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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1946
Page
3
The Decatur City Board of Education urges patrons to follow Alabama attendance rules. Children aged seven to sixteen must attend school. first time entrants must be six by October 1. Birth certificates should be provided for all new entrants to the Decatur City Schools.
The Winston county section of South Haleyville voted 24 to 12 to join Haleyville, official by Judge G R Dollar. Fire protection improves with a new six inch water main and weekly garbage pickup begins. Police protection and street work will follow, with additional annexation actions planned for Shack town pending August 26.
The article notes that about half of the U S population rides on the nation s 89 240 streetcars trackless trolley coaches or buses each day highlighting the scale of public transit usage and its role in daily life.
In Bamberg Germany American soldiers attend a volunteer part time art program at the water castle overlooking the Regnitz river. 140 soldiers study drawing painting photography sculpture and wood carving under German instructors led by William Tardiff as they prepare for possible study in the United States under the GI Bill.
Mr and Mrs J D Law host Cullian County visitors as Ervil Baker family from Gardendale and Bernard Baker with niece Glenda visit relatives. Addi son Elmer Hampton and Dale Smith visit kin in Texas and other locals, including Kelsoes, Tomlinsons, McKay, and Hogan relatives. Others attend Truitt McCaghren funeral and visit from Hartselle.
Russellville will resurfaced two major roads Red Bay to Moulton and Jackson Street from city line to city line with long lasting caps. Mayor W B Mahan announced the work as part of a broader postwar development surge including a larger water plant an expanded filtering and pumping system and more power lines and meters to meet rising demand.
A revival begins August 18 at Oak Grove Church in Lawrence County. Rev. L. M. Newcomb will conduct the services each morning, according to announcements made Saturday.
Readable lines indicate power metering to homes and rural lines under construction. A Rural Electrification Administration system planned for the county will supply power to many hundred homes once completed.
Edgewood arsenal officials said the crewless Liberty ship Francis Lee carrying about 600 tons of leaking mustard gas would be moored near Edgewood in the Bush River mouth on Chesapeake Bay, eight miles from the arsenal. The area is uninhabited and fumes would be dissipated before reaching populated zones. Domestic turkey breeds are listed among others.
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