Cross Sections Of Life In The Wiregrass And Alabama College News
Cross sections show Perry Moller joining Sigma Pierson and others at Montevallo. Merry Glenda Agee enrolls in the Freshman class at Alabama College, with students from several counties and many states. Troy State veterans elect leaders, FFA officers named, and a PhD program expands at the University of Alabama. A veneer plant fire at Howell in North Dorbor shows minor damage. A 14-year-old driver is charged in a Mason County patrol report.
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Ses
Montevallo
Merry Glenda Agee
C. M. Agee
Asneed
Alabama College
Tevana
Alabama
WTC Ffa
Ferris Smith
Midland Cy
Trojan
Troy State
Mary Lou Plant
Elbe
Celeste Derby Bea
Troy
Mtoe Abe
Plantane
STC Laboratory
Howell Veneer
North Dorbor
Floyd Hartin
Pilot Club Baby Show Preliminary Monday
The Baby Revue sponsored by the Dothan Pilot Club will be held at the City Auditorium at 2 p m Monday with a committee selecting the most handsome boy and prettiest girl in each age group. The final revue and King Queen selection will be Tuesday night at the auditorium. Gifts will be given to winners. About 75 children aged one month to six years have entered.
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Dothan Pilot Club
City Audillorium
Duditormum
Bids On Dothan Parks Construction To Open Nov 7
Houston County library funding remains under debate as the Memorial Library seeks more operating funds and a 1948 to 1949 circulation surge is cited. In Dothan, bids for two park complexes including pools and gymnasiums will open November 7, with construction expected to begin soon pending material availability and bid results.
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Dothan
Houston
Gily
Porl
Ford
Atlenty
Perks
Chariss M. Graves Hay
Soith Gates
Ear Dovthan High School
Carver High School
City Hall
W. D ‘Rips Tewes
Man Survives Shock After Wasp Sting in Cottonwood
J. M. Pierce, a resident of Cottonwood, was admitted Friday afternoon after suffering shock from a wasp sting at a service station on North Gates Street. He remained in cool condition last night, and hospital staff called the case highly unusual.
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J. M. Pierce
Pierce
North Gates Street
Five Wiregrass Students Cast in Twelfth Night at Troy
Troy State Teachers College actors from Dothan and Headland named for the Troy Playmakers production of Twelfth Night. The mid November Kilby Auditorium presentation is directed by Theta Goodwin and features Gene Fee Bet Ethridge Gien Bevis Dorothy Ann Chatterson.
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Wiregrass
Troy State Teachers College
Troy Playmakers
Lutheran Leader Urges Germany Rebuilding to Halt Communism
Dr. Paul Emple of the National Lutheran Council told the American Lutheran Church convention at Capital University that Germany must rebuild its industry to curb communism. He cited 40 percent war destruction, 12,000 surplus refugees, and rising hunger as factors feeding communist influence and warned action is needed to avoid further unrest.
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Columbus
Germany
Europe
Paul EB
Empie
National Lutheran Council
American Lutheran Church Convention
Capital University
Emple
Tie
Married Men Eligible For Marine Corps Duty
The Marine Corps now accepts married men aged 18 to 32 for enlistments of indefinite periods. Master Sergeant Charles H. Kirkham, recruiter in charge at Montgomery, announced that men with more than three dependents will be sent to Parris Island for recruit training. The Montgomery Recruiting Office is in the new Post.
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Marine Corps
Charles H. Kirkham
Montgomery
Kirkham
Parris Island
8. C
Interviews Scheduled For Air Cadet Hopefuls
Prospective aviation cadets, aged 2 to 26 and a half, will be interviewed by Major Benjamin F. Kelly, officer in charge of cadet prospects, at the Army and Air Force Recruiting Station in Dothan. He will process applications for both pilot and navigator training.
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U. S. Air Force
Benjamin F. Kelly
Air Force
Dothan
Kelly
Army and Air Force
Third Noor
Funeral Notices From Wiregrass Area
Funeral services and burial details for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mims of Geneva died in Tallahassee at Providence Church near Bellwood. Officiants were Reverends Meadows and York. Survived by two daughters, three sons, 31 grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.
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Mary Sins
Geneva
Mary Elizabeth Mims
Talahassee
Providence Churen
Bellwood
H.C. Meadows
AY. York
Pittman Funeral Home
Fifermen
Church
Mea
Mims
Dariington
Tallahassee
B. T. Spears
V. TL
Wesley
DeFunian Springs
Enterprise
Anal Leon
Florence
Esday
Mandie Anderson
Mancus Anderson
Old Balen Baptist Church
Alin Etheridge
Panssey
Old Salem
Ward-Wilsam Funeral Home
Gothan
Qld Salem Church
KD. Anderson
Dothan
West Kelley
Eufaula
Aron Nelley
Headland
Maggie Roberts
Napier Field
Lizzie Roberts
Arison
Vicky Mathews
Juston’ Springs
Rosa Mae
Rosa Mae Sholes
Abbeville
White Oak Church
E. H. Brown
Johnson Funetel Hems
Sholes
Texas
Henry County
White Oak
White Oak Church. She Is Survived By Weafarer, Mrs.w. A. Powell of Abbeville
Mca
Andrews Backs EAL Plan For Dothan
Rep. George Andrews will file a brief with the Divi Aeronautica Board supporting Eastern Air Lines authority to establish a Southern Transcontinental route providing Dothan with one carrier air service to and from the West Coast. Dothan Chamber of Commerce manager Selden X Bailey said the brief will be presented in Washington. Andrews is a U S representative from Alabama's Third District. Last Monday the chamber filed a brief with the CAS supporting Examiner J Earl Cox's recommendations for route establishment.
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Eastern Air Lines
Dothan
West Coast
Divi Aeronautica Board
George Andrews
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Menager Selden X. Bailey
Andrews Ystatt
Washington
Andrews
Albama
Dothan Chammbee
CAS
J. Earl Cox
Four Arrests Made At Football Game
During the Dothen Phenix City clash at Wiregrass Stadium four spectators were arrested in a late fight. Chief Eddie D Nelley called the incident regrettable as officers redirected traffic. A speaker’s abusive language and refusal to stop sparked the disturbance. four arrests were made and later released on bond.
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Dothen-Phenix City
Wiregrass Stadium
City Polo
Eddie D. Nelley
Kelsey
Herkey
Donalsonville Band Organization Set
Donalsonville Lions Club American Legion and VFW sponsor a school band plan in Donalsonville. Mack Fain Jr proposed the organization to Lions Club members last week. project approved and financing arrangements begun. Some funds already available, with the three groups to raise the rest for instruments.
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Donalsonville
Lions Club
V,fw
American Legion
Mack Fain, Jr
Civic Club
Former Banker Here Plans Retirement
Charles A. Faircloth, a former Dothan resident, will retire as vice-president of the National State Bank in Elizabeth New Jersey in January after 17 years of service. He is a brother of Mrs WB Cannady and Mrs W Cannady of Dothan and has an additional sister Mrs J T Bennett of Panama City. Born in Camilla, Georgia, Faircloth moved to Dothan in childhood and entered banking in 1903. He spent most of his career in Gainesville and Tampa and joined the Elizabeth bank in 1932 from Atlantic City where he was a receiver of an insolvent state bank for the federal government. His father R Faircloth was once president of Dothan National Bank.
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Charles A. Faircloth
Dothan
Nationaltate Bank
Elizabeth
N. J
Faircloth
WB. Cannady
W. 16 Cannady
J.T. Bennett
Panama City
Camilla
Paircloth
Fife
Gainesville
Tampix
Elizabeth Bank
Atlantic City
Ma'er
R. Fairtio
Dathan National Bank
Memorial Library Witness Tells Court About Bookmobile Routes
Montgomery report details a library board witness describing bookmobile routes for the Memorial Library while bank officials pressed a politician to vote against issuing a business permit to a new Dothan bank. Testimony names F A Flowers Sr and Wallace Malo as bank officials guiding the request. The state banking board member Leah Porter testified on charter voting influence and noted prior board actions.
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J. L. Scott
Emaraer
Bank of Arab
Montgomery
Dothan
Leah Porter
State Banking Board
Commercial
Scott
F. A. Flowers
Dothan Bank and Trust Co
Wallace Malo
First National Bank
Bre. Porter
Go! Folsom
Daat Sant Ye Bi Malone
Potter
ABC
J. M. Leak
Vic
Commerce
Brooks Glassly
St Francis Xavier Died in Portugal's Overseas Holdings
Fragmentary notes mention St Francis Xavier and a vague reference to China and Portugal's overseas territories. The text includes mentions of India Timor East Indies and other Asian places, but details are unclear and names are incomplete.
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St. Francis Xavier
China
Portugal
Portugese
India
Timor
Jt Abe East Indies
Mneso
Board to assume jurisdiction on unidentified case
In a closed session, members voted only on whether the Board should assume jurisdiction of the case. The candidate approval of the charter was not part of the decision.
Henry Circuit Court Trials Open Monday in Abbeville
Abbeville Special Twelve criminal cases on the Henry County Circuit docket open tomorrow before Judge D C Halstead. State prosecutions by Circuit Solicitor Keener Baxtey. Court Reporter Linton Waryen attends. Monday docket lists defendants including Junior Hollis assault with intent to murder Hobert Brown burglary Jack Bulger liquor still Edgar Miller grand larceny Carter assault murder J T Howden grand larceny Marion Borler burglary W C Cuver burglary Carl White Jorgerie Moring vagrancy Tuesday docket includes Willie Roberts Jr burglary and Mert Cook cruel knowledge.
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Abbeville
Fail Tern
Henry County
D.C. Halstead
Bethan
Keener Baxtey
Linton Ware Yen
Junior Hollis
Hobert Brown
Jack Bulger
Edgar Miller
Carter
J.T. Howden
Marion Borler
W. C. Cuvier
Carl White
Jorgerie Moring
Hoatzin claws on wings noted. Xavier buried in Goa
A hoatzin, a South American bird with claws on its wings, is described. St. Francis Xavier was buried at Goa in Portuguese India. The crater of the volcanic Mt Kote Mai in Alaska is stated as three miles wide.
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St. Francia Xavier
Goa
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