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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1932
Page
3
Markets report Decatur prices paid to farmers for eggs butter and vegetables. Local shoppers see a long list of produce items with per pound or per bushel quotes and notes on processing and preparation. The column also mentions community notes and local visits among residents.
Market notes show firm prices and light hay receipts with steady poultry and egg quotes. Entries cover carrots wheat corn oats cotton seed cotton potatoes apples cabbage celery oranges and bananas with various unit prices and f.o.b. points in Alabama.
Little Miss Eleanor Lindley is ill with flu while others recover from flu and sinus problems. Multiple residents, including Mrs. Lee Hardin and Mrs. Lucille Daughton, visit Decatur for medical reasons. A Decatur social for Buford Corum and Nova Terry’s wedding engages local families. Good Citizens Club meets with community turnout and plans for December 14.
Local residents share visits and guests throughout the week. Mrs. Gradie Tucker hosted Mrs. J. A. Hardin while Herman Edmondson and son Charles Alton visited Mrs. L. F. Kilpatrick. Nell Miller returned home from Falrville route two after a week with relatives. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Bird Speakman from near Vinemont. Rev. J. O. Baily preached at Fairview with a sermon on Love. Other visits involved Mrs. Melvin Hardin, M. L. Hardin, Dorothy Jean Byars, Elvin Grantland, Mattie Miller, and Fred Summerford the trip to Nashville.
Miss Ethel Anice Hughes of Decatur visits with Ima and Loretta Edward. Miss Lola Mae Walter calls on Ima Edward. A church gathering at the Audrey Moore home pleased many friends. Maury Hough plans to return to Johnson City Tennessee for hospital care.
Mrs. Mary Lott improves at home. Inez Glenn and Louis Pannell wed on Saturday November 26 and plan to settle in Mississippi. Friendly notes mention visits and illnesses among local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Lott and relatives from Addison and Evergreen.
Rev Brooks, Lebanon's new pastor, filled the pulpit in Danville last Sunday to a pleased audience. Speake school PTA Banquet featured a comical program by the Blue side, with prizes and a long dining table of varied eats. Hendrix Clemmons announce birth of a ten pound son on December 4, mother and child doing well.
Mr and Mrs J T Walker and Frances Lee of Columbia Tenn spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Roy Luker. D G Luker and daughters Ruth Virginia attended church at Church of God in Hartselle and dined with Ottoley. Flu epidemic is raging with several homes affected. Miss Louise McCutcheon of M C H S is ill with flu.
Health in the community is weak with several afflicted by a illness described as Tlu. Mrs. Fred Folette and children Evelyn and F D, Mrs. Robert Sandlin and daughter Erline were Tuesday guests of Mrs. T A Hensley and Miss Mattig Harris of Oakville. Born to Mr and Mrs Hendrix Clemons nee Grace Jacobs of Fair-
Ce a field, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. James Hogan called on Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hogan of Hendon last Tuesday. Miss Alice Clark of Union Grove visited her brother Zola and wife in Austinville last week. Mrs. Biddie Johnson spent Monday with Mrs. Robert Sandlin of Oakville. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ogles of Five Points spent Saturday night with Oakville relatives. Several residents used the cold spell to kill some fine hogs.
A compact aphorism notes that life contains quicksands and snares, urging caution and reflection as one navigates daily trials.
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