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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1948
Page
8
A number of farmers in the Union Hill school community plant trial patches this fall. D. S. Whisenant planted Kentucky 1 Fescue grass and button clover as newer soil conservation crops.
The farmer planted button clover near the barn for seed and winter grazing for hogs. He also established seven acres of sericea crimson clover in permanent pasture, with a moist area used for winter grazing and seed purposes.
In Morgan County farmers diversify clover crops for grazing and soil protection. William Hornbuckle overseeded sericea with crimson clover for future pasture, T. L. Morris sowed button clover to reseed itself, and fourteen farmers completed soil and water conservation plans with help from local Soil Conservation Service personnel.
Printed transcript of the case before the United States Supreme Court seeks to compel Alabama electors to vote for President Truman. Petitioners George E. Adcock E Z Yeager and Gus Gulas filed against all eleven Alabama electors in the October term.
In Wetumpka Alabama two white first cousins John C. Howard Jr. and Jack Oliver were sentenced to 45 years after a white jury convicted Howard of raping 22 year old Melinda Jackson and Oliver of raping her companion Annie Grayson. The state dropped robbery charges in Oliver’s case in exchange for no appeal.
North Carolina senator hopeful J. Melville Broughton owed his Democratic nomination to strong grass roots support. His open mind on Taft-Hartley amendments, farm organization ties, stance on civil rights, and prominence as a Baptist layman helped rally diverse voters.
Preparations are underway for the regional meeting of the Alabama Association of Insurance Agents and Stock Companies to be held in Decatur. Fifty five representatives of insurance firms are expected. Maurice Herndon from the Washington DC office will speak on possible national legislation. Neal Morgan of Heflin is president and James L Rankin of Decatur is a director.
The First Presbyterian Church changes evening services to five o clock each Sunday and will hold vesper worship at five for December January and February. Rev W W Glass will preach this evening at five and continue the schedule through winter.
Wallace Bennett of Salt Lake City Utah was elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers at the annual NY convention. Bennett, a paint and varnish maker, assumes leadership after being chosen by the NAM board.
A woman who could not teach students again chose self guided living. She created bead doll lapel figures sold nationwide and later textiles such as handkerchiefs and scarves. Her watercolors and murals earned gallery showings as she sustained art after teaching career.
Evelyn Sneed Gravitt, once an Austinville high school home economics teacher, fell critically ill in May 1941 and was paralyzed from the waist down. By August 1948 she could walk with crutches after years in bed and a wheelchair and training at a polio spastic school in Houston.
In a reflective turn, Mrs Gravitt declares a renewed fashion plan after enduring hardship. She smiles and says she can walk a bit, seeking dresses, fancy blouses, and slacks. Her comment signals a shift toward embracing the new look she has read about.
Some species endure freezing by going into ice bound dormancy. They tolerate ice cover and low temperatures by physiological adjustments enabling survival until thaw.
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