Demonstration Clubs Meet Council Parley At Elba Courthouse
The Coffee County Council of home demonstration clubs met in Elba courthouse with nineteen clubs present. Officers elected were Mrs. Paul Pless, first vice president. Mrs. W. L. Dawkins, secretary. and Mrs. Will Armor, parliamentarian. Plans for the state district meeting May 26 at Kinston High School were discussed.
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Coffee County Council of Home
Elba
W. P. Windham
Paul Pless
Wesley Chapel
W. L. Dawkins
Curtis
Will Armor
Key Line
Kinston High School
Kinston and Rhoades
Area Fears Disastrous Flood This Spring
Oregon news from Portland reports Col O E Walsh and Prof Phil E Church warning of a possible 1949 spring flood on the Columbia River. Heavy Cascades snow, a warm rapid melt, and a persistent winter snowpack mirror 1948 conditions that flooded Idaho, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, with Vanport City inundated and 12 lives lost.
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Roger Johnson
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Northwest States
Col
O. E. Walsh
U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers
Cascade Mountain Range
Phil E. Church
University of Washington
Idaho
British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Columbia
Oregon-Washington
Memorial Day
Vanport City
Vanport
Northwest
Col. Walsh
Cascades
Church
Woodpecker forages with mixed flock in winter
The downy woodpecker does not migrate in winter and often joins to hunt insect food with chickadees nuthatches and brown creepers.
Service to Coffee County Rural Residents Highlighted
A brief tribute notes the extensive service she has given to the rural people of Coffee County, detailing her efforts to improve local life and support community needs through steady, decades long commitment.
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Coffee County
Enterprise Lions Club Hosts Quiz at Rawls Hotel
Enterprise Lions Club held a weekly luncheon at the Rawls Hotel with Tom Speigner presiding. Lions Billy Capps led a quiz on Lions International and Inside U S A John Gunther. A directors meeting followed and a Battle of Song is set for Friday January 28 at 7 30 pm at the city school auditorium featuring The Henry County Four and the Enterprise Harmony Boys.
Boston Tea Party Leaves Preserved at Old State House
A leather boot preserved tea leaves from the Boston Tea Party kept in a small flask by the Bostonian Society at the Old State House. The leaves came from Maj. Thomas Melville’s boat, grandfather of author Herman Melville, one of the raiders who buried about 350 chests of tea in protest of British taxes.
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Boston
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Thomas Melville
Herman Melwilles
African Natives Rally To Save Chicago
Kailahun Sierra Leone natives sent a Easter offering of 22.25 to Chicago churchmen to combat the evils of civilization in the Windy City. Episcopal missionary Ralph T. Milligan said the gift aims to counter bad American habits neglecting Christianity. Bishop Wallace E Conkling accepted the donation for Chicago missionary work.
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Chicago
Kailahun
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Ralph T. Milligan
Episcopal
Windy City
Wallace E. ‘Conkling
Estate division proved complex mathematics in Nebrask a
In Falls City Nebraska the division of the $3175 estate of the late Mrs. Mary Fuller among 37 heirs required heavy pencil and paper work. Some heirs received 0.0004276 of the estate or 16.29 dollars each while the largest share was 0.840756 of the estate amounting to 301.32 dollars. The lawyers did not reveal the method used to reach the unwieldy fraction.
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Falls City Neb
Mary Fuller
Water Search Ends In Natural Gas Boom
Residents of Clintwood Virginia drilled two wells hoping for water during a drought last fall and hit natural gas instead, triggering a major wildcat gas development financed by the Clinchfield Cost Corporation. The venture spans over 1 060 000 acres across three southwest Virginia counties with cable drilling gear and 100 000 feet of pipe, targeting depths to 16 000 feet in the Appalachians if needed.
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Clintwood
CUP
Clinchfield Cost Corporation
Virginia
Appalachians
Certi fed Cotton Seed Supply for Next Spring
Certified cotton seed is available for planting next spring. Look for certified tag.
Beef cattle production tips for suckling cows and groups
The text advises keeping suckling cows in separate groups during winter and giving the suckling group extra feed and attention. It emphasizes managing feed and care to support calves through the cold season.
Men Of Lafayette Street Church Sponsor Softball Team
The Lafayette Street Methodist Men's Club voted to sponsor again this year the church's fast league softball team. Pastor Rev. C. H. Hildreth announced the decision after a monthly meeting featuring a motion picture titled Air Power Is Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Street Methodist
C. H. Hildreth
Power session opens with Eastern Air Lines speakers
A session features Power by W. H. Higgins and W. L. Cambre of Eastern Air Lines. Guests introduced include J. R Pate Louis Quattlebaum Red Skipper Ed Hinson Lamar McCarty H. D. Johnson and W. J. Darvis.
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W. H. Higgins
W. L. Cambre
Eastern Air Lines
J. R Pate
Louis Quattlebaum
Red Skipper
Ed Hinson
Lamar McCarty
H. D. Johnson
W. J. Darvis
Lime application guidelines for soil types
When lime is required apply two tons per acre on heavy clay soils and no more than one ton per acre on sandy soils. The guidance specifies soil type based rates to optimize soil pH correction.
Blind man regains sight after church service miracle
Carl Klein, 40, once totally blind for two years, reports waking to see street lights and a shadow at his Brooklyn boarding house window after attending a St Luke's Lutheran service. Doctors cannot explain the sudden recovery and note no surgical factors.
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David C. Whitney
New York
Carl Klein
Klein
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
Kirin
Industrial School For the
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Buoxi
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Robert Wise
Alabama Council
National Home Demonstration Club
Tulsa
Oklo
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Jenene
Wey Neal
China
St. Map
St.Joseph
Romeo
COMCO
South Africa
Durban
Capetown
Enterprise Lions Club
Lafayette Street
Blind Man
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DC Peat
United Warehou Company, Inc
J.C. Barber
Mgr
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