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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1932
Page
2
New Hope residents share visits and guest notes from Courtland to Hartselle. Families and friends attend revival at New Center, cemetery cleanup, school opening in Falkville, and local visits from Birmingham and Huntsville. Several calls for attendance at upcoming preaching event.
Mr and Mrs Luke Sharp and their little daughter of Somerville spent the night with Mrs D G Lu e and daughters. A large number attend the Hartselle camp church meeting. The ten day singing school led by Wallace closed with many visitors from various places. Iola and Myrtle Cushing returned home after three weeks with the Luker family near Harteelle. Cedar Creek baseball team defeated Mt Tabor 10 to 8 in Bedford Cook's pasture Friday afternoon.
W J Briscoe and son Alvis attended Falkville school opening. Miss Jewell Crawford weekend with Miss Irene Beams of Trinity. Mrs P W Whisenant visiting mother Mrs Gross of Union Grove. Hubert Ryan and wife with sister Mrs Marvin Ralph. Pearl Taylor of Tanner weekend with Ryan relatives. Richard Roberts of Belle Mina weekend with Acie Densmore. Alvis Briscoe visiting grandfather J J Hutchinson at Ruth revival. Daisy Crawford Gwendo lyn Holmes Gladys Crawford at Ruth revival. W J Briscoe and wife visiting Herman McNally. M G Julian family weekend with daughter Mrs Boyce Hare. L Shelton Sunday with Prof Mrs Randolph Ryan of Eva. Mrs Herman Ryan and children with Mrs Claude Briscoe. Louise Shelton visiting Geraldine Briscoe. Mrs Dave Oden guest of Mrs G W Densomre.
Mrs. Tom Mann visits with son Ben Mann and wife. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Howell of Birmingham stay with Nettie McClellan. Bert Norris ill at home. Elmer Neville returns from a week with the Howell Morrows in West Point. Evangeline Tapscott and James Aaron Tapscott head to Nashville after a month here. William Norris of Birmingham and Cross Norris of Russellville come for their mother’s illness.
Frank and Mary Nell Walter visited Priceville last week. August 17 born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Napier. Loretta Edwards and Mae McIntosh travel to Arab visiting families. Misses Edwards and Hough plus Oscar Helms and Lyn don Travis stopped by Valdermosa Sunday. Other local visits include Huntsville guest Gladys Brooks and Arab visitor Ernest Phesiner.
Daily market report from Birmingham details receipts across vegetables fruit and grains. Carrots oats and potatoes appear in modest quantities while carload hay prices for Johnson Timothy and Alfalfa show stable values amid light demand. Poultry egg and produce prices reflect gentle market activity with minor declines and steady bids.
Miss Venera Dunlap reports Vir a Hug shows marked improvement after tonsilitis. Mrs Bally Baker of Somerville visited her daughter Daisy Taylor. Bud McCarley’s party, Miss Rawleigh McCarley and Wilburn Oden returned to Mass Miss after a week with relatives here. Mr and Mrs Robert Whitley of Littleton Alabama hosted weekend guests. Happy McCarley visited her mother Sid Walling Parkville. J B Bartley of Parish stayed with Will and Lula Drake. Little Miss Listerdell Martin spent several days with relatives.
Mrs Agnes Law of West Point visits Miss Novel Humphries on Thursday night. Numerous families share Sunday dinners and weekend visits including Mr and Mrs J T Duke, Mr and Mrs W H Vawter of Eberneza, and Miss Ima Smith of Piney Grove visiting friends in Dripping Springs and West Point.
Second mowing advised to kill noxious weeds and boost fall grass growth. Social notes mention Miss Edna Rowell staying with Miss Jewell Sheate and Miss Ruby Humphries as overnight guest of Misses Pauline and Louise Gray. West Point visitors Ida Cornelius and family join Myrtle Rainwaters and Jewel Morris teaching locally. A town trip on Thursday offers transport and a chance to earn money by participating. plan to arrive by 1 30 p m.
Demonstration of vetch at the L M Baughers farm scheduled for Saturday September 3 at 2 00 p m. All roads lead to the Baughers farm for the gathering. The prior meeting was rained out.
Friends report Mrs. 8 V Burks remains ill at her daughter Lillian Powell’s home in Birmingham. Mr and Mrs Starks McClanahan of Calera are visiting relatives here. John McClanahan and others related to him were in a minor highway collision with no serious injuries. Tom West visits relatives in Bristol Virginia and New York. Ellis Anderson Baileyton and Emmie Taylor Birmingham were guests here last week.
Guidance on planting vetch includes timing in September and October, seeding rate of 20 to 25 pounds per acre, seed cost about 8 per pound, and total cost not exceeding 3 per acre. Recommendations cover phosphate use, inoculation methods, drilling options, and soil preparation for best establishment.
Ed Key and family who visited friends here have returned home. Mrs. John Pearson and children from McGhee Arkansas and Mrs. Tom Little and children from Haleyville stay with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Wilson. Laura Mae Young hosted friends for Ruby Lee Pearson of McGhee. Local visits include Mt Hope and Moulton residents.
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