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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1949
Page
6
Miss Sue Smith and Mr. Carlton Mann united in marriage on November 29 in Tuka Mississippi. Attendants were the groom's parents Mr and Mrs Edgar Blalock. The couple will live at 1704 12th Avenue East. Mann manages Sunset Drive In Theatre. Mrs Mann is cashier of the Princess Theatre.
Decatur Band Mothers Club schedules its December meeting for Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 in Room Seven of Junior High School. The early date reflects the Christmas holidays, with members asked to attend. The Morgan County Medical Auxiliary meets December 6 at 7:30 pm at Mrs. Chenault’s Sherman Street home, featuring Maggie Houser on Christmas decorations for the home. Music Study Club also meets December 7 at 3:15 pm at Legion Home on Bank Street with hostesses Maschke Napps Vickery and Taylor.
Advertises pattern 4887 a step-in dress in sizes 34 through 50. Notes no side placket or collar, simple sewing with complete illustrated instructions. Requires 4 18 yards 35 inch fabric for size 36 and 25 cents to Anne Adams at The Decatur Daily for ordering.
Mrs Paul Horton and son Charles with Mr and Mrs Bob Almon of Moulton attended the Auburn Alabama game in Birmingham. Mrs Cliff Connor of Pittsburgh arrived to be at her mother Mrs Ed Humphrey’s bedside at Decatur General hospital. B G Ryan Jr after an appendectomy at Decatur General hospital is recovering well. A Decatur group attended the game including Mr and Mrs Robert Agnew Mr and Mrs Bob McNelly Mr and Mrs Ferguson and Mr and Mrs Frank Scroggins. Robert T Harris left for a week in Cleveland and New York City on business. Mr and Mrs Robert C Strother and daughter Mary Ann visited their relatives at 415 Johnston Street. Lt John C Strother was also mentioned.
Representatives from elementary schools across the region gathered in Decatur to observe the Southern Association study of elementary education. The Alabama state committee coordinated the session with W L Davis Florence State Teachers College Harvey Nelson Huntsville schools and Walter Jackson Decatur schools guiding activities. Visitors toured Gordon Bibb and later reported at the junior high cafe about progress and discipline among students.
Geologists from nine Southeastern states attend a two day conference in Montgomery on river hydraulics flood control and related topics. About 25 U S Geological Survey representatives join from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana led by J B Wells chief surface water branch and Tate Dalrymple hydraulic engineer from Washington.
Recently released from Oliver General Hospital Augusta Georgia Lt Strother will report for duty to Hamilton Army Air Base San Francisco en route to the Far East on December 7 He spent the past thirty days with homefolks and will leave from Huntsville Tuesday Also notes attendees from Decatur visiting Birmingham for the Alabama Auburn game and returning visitors from Auburn Polytechnic Institute in Auburn Alabama
Pfc. Herbert M. Lenox of Somerville has graduated from the air force department of intelligence training at Lowry Air Force Base Colorado on December 6. The 21 year old airman entered the Air Force July 14 1948 and completed basic training at Lackland Texas before attending Lowry.
Funeral services for Josh F. Uselton age 40 were held at Mutual Service chapel with Rev. Johnson officiating. Interment in Flint cemetery under Mutual directing. Survived by widow Sara two sons Robert and Billy two daughters Delores Wanda Faye a brother Floyd Aselton in Tennessee and two sisters F E Halbrooks Decatur and Mrs Coy Carpenter Tennessee. Uselton fell ill Saturday night at home in Decatur and died shortly before midnight. Coroner verdict: death by self administered poisoning.
San Bernardino, Calif. Carmen Garcia, 23, was jailed on a vagrancy charge after police found him in a railroad yard digging dirt from under ties. He claimed a switch engine fireman left him a $5 loan under a tie but did not reveal which one.
Indigenous people along the Orinoco River in Venezuela gather turtle eggs to extract a fuel oil used locally. The practice reflects traditional subsistence and resource use shaping energy materials in the region.
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