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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1949

Page

11

Court Test of Milk Curb In Mobile Sparks Protests

A temporary injunction blocked Mobile Alabama officials from enforcing an ordinance banning milk processed outside Mobile County. Judge John McDuffie issued the injunction while on vacation, with a hearing set for August 27 to decide if it should be permanent. Baldwin County and Biloxi producers protested, framing it as a restraint of trade and weighing a boycott.

Mobile Ala Mobile County John McDuffie Monroeville Baldwin County McDuffie Mobile City Commission Biloxi Miss Sam M. Johnston Baldwin Telfair Mashburn Ernest Meggiinson Megginson Henry W Sweet Peru Venezuela

Morgan County Community Notes From Iuka and Surrounding Areas

Miss Opal Tyler and Corporal Donald Campbell were married in Iuka Mississippi on Sunday morning. After a visit with Asa Smith, the couple left for Austin Texas where Campbell is stationed. Community readers report visits, illness notes, travels, and family updates across Morgan County including Hartselle Decatur and Danville, with many relatives visiting and returning home.

Opal Tyler Olen Mooneyham Donald Campbell William Campbell Iuka Miss Iluka Delmus Campbell Asa Smith Austin Texas Cpl. Campbell Air Corps Lloyd Goree Jr Decatur Howard Smith Harry Lyle Wayne O. Ida Tanner E Tanner Hartselle Glen Watkins Dank Huffstutter Billie Led Huffstutler Cullman Jim Blankenship Silas Mefford Birmingham Church of God L. B. Blevins Eula Long William Mooneyham Jr Eva W. T. Mooneyham Walter Clemons Shoal Creek Tommie Clemons Hartsele Robt. Blankenship Bertha Smith Priceville Robi. Clemmons Vernon Key Floyd Key Pearl Blevins W. B. Adair Decatur General Hospital Wilbur Lemley Ab Lemley Block B. M. Cuthrell J.J. Ransom J. J. Ransom Union Hill Ollie Fowler Jr Hartselie Ollie Fowler Sr C. P. Johnston G. Mikel Don Leona Goree Carlotta Dixon P. G Winton Madison Cook Henry Higdon Higdon Louise Sparkman Henry Clemions Danville R. C. Miller Robt. Maples Tony Edan Marks Florence Myrtle Miller Marks Grady Maxwell Herbert Maxwell Kmall Brenda Dale Wayne Lyle Edward Lyle W. T. Wade Jr Vindel Elbert Cain Doris Jane Lester Lipsey T J. Cain Magic City St. Louis L. L. Lyle Nashville Tenn R. G. McCarley

New Pastor Serving Nazarene Church In Decatur

Rev H M Watson named pastor at Church of the Nazarene in Decatur succeeding Rev J F Dunlop. An Alabama native from Lanett, he came from Parrish and began pulpit work in 1937 in Roanoke. He and Decatur are old friends from two-week meetings with Dunlop. The Watsons, married 14 years, have a four-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter, at 510 Seventh Avenue West. Services: 11 AM and 8 PM Sundays, 7:30 PM Wednesdays.

H. M. Watson Church of the Nazarene Parrish Ala J. F. Dunlop Rev. Watson Lanett Roanoke Alabama South Carolina Watsons Seventh Avenue West

Refugee Girl Uses Baltic Gap To Peek Across Iron Curtain

A young German girl refugee from the Soviet zone penetrated the border barrier in the British Zone resort of Travemünde on the Baltic. She set up a former Wehrmacht artillery range finder and charged a nickel for peeks at activities in the nearby Soviet Zone.

Luebeck Travemuende Baltic

Mormon Mission Marks Prague Anniversary Celebration

The Mormon Mission in Czechoslovakia celebrated its 20th anniversary in Prague with about 200 members and friends from across Czechoslovakia in attendance. A telegram of thanks was sent to President Klement W. Wald for state support of its operations.

Prague Czechoslovakia Klement Wald

Grocery Deals from a Vintage Catalog Ad

The ad lists assorted grocery items with prices including fudge and frosting mix, ice cream syrup in a 16 ounce can, Waldorf sandwich cookies, Clover Maid strained preserves in a 16 ounce glass, and other pantry staples with cents per item, reflecting an early midcentury sale.

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