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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1944
Page
3
The item lists Farm Exchange requests and notices including WANTED an electric iron, WANTED a digger for a dug well, FOR SALE a Poland China boat for 20 dollars, and WANTED share croppers for 1945. It also notes a warning about pistol and rifle practice and an 1890 edict by Alexander III forcing Jews to migrate within Russia.
Four hundred eighty three farmers attended last week to discuss seeding winter legumes small grains and winter grazing crops and soil amendments. Terracing tops the after harvest tasks while many farmers used AAA soil conservation services for seed and fertilizer applications.
Lynn confronts Mary with love while Irene’s accident plunges Matthew into hospital peril. Mary recalls decades of sacrifice as the family faces possible loss and moral ache with Irene and the unborn child.
Miss Audrey Jenkins and Miss Lois Lancaster visit relatives in Decatur while servicemen Ike Johnson Jr and Harold B Jenkins from Camp Shelby and Rome Georgia enjoy furloughs. Faye Sparks and Helen Whitlow are noted as ill. The column records multiple family visits, travels, and community greetings across Lawrence County and nearby areas.
The Pettusville church update notes five baptisms at Church of Christ on Wednesday and nearby sermons by Bro. Blankenship and Bro. Hood. Members and relatives from Pettusville and surrounding areas attended funerals, cleaned Hodges cemetery, and shared visits with kin in Dallas, Stella Tennessee, Cary, Prospect Station, and Elkmont.
Pvt Harold Bennett Jenkins and son were in Moultain Monday on business. A birthday party was held Saturday night at Miss Faye Sparks home honoring her sister with a large crowd. Jim Lowery underwent an operation Tuesday of last week and is unimproved. Mrs. Luther Terry expects her husband home from Kalamazoo Michigan at the end of the week.
Mrs. T C Parker visits Coffeyville to see son Sgt William S Parker. Mary Clarke Parker sees friends in Town Creek. Alfred Reeves sells his truck. Rev J B Hasken delivers final sermon at Old Bethel Church and is welcomed by Rev Walters. Mr and Mrs Joe Reeves and children visit Wheeler neighbors. Cross family and Parker household host weekend guests. Wesley Warren of Hatton visits L C Parker.
Advice suggests applying wax under furniture legs to reduce friction and help pieces glide across waxed floors. The tip emphasizes easier shifting of chairs tables and other wooden items.
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