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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1955
Page
15
A reader in distress asks about loneliness after widowhood and a friend who remarried. The adviser suggests inviting the couple and seeking new sources of companionship to ease isolation.
The column suggests distrust kills affection and urges the reader to stop suspicion and nagging. It frames jealousy as a self-defeating barrier to rekindling love and promotes addressing doubts to reawaken a man’s ardor. It frames the reader’s actions as the key to wooing back the partner.
Cullman County Commission President James D. Moody set August 18 for condemnation hearings on rights of way for the Cullman to Moulton road and the four lane U S 31 highway. Eighteen landowners have not signed for the Cullman to Moulton project and seven have not signed for U S 31 north of Cullman. The road contract for Cullman to Moulton via West Point will be bid August 19.
The column lists weekend visits and hospitality among area residents and visitors from Birmingham Addison Decatur Huntsville Oak Ridge Pensacola and Memphis. It notes revival services at Friendship Church Valley Grove Baptist Lebanon Methodist and community visits to Mrs. Jim Rushing and others.
Legal notice announces a mortgage sale for a 1951 Chrysler Convertible Series 7742669 on August 15, 1955 at 10:00 AM. The sale is held at the office of Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation in the State National Bank Building, Decatur, Alabama. Bids welcomed from any bidder. Aug 11-15.
Revival services begin at Okolona Baptist Church with Evangelist D Harris preaching and Betha Steadham directing singing. Local visits include Harvey Carroll and family from Howard College, plus multiple clergy families visiting relatives in Decatur Birmingham Huntsville and Nashville. The White family reunion occurs at Wheeler Park with attendees from Moulton Florence Town Creek Huntsville Bes semer and Russellville.
Weekend visits highlighted by James P. Harrison from Maxwell Field at Auburn for an AEA conference. Mr and Mrs Hershel Allen from Russellville Rt 4 visited Joe Shultz and Gary Sunday afternoon. Tommy Thompson spent the weekend in Nevada as travel to rail routes. Mrs Ethel visited her son in Decatur during the weekend. Ben jam Johnson and son visited J W Hagood and Jane Sunday.
Fire Chief S. C. Griffiths warns residents to rely on their sense of smell to avoid panicking over foggy fire alarms in St. Petersburg. He notes the fog is detectable a block away and urges caution before reactions.
Dr Henry A Bruinsma conducts a Calvin College music theory class at 6 30 am for five graduate students because that is their only available meeting time. The unusual schedule underscores a small program adapting to student needs in Grand Rapids Michigan.
A reader asks about a long troubled romance with Ned and both families drawn in. The response urges temper control and restraint on sarcastic remarks to avoid repeating hurtful patterns with future partners.
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