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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
8
In other communities several residents are noted for recent travels and visits. Jewell Hertzler returned from a tour of Canada and the Pacific. Mack Kennemer visited on a Wednesday. Miss Margaret Rosenau returns from Pen Florida and Athens College. Mrs. Edw. Goodrich leaves for a month with her mother in Saint Louis.
Mrs G G White and Miss Florence Estes visited Decatur. Mrs B N Bibb is ill at her sister’s home in Decatur. Mrs B A Bibb returned from Stevenson. Henry Zeitler and Anh were in Decatur. Zeitler attended a bridge luncheon at Mrs Aleck Humphrey’s. T N Bibb and Robert C Bibb visited in Decatur. Ben Bibb spent the weekend with relatives in Stevenson. B O Lindsay was in Decatur on business. Zeitler attended a bride party at Mrs Darrow Peebles. John R Witt and daughter spend the week in Auburn. Gilbert White returned from Auburn.lu
Elmer Clark reports from Yore describing the Rub al Khali desert in southern Arabia as an ancient land possibly connected to Eden. He notes extreme heat, sparse life, and the allure of unknown cities and peoples, with speculative signs of early human traces and potential oases that could sustain hundreds. Tomorrow he concludes the four part series.
The Athens chamber of commerce at a special advisory board meeting unanimously protested a proposed Alabama bill authorizing a $25 000 appropriation to press Alabama rights to the Tennessee river bed at Muscle Shoals. The group urged state federal friction and delay of final Musc le Shoals decision and sent a delegation to Montgomery to oppose the measure.
The old First National Bank building and fittings at At hens were sold at auction Wednesday afternoon to Bruce Nelson for 11300. The bank failed last year and the sale helps wind up its affairs. Nelson’s plans for the property are unknown though there are rumors of a new bank opening there. Also announced is the engagement of Bir tie Lee Holland to Thomas S. Wood with a fall wedding planned. Miss Holland studied at Kens College and Woodroof is a rising attorney.
A Decatur notice urges Morgan County farmers to back a countywide good roads network. The ad promotes local reading of the Decatur Daily for county updates and suggests readers act soon, with a Frigidaire advertiser nearby and contact Albany 710.
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