Nighttime fears and family welcomes in a small town
A reflective note opens with a child recounting a family bedtime scene and night fears. Local social news follows with Mrs. Julian Hall hosting a two-table bridge gathering on North Oates Street, prize awarded, and refreshments served. Several residents are noted for graduations and visits, including Marjorie Jones from Alabama College Montevallo and Miss Mary Hanahan Johnson. A film fundraiser by the Epipacopak Guild at Houston Theatre is announced with tickets sought through members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Hall
North Oates Street
Mayoraiig
Perry
O. R
Names Chosen for Dionne Quintuplets in Ontario
In North Bay Ontario the Dionne quintuplets receive names Celle Yvonne Marie Emily and Annette set by their parents Mrs Dionne and Mr Dionne as nurses and staff care for ten children including Pauline Danie Ernest Therese and Rose. A hot water incubator from Chicago arrives by train to aid preservation as no electricity is available for modern devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Celle
Yvonne
Marie
Emily
Annette
Ovila Dionne
A. R. Dafoe
Alex LeGros
Dionnesa
Pauline
Danie
Ernest
Therese
Rose
Tneubaine
Toronto
Corbell
Chicago
Ontario
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Red Cross Society
Jupiter Speaks From Well After Rope Breaks
In a rural scene Wil ly Nilly and Honey Bear discover Jupiter the cub is trapped in a well after a rope breaks. Jupiter speaks from below saying he is hurt but not severely. the friends plan to send food first and then decide on help. Rip retrieves a honey comb for the cub to eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Willy Nilly
Honey Bear
Httie
Rooster
Nilly
Rip
City News Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Visits
Mrs K D Creech departs for Kentucky and southern Texas for a relatives visit. Clem Hell visits Panama City on Exell Tailoring Shoe business. Rev J M Blankenship moves from 214 Headland Ave to 300 E Burkshaw St. Mrs Fred Hall and infant go to Chipley Fla for a visit. Mrs J W Horn and son return to Thomasville Ga after visiting Mrs Creech. Former Dothan High student body member joins Western Union in Union Springs. Howard College student Howell Bennett arrives for summer break. Lamar Hart now with H H Brown Construction at the Standard Oil station at Oates and Main. Mr and Mrs B E Ballentine and Miss Ruth Ballentine of Columbia DC and Miss Evelyn Botts are guests of Mrs J P Botts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Adams
Dothan High School
Western Union Co
Union Springs
Ala
Lamar Hart
H. H. S Brown Construction Co
Oates
Main Streets
America Honors Her Soldier Dead on Memorial Day
President Roosevelt leads national tributes at Gettysburg Cemetery as banks and public buildings close. Ceremonies unfold nationwide with wreaths and unity among Civil War blue and gray veterans and World War II khaki. King Leopold sends word of Belgium graves flowers. Outdoor sports spark celebration with a 500 mile car race at Indianapolis drawing thousands.
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Associated Press
Gettysburg
Roosevelt
Apeak
Meades
Washington
Executive Branch
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
Confederacy
Leopold III
Belgium
America
Indianapolis
Preparations for Revival at Foster Street Church
Preparations begin for a revival at Foster Street Methodist Church with nightly services at 8 o clock this week. Rev J Fletcher McLeod, former pastor and Troy district presiding elder, arrives Sunday afternoon to preach. Rev R J Haskew of Hartford Alabama assists through the revival ending Sunday June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Street Methodist Church
J. Fletcher McLeod
Foster Street Church
Troy
R. J. Haskew
Hartford
Ala
Xatiern
Fleet to Parade in Review for Chief of Naval Operations
New York May 30 AP The American Navy fleet will parade tomorrow before President Roosevelt off Ambrose light ship near New York harbor. Fourteen miles from shore 86 ships with 5 000 officers and 35 600 sailors will take part led by the Pennsylvania flagship and including Indianapolis Louisville Saratoga Lexington and newer 10 000 ton cruisers. The review lasts about an hour with no submarines in the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer McCoy
New York
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
New York Harbor
Ambrose
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Claude A. Swanson
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Louthville
Henry L .Roosevelt
David F. Sellers
Saratoga
Lexington
United States
California
J. M. Reever
Funeral for Mrs. Emma Pittman Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Pittman who died at her home were held this afternoon at 3 o clock at her Morgan street home. The Rev L W Dockery officiated and burial followed in the ae cemetery. Read the classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Pittman
Morgan Street
L. W. Dockery
Graves Speech Highlights Tax, Schools and Industry
Col Graves defends his record and attacks opponents in a rural Alabama campaign speech. He cites $40,000 additions for Houston county schools and common actions, a higher corporate tax burden, and expanded coal and electricity use. He vows debt payment, jersey reductions, and denies ties to Feagin. He also counters Klans claims and criticizes Dixons plan and Virginia Model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Houston County
Alabama Power Co
Virginia
Alabama
Col. Graves
Ku Klux Klan
Sniq
War
Dixon
William F. Feagin
Col Graves
Feagin
Ski Lumber Market and Export Practices at Panama City
The article describes Ski Lumber not fit for market being repurposed into picker stakes and tool blanks. It cites Panama City as main export point with New Orleans and other Southern ports used. Typical shipments run about 6000 pounds per carload, eight jobs per foot, and daily output around 3000 feet. Expansion may occur with growing demand, though European markets currently dominate for hickory products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Panama City
Fla.rs
Lumber Company
New Orleans
N. J. Spann
Ha Fumber Concern
Miss Forrester Visits Troy Kin At The College
Miss Lauerson Forreser, instructor of physical education at the State Teachers College in Troy, is spending time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. B J Forrester and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes
Alabama College
Montevallo
Sara Agnes Wikes
Lauerson Forreser
State Teachers’ College
Troy
B. J. Forrester
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John Martin
Good Housekeeping
Sys. Hall
Hostess Card Club
Marjorie Jones
W. T. Jones
Nell
Mary Lauga Jones
Exercias
Miss Jones Hee
Mary Hanahan Johnson
C. W. Johnson
Alabe College
Mrs. Byrd
Bonifay, Fin
Eugene Byrd
M. K. Ford
T. M. Norton
Midway
4. L. Harrison
Gloria
New York City
Ypbcopal Guild
Houston
The
Epiacopak Guid
John Boles
Houston Theatre
H. Wright
R. B. McGee
Mary McGee
Auburn
James Green
Little Rock, Ark
Beaton Beach
Fla
Blumberg
Suban Clark
Adams
Dothan
Lakewood Ave
Atlanta
Scien
Anne Darling
Miss
Los Angeles
Mary Graham Bonner
Precious
City News Briefs
K. D. Creech
Kentucky
Texas
Clem Hell
Exell Tailoring Shoe
J. M. Blankenship
Headland Ave
E. Burkshaw Street
Fred Hall
Chipley, Fla
J. W. Horn and Son
Thomasville, Ga
Howell Bennett
Howard College
Birmingham
B. E. Ballentine
Ruth Ballentine
Columbia, D. C
J. P. Botts
Evelyn Botts
Methodist Church
Solomon-Liddon Co
Gotham
Honore
Gossard
SKI Lumber
Mary Louise Jones
Carolyn Hood
Iven
G. W. Blakey
Foster St
Phe Wey
Montgomery
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