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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1948

Page

3

River side School Club Plans Leap Year Party

The Commercial club at Riverside outlines an upcoming Leap Year Twice Party to honor new members including Clara Burgess Mary Caudill Elsie Crow Edna Fuller Barbara Gibson Ruby Houser Lola Harvell Peggy Hudson Betty Jo Marion Taylor Norton and others The D Club initiated new members and Phi Chi Mu invited more students with Murray Yarbrough as president and Elizabeth Eich as sponsor A Treasure Hunt Kidd tale framed the assembly and Miss Joan Holley gave a recital highlighting musical talent

Riverside Clara Burgess Mary Caudill Elsie Crow Edna Fuller Barbara Gibson Ruby Houser Lola Harvell Peggy Hudson Betty Jo Marion Taylor Norton Jimmie Nix Doris Pickens Margaret Rodgers Mildred Shaddix Mable Turner Jo Anne Woodruff Dorothy Woodruff Dorsin Wiggins Doris Nixon Betty Fay Julian Betty Case Helen Mattox D” Club Joe Black Candler Crim Bob Freeman Willard Freeman Tommy Fitzpatrick F. D. Folette Charles Horton Ben Lee Billy Levin Bobby Neil Clyde Pace Marvin Taylor John Wilkes Phi Chi Mu Math Club of Sam Evans Sally Kimbrough Alan le May William le May Don Nichols Carol Rozear B. G. Ryan Fred Schlosser Jeannie Warren Murray Yarbrough Needham Long Jimmy Tatum Elizabeth Eich Cap* Stain Kidd Joan Holley

Local News Notes From Austinvile and Nearby Towns

Mr and Mrs Guy H Davidson of Murfreesboro visited her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Broadway in Austinvile Friday night. They left for Okolona Mississippi to visit Mr and Mrs Lee Davidson and relatives. Mr and Mrs Charlie Osborn and two children left for Union South Carolina to live with her father. Mr and Mrs Elmer Osborn and baby Julia Wynell are visiting relatives at Fort Payne Alabama. Mrs Wilson Kirby was brought home from the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ike Hill in Decatur improving from pneumonia. Buddie Jackson of Birmingham returned to be with his mother and attend school. Joe Hill of Decatur is visiting relatives here.

Guy H. Davidson Murfreesboro Robert Broadway Okolona Miss Lee Davidson Charlie Osborn Union S. C Elmer Osborn Julia Wynell Ft. Payne Ala Wilson Kirby Ike Hill E. Martin Street Decatur

Miss Sentiff Club Speaker Outlines BPW Values

Miss Winnie Sentiff, membership chair, explained what the Business and Professional Women's club means to its members at the regular meeting. Mrs. Anna Blackwell, president, opened with the collect and plans for the Christmas party were discussed.

Winnie Sentiff Miss Sentiff BPW Anna Blackwell Edna Holland Sheila Athens Business and Professional Women's Club Meredith Woodall Andy

Rheumatism Treatment Promise From Excelsior Springs Clinic

Excelsior Springs Missouri December report says a specialized treatment system for rheumatism and arthritis, using mineral waters and baths, is described in a free book. The Ball Clinic offers the book Rheumatism Good Health Life's Greatest Blessing no obligation, by writing to Dept 3606.

Excelsior Springs Ball Clinic Dept Missouri

Indians Seek School Bus For Creek and Cherokee Children

In Mobile Alabama federal courts were asked to order Escambia county to provide required transport for 17 Indian descent children. A hearing within 30 days on a writ of injunction targets equal protection under the 14th Amendment. Parents say some children lack bus access while others must walk up to two miles through fields and woods. Children descended from Creek and Cherokee intermarried with whites live near the McCullough area. some attend an Atmore white high school. County officials note an all Indian bus carries the children to school.

Mobile Ala Escambia County McCullough Atmore O. C. Weaver Brewton

Local charity sale features student volunteers

Report notes each member was asked to bring two boxes for sale while Miss Sentiff served refreshments, aiding the fundraising effort.

Grace Lutheran Church mobilizes for German orphans aid

Mobile Alabama December 4 Grace Lutheran church launches a Christmas drive to collect second hand clothes and decorations for German war orphans in a Frankfurt Lutheran orphanage. Rev. W H Hafner names Edward Toenes as chair of the collection effort and the gifts will be flown from Brookley Air Force Base to Europe aboard a Globemaster around December 15.

Mobile Ala Grace Lutheran Church W. H. Hafner Frank‘fort Hafner Edward Toenes Brookley Air Force Europe Globemaster

Alabama Milk Production Surpasses State Need

Alabama’s Health Department reports 33 million gallons of milk produced in the year, enough for each resident to have about 11 gallons. The dairies under sanitary standards supplied nearly all output, with a consumer bill near 30 million dollars for the year, averaging 2.5 million monthly.

Montgomery Ala Alabama State Health Department

Indian students sue for school bus transportation in Atmore

A petition claims Indian high school students lack bus service in Atmore while a white pupil forced to leave the state to continue education due to transport gaps. It cites a state law requiring county boards to arrange transport and notes local white children face similar problems. Lawyers say the suit has no link to McCullough high school grade transfers.

Atmore County Boards

Low Bids For Roads Listed

The State Highway Department announced low bids yesterday on highway projects totaling $838,921. Projects span Blount Calhoun Cherokee Jackson and other counties with bids from Birmingham Jasper Troy Athens Montgom ery and Mobile firms. The complete tabulation includes grading drainage surface work and bridges with final low bid in DeKalb to be announced Monday.

Montgomery State Highway Department Blount County U. S. 31 Hayden Jasper Goodwyn and Murphree Troy Jackson Stevenson Tennessee State Line Burgeen’ Contracting Company Athens Cherokee County Firestone Blanche Harbert Cargile Mobile Calhoun Winnette Coldwater W. Gwin, Jr Birmingham Wilcox Furman Pineapple Troadway J. R. Bryant W.A. McVeters Reyonlds Shaw Clio St. Clair Odenville Asheville Reynolds and Shaw Houton Webb U. S. 241 B. F. Williams Ozark HighWays Department DeKalb County Hammondville Henagar

Business Meeting of Southside Baptist Church

The regular business meeting of the Southside Baptist church will be convened at the church Wednesday evening at seven o'clock. The officers and teachers of the Sunday school will meet immediately afterward.

Southside Southside Baptist Church

King Cotton Dead as Planters Heard Brannan Speech

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan told Alabama Farmers Union that King Cotton is practically a dead duck and urged diversification to boost prosperity. He called for more vegetables poultry pasture improvements and higher grade cattle to raise farm income. Governor James E. Folsom introduced him while James G. Patton urged a new deal for farmers.

Ala South Charles F. Brannan Alabama Farmers Union James E. Folsom James G. Patton National Farmers Union

Youth Fellowship Supper Meeting At First Methodist

The Youth Fellowship of the First Methodist Church will meet Sunday evening at six o clock with Miss Eleanor Hamilton in charge of the program. Supper will be served following the meeting.

The First Methodist Church Eleanor Hamilton

Thick skinned rhinoceros is vegetarian and nocturnal

The animal described is a large rhinoceros with a vegetarian diet and nocturnal habits, suggesting it feeds at night and avoids daytime activity. It emphasizes the creature's rugged skin and nighttime behavior in a concise natural history note.

Hearing Impairment Estimates Prompt Aid Debate

An estimated 15 million Americans have some hearing impairment yet only about one third or fewer require hearing aids. The statistic underscores the gap between need and assistive device adoption.

Decatur Pianist Joan Holley Wins Praise in Concert

Miss Joan Holley a Decatur girl and rising concert pianist received strong praise after a Riverside auditorium recital Friday. Her Bach-Tausig Toccata and Fugue opened a program noted for firm rhythms and dramatic climaxes in Kabalevsky and Chopin pieces.

Joan Holley Decatur Miss Holley Riverside Auditorium Dimitri Kabalevsky Moszkowski Mana- Zucca

Dozer and starches featured for varied industrial uses

Numerous dozer and starch varieties are showcased for applications across paper making textile mill salad dressing manufacturing laundry and other industries.

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Austinville Miss Sentiff Club Judy Judy Canova America Wheel Toy Tricycles King Cotton Youth Fellowship Joseph M. Goldwasser Cleveland Georgia Herman Talmadge Atlanta Robert Mallard Lyons Goldwasser National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Mallard Baptist-Training Union Christ Perry Claxton Central Baptist Church Decatur, Ala Belk Lady Blue Wine Aqua Rose McCall's Vogue White Grounds Rogers Tricot Belk Hudon
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