Ashford Baptists Host Vacation Bible School Parade
The Ashford Baptist Church held a week long Vacation Bible School ending Friday with a program by church departments. Children displayed crafts and a parade proceeded through town. Sixty children received perfect attendance certificates. Assisting staff included Rev C M Agee and many volunteers. Revival services are planned Sunday to the following week with Rev Snabditt of Prichard as guest minister. Mr John Ed Williams returned from Ohio after the death of his father C L Williams of Columbia.
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The
Baptists
C. M. Agee
Lurlene.Dobbs
Henri Bruner
Walter Bruner
Stuart McArthur
H. C. Lambert
David Harrison
Flepy@ Knight
Annie Lou Brooks
Dick Barber
Chatt ‘Knight
Hazel Slosberg
Dorothy Glass
Louige Brackin
Hugh Fellows
Robert Earle Christmas
Ashford Baptist Church
Snabdiit
John Ed Williams
Ohio
Winter visitors and family notes from Florida and Georgia
Mrs Estelle Manley of Lake Wales Florida is spending the summer months with her sister Mrs E M Grimsley. Mrs A L Snell spent several days with her niece Mrs Maz Rollins in Blakely and attended the wedding of Miss Mary Helen Rolling at the Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Henry Adarig and small son Tommy of Crestview Florida are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Carson Glasa. Al Brownfield has returned from a visit with relatives in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs John P Miller spent Sunday in Marianna with Mr Miller's sister Mrs Ruth Hodges who remains ill.
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A. L. Snell
Maz Rollins
Blakely
Mary Helen Rolling
Bapti Church
Henry Adarig
Snutl
Tommy
Crestview
Fla
Carson Glasa
al Brownfield
Philadelphia
John P. Miller
Marianna
Mr. Miller
Ruth Hodges
Dr Will Houghton Dies in Los Angeles
Dr Will Houghton veteran Baptist cleric and president of Moody Bible Institute Chicago died unexpectedly at 60 after an apparent heart attack. He was found unconscious in his Ambassador Hotel room with a bottle of pills nearby. Police and physicians noted long migraine troubles and possible overdose while his wife Elizabeth urged aid.
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Los Angeles
Wil H. Houghton
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Houghton
C. Dpd
Giroux
Dr. Houghton
Lion Sali
Dr. Moon
Telephone Wedding Delayed by Bride's Age Rule
In Atlanta a 20 year old Billy Hoyle planned to marry Fran lein Irene Bunte of Blomberg Germany by telephone. A clerk reminded Georgia law requires the bride be 18 or have parental consent. Hoyle’s fiancée is 13 days shy of 18, so the ceremony was postponed 13 days.
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Atlanta
Hoyle
Billy Hoyle
Franlein Irene Bunte
Blomberg
Germany
Georgia
High School Students Now Splitting Atoms
In El Cerrito near Berkeley Cal a high school physics class led by Ben Siegal investigates early atomic physics. The piece notes atom smashing as a secret of top scientists but explores its classroom reach amid local interest and the UC Berkeley influence.
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EL Cerrito
Cal
Berkeley
University of California Cyclotron
Ben Siegal
El Cerrito Students Build Atom-Smasher Plan
El Cerrito High School announces four senior students are finalizing a home built atom-smasher project. The school has allocated $500 to add atom splitting to next year's curriculum.
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el Cerrito High School
Rattlesnakes Found Across Humid and Dry Climates
The report notes rattlesnakes inhabit both highly humid and extremely arid regions. It states the Antarctic continent covers more than five million square miles.
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Antarctic
Bilbo Interviewed By Negro Editor in New Orleans
Theodore Bilbo, the U S senator elect from Mississippi, granted a two hour exclusive interview to Leon Lewis, editor of The Negro South, after reportedly breaking through Bilbo’s silence with reporters. Bilbo said he did not dislike Negroes except when they attempt to "he like me," a remark seen as an admission of inferiority.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
John Lester
Livestock Prices Edge Higher In Wide Market Movements
Chicago cattle and hog markets show mixed moves with hogs 25-75 higher on most weights under 250 lb and light sow gains. Cattle demand strongest for good fed steers and yearlings up 1.00-1.50, beef cows 50-75 higher, but canners and cutters barely steady. Overall, open trade softened by close. top reported for choice steers around 30.00 earlier, with later quotes 27.50-28.75 for heavy and 24.50-27.25 for good weights.
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Chicago
USDA
Weddings and Engagements in Dothan and Pensacola
Howell Sauls announces the June 7 wedding of Connie Ethel Sauls to Henry Howell at route four in Dothan. Naomi Merritte and W J Baggett wed May 26 at a Methodist Church with Rev William Loranzo officiating. The bride wore white marquisette and orchids. the groom is a World War II Navy veteran. They honeymooned in Miami and now reside in Pensacola.
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U. S. Navy
Pacific
Miami
Emperor penguins and stockers on market sale notes
Strictly good stockers sold mainly at 18.50 to 22.75 per hundredweights with most offered at low choice around 22.00. Emperor penguins weigh up to 80 pounds. Miss Virginia Groff of Washington DC arrived Saturday for a visit with her aunt Miss Baughman. She will visit Donalsonville and Cedar GA before returning to ton.
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Virginia Groff
Ton, D. C
Miss Baughman
Donalsonville
Cedar Ga
Ton
Germans and Japanese To Get U S Cotton Exports
AP dispatch reports that the United States plans to send cotton to Germany and Japan through March 1948 under an 80-20 arrangement. About 20,000 bales would go to Germany monthly and roughly 67,000 bales to Japan to support Allied recovery efforts.
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Japan
U.S
Washington
Aps
Masvbank
Geregary
Vie
Apo Roport
Danhorilis
Envotan
Senate
Aia
War and State Departments
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Birmingham
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