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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1932
Page
2
Master C L Spence had Wenails removed at Dr Powers hospital. Pettusville beat Veto 5 to 0 in a Pettusville game. Numerous residents from nearby towns, including Nashville and Dallas visitors, are listed with their-week visits and family updates.
Alabama Department of Agriculture report lists today’s receipts and prices for hay, grain, poultry, eggs, fruit and vegetables. Includes carload hay prices, corn and oats values, poultry and egg quotations, and spot cotton at noon with no change in rate.
Woodland Mills reports a well attended revival at Oak Grove concluding Saturday. Local residents and relatives hosted visitors, including the Stroglan family and Ellie Mai Pens of Knoxville. Aubry Johnson returned home from Horton after a short visit, and Annie Dalton of Mount Tabor visited her sister.
Social notes record Albie Booth marrying Annie Ruth McAnally this week. The item lists local families hosting and visiting relatives, church attendance, travel to nearby towns, and weekend greetings across Horton and nearby communities.
Reads like a grocery board listing with prices for cucumbers tomatoes radishes new potatoes white potatoes carrots yellow squash butter beans peaches crowder peas cantaloupes and related quantities marked in pounds dozens and bushes. The prices range from 2 to 150 dollars per unit with several items priced per pound or per dozen and some items listed with unclear units or misspellings.
Center Grove notes show Mr. and Mrs. Walter Entrekin of Alabama City visiting J. W. Entrekin family. Emma Carter and Absher of Cullman plan return after days with George Absher. Several locals travel to Hartselle Decatur and Arab for visits and events. Birth announced for a girl born August 5 to Ernest Waldrop. Various dinners and guests at the Crawford and Ratliff households.
Community life shows visitors and travel between Falkville Decatur Hartselle Eva and Decatur. Miss Lizzy McCormack returns home after Decatur visit. Dunlaps from Calera visit Homes. Audry McGlathery and Scott Posey in Decatur. Edna and Earl Thompson travel Cedar Plains. Singing school at Piney Grove. Local residents attend school at Eva. Daphna Holiway taken to Benevolent hospital for operation and recovering. Mrs. W Bean improves.
Mrs. Nannie Ayers ill at Mrs. Bessie Baker home as friends wish her speedy recovery. Elmer Neville travels from Flint to Birmingham then West Point Ga to visit sister Mrs. Howell Morrow and brother Bouldin Neville. Miss Zana Dean Bradley of Austinville stays with aunt Mrs. Nettie McClellan. Evangeline and James Aaron Tapscott of Nashville visit cousins Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Layman in Birmingham. Thurman McKee and Pauline called to Mt. Pisgah to see ill mother. Ruby Bussey visits sister Elmer Neville. Rev. Grady Morris of Cullman to preach here August 14. F D Free and Aubria Alten of Decatur join D S McGeehan and son Charles for a Birmingham day trip.
Sherman Powell Myrtice Melvin Powell and Opal Clark attended Cedar Plains church Wednesday night. Friends Mesdames J B Clayton and Scott Drake remain very ill at their homes. We wish for them a speedy recovery.
Merritt Hodges of Lacon spent in Priday and Virgie Hargett of Decatur stayed with Vernon Hargett and family. Numerous visitors from Falkville Athens Atlanta and Birmingham called on locals. Revivals at Center Grove and Ryan featured singing and preaching with invited public attendance.
Miss Mary Sue Crawford of Panama City Florida is the guest of Misses Daisy and Elsie Crawford during an informal visit. Local social notes describe a warm welcome and planned activities in their home.
A Sunday revival at Lebanon church drew attendees from nearby cities including Hartselle and Decatur. Mr and Mrs Gwen Puckett Mr and Mrs Im Riggs Mr and Mrs Fred Speake from Decatur were among those present.
Commissioner Seth P. Storrs urged farmers who planted hog or dwarf soybeans by mistake to report to the Department of Agriculture. He explained bloom times: hog beans bloom 45 to 60 days after planting, while hay beans bloom 100 to 120 days and mature 140 to 150 days. He said hog beans are already blooming and advised reporting planting line, blooming start, dealer, and shipper details.
After an illness George Alford a om. Sion spent last week at Owen Chunn visited at Lacon last Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Holmes spent several days at Enon last week.
Mr and Mrs D L Gray hosted dinner guests Sunday Mr and Mrs T F Gray. Mrs Dora Reid and Mrs Pearl Handley visited Mrs Mabra Blackmon of Panama Monday. Miss Gladys Humphries is improving after illness. Hazel Raley of Eberneza stayed with Pauline and Louise Gray Thursday night. Mr and Mrs J M Raley of Eberneza visited relatives in Springs. The F Parker family spent part of last week with kin near Morris Alabama.
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