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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1935

Page

5

Society Mizpah Chapter Mispeak Meeting Notice

Society Mizpah Chapter Mispeak Chapter No 19 meets Tuesday at 730 p m for a regular meeting. Decatur Pilot Club holds a regular business session Monday at 630 p m at First Methodist church. Liberty Council No 11 Daughters of America meets Tuesday at 8 pm urging full attendance. Week's House Party hosts Mrs OC B Elliott Mrs W H Anderson Mrs William Moseley Jr and Mrs BE Rushing of Birmingham will stay at Echols cottage on Trinity mountain with a nightly gathering of friends.

Mizpah Pwill Decatur Pilot Club First Methodist Church Liberty Council Daughters of America OC. B. Elliott W. H. Anderson William Moseley, Jr BE. T. Rushing Birmingham Echols Cottage Trinity Mountain

Ethel Merman Leaves Rialto for New Film With Eddie Cantor

Sensational star of Anything Goes waves goodbye to the Rialto and heads west to join Eddie Cantor in a new movie. Broadway, now a suburb of Hollywood, is ready to welcome her back.

Broadway Hollywood Ethel Merman The Suns Rialto Eddie Cantor

Whitworths Visit Russellville After Suppers and Parties

Mr and Mrs Leeman Whitworth of Russellville are spending the week with their daughter Mrs Guy Stinson, enjoying suppers and parties as part of the family visit.

Mrs Leeman Whitworth Russellville Guy Stinson

Personal notices from Goodwater area over weekend

Grace Marty of Goodwater Als visits Miss Marie Ballas in Boston Glenns Falls and Chicago. H. Malone family to Beales ham for Monday. Several others, including William Myster visiting Selma, and Oregon Lawton with son visiting Fairfax South Carolina. Social courtesies extended to Miss Jones from Columbus. Trips to Augusta, Miami, and Florida noted among locals.

Grace Marty Goodwater Als Marie Ballas Sarah Jones Columbus C. A. Campbell Miss Jones

Local residents and visitors make summer travels

Friday visits and outings are noted as residents and relatives travel from Camp Weatmoreland to Selma and Mooresville. Frank Gilchrist departs Courtland for West Point. Families take cottages on Trinity Mountain and Asheville. Martha Frances Lawrence remains ill in Tuscumbia with guardians visiting.

Frank Gilchhrist Courtland P. P. Gilchrist Columbia Military Academy United States Military Academy West Point Archie W. Hil Asheville N.C Tuscumbia Martha Frances Lawrence

Expanded Rural Electric Service by Birmingham Company

Birmingham firm announces expansion of rural electric service using new construction standards. The company has 11 years of rural lines work, now operates 2,159 miles with 40 miles added this year, and serves 28,000 rural customers.

Birmingham Ala

Tailored frock pattern Ad for Anne Adams X2877

An Anne Adams pattern promises a tailored frock with a tricky yoke and panel that contrasts plaids. It features a little girl collar with a bow and aims to look young while using cotton rayonne fabric with wool or silk options. Pattern sizes range from 10 to 48 and the 15 cent pattern X2877 is available from The Decatur Deity Pattern Department in New York.

Anne Adams Decatur Pattern Department West 17Th Street New York

Injured 6-Year-Old Improves After Train Rescue

Ann Suttle, six, of Centreville, Alabama, improved Monday after being unconscious in a Montgomery hospital following a 10 foot trestle fall while her sister Marion, 10, died saving her from an onrushing train. Hospital attaches said she regained consciousness and has a good chance to recover.

Montgomery Ala Ann Suttle Centerville Marion

Rural Electrification Petition Aims to Expand Alabama Lines

A utility recently petitioned the Alabama Public Service Commission to liberalize rural rate structures and line contracts. The goal is to widen electric service use among existing rural customers and allow consideration of constructing additional rural lines.

Alabama Public Service Commission

Crops suffer from absence of rains in Alabama reports

North Alabama reports show crops suffering from a lack of rain while South Alabama sees too much rain in some counties for cotton. Corn is described as bugged in several northern counties and boll weevil activity reduced by heat and dryness. Alabama AAA payments begin. first 1935 block of checks totals $13,699 to the state. Farmers plan rallies this week with 17,000 expected at three events in Monroeville Clanton and Birmingham. speakers include J Litt Edwards and Edward A. ONeal plus L N Duncan.

Auburn Ala North Alabama State Extension Service South Alabama Arebama Agricultural Adjustment Administration Alabama AAA J. Litt Edwards Alabama Farm Bureau Federation Monroeville Clanton Edwards Alabama Polytechnics Institute

Publisher Dies in Tucson After Illness

General Frank Hi Postmaster General and head of the Tucson Daily Citizen died at 3:30 am at the Desert Sanatorium following pneumonia. Local headlines note his long service and leadership in Arizona journalism.

Tucson Aris Frank Hi Tucson Daily Citizen Desert Sanatorium Pneu

Furnished Two-Room Apartment Near Second Street

Classified notice offers a private one percent block two room furnished apartment near Second Street with contact phone number. ad fragment lists location and rental option.

Jackson

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