Elba Church Hosts Leadership School and Summer Helper
The Elba Baptist Church announces a leadership school at the Elba courthouse on Thursday afternoon June 24 at 1 30 pm for home demonstration club leaders and presidents. Miss Inez Green will lead. Floyd Roebuck of Tuscaloosa joins as summer assistant pastor and young people's worker, staying with Mrs. B S Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rowe
Sam Sawyer
J. A. Carnley
Curry Taylor
J.D. Hudson
Jake Morrow
Fulton Clark
Franklin
J. W. Kendrick
Elba
Inez Green
Floyd Roebuck
Tuscaloosa
Elba G. A.’s
Elba High School
Murtinsdon College
D. F. McDowell
Dave
Mary Alice
Savannah
McDowell
C. B. McDowell
W. M. Ringsdorff
Enterprise Hospital
Jerry House
H. B. Larkins
T. T. Rhodes
Ward- Bohl
Kinston
Anne Fog
Frances Miles Ella Wilkerson
Floise Boswell
Totsie Dismukes
Patsy Prichard
Carlton Whitman
John Joseph Enzor
Chocco Springs
Talladega
George Jamar Collier
Auburn
A. P I
George Collier
Bill Morgan
Ian Collier
Columbus
Dan Prescott
Cecil Prescott
Thomas
D. F. Prescott
Waurh
Ala
Almon Strain
Florence
S. C
Haldane Strain
J. D. Whitman
Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
C. E. Dorsey
Lela Ann Sawyer
Henry Dorsey
Virginia Lee
Henmann Dorsey
Claud Dorsey
Pete Dorsey
Jo Ann
Pensncvla
W. M. Ringsdorf
Gaigscopp
Martha Wright
Alabama University
Joe W. Wright
Wayne Jhayne
Git
Heywood Bowers and Son
Day
En Mo
Mace Cooke
Cooke
Nichola
Anaedes Breck
Eh Qaea
Birmingham
Ate
Bea
Mao
Broeison
Hayder Prine
Bees
Nice
Elba Social Notes Reflect Local Visits and Weddings
Residents and guests fill Elba events with family visits, wedding attendances, and travel. Notable mentions include the Boyett Godwin wedding in New Brockton, ROTC camp departure for Lamar Bullard, and trips to Washington and Birmingham as families gather for gatherings and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Paul
Eris Paul
Richardson
Nostasulga
Ens Paul
Elba
Lamar Bullard
University of Alabama
William Bullard
Fort Belvoir
Robert Stephens
Oswell Dowling
Mary Oswell Dowling
Dud English
Boyett-Godwin
New Brockton
Henry Osburn Tarbert
Washington, D. C
H. L. Payne
Jackson Doctor Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Nightclub Killing
Dr Levi McCarty changed his plea to guilty of manslaughter in the Jan 4 Pocahontas Night Club shooting that killed Marine Sgt Milton McCoy in Jackson Mississippi. Judge Gillespie postponed sentencing to study a recommended 15 year term as psychiatrists testified to McCarty's insanity. The trial also involved injury to William Kirk and two other men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Hinds County Court
Hugh B. Gillesple
Levi McCarty
State Penitentiary
Milton McCoy
Jackson
M. M. McGowan
McCarty
Gillespie
McGowan
McCoy
William C. Kirk
Pocahontas
Crockett Hodges Marriage Solemnized At Abbeville Church
Emily Sue Hodges of Abbeville married David W Ilars Crockett son of Rev Frank Q Crockett of Catron Missouri in a June 1 ceremony at the Abbeville Baptist Church. The couple will honeymoon in the Great Smoky Mountains and later reside in Dallas Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Emily Sue
Hodges
F. T Hodges
David W.ltiars Crockett
Frank Q. Crockett
Catron
Baptist Church
Crockett
Fern
James Wentling
Tuscaloosa
Larry Beamo
Marilynn Mathison
Nancy Carolyn Glover
Peggy Hodges
J. N. Bovona
Welen Bell
Slocomb
Martha Crockett
Charity Jace Fet
Edgar Gibbons
Roger Chapman
E. N. Creel
J. FE. Simonton
W. C
University of Alabama
Alpha Eposi Jon Delta
Central College
Fayette
U. S. Navy
Tau Beta Pi
Great Smokey Mountains
Stratford
Connecticut
Chanceought Aircraft Corp
Dallas
Texas
F. Q. Crockett
Grey Hodges
G. D. Halstead
O. E. Knowles
Inez Knowles
H. B. Riggs
J. I. Hodges
Headland
L. T. Buckner
Barbara Buckner
Midland City
Long Foot Races of Blackfoot Indians From Gleichen to Medicine Hat
Generations ago the Blackfoot carried out endurance foot races spanning hundreds of miles without rest. A noted route ran from Gleichen Alberta to Medicine Hat covering roughly 240 miles in response to tribal tradition and challenge spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleichen
Alberta
Medicine Hat and
Vack
Icelandic Horses Run Wild Across Icelandic Heaths
Numerous wild horses roam Iceland as formerly shipped to England for mining uses. Now allowed to run wild, they continue to multiply across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
England
The Pretty Cockscomb Plant Compared With Pigweed
A brief note compares the pretty cockscomb plant to the uglier pigweed, highlighting its bright blooms and ornamental use while contrasting it with the invasive weed’s plain appearance and common nuisance in gardens.
Mobile to mark Alabama State Docks anniversary celebration
Mobile marks the 3th anniversary of the Alabama State Docks, a $25 million gateway to world trade. Gov. James E. Folsom will unveil a plaque for a projected $90 million expansion. James Jeremiah Wadsworth will speak at a Chamber banquet. The port ranked sixth in 1947 foreign freight tonnage, with exports totaling $107.5 million and imports $28 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
James E. Folsom
James Jeremiah Wadsworth
War Assets Administration
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Alabama Agriculture and Industry
City Pays 65.2 On Negro High Project
The City of Dothan authorized a payment of 94 to James and Hardy Company for work on the new Negro high school. The project, a large steel and concrete facility, aims to advance completion and improve city facilities for Negro residents, with a total cost around 800000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
James and Hardy Cy Company
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Elba News
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Buie’s
Seth
Percy
Ber Aungher
Ce Beschey
Ozark i
Miso Esty Orgs
Janes Martu
Boyd
Martha Kaus
Bill Martin
Babe Mullins
Jack Dickert
Brundige
F. G. Bragg
Paul L. Rowe
Paul James
Miami, Fla
D. F. Bragg
Otis McDowell
Sandra
Brundidge
Annie Jim Dorman
Opp
Ida Dorman
Louie Gwen
Tulah Tismukes
Joe Richburg
Henderson
Claxton Hornsby and Son
Macon
Atlanta
Margaret Ingram
Frank
Rainer
American Legion Auxiliary
E. H. Corbitt
Mike
Robert Newton
Frinds
Hartford
Mr. Corbitt
Jimmie
Bobby Borland
Bobby
Corbitt
C. P. Miles
Jacksonville
Emory Cunningham
Arotsissgctwyyu Sheet Metal Company
Headland Peanut Co
Headland, Ala
Speigner
Careren
Old Fairground
District of Columbia
Capitol
D. C
Washington Committee For Consumer Protection
Mr. Brown
Crestview
Clinton Stephens
Marion Lubert
Elasives
Perea
the Clendinen Co
Bes
Pdetran, Als
Bethune
H. L. Gregory
W. L Woodham
L. Nicholy
C. C. Murphy
Betty Hamilton
Zeph
J. L. Harr
Effi
Ward - Wilson, Inc
Brown
Phon
Main &T
Chevrolet
Fisher
Solomon Motor Company, Inc
N. ST. Andrews Street
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