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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1950

Page

11

Bible School Big Success at Pleasant Hill Church

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist church capped a record vacation Bible school with 134 enrollments and 106 average daily attendance. Rev W D Simrell led the revival alongside principal Mrs Henry Seibert and 20 faculty members across intermediates to nursery. Sunday school superintendent was Travis Tanner.

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Henry Seibert E. M. White Urban McMurray Chester Elam Raymon Russell Matthew Russell Minor Prater Milton Rhoades Clarence Moe Mildred Keenum Sadie Russell Nina Downs Austell Bowling Ambrose Daniel Lucius Hart Travis Tanner

Thinking Out Loud By Chiropractor Colbert

A compact where Chiropractor Colbert riffs on ambition fear and motion. It playfully compares born risk takers to consultants and questions effort versus reward in modern life. The piece critiques work ethic while urging self improvement through unconventional paths.

City enforces two building permits and wiring inspection ordinances

Hartsel le announces two long standing ordinances will take effect September 1 requiring permits for all new building and major repairs and mandatory electrical wiring inspections within city limits. A small permit fee will be charged and service will be withheld until compliance. An official electrical inspector will be appointed to enforce inspections before electrical service is provided.

Hartselle Organizes Sendoff Events For Guardsmen

City plans worship service at First Methodist and a Friday fried chicken supper at Recreation Park to honor National Guardsmen heading to Camp Campbell Kentucky. Sessions include a band concert and various activities with local ministers and a planning committee guiding arrangements.

Hartselle Camp Campbell Kentucky Recreation Park

Mrs M G West and Italyne Hardwick Host Garden Club Event

Mrs M G West and Miss Italyne Hardwick served as hostesses for the Wayside Garden Club meeting on Thursday. The event featured members sharing gardening tips and discussing upcoming plant sales and community beautification plans.

M. G. West Italyne Hardwick Wayside Garden Club

Revival Begins Sunday at Valley Grove Baptist Church

Local notes report a revival starting Sunday at Valley Grove Baptist Church with Rev Lyndong Montgomery as pastor and Rev W B Ferguson preaching. Daily services at 10 30 AM and 7 30 PM, with the pastor urging the public to attend and hear a dynamic pulpit presence.

Valley Grove Baptist Church Lyndong Montgomery W. B. Ferguson Ferguson

Bride for Sale at Sunset Promises Laughs and Romance

A Manhattan office romance fuels the plot of Bride for Sale a Sunset feature. Claudette Colbert stars with Robert Young and George Brent as a career woman who uses her post as office manager at a large income tax firm to seek a wealthy husband. Her boss schemes to outwit her, producing comic mixups and lively misunderstandings.

Manhattan Claudette Colbert Robert Young George Brent

Local Social Notes Highlight Circles and Visits

The Women s Society of Christian Service will meet Monday in Lavender Cooper Houston circles. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs Arthur Holder Jr of Clinton Tenn with daughter Pamelia, and Mr. and Mrs Robert McCaullis of Jacksonville Beach FL. Several families plan trips and guests are hosted at East Pike and by G W Puckett family. youth meetings in Junaluska NC. surgery recovery news from St Josephs Infirmary reported.

Cottingham Wheeler Jimmy Cottingham Martha Jane Terry Ann Terry Air Base Road Jim King James Jordan Joe Wheeler Jay Cope Connie Women’s Society of Christian Service Lavender J. F. Stewart, Jr Cooper W. T. Stewart Houston Cline Thompson Arthur Holder, Jr Clinton, Tenn Arthur Holder Pamelia Robert McCaullis Jacksonville Beach Florida J. G. Patton Charlotte Birmingham Leon Orr C. L. Orr S. W. Glasscock Los Angeles California Hartselle Glasscock S. E. Gibson Lacon Jodie Holmes John Campbell Pheebe Jean and Clyde Crestview Fla G. W. Puckett Campbell Jean Mayhall Clyde Mayhall Mamie Waugh Mayhall J. C. Draper Othello Rodgers Inez Burns Sarah Phillips Betty Stewart Junaluska N. C E. M. Edwards St. Joseph’s Infirmary Atlanta Alfred Young Hatton Arthur Srygley John F. Terry Courtland Guy Terry Terry Lister Hill Ala

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