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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1940

Page

7

Parsonage Gift Conditional on Church Heating Upgrade

Mrs. L. C. Hightower gives a $10,000 parsonage to the First Methodist Church of Athens Alabama. The gift requires the church raise funds to install a modern heating plant and pledges the property shall never be mortgaged while owned by the church. The parsonage building, rented from the Hightower estate, needs furnace and other repairs to modernize it.

Athens Ala L. C. Hightower Athens Capitaliat Hightower

Bobby Jones Supports Willkie for President

Former amateur golf champion and Roosevelt supporter from Atlanta announces in a telegram to Willkie in Colorado Springs that he believes Willkie will provide leadership to unite the nation and meet urgent needs.

Atlanta Bobby Jones Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Willkie Colorado Springs

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