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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1930
Page
7
Principal J. E. Pickett of the west Cherry street high school announces 500 to 550 students will enroll this year, up from 460 last year. Nine faculty members will teach grades one through twelve with an official opening on September 8, and minor repairs are planned before then.
Rains last week revived gardens around Decatur with late vegetables showing new life and many blooms after Sunday's soaking rain.
A community sing will be held at the Nazarene church in Hartselle on Sunday afternoon. Many singers from Decatur and other parts of the county are expected to attend and contribute to the event.
Miss Ruby Ring, a recent visitor to Decatur, is believed to be dying at a Columbia Tennessee hospital from injuries in a Wednesday night automobile crash near Spring Hill. Several others were less seriously injured.
Plunge, a longtime North Alabama swimming facility run by Manager Walker, will close early next month after a successful season. The pool likely ends operations shortly after Labor Day following a busy summer.
Visiting Shriners from Zamora temple Birmingham praised Decatur hospitality. T. A. Bowles, general chairman, said many Shriners thanked local Nobles and preferred Decatur over other destinations.
Luther Hampton a prominent Danville resident visited Decatur today confirming his active involvement in regional affairs. His presence highlights ongoing civic ties between Danville and Decatur communities.
Mr and Mrs G Owen from Town Creek visited Decatur with their small daughter on a business mission today.
The speaker argues the new birth is repentance and faith in Jesus Christ not church enrollment baptism or mere religion. He cites Nicodemus and recounts a 1915 conversion of George Tucker in Jackson with pastor Burke Culpepper leading him from sin toward salvation.
In Other Communities lists numerous dinners and visits across Durant Oklahoma, Decatur Alabama and surrounding areas. People host relatives including Sadie Garnett Roberta Vaughan Beverly Landers Mollie Landers and J R Walker with extended stops in Moulton Wheeler Lock A and Sulphur Springs. The notices mention church services and a Baptist revival with several families visiting, plus a weekend in Decatur and Russellville.
Weather forecast predicts generous rains for Virginia and West Virginia as Secretary Hyde tours the drought areas. An Atlantic coast disturbance is expected to bring rain to central and northern Atlantic states tonight and tomorrow, while fair weather remains in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.
Probate Judge M D Wigzgns received a letter from Dr W D Partlow, superintendent of the Alabama Insane Hospital, reporting severe overcrowding in the white male department. He cites cots and beds in dormitories and dining rooms with two men living where one should suffice, saying no beds are currently vacant and no white male admissions can occur until relief through death or discharge.
The film Son of the Gods recreates Monte Carlo casinos with authentic detail. Richard Barthelmess leads with Constance Bennett opposite him in the role of Alanna, supported by Mildred Van Dorn Dorothy Matthews and others under director Frank Lloyd.
The county health department will continue anti typhoid vaccine Saturday morning at the department office. Dr. H. C. McRee and county health nurse Mrs. Catherine Sewell will be present to administer shots to all applicants.
Equipment for The Daily's Associated Press leased wire has arrived and installation is to begin next week. The system will enable about 18 000 words of telegraph news to be received daily starting September 1.
In the office of County Tax Collector Hodges Crow workers prepare for the 1930 tax collection beginning October 1. Receipts are being written as staff ready for property owners at the window to settle debts to state and county.
A home method to make apple jelly by simmering apples, straining, and adding one part sugar to one part juice. served on bread with butter offers a nourishing, cheerful winter food. Plus crime and politics notes on Jack Zuta’s murder, diamonds, and Pinchot’s gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania.
L. A. Day of the Decatur post office has returned from Birmingham where he spent Thursday there.
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