Nneville Headland Students Shine at Achievement Day
More than 250 Henry County farm youths from Newville Headland and Abbeville attended the Achievement Day events in Heartland. Joan Bostick, Newville High, won Miss FHA sharing top honors with Headland High’s winner in a second division. Newville dominated with wins in public speaking, quartet, Miss FHA, beef judging, and cake baking. Headland won dairy cow judging and parliamentary procedure. The dress revue featured Future Homemakers modeling outfits. The Miss FHA winner will compete at Montevallo, with many FFA winners advancing to district and state levels. Cooperation came from L. E. Painter Kate Maddox G. Yeager Frances Robinson W D Lucas Flora Ward and others. events were at the American Legion Hall and Headland stadium.
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ED Driggers
Hearland Special
Henry County Farm
Heartland Yestoray
Tret County
Newville High School
Joan Bostick
New Shelley
Headland High
Bostick
Shotley
Couzke
Newville
Headland
Wesley Ryals
Hugh Wood
Lowell Eliot
Jerry Kirkland
Charles Roney
Dantee Barnes
Belly Calhoun
Winnie Fred Messer
Headland Hight
Tacqueline Calhoun
Abbeville
L. E. Painter
Kate Maddox
Abbeville High School
G. Yeager
Frances Robinson
W. D. Lucas
Flora Ward
Newsle
American Legion Hall
Sarver Named Alumni Aide At Auburn API
J B Sarver appointed executive secretary of the Auburn Alumni Association succeeding Happy Davia who resigned. Auburn President Ralph Draugh and Alumni President W C Sugg announced the appointment. Davia left to work with the Board of Fire Underwriters in South Georgia. Sarver, a native of Athens Alabama, previously served as Auburn alumni secretary since August 1943 and spent ten years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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J.B. Sarver
API. Montgomery
Joseph B. Sarver
Auburn Alumni Association
Hatey M
Happy) Davia
Auburn
Ralph Draughon
W. C. Sugg
Atlanta
Sarver
Davis
Board of Fire Underwriters
South
Georgia
Auburn 3S
Secrets Of Charm By John Robert Powers Hat Advice
Fashion column advises choosing the right hat to match costume color and type. It lists color contrasts for spring milinery, notes trimmings and crown shapes, and suggests considering ideal weight and “Your Ideal Weight” feature.
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John Robert Powers
General Motors Secures Over 3 Billion in Defense Work
General Motors announced it has received more than 3 billion dollars in defense orders, accounting for a large share of wartime production. The company says most projects are in the tooling or make-ready stage and that about two-thirds of the orders were secured after the December 1950 state of emergency.
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Qetroimm
Mich
General Motors Today
Pearl Harbor
Vedday
E. Wilson
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Wilson
Sloan
Truman
Ozark Concert Association Drive Scheduled for March 12
The Ozark Concert Association will run its annual membership drive from March 12 to 17 led by Victor Taylor. Leila Lombard of the Columbia Concerto will visit Ozark to coordinate artist arrival as memberships cost 4 dollars for adults with tax and 3 dollars for students for three concerts in Ozark plus three in Enterprise and three in Dothan.
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Ozark
Ozark Concert Association
Victor ‘Taylor
Leila Lombard
Coumbia
New York City
Enterprise
Dothan
Local Concert Association
Victor Taylor
Nell Howze
W. =. Blackwell
Wilmer Parker
Ordnance Repairmen Wanted At Camp Rucker
Civil Service officials at Camp Rucker issued a call for fire control and artillery repairmen or specialized technicians in wired fields. Pay in the one dollar per hour range. Applicants should report to the Civilian Personnel Office, Building 5204, Camp Rucker. The notice emphasizes fire control and artillery repair as especially needed.
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Civil Service
Camp Rucker
Crippled Children Clinic Planned in Ozark March 9
The State Crippled Children's Service will hold a clinic for crippled children in Dale County Ozark at the Community Center on March 9. Local Dale County Chapter of the Alabama Society for Crippled Children sponsors. Staff includes Dr W T Harmon, nurses Ruth Gunter Elin Silsby, social worker Mary Anne Clements, with Vocational Rehabilitation aid from George Grimsley. County health welfare and education reps will assist. About 160 crippled children in Dale County may need treatment. 95 were treated last year with braces shoes wheelchairs and surgery. Easter Seal Campaign funds support care through March 25.
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Ozark
State
Crippled Children’s Service
Dale County
Alabama Society, Crippled Children
Ates
Alabama
Seven Youths Killed in Wake County Head On Crash
In Zebulon North Carolina a 1961 car carrying seven youths swerved and collided with an oncoming piano truck on a curve. Six died at the scene. another died later at a Raleigh hospital. The victims named include Luther Heswell Harold Hinton and Jeromy Been Vigas among others. The driver, believed to be Hinton, had been warned about reckless driving earlier. Both vehicles were demolished beyond recognition.
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Luther Charles Heswell
Harold Ray Hinton
Jeromy Been
Vigas
Allen
Bill Rhodes
Wyndell Lewis
Wake County
Raleigh Flano Salasman
FB. Rose
Dean
Hinton
Strong Demands Loom For Tobacco In U.S and Abroad
The Agriculture Department warned of strong domestic and foreign demand for cured and barley tobacco this year. It cited expected larger crops from expanded acreage, a 1 297 000 000 pound fine cured tobacco sale target, and a forecast of a billion cigarettes this year, surpassing prior records. Overseas consumption is noted, with a 370 billion figure last year and a 4 12 percent rise from 1949.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pilion
Worldwide Radio News Network and Its Global Reach
The piece describes Radio Woot and United Press News Service with thousands of correspondents in many bureaus, feeding about 3000 words daily across a vast wire network. It notes the typing rate of 68 words per minute, occasional errors from storms, and broadcasts in 47 languages across 70 countries, highlighting the vast but imperfect reach of wire services.
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Bombay
Buenos Aires
Radio Woot
United Press News Service
Woot
Woof
United
Col Hood Dies. Helped Write Alabama Constitution
Col Oliver Roland Hood, founder of Alabama Power Co and key author of poll tax provisions, died in Gadsden. A native of Asheville, he helped draft Alabama's 1901 constitution and served as a trustee of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Survived by his wife Julia Riddle. their daughter died in 1997.
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Gadsden
Oliver
Roland
Hood
Alabama ‘Power Co
Ashville
Ala
Gav
Gordon Persons
Alabama
Tex
Alabama Power Co
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
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