purvis
Cafe Op
Malcolm Vivian Pharce
Fela
Malcolm Wright
Houston
Miss
Lees
Tuskgeree
Honea
Tound
Good Neighbor Day Proclaimed in Alabama by Officials
Neighbor Ray Set Montgomery AP reports Today proclaimed Good Neighbor Day in Alabama by Governor James and Folsom Folsom urged Alabamians to begin the New Year with neighborliness as a sign of good living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Gove James & Folsom
Folsom
Indoor tennis doubles crown claimed in St Louis
Don Thompson of Jackson Heights and Alfred Kuhn of Chicago won the toys doubles title at the indoor tennis tournament. Ad Andrews of Town City and John Frasey also participated as challengers in the event. The article discusses bipartisan foreign policy themes and upcoming election years shaping Truman era politics and allied tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Don Thompson
Jackson Heights
Alfred Kuhn
Chicago
Ad Andrews
Town City
John Frasey Fg
Bed
Truman Pripazal
Truman
United States
Britain
France
Tax penalties and homestead exemptions explained
A reader explains that a 10 percent tax on property triggers penalties and affects homestead exemptions. Examples show how delinquents face higher bills, with figures illustrating potential increases and assessments varying by property value. The discussion notes January deadlines and references to local tax rules and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean Sa
Collins
Holiday weekend toll rises with 87 dead nationwide
Across the nation during the holiday stretch from Friday to Saturday 87 lives were lost in traffic and fires. The report lists state totals with New York and Ohio among the hardest hit and a fatal fire in Woodstown New Jersey where three children died upstairs after an oil store explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstown
N. J
Aoa
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Florida
Ilinois
Incona
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minsouri
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Cerolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tanner
Aee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Rex Barney Uncorks Another Wild Throw
Brooklyn AP report describes Rex Barney, a Dodger pitcher, recounting a wild moment in which he aimed a throw after being fouled while playing for the Dodger basketball team. He overthrew the target after a heckler yelled, botching the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Barney
Brooklyn
Brooksman Dodger
Berney
Dodger
Barney
Plans for four bed ward and private rooms at new hospital
Holman outlines a semi private one room with four beds a private room for white patients and a similar room for Negroes. The block includes a surgery capacity for twelve bassinets a delivery suite and rooms for x ray sterilization and doctors. It aims to serve up to 190 patients initially with expansion potential and plans for a private nurses' section later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
Holman
Chila
Helman Sid Bls
Naide
Hichals
Sisrance
Kult
Ine Ozark Tov
Nuraea
Byrd Street
Holmat
James T. Dykes
Chicago
American Media
Alabama
Bale County
Pai Whe
Agsela Pay Pane
Stokes
Record of Airline Safety in 1949 Hits Low Death Toll
James Steebig reports on 1949 airline safety ranking, noting only one passenger death per 700 million passenger miles on domestic and international routes. The year saw four fatal accidents domestically among regular carriers with 63 passengers and 15 crew killed, the lowest five-year death toll, while irregular carriers had four fatal accidents with 99 passengers and six crew killed. Overall travel volume rose, affecting accident rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Steebig
Washington
International Airlines
Air Catriara
Dothan Budget Notes 1949 City and Police Department Expenses
The document records last year’s total expenses for the Police Department at 93 954 and the Fire Department at 34 276. It notes decreased school appropriations, major capital projects in Dothan, and tax and revenue shifts. It lists officials, resignations, and a forthcoming Auditor Treasurer vacancy amid fiscal 1949 city finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Dig Ln
Police
Fire
Carver High School
Fem
Dothan
Public Safety and Police Department
J.H. Brownian
Public Safety and Health
James M. O’neal
Machin
Malone
O'Neal
J. Down H. Arting
Adkins
Public Health and Safety
James Thrower Way
Vacans
Brennan
Thrower
J. Liv
Yeater Amy
Yaors
Parker and Bodiford Involved In Traffic Fatality Case
A garbled report describes Parker and Bodiford in a crash involving a woman named White. White allegedly was dragged from a vehicle traveling about 30 miles per hour before Bodiford pushed her free. Officers later arrested Bodiford at his home after a long wait. The victim suffered a gunshot wound in the same leg years earlier. details are unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Parker
Serite
Raylene En Fiaree
Bry
Drax Parker
Horned
White
Bodiford
Sol Tree Pant
Amred
Death notices for Moore Grant Floyd and others
Funeral services and memorial notices from multiple towns report the deaths of Merion Frank Moore Mary J Grant and Mrs HA Floyd. Details include service times locations officiants burial arrangements and lists of survivors such as spouses children and siblings across Brunswick Altha Ozark and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Erect
R. F. Moore
Brunswick, Ga
Girl Kills Mother 2 Brothers Sister In Butte
In a fatal home shooting in Butte Montana Lorraine Knapp 21 killed her mother and four siblings including Winifred 7 Fay 12 and Ernest 4 before turning the .22 pistol on herself. Coroner R E Sayatovic reported the case noting Lorraine died in hospital and no inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mol
Hervell
R. E. Sayatovic
Lorraine
John A. Knapp
Fraie
Winifred
Mmother
Fay
Ernest
Sayatovic
Bagatovic
Paty Deal faces heated hearings and party splits
Congress readies a flurry of probes and hearings on the Paty Deal as Democrats hold 34 Senate seats and Republicans 22 in a polarized session. Truman to unveil economic and budget plans with a proposed 42 to 43 billion dollar fiscal year, while tax gaps and deficits loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Congress
Lucas
Shie Weadlock
Injured Man in Cottondale-Wrack Crash
COTTONDALE Special Bud Barker Jackson County Negro received minor injuries Friday when his truck collided with an auto. The Patrol said Barker’s truck was struck by a car driven by A M Cannon of Mississippi as Barker turned off Highway 30 between Cottondale and Marianna. Neither Cannon nor his wife were injured. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottondale-Wrack
Cottondale
Bud Barker
Jackson County
Highway Patrol
Barker
A. M. Cannon
Mississippi
Marianna
Canton
Abundant Living Devotional Aims to Heal Mind and Body
Dr. Jones argues many people pass mental and spiritual sicknesses into physical health, linking harmony of mind and soul to wellness. Abundant Living offers daily devotions split into three sections over a year, intended as guidance for facing obstacles and exploring resources for a balanced life.
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Dr. Jones
Nis
Association forms to retain ACL Trains on daily schedule
A regional association formed to preserve ACL trains includes Bainbridge Bainbridge mayor B A Griffin Cairo Louis A Powell Thomasville C Dewey Norwood and others in Tallahassee Florida. The AFRACLTNST 68-ODS aims to influence a public service hearing in Atlanta moved to February 15 and to delay the APSP session to keep services running. Members argue Florida Georgia Alabama routes would lose severely if service is curtailed, noting the 300 mile Georgia route and 120 miles of connecting lines to Montgomery and Ozark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damalsonville
Baineridee
Cairo
Thomasville
Moulirie
Valdosta
Quitman
Tallahassee
Fla
B.A. Griffin
Bainbridge
Louis A. Powell
C. Dewey Norwood
Secessary
Powell
Chamber of Commence
Norwood
Chamber of Tighals
Georgia Public Service
Atlanta
APSC
Washington
Jose Far Moe
South Alabama
Dothan
Ozark
Alabama
Tellabessee
Georgia
Atakanya
Florida
Ethan
Montgomery
GPIC
Charley Baker Killed at Birmingham Crossing
Charley Baker, 78, a retired cotton mill worker, was struck and killed yesterday by a switch engine at the Narthelde crossing in Birmingham. Police are investigating the accident and determining the train’s operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Charley Baker
Narthelde Crossing
Sparkman to Sponsor Farm Housing Bill for Veterans
Washington AP reports Senator Sparkman Democrat of Alabama will sponsor legislation to ease farm housing for veterans. The plan, approved by the House, would guaranty 1–year loans under GI Bill and FHA rules, allowing VA mortgage guarantees on part of a farm rather than the entire property to aid veterans and middle income families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Genratar
Sparkman
Amy
House
Cama
Mourovey
Okla
Senate
Egtag
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Umier
Uinally
Rgul
Veterans Administration
Vartien
Faro
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H. D. Kulungsworth
Walte
Zephyr
Oley Aaa
Kresky
James Band
Old Virginny
Flushing
Long Island
Mary Grant Marianna
Baptist Church
Altha
Misa Mary J. Grant
Ele Morial Hospital
EH. S
Bea
He Aliha
Baddox Blackburn Fyneret
Aeagie Grant
Wandell Hewett
J. mM! Davtey
Alba
John O'Brien
MHS
A. Floyd
Floyd
Pea River Church
Holman Funeral Home
Edwin
Billy Floyd
Clio
HA Floyd Jr
Coy
Hve
Marie Floyd
Alex Brock
G. T. Ledbetter
Froy
J. R.ook
Allie Stewart
Savannah
Myr W
J. Ander
Dée Stewart
Slonmit
Grardshudren
Rolltreat
Ideal Bakery
W. Main Dothan
Alabams
Savings and Loan Association
Foster
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