Florida Sixth District Band Festival Honors in Marianna
The three day festival in Marianna featured Class A Band Division One honors for pigh ecnool sight reading and marching. Bands from Campbelitos Havana Quincy Port St. Joe Chattahoochee Pensacola Bay High Panama City and Tallahassee earned division honors across sight reading and marching. Other ensembles including glee clubs solos and mixed/quartet groups competed in multiple divisions with Pensacola and Panama City earning top spots in several categories. Friday night opened with an open house and Queen contest at the Tack.
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Azsvain
Marianna
Campbelitos
Havana
Gesticello
Caview
Pery
Malone
Port St. Joe
Conett
Chattahoo
Reading
Quincy
Wyianna
Can
Leon High
Tallahassee
Gel Bay High
Panama City
Pensecola
Mae
Bayigh
Blountstown
Pensacola
Bay High
Enor
Chipley
Port &T. Je
Penacola
Walton High
DeFuniak ‘$Rings
Tallahas
Sountstown
Celebrities Eye Col County Club Golf Tourney May 17
Bing Crosby may team with Senator Taft and Bob Hope could partner with Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower in a national celebrities golf tournament at Columbia County Club May 17 18. Notables such as Omar Bradley Nimitz Vandegrift Joe Martin Tom Clark Babe Ruth Reed Douli Bobby Jones Hagen Sarazen Armour may attend or play in companion events.
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Washington
Bing Crosby
Robert Taft
Ohio
Bob Hope
Dwight D. Eisenshower
Columbia County Club
Crosby
Eisenhower
Taft
Hope
Omar N. Bradley
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Alexander A. Vandegrift
House
Joe Martin
Rmass
Tom Clark
Carl Hubbell
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Supreme Court
Shanley Reed
William
Marianna festival queen crowned at town gathering
Betty Conner of the Marianna band reigned as festival queen with a court of maids Wanda Mercer Gilda Jordan Joan Wandeck Bobbie Hinds Marjorie Lawrence and Ursula Street at a festival attended by about 500 people in Marianna.
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Marianna
Betty Conner
Marianna Band
Wanda Mercer
Gilda Jordan
Joan Wandeck
Bobbie Hinds
Marjorie Lawrence
Ursula Street
Too Many Snakes For Lou Boudreau
Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau ordered coach Johnny Price to return to Cleveland after Price released two five foot snakes on the Indians coach train in San Diego. Boudreau called the stunt inappropriate for a major league club and said the incident will be handled by team president Bill Veeck. The article also notes a separate item about a celebrities golf tournament to raise funds against juvenile delinquency and mentions eleven murderers escaping execution in Massachusetts since 1900.
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Calif
Cleveland
Lou Boudreau
Johnny Price
Indians
Price
Bill Veeck
Los Angeles
Boudreau
Second Guessing Advance Browns Look Toward 1947 Pitching
The Dothan Browns afternoon at Wiregrass Stadium will showcase a rebuilt mound staff featuring Carter Dominy Davis and Stanford potentially bolstering the rotation. Veterans Lindsey Martin and Askew headline a hopeful lineup with Clark shifting positions to boost punch at the plate. The Alabama State League schedule for 1947 appears, noting Brewton Andalusia and Geneva Dothan matchups with opening on April 14 and periodic Sunday games.
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Andalusia
Andalucia
Brewton
Tao Ares
Geneva
Dorian
Browns
US Sweeps Tickets Worth 328400 In Sweepstakes Draw
Dublin Erie reports a US sweepstakes event with seven New Yorkers and two New Jersey residents winning significant prizes. Winners include M Markovitch of New York and others tied to notable horses in the Grand National Steeplechase. Additional prizes total over 3.5 million pounds in tax and distribution. Alabama Women’s Amateur Association tournament slated for Beauvoir Country Club on July 14 190. Milestone mentions Ann Samford Birmingham as probable champion.
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Erie
United States
U.S
M. Markovitch
New York
Caughoo
Lough Conn
Speedo
George
M. McGrohan
T. Sweeney
PL Murphys
New York City
Trish
Montgomery
Alabama Womer
Nf Association
Beauvoir
Curtis Nordan
Mre Nordan
Aaid
Ann Samford
Birmingham
Auburn Outfit Needs Pitchers
Auburn Outfit faces pitching shortages as spring practice shapes the roster. Coach Doyle must rely on several newcomers and a few returning position players while two key veterans from last season depart. Prospective mound candidates include Nick Nixon and Md Oates, with intra-squad games soon ahead of the April 3 opener against Mercer.
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Aubin
Danny Doyte
Joe Tigers
Mercer
Dinding Martin
Doyle
Joe Giaw
Lindaie
Nick Nixon
MD Oates
Choise
Kilroy Back to Wrestle in Dothan Main Event
Kilroy the masked marvel returns Wednesday night at the city auditorium in Dothan for a main event two falls out of three against Kali Pasha. Promoters said the bout will run with a maximum of two hours. Preliminary action features Hubert Wright in slow form as the card lines up. In baseball, local lineup shifts include Capt. Grant behind the plate and several infielders and outfielders named in the rotation with Nixon likely to see duty in the outfield when not pitching. A racing bill in Alabama aims to fund old age security by dedicating racing proceeds to the program.
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Blunk
Cook
Sid Clark
Hirde
Glenn Clark
Clark
Kilroy
Marvel
Dothan
City Auditorium
Kali Pasha
Hubert Wright
Capt
Grant
EL. R. Knowles
Thorman
Stepp
Capt. Akin
Leman Woodfin
Connie McKelvey
Pete Niffly
Don Brause
Corknon
Jim Shiver
Sam Swindell
Ray Williams
Tidwell
Pletcher
Charlie Finney
Nixon
Wardeck
Phenix City
Aps
J. W. Brussell
Russell County
Alabama
Brassell
Turkeys Roamed Colorado Thousands of Years Ago
Scientists uncovered fossil remains suggesting wild turkeys inhabited Colorado thousands of years ago. The find sheds light on early fauna and avian distribution in the region.
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Colorado
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