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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1949
Page
5
Frank Buck, famed wild animal collector, announces his show returns this week to local screens. He describes tiger traps as both simple and elaborate undertakings and notes the materials involved are straightforward.
A detailed account describes a tiger trap using 2142 inch logs or three inch thick timber, rattan binding and stream-dried pliable vines. A front door springs shut when bait triggers a cord, capturing the tiger as native boys guide the cage away. Live bait sometimes used to lure the tiger.
Private First Class Raymond E. Brooks has arrived at Craig Air Force Base Selma and serves as an airplane mechanic with the 3840th Air University Wing. He is the son of Mr and Mrs T D Brooks of 1509 14th Avenue Decatur and a Riverside High School alumnus who enlisted in July 1948 after graduating from the aircraft and engine mechanics school at Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi.
Twentieth Century Fox presents The Snake Pit based on Mary Jane Ward's novel. Olivia de Havilland leads a starry ensemble including Mark Stevens Leo Genn Celeste Holm Glenn Langan and many others in a dramatic psychological drama directed by Anatole Litvak with Leo Tover cinematography and Alfred Newman music. The film opens at the Princess Theatre amid strong preview praise from Louella Parsons Samuel Goldwyn Graf ton and Hedda Hopper.
Warner Bros. new Western Colorado Territory opens at the Princess Theatre with Joel McCrea as Wes McQueen and Virginia Mayo as Colorado Carson. Ralph Walsh directs, Dorothy Malone Henry Hull James Mitchell co star in rugged frontier saga set amid canyons and moonlit plains.
Rev. FP Scott of Lindale Texas will fill the pulpit at 11 Sunday morning. W M S meets Monday at 4 for Bible study. Intermediate G A's meet Monday at 3 at Mrs H G Long's home. Y W A meets Tuesday at 7 in the church auditorium. R A's meet Tuesday at 7 30 in annex 1. Mid week prayer meeting at 7 30 Wednesday. B W C meets Thursday at 7 in Sherrill Park hosted by Mrs C K Parker and Mrs J C Harding. Choir practice Thursday at 7 30 for adults and youth. Youth for Christ Friday at 7 starting with meeting. Ward led discussions and Mrs Wallace closed with prayer. Social hour followed with light refreshments for seven members and two guests.
Mrs Wyness Tate Saenger of Tuscaloosa will lead Sunday morning service and Rev Woodfin Grove of Falkville will bring the evening message during Youth Activities Week. The W S C S circles meet Monday at 4 00 pm with circle 1 Mrs H M Betterton circle 2 Mrs Otto Summerford and circle 3 Mrs W H Block.
Representatives from Garden clubs of Hartselle met at Mrs. J A Howles home to organize a landscaping committee for Hartselle Recreation Park. Temporary chairwoman Mrs C R Hood and permanent chairwoman Mrs F F Anderson were elected. Assistant county agent H B Thornhill spoke on plans to beautify the park and add equipment. Additional clubs would be asked to join and another meeting will be held soon. Refreshments for committee members were served.
One acre of sugar beets or sugar cane yields about 1,700,000 calories, roughly four times the energy per acre of any other food source. This comparison highlights the high caloric value of sugar crops relative to alternative foods.
Betsy Drake stars as a modern heroine who rejects traditional courtship and schemes to win a prominent doctor. Cary Grant and Franchot Tone co star with Diana Lynn in a Don Hartman comedy romance opening Thursday, delivering a bright, humorous plot of love and jealousy gone awry.
Members of the Homemakers club will hold a picnic for their members Tuesday evening at seven o clock at Hatfield Lake. Plans are underway to make this affair a great success and very enjoyable.
The W S C S of Mosses Chapel Methodist met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Leonard Wallace’s home on the North Bee Line highway. The program, led by Mrs Marvin Griffith, focused on Spreading The Light In Burma amid devotional and prayer offerings.
Mr and Mrs A C McClanahan Mrs Marie Estes and son Karl spent last Sunday at Mt Hope Others joining them were Mr and Mrs Dick Gibson of Louisville Ky Mrs G O Child ers of Newark N J Mrs L M Carroll of Camden N J and J D Gibson of Jasper Jack Brock Long is visiting relatives in Pensacola Fla Miss Joanne Henderson left Saturday for Mobile where she will be the guest of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs E L Morrow Mrs G O Childers of Newark N J and Mrs L M Carroll of Camden N J left Wednesday for their homes after a visit here with their sister Mrs A C McClanahan and family Friends of Mrs O P Butler will be pleased to learn that she
A magnate becomes entangled in a domestic intrigue as Miss Lynn plays the heroine’s trusted friend who aids in her matrimonial crusade. Alan Mowbray appears as a floorwalker in the Dore Schary presentation with Hartman and Stephen Morehouse Avery adapting Eleanor Harris’s magazine story.
The notice lists several local then out of town visitors and family travelers including Emily Jean Alexander who returned from Columbus Georgia, Earnest Maddox family in Albertville, Ella B Davis of St Peters burg Flo visiting Decatur, Bet ty Burleson Kitty Pre wett, W. B. Harvell returning from Oklahoma trip, Paul Hodges Birmingham weekend visit, Rev J Clifton Draper in Atlanta with daughter and grandson from Massachusetts, Monk Winsett Memphis guest, Dan Crutchfield visiting Mobile, funeral attendees for Earl Cook from multiple cities, Doris Hammond Florence State vacation, U E Slate and Joel Wright with J A Wright at Vanderbilt hospital, S E Gibson returning from Los Angeles.
Ware Foster of Decatur warns that family knowledge of an annuity tied to the worker's Social Security is crucial to securing benefits. He notes survivors can receive monthly payments for children under 18 and eligible widows, with lump sum options if monthly payments cannot be issued. Applications must be filed before any benefits are paid.
Ranchers and farmers view the coyote as a beneficial ally in reducing jack rabbits ground squirrels prairie dogs and other animals that threaten grass and grain crops, aiding farm ecosystems and livestock feeds.
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