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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1930
Page
5
A woman daydreams of Acapulco life, describing a six dollar rental, servants, meals, and tropical pleasures, then contrasts the charm with the burden of bills. The table companions ask where Acapulco is and how to earn twenty dollars a month to enjoy such living.
Lamar Lee will leave the week for Covington Kentucky to visit Mr and Mrs T O Lee and family. Johnny Caddell returns from st mer school at the University of Alabama to visit his parents Mr and Mrs T A Caddell for a few weeks. Miss Celia Morrow of Birmingham visits city relatives. Miss Tony Huddleston of Birmingham returns home after visiting friends here. Mrs Rufus Warren returns from Birmingham after a week with friends and relatives. Mrs James Ratliffe and son James Webster visit relatives in Hartselle. Donnie Blackwell is in Athens for several days with friends. Raymond Rowe visits Elkton Tennessee for a brief stay with relatives. Miss Daisy Parsons visiting relatives in Pulaski Tennessee is expected home this week.
A long list of residents and relatives take long trips and host visits across Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi. Names include Spurlock Ruffin Troup Ling Voght Babb Searn Park Edwards Smith Worley Lee King and others visiting in Wetumpka Corinth Nashville Birmingham Akron Jasper and Hot Springs with trips to Dead Lake Florida and Columbia.
Smart Ensemble For Autumn joined in Columbia Tennessee by Miss Josephine Widener. Local families from Memphis Huntsville Ardmore Birmingham Montgomery and Athens are listed with visits and travels. Illness updates note Azlee Turner improving from scarlet fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gilchrist hosted a small informal luncheon party at their West Moulton street home on Saturday. A three course menu was served at one o'clock and guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kortrecht of Memphis, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Harris, Mrs. Louis Simmons Stickney of San Antonio, and Mrs. B. M. Bloodworth.
A witty essay on marriage and male vanity notes that authorship and marriage demand rare skill. It compares male myths of romance to comic self deception and ends by calling the silly season when couples stroll under the moon yet forget to look up.
Large crowds gathered at Camp Grounds near Hartselle to hear Rev. J. L. Brasher of Boaz preach during a series of services. He is assisted by Rev. J. W. Carter of Wilmore Kentucky. The meetings continue through the month with rising interest.
Morgan county farmers plan to follow farm specialists advice to hog off at least part of their corn this fall. It is found to be more profitable to harvest corn this way than by any other method while boosting hog production in the county.
After a Montgomery meeting of the state Democratic Executive Committee, Morgan County members plan to return home to organize for the November ballots. Independents allied with the Jeffersonians are rallying to back Tom Heflin for Senate and Hugh Locke for governor, but Democrats anticipate a strong election if their August primary voters renew support in November.
A preacher denounced liquor buyers and law violators as unworthy citizens and urged community members to support officials enforcing Prohibition. He condemned jury duty shirking, urged testimony, and warned that open saloons ruin youth. He linked the era to biblical references and urged moral action.
Four acres in Catawba county North Carolina produced 634 bushels of marketable Irish potatoes for J J Ratchford. Oklahoma farmers are urged to poison grasshoppers now to offset a threatened outbreak next summer.
Old rice fields along the Georgia coast are being transformed into lemon groves. The project aims to diversify crops and boost local agriculture with citrus cultivation benefiting from coastal climate. Local farmers associations report growing interest in citrus income.
The Decatur Daily Pattern Department advertises pattern 2007 for a chic frock with a soft sleeve and distinctive cuff, usable in cantons of various fabrics. Pattern includes simple step by step instructions and requires no dressmaking experience, with yardage and size options listed and a 15 cent pattern price.
Paramount presents Fast Company at the Princess Theatre today and Tuesday a fast moving comedy romance based on Ring Lardner's story Harry Kane and the stage play Elmer the Great. Jack Oakie stars as the boastful small town boy with Richard Skeets Gallagher as his manager Evelyn Brent and Gwen Lee as love interests. The film captures Lardner's baseball spirit and humor for fans of the author and the era.
The Rev. Mr. Barnes a known Baptist minister from Montgomery arrived in Hartselle to continue the annual revival at the first Baptist church. The public is invited to attend and officials anticipate great good from the meeting.
Decatur enjoys a spell of ideal weather after a national heat wave in late June through early August. The milder conditions bring relief and lift worker morale, allowing better quality and quantity of work compared with the extreme heat period.
Birth notices report Peggy Joyce born August 23 to Mr and Mrs W L Hudson a 912 pound girl. Clarence Raymond born August 13 to Mr and Mrs T J Burt eight pounds. A daughter born August 23 to Mr and Mrs Olin McBride at Benevolent hospital. A daughter born August 21 to Mr and Mrs Ed Gunn at Benevolent hospital. The item notes widespread bee-keeping costs in Minnesota and Florida farming study.
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