Recital Sunday at Central Methodist Church Auditorium
Edgar Self tenor will be presented in recital Sunday afternoon at 3 30 in the Central Methodist Church auditorium. He will be assisted by Shirley Lowery with Ruth Scott Parker at the piano. The program features works by Legrenzi Scott Wilson Handel Verdi Grieg Yradier Carnevali and more.
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Central Methodist Church
Edgar Self
Shirley Lowery
Ruth Scott Parker
Legrenzi
Lord Randall—Scott
Phillis
Wilson
Self
St. Cecelia
Handel
Mr. Lowery
Grieg
Yradier
Carnevali
Mr. Self M’appari
Decatur Boys Mr Self and Mr Lowery Graduate Voice Students
Mr Self graduates from Birmingham Southern in June while Mr Lowery studies at Birmingham Southern. Both are voice students of Ruth Scott Parker, faculty member of the Birmingham College of Music, and both hail from Decatur.
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Tha
Flotow
Spross
Mr. Lowery
Invictus
Huhn
Grazia
Mednikoff
Mana Zucca
Self
Birmingham Southern
Lowery
Ruth Scott Parker
Birmingham College of Music
Decatur Boys
Ready mixed SAKRETE concrete for home use
A vintage promotional piece touts SAKRETE ready mixed concrete in paper sacks for simple DIY projects. It highlights gravel, sand, and mortar blends, plus multiple uses around the home and a mail request for a 40 page illustrated booklet.
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Sakrete
W. R. Bonsal Company
Hamlet
N. C
Twice Wounded Sergeant Killed By Falling Tree
Fort Bragg NC April 29 A veteran Army sergeant and twice wounded in battle Sgt Smith C Fuller was killed during maneuvers near Camp Mackall when a tank struck a tree that snapped twelve feet from the ground Fuller who served in airborne operations was wounded in Holland and Bastogne His next of kin is his mother Mrs Johnnie D Sersey Fuller of Huntsville Alabama
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Fort Bragg
N. C
Smith C. Fuller
Camp Mackall
Fuller
Holland
Bastogne
Johnnie D, Sersey Fuller
Randolph — St
Huntsville
Ala
Morgan County News Briefs from Eva and Vicinity
Earl Gurley and daughter Betty ill at home. Coy Moses family moves from Tuscaloosa to Eva and opens a blacksmith shop on Tom Hamilton place. First Sunday in May all day Methodist church service with morning preaching and decoration and afternoon singing. lunch invited. Miss Hogan and Miss Kelsoe have left teaching to attend school. Senior II class presented a play Wednesday. Jack Smallwood of U S Navy at Orange Camp Texas returns after short visit with wife and children. Marie Morgan ill at home. Robert Ford and little son of Decatur weekend visitors. Several attended Mt Carmel singing last Sunday. Garvis Ford and son Johnnie of Decatur visited the Fords. Jack Smallwood and children visited Smallwood family near Flor ette last week.
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Earl Gurley
Betty
Coy Moses
Tuscaloosa
Eva
Tom Hamilton
Marie Morgan
Robert Ford
Little Son
Decatur
Walter Ford
Mt. Carmel
Garvis Ford
Johnnie
Jack Smallwood
Smallwood
Near
Florette
Elmer Owens
Near County Line
M. A. Owens
Franklin McCaghren
Leonard
Sam
Guy Way
Arkansas
R. P. Way
Alton Rogers
Arthur Callahan
Billy
Lucille Key
Jessie McCaghren
Elois Hill
Price Knight
Knight
Barbara
Ralph Hill
Five Points
CCC to Meet Washington for 90 Percent Parity Request
Rep Wheeler says the Commodity Credit Corporation will meet in Washington today to act on a request to restore 90 percent price support for turpentine and resin to parity. The 90 percent rate was cut to 70 percent in March. Georgia farmers and other naval stores states press for restoration to prevent bankruptcies among producers.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Ga
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
Georgia
Naval
South
Talks to Avert Mobile Bus Strike Continue
A conference to avert a strike by Mobile city bus drivers and mechanics runs today with a decision expected only hours before the deadline. Negotiators for Mobile City Lines labor officials and the AFL union press toward a settlement as the contract expires at midnight. The union demands a 40 hour week with take home pay matching the current 48 hour week, while company representatives cite a roughly 24 cent hourly increase.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile City
Mobile City Lines
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motorcoach Employes
AFL
B. E. Pickering
City Lines
Lawrence County Lindly Hall Community Notices
Church attendance and many local visits fill a Sunday note from Lawrence County. Rev Colman Cooper preached at Holy Church of Christ. Pollie England hosts visitors including Miss Shirley Alexander and Miss Elene Hill. Several families, including the Alexanders and Lackeys, share social calls and illness news across Moulton Cullman and Decatur connections.
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Colman Cooper
Holy Church of Christ
Shirley’ Alexander
Pollie England
Elene Hill
Annie Osborn
Russell Alexander
Garlin Alexander
Mavel Lackey
Madelene Jackson
Ada Smith
Roxie Stacks
Jim Burnett
Grady Parker
Shirley Alexander
Moulton
Linda Jackson
Polly England
Cullman
Mildred Borden
Decatur
A. R. England
Jim Barrett
Dessie Lackey
Lola Bates
Roxie Burnett
Ellery Bates
Lois Bates
John Bates
Delories Bates
J. S. Burnett
Dan Legion
Baby
Hannah England
Palmer Ledlow
Cora Burnett
Joe Ralph Howell
Texas
Ray Waits
Bob Lackey
Three-Way Train Wreck Claims Seventy Four In S Africa
In Johannesburg area a three train collision near Orlando in Natica township killed 74 people and injured more than 90. Two white Europeans and 14 Indians among the dead. the other passengers were natives. Two electric trains stood on the track when a third train rounded a curve and struck them.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Orlando
Natic
Three Indicted in Baldwin County Lumber Mill Case
A Baldwin County grand jury returned three true bills regarding violence in a lumber mill labor dispute. indictments and charges were withheld pending service, after a daylong closed hearing with 13 witnesses examined, Circuit Solicitor Kenneth Cooper said.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin County
Circuit
Kenneth Cooper
Heads and Migraines Treated With Sodium Nicotinate
A 1949 feature discusses migraine headaches and the possible progression of arterial changes before pain. It reports 35 patients treated with sodium nicotinate injections twice weekly, with about three quarters achieving complete relief after four injections or two weeks. Some required six injections while a few had no benefit. side effects were minor, mainly flushing.
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King
Counties Seek To Keep Funds From Reverting
The Alabama Association of County Commissioners seeks to extend the time counties have to match one cent of gas tax for farm to market roads, keeping unspent funds from reverting to the state. The plan is part of the 1949 legislative program alongside proposed salary changes for commissioners and broader tax and revenue revisions.
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Montgomery
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Association
Highway Department
Family and Friends Gather in Lawrence County News
Local residents visit relatives in Decatur and nearby towns. Obituary notes mention the death of R P Way with services referenced. Unclear fragments reference a shooting incident on January 11 1947 and a person named Carr linked to a Warrensville workhouse for trespassing on railroad property.
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James Underwood
Carr
Warrensville
Liquor Prices Cut Under Alabama ABC Board Action
Alabama ABC board announced a new price list based on Arqueed prices from distillers with quotation deadlines set for May 26 and cuts to take effect July 1. Distillers offered reductions on gins blends and rye but no cuts on bonded bourbons or Scotch. The board also dropped Bragno and Co. products and discussed a possible new state store in Montgomery, noting current stores include one black and two white locations.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Liquor Control Board
ABC Board
Bragno and Co
Chicago
R. P. McRee
Alabama
McRee
North Carolina Man Credits Scalf's Medicine For Recovery
Mr. M. J. Hudgins of Horse Shoe credits Scalf's Indian River Medicine with restoring his health after severe stomach gas weakness and fatigue. He reports renewed strength to work and endorses the product with a money back guarantee. Sold at Caddell Drug Co with a radio ad by Scalf's Harmoneers Quartet on WVOK at 12 30 PM daily.
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Scalf
Harmoneers
WVOK
Dial 690
Man Wanted in Holt On Murder Charge Held in Cleveland
The FBI reports custody of 40 year old Percy Carr on a murder charge connected to Holt St. Ala. The agent in charge R. J. Abbaticchio of the Cleveland bureau identified the man as the suspect sought by authorities.
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Holt
Cleveland
FBI
St. Ala
R. J. Abbaticchio
Percy Carr
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