Certificates Awarded in Red Cross Learn to Swim Course
Certificates were issued in Porter's Red Cross learn to swim life saving course taught by Mrs. Charles Harmon with help from Miss Lou Farmer and Miss Mary Eleanor Goldthwaite and support from Mrs. Charles Chapman of the Dothan Service League. Among 16 intermediate students, Joyce Crawford Peggy Bottoms Claire Stephenson Earl Robinson Mary V. O'Brien Elen Patterson Barbara Blakey John Nowell Winfield Baird Joe Miller Owen Eddins and Carol Register earned certificates. In the beginner class 19 of 24 earned certificates: Arthur Malone Hazel Wright Joe Miller Jimmie Howell Richard Saliba Owen Eddins Charlotte Givens Patsy Martin Doris McKay Catherine Martin Wayne Bruner Robert Owen Godwin Don Stephenson Susan Adams Miriam Kaley Sylvia Blakey Priscilla Weeks Claire Roberts Betty Sus Ingram. Junior badges went to Joyce Crawford Earl Robinson Elene Patterson and Winfield Baird. Carol Register earned on standards but lacked hours for a badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Porter's
Charles Harmon
Lawrence T. Oakley
Houston County
Red Cross Chapter
Joyce Crawford
Peggy Bottoms
Claire Stephenson
Earl Robinson
Mary V. O'Brien
Elen Patterson
Barbara Blakey
John Nowell
Winfield Baird
Joe Miller
Owen Eddins
Carol Register
Rocket history and modern US drug stores contrast
The document notes ancient Chinese rocket propelled arrows over a millennium ago and cites today’s US drag store counts around 60,000 with about 180 million prescriptions filled annually. It links historical rocket use to present day pharmaceutical and retail figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Army officers named to guard Alabama National Guard
Col. Paul O. Francon and Col. John T. Moore were assigned to the Alabama National Guard. Francon, assigned to Montgomery as senior instructor, and Moore as U S property and disbursing officer will supervise federal supplies. Both are Alabama natives with long National Guard records and World War II service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Army
Paul O. Francon
John T. Moore
Alabama National Guard
George L. Cleere
Alabama
Franson
War Department
National Guard
Col
Moore
U. S
Seed Sprouts Reveal Leaf Guarded Growth
Early plant development shows a leaf forming before the shoot breaks soil. This first leaf marks the start of visible growth as the seed transitions to a young plant.
Diplomacy credited for smooth operation of Houston rationing board
A. D. Wilkerson has chaired Houston County War Price and Rationing Board since 1941. He credits a system that allows every applicant to present their problem to the board and explains most cases end with understanding. He recalls a gasoline request by two women and a baby and notes improvised solutions during wartime constraints.
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Dothan
A. D. Wilkerson
Houston County
Jacksonville
Wilkerson
CPA
Wiregrass Stadium
Columbia
Birmingham-Southern
E. W. Wilkerson
Lwo Sil
Tag Doolhan
Zu Board
Ducal
OPA
Diplomatic A. D. Wilkerson
OPA War Price and Rationing Board
J. W. Smith Dies At Ashford Home
Funeral services were held for 77 year old J. W. Smith who died at his Ashford home Friday afternoon after a long illness. He was a longtime resident of Ashford and a Methodist. Surviving wife and daughter, three sisters, a brother, and several nieces and nephews. Burial at Bluff Springs Church cemetery with Ward-Wilson directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Smith
Ashford
Bluff Springs Church
H. LT. Anderson
Marianna
J. W. Yeoman
Ward-Wilson
Methodist Church
Berta Miller
Nancy Outlaw
Columbus
A. Fowler
M. M. Gilstrap
F. G. Granger
RK. E. Christmas
Dewey Paulk
B. Thompson
Arch Thompson
Joe Stewart
Cary Vann
Barnett Crowley
Joe Barrett
Ivy Johnsainson
Hughes Condition Shows Improvement After Crash
Howard Hughes, famed aircraft designer and producer, shows slight improvement in his injuries from last week's crash. Doctors report sleep, some nourishment, and a steady temperature, but note extensive burns, rib fractures, chest fluid, and fractures in the left chest wall and left clavicle.
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Beverly Hills
Cali
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Uncertain California Gold Myths and Tech Notes
Early May observations link California gold to petals of the golden poppy. Reports hint at unusually long lightning bolts. Armor plate appears in WWI aircraft for the first time. Stove lid incidents noted with improvised repairs. Mosquito bites lessen if the insect finishes feeding. Synthetic perfumes are produced from volatile chemical substances with strong odors.
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California
Betty Jean Keel Last Rites Held
Funeral services for Betty Jean Keel nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Otho Keel Midland City route two were held at Sylvan Grove Church with ministers Jester Baldwin W L Lindsey and S W Noles officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge Surviving include her parents maternal grandparents Tee Williams Midland City route two paternal grandparents Henry Keel Headland route one
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Betty Jean Keel
Otho Keel
Midland City
Route Two
Sylvan Grove Church
Jester Baldwin
W. L. Lindsey
S. W. Noles
Ward Wilson
Tee Williams
Henry Keel
Headland
Route One
Hollis Heads Houston FSA Group In First New Year Meet
Eugene Hollis was reelected chairman of the Houston FSA committee at its first meeting of the new fiscal year. H Clarence Meadows was reappointed. Ben S. Sellers named third member of the county FO committee. The group approved farm purchase applications and planned an upcoming meeting.
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C. Eugene Hollis
Reed
Houston One
H. Clarence Meadows
FSA
Ben
Sellers
Farm Ownership bore towers completed at Headland Experiment Station
Readable fragments indicate completion of bore towers at the Headland Experiment Station as part of Farm Ownership work. The brief note confirms project progress and site activity without detailed dates or additional figures.
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Headland Experiment Station
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Arthur Malone
Hazel Wright
Jimmie Howell
Richard Saliba
Charlotte
America
the Dothan
Federal Reserve
Houston
Congress
Jim Simpson
United States Senate
U. S. Senate
Senate
House
Congress of the United States
Veterans Committee
Ed Thornton
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile
C. E. Hollis
Houston Fsa Group
Henry G. Gwaltney
Optometrist Merrill Building
N. Foster
Spears Fish Camp
Shell Landing
Choctahatchee River
Washington, County
Fla
Max
Max’s Grill
James D. Grow
Chiropractic
S. Oates
New Bloum Bldg
Rimson's
Rimson
Aluminum
W. Main
Walter Morris
Mgr
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