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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1945

Page

7

Pettusville Church News and Local Visitors

Brother Walters from Nashville preached at the Church of Christ Sunday morning. J. C. Atkinson returned to church after his operation and two weeks in hospital. Mrs. Dale Holt and Mrs. J. D. Harlow ill with flu. L. E. Robinson staying with daughter. Freeman Smith and Mrs. Smith called to Hartsville by deaths of L. C. Osborne and others fatally burned. Fred Smith and Pettus visitors en route to Montgomery after discharge from Army. Mira Dunnavant from David Lipscomb College visiting par ents. Pettus and Lola Pettus with Ruby Jo visited Will A. Gilbert at Prospect Station. Walters dined with K. C. Dunnavant. Hitfield visited Ardmore. W. A. Eaves and Glenn Holland in Pettusville and Athens respectively.

Brother Walters Nashville Church of Christ J. C. Atkinson Dale Holt J. D. Harlow L. E. Robinson J. D. Harsite Freeman Smith Hartéelle L. C. Osborne Little So Fred Smith North Carolina Stout Pettus Decatur Lola Pettus Pettus Smith Montgomery Ala Mira Dunnavant David Lipscomb College Tenn K. C.dunnavant T. W. Pettus Anna Dew Ruby Jo Pettus Veto W.B. Spence Thomas Pettus Lola Mamie Pettus Will A. Gilbert Prospect Station 2

U S Loses Ears Washington Dec 6

FBIS of the FCC ends 24 hour monitoring of foreign radio broadcasts after operating since 1941. The service has tracked international broadcasts around the clock, marking a shift in U S intelligence gathering.

Washington Sam Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service FBIS Federal Communications Commission

Korea as Seen by an American Soldier Letter Home

A soldier in Korea writes to Mrs. Shirley Dean describing Seoul as a crowded mountain-ringed capital with diverse streets, modern cars, crowded streetcars, many bicycles, and an ox-cart, noting rice farming, harvest time, and hopes for peace as he remains patient on duty abroad.

Korea Shirley Dean Lacey Louise America Seoul

Lawrence County Speake Mrs Charles Speake Report

Rev Hardiman filled the pulpit on the first Sunday at Lebanon and delivered a splendid message. The Korean women dress in long skirts and short jackets with rubber shoes, strap babies to their backs, and carry bundles on their heads. Japanese women wear bright kimonos and wooden shoes, native homes have bare floors with mats, and meals use chopsticks. The capitol building resembles other state capitols, with offices of the military government nearby. The community lives in an art gallery, enjoys free movies, open air markets, and friendly locals, while language barriers and homesickness persist as mail moves slowly.

Capitol Building

Local Notices From Speake Area Community

Residents report teacher substitutions due to illness at Speake. Mrs Buck-Way remains ill at home. Buck family moved to old Speake residence. Herman McCarley, Texas native and recent soldier, spent a week here. brother Herbert serves in the Navy. younger J C Was killed in action last February. Rufus Norwood of Decatur visited relatives, as did Mr and Mrs Felix Bucknell and family and T K Hi2man. Henry oo of Hartsebe and family visited the Weaver home spouses in recent days.

Beckit Chester Buck-Way Buck Herman McCariey Texas Rwn Herbert Navy J. C Rufus Norwood Decatur

Public Notice in Puckett v Puckett Morgan County Al

Morgan County Court in equity issues order of publication for Lil Lian Puckett a non resident of Alabama with unknown address. Publication in Decatur Daily weekly for four weeks. Defendant must plead answer or demur to the bill by December 14 1945 or the bill may be confessed. VIN West Register. Nov 15 22 20 Dec 5

Leonard Puckett Lillian Puckett Morgan County Court Morgan County Alabama Register Diligers Decatur Daily Vin West

Local residents report illness affecting several families

Mr and Mrs John R Stephenson and Eaton Stephenson have flu. Chesterline Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Johnson is recovering from pneumonia at grandparents home. Mr and Mrs Eaton Stephenson and Miss Anne Beck a teacher at Speake have been ill for a week.

John R. Stephenson Eaton Stephenson Chesterline Johnson Chester Johnson Anne Beck

L and Paz Bolivian Output Surpasses Seventy Percent

In the report from L and Paz Bolivia the article states that the region produces 80 percent of the value of all manufactured goods in the country, highlighting its dominant role in national industry and economic activity.

L& Paz Bolivia

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Limestone County Pettusville Lee Texaco Products Firestone U. S Buckley Caddell Drug CO Goidel Try Lawrence County Charles Hardiman Lebanon Family Flour Institute Dept. E Nashville Trust Bidg Tennessee Lene Ta Felix Bucknell Herman McCarley T. K. Hi Henry Oo Hartsebe Westere J. B. Weaver Moroline Quality Petroleum Bank St MR. Couch Western Union Telegraph Gunter’s Aes Ee Second Avenue Johnston Street
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