P T A Executive Board Meets Gifted Local Leaders
First Ward P T A executive board met at Mrs Greer Hendons home to plan the year. Officers named include Mrs Greer Hendon president and Mrs Arthur Bowen vice president. The first regular meeting is set for September 19 at 2 45 p m with all members urged to attend. Iced watermelon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ward
Greer Hendon
Hendon
P.T. A
Arthur Bowen
Percy Garnett
Dan Brewer
John McBride
Yancey Vaughan
Ray Kelley
H. O. Byars
H. G. Faulkner
Earl Foster
J. P. Sims
Ramon Norris
Paul Hampton
G. D. Tucker
Edward Morrison
William Winton
W. J. Harper
Water taste improves as Decatur flushes hydrants
Decatur water officials flush city hydrants to remove algae related taste and odor. Activated carbon and chlorine treatment continues with expected improvements after a week of progress. A $2300 filtration upgrade was installed to address algae growth in the river and similar algae problems are reported in the Valley area and nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Water Department
Alabama
Tri-Cities
Huntsville
Guntersville
Chattanooga
Hartselle Birthday Party for Joan Barrett
Joan Barrett was feted on her twelfth birthday at the Barrett home with games music and gifts. The Hartselle Chapter FFA boys hosted an overnight camping trip to Flint Creek with fishing swimming and a watermelon cutting. Several local residents and service members were noted as visiting or returning recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Barrett
H. B. Barrett
Marian Parker
Betty Lou Clemons
Gloria Clemons
Joette Drake
Billy Jean Clemons
Elizabeth Ann Mitchell
Mary Nelle Groover
Marjorie Nelson
Mary Frances Freeman
Joyce Grizzard
Ronald Bates
Robert Clemons
William Grisham
Ellis Grisham
Bob Pickens
George Spanos
Don Stephenson
Billy Tanner
Otto Mullins
Joe Roberts
Hartselle
Future Farmers of America
Flint Creek
Jack Hartselle
Billy Hampton
Leon Coney
Vernon _Key
John Sharp
Jack Miller
Therol J. Newborn
James Waddell
Bunyon Roan
J. H. Ryan
Judson Miller
T .C. Owen
FFA
Quotas Set in Alabama War Chest for 1944 Appeal
The Alabama War Chest announces a $1,100,368.40 1944 victory appeal goal to be raised among 67 counties. Counties meeting their quotas retain 5 percent for local war use, with district and county leaders notified soon. Funds go to 22 war service and relief agencies including USO and United Seamen's Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama War Chest
War Service and
Montgomery
Haygood Paterson
State War Chest
Patterson
Alabama
Oscar Wells
First National Bank of Birmingham
National War Fund
Harwell G. Davis
Howard College
Birmingham
J. L. Bedsole
McKesson & Robbins, Moe
Delano Park Notes of Park Visitors and Week Schedule
Mrs Louise Stinson and family entertained at Delano Park with Harwell and Fulmore of Aliceville while others such as John Browder and Mary Anne Riley enjoyed the grounds. Visiting families from Huntsville Akron Nashville and Linden added to the park’s lively week. A concrete bridge donated by Mr and Mrs John Peach enhances the park and a weekly schedule lists activities from a long flute band to story hour and handiwork sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Midgette
North Carolina
Sherrill Fisher
Newport News
Bill Midgette
L. R. Bibb
Edward Summers
U. S. Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Summers
W. D. Barclift
Ney Russell
Montgomery
Lavert Russell
Ora Russell
M. B. Harrison
William Cost
Ruth Gail
Billy
Nashville
C. C. Bell
Atlanta
P. W. Williams
John E. McCutcheon
U. S. Navy
Camp Peary
H. G. Long
Fort Bragg
N. C
E. H. Sharpley
Birmingham Hospital
Ernest Morrow
Ruth Lee Morrow
Mobile
Glenn Mitchell
Jacksonville
Fla
Will Hartselle
George Mitchell
S. F. Orr
R. T. Puckett
Brown Orr
Stayne Hardwick
Cullman
Bobby Lloyd
B. L. Lloyd
Gordo
Ala
Rachel Kracke
Buford Kracke
Hal Jean Blair
Auburn
John Lary
Stanton Newman
Lewis
Russellville
Cpl
Nathan Reed
J. F. Freeman Jr
Washington, D. C
Freeman
de Ridder
Pfc
Eula Shaneyfelt
Hendrix Field
Willis Shaneyfel
Tom Jordan
E. M. Beggs
Tommy Jo
Earline
Jasper
F. A. Bennett
Wilson Carrier
Memphis
Tenn
Sallie Briscoe
Robin Lyles
Vaughn Booth Anane
Louise Stinson
Bobby
Phillip
Cecil Timberlake
J. H. Harwell
Fulmore
Aliceville
Alabama
Harwell's
John Browder
Chattanooga
Mary Anne Riley
John
W. R. Riley
J. Platt
Elizabeth, N. J
G. Albert
Linden
N. J
Perth Amboy
L. Smart
N. Platt
John H. Peach
War relief groups form Alabama state drive leaders report gains
Aid organizations including Belgian British and American relief funds organize in Alabama. Earle C Lackey executive secretary opens field offices at 700 Farley building Birmingham and reports rapid progress of appeal leaders in building the state organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine War Relief
of the United States) Inc
Belgian War Relief Society
British War Relief Society
United China Relief
American Relief For
Czechoslovakia
American Denmark Relief, Inc
France
Greek War Relief Association
Merican Relief
Italy
United Lithuanian Relief Fund of America, Inc
Friends of Luxembourg
Norway
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
United Yugoslav Relief Fund
American Field Service
Refugee Relief Trustees
U. S. Committee For
Earle C. Lackey
Alabama War Chest
Farley Building
Birmingham
Envoys Hurley and Nelson to Visit China for Several Months
President Roosevelt announced Major General Patrick J. Hurley and Donald M. Nelson will depart for China to meet Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek. Hurley will handle military and supply talks, Nelson will address economic issues, both staying several months. Charles E. Wilson will chair the War Production Board in Nelsons absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Patrick J. Hurley
Donald M. Nelson
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Hurley
Nelsom
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Generalissimo
Nelson
Charles Wilson
Robbery at Rust Construction Office Sparks Theft
Burglars entered the Rust Construction office in Birmingham by removing a window and stole a small amount of cash and gasoline stamps Friday night. The Rust unit is funding Goodyear Decatur Mills third plant. No suspects named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rust Construction Company
Birmingham Company
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Thursday 6 00 Girls Safeball Bound Ball
Friday schedule lists 4 30 to 5 30 Handicraft session next to a safeball bound ball girls event.
Lavoisier Beheaded Over Revolutionary Ideas
Lavoisier, famed for early ideas about body energy, faced execution by guillotine for his revolutionary scientific stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavoisier
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B. M. Bloodworth
W. 8
Austinville
Justin Roberts
A. J. Stroup
Roberts
John Hambrick
Leona Rothfuss
Erin Rowe
Canning
Miss Rowe
Andrew Hall
H. R. Leeman
Emma Sparkman
Marcoline Stovall
Emmett Foster
Rowe
Pearl Harbor
Marvin Brock Dinsmore
John Dinsmore
M. A. Dinsmore
S. D. Brock
Marvin Dinsmore
San Francisco
California
Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
Tor i
X Health
Lt. Dinsmore
Pacific
George Woodruff
State Teacher College
Florence
Miss Olene Woodruff
Miss Woodruff
Mary Alice Chick
Marion, Ky
W. B. Chick
McNeill Apartments
Claudie Shumake
Sylvia Jane
Decatur General Hospital
Jackson Street
John Eyster
Camp Mondamin
Pratt Rather, Jr
James N. Belew
Charles H. Eyster, Jr
Gulfport, Miss
Mrs
Charles Eyster
Sherman Street
Fred L. King
New Orleans
Pvt
Otis Jeffries
Camp Plauche
Sara Jeffries
Kay Dement
Sgt
William Inman
H. B. Couch
R. H. Belew
William H. Couch
West Point
Ethel Bryant
Scottsboro and
Stevenson, Ala
Ronald Syer
R. W. Holmquist
Athens College At
Athens
Harry Wyatt
Winford E. Boutwell Jr
Marion A. Nowicki
George
Marietta, Ga
F. M. Milam
Lonnie Gene Boutwell
Gadsden
Mrs. E. P. Crowe
Maryleen Duncan
Joe Duncan
Marvin Jr
S. D. Brockey
Classics
Womens
Wrens
OL Ann
SPD
Idillehay
James Larry Riddle
J. W. Riddle
Decatur 3
W. B. Riddle
Pearl Morgan
Tanner
Hudson
Woodrow Culver
Burns
Panama City
Joe Compton
Carolyn
Douglas
Lola Compton
Baby
Grace McClanahan
Rebecca Collins
Burton Davidson
E. D. Ray
Manchester
Lewisburg
Buttrey’s
Hell Vitami
Delano Park
Rebecca Sue Hunt
D. H. Hunt
Akron
Ohio
W. L. Hearn
Judy
Mary Nan
Jimmie Gwyer
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Eleanor Chenault
Evelyn Beaver
Eva
Evelyn
Shirley Blevins
Cording
City Policy
Roux
Emporium
Mademoiselle
Betty Rose
Second Avenue
Grant Street
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