Ashford selects festival beauty winner Wynora Mercer
Ashford Lions Club staged a Miss Ashford pageant for the Fifth National Wiregrass Peanut Festival. Wynora Mercer, a brunette, was crowned Miss Ashford after ten contestants paraded on stage before an audience of about 500 and three out-of-town judges. Bill Lewis served as emcee as the High School Glee Club entertained. Second place went to Billie Brannon. other finalists included Mary Ethel Jones Pat Doswell Betty Barrett Lucile Paul Louise Whiddon Juanita Conner Merley Mercer Mary Mercer and Wynora Mercer.
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Wynora Mercer
Ashford Lions Club
Bill Lewis
The
Lions Club
Glee Club
Lewis
Mercer
Billie Brannon
Wynora
Mary Tercer
Mary Ethel Jones
Pat Doswell
Betty Barrett
Lucile Paul
Louise Whiddon
Juanita Conner
Merley Mercer
Mary Mercer
Eagle
Near Beer sale ruled illegal in Alabama
Montgomery AP report states that Alabama Attorney General Albert A. Carmichael ruled near beer, though containing less than half a percent alcohol, is not recognized in state temperance laws and falls outside the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. The opinion, requested by ABC Board Administrator Frank Bunkley, says it cannot be sold in wet or dry counties.
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Atty
Albert A. Carmichael
ABC Board
Frank Bunkley
Jim Woodruff Dam delayed by heavy rainfall
Heavy rainfall slowed construction at the Jim Woodruff Dam near Chattahoochee Florida. The Corps of Engineers reported earth fill section excavation 65 percent complete after initial delays. W C Shepherd Construction Co of Atlanta began Sept 19 1947 on the earth fill work under a 732251 contract. The dam is the first of four projects to improve navigation to Columbus Georgia, with additional sites on the Chattahoochee near Columbia Alabama Ft Benning Georgia and Buford Georgia.
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Mobile
Bi Jim Woodruff
Chattahoochee
Fla
Corps of Engineers
Renoreing Unis
W. C. Shepherd Construction Co
Atlanta
Columbus
Chattahoochee River
Columbia
Ala
Ft. Benning
Reservoir plan spans Apalachi cola River to Bainbridge
A proposed dam would extend 6 100 feet across the Apalachi cola River creating a reservoir about 57 500 acres. It would back water up the Chattahoochee River to Columbia Alabama and along the Flint River to Bainbridge Georgia.
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Apalachicola River
Chattahochee River
Columbia
Ala
Flint River
Bainbroise
Jefferson Sheriff Seeks To Raid Army Club For Roscoes
Sheriff Holt McDowell sought action against a Birmingham Army officers club suspected of having slot machines. Police attempted a raid on the Birmingham Army Air Base yesterday but were barred by a master sergeant who refused access. The club was found closed with padlocks, prompting the raid to be halted.
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Birmingham
Holt McDowell
Birmingham Army Air Base
Henry Darnell
Sheriff's Deputies
Darnell
McDowell
Catholic Women and New Orleans Parley
Delegates to the 26th bi annual convention of the National Council of Catholic Women in New Orleans hear former Rep. Clare Booth Luce urge Catholic women to take the major role in saving the world. Birmingham, Ala., elects A. S. Tuees as co president at the final business session.
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New Orleans
National Council of Catholic Women
Clare Booth Luce
Mee
A. S. Tuees
Birmingham
Ala
Draft Registration Lagging In State
Alabama draft registrations are lagging. State Selective Service Director LoRue Horn said only 135,215 men between 18 and 26 registered through September, far short of the 283,820 target.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Selective Service
LoRue Horn
Slot Machine Raids Hit Two Private Clubs
Deputies seized 14 slot machines in raids at two private clubs as the Army sought to avoid violating state laws. Public relations office did not comment.
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Igure
Hog Sales Rise in Ozark with August Receipts
Ozark Alabama reports a sharp rise in hog sales during August. County agent Doug Thomason says receipts totaled 25,600 dollars, up from 12,600 a year earlier and 800 in August 1946. He attributes the gain to hogging off corn and notes corn feeding lowers costs versus peanuts. He forecasts hogs fattening in corn fields will grow in popularity for Dale County farmers.
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Ozark
Ala
Doug Thomason
Thomason
Dale County
Police launch blitz on law breaking cyclists
Police in St Boniface Manitoba opened a road safety drive targeting bicyclists who ignore traffic laws. The crackdown began with a citywide blitz aimed at reducing risky riding and improving pedestrian and motorist safety.
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ST. Boniface, Man
St. Boniface
Women barred from sacred climb on Nara Omine
In Osaka, Japan Mrs. Hisao Hashimoto attempts twice to climb the sacred Buddhist mountain Nara Omine but ancient monks barred women, deeming them unclean. She questions democracy and equality as she faces rejection from the site long tied to gender exclusion.
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Osaka
Japan
Hisao Hashimoto
Nara Omine
Hashimoto
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