Postmaster’s Box Taxed Job Details Strange Fees
A Norfolk style column explains how third and fourth class postmasters must supply mail boxes, with government renting profits going to Uncle Sam. Austin Harris of New Brockton, postmaster since 1935, expanded to over 200 boxes and bears box taxes plus building costs while government supplies stamps money and two clerks. Work includes eleven hours daily handling mail with fronting property paving awaited as bonds sold and contracts awarded for related improvements.
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Uncle Sam
Austin Harris
Brockton
Austin
Lasseter Mart Ware Co Sold to Hayes and Butner
One of Enterprise's oldest businesses changes hands as Sam and Walter Lasseter retire after 30 years and sell Lasseter Mart Ware Co to Julian Hayes and F A Butner. The firm will keep the same name with Hayes as manager. Hayes, a former vocational teacher and production manager at Sessions Co, came to Enterprise years ago studying at Newton's Baptist Collegiate Institute, Howard College, and the University before a long teaching career.
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Enterprise
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Lasseter Martware Co
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Aneterprise
Sessions Company
North Alabama
Old Baptist Collegiate Institute
Newton
Howard College
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Elba Builds River Landing For Pea River Access
Elba residents expect a new landing on the east bank of the Pea River just north of the swimming pool. A road will lead to the dock which rises with water level, easing trailer access and craft launching. City officials opened bids for a pavement project, with plans for storm sewers and gutters as part of a broader postwar improvement push.
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Elba
Stokes Haire
Tom Sawyer
Fort al
Judge Williams Keeps Clayton Bell as Garden Relic
In Clayton, Judge J S Williams of the Third Circuit recalls Clayton’s early days. A bell once used as a fire alarm in the town’s watchman days sits in his garden, salvaged after the tower’s razing. He notes it was not used to stop runaways but to sound fires.
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Dale County
J. SS. Williams
Dale
Barbour
Bullock
Clayton
White House
Buchanan
Juvenile Delinquency Talk Challenged by Scholar
A Chicago sociologist questions rising juvenile delinquency figures, arguing many trends are exaggerated by funders, politicians, and media. He says data are used to fuel moral panic and justify radio, banks, and policy campaigns while masking broader social realities. A separate note mentions a Friday windstorm causing minor damage but no injuries.
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Band of white cane carriers aids crossing in England
In England, walking band members with white canes urge motorists to give safe passage at crossings. Police or safety officers request drivers to show caution and yield to pedestrians using canes to navigate thoroughfares.
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