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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1929
Page
3
Barrymore delivers a powerful performance in The Tempest a lavish action romance set in prewar Russia. Camilla Horn makes a striking American debut as the princess opposite Barrymore with a strong supporting cast. The Princess screens opening day.
Morgan county planters are urged by Hart selle business houses and individuals to meet at City Hall in Hartselle on December 18 at 2 PM. They aim to organize a Strawberry Growers Association able to ship car loads daily from Hartselle with support from local firms and leading farmers.
Public invited to attend a community sing Thursday at 7 15 p m. Numerous well known singers will perform on the program.
The finance committee of the board of mayor and aldermen will meet soon to act on the citys license schedule for the coming year. The schedule will not be materially changed from the prior year.
Reports show extensive corn damage from recent heavy rains and high water. Cribbed corn is heating and risk of spoilage threatens farmers without immediate drying and intervention.
An officer traveling across Morgan county reports hundreds of acres of cotton remain unpicked as farmers switch to snapping balls amid improved machinery aiding the process.
Mr and Mrs Henry Powell have returned from Detroit to their home in Oakland Madison County. The brief item notes their travel and return.
A sensational ad claims Aspironal is the fastest acting cold remedy, authoritatively guaranteed by laboratories and endorsed by authorities. Customers are urged to buy a bottle for 60c, test its effects in two minutes, and share remaining doses with family, promising relief for catarrhal croup and nighttime choking.
The Decatur Kiwanis Advertising Committee met at Hill Chevrolet on Tuesday afternoon to finalize plans for additional advertising for the Trade Day event in December. Members discussed upcoming promotions and coordinated efforts to boost participation and visibility for the community event.
E L Deal, formerly Lauderdale county farm agent, accepts a post with the Farm Bureau in Montgomery. G B Phillips will succeed him in Lauderdale. Deal, a former district Rotary governor, is well known in Decatur and many friends wish him success.
Mrs. Charles Walker longtime resident of Danville route one died Thursday morning at her home. Services were held the following day at Center Point cemetery with Rev. Isaac Eddy. She is survived by her husband Charles Walker a daughter Clara an infant son three sisters and two brothers Fannie Steele Mary Johnson Annie Poole Frank Garnett and Jack Garnett.
State inspector visited Eva Alabama for a week long high school inspection. Report not yet returned on accreditation, but inspector says conditions are favorable for the Eva high school to become accredited.
The couple from Michigan is now at home with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Powell, their parents.
Local housewives from Morgan county followed Chicago prize results for the National Canning contest. Notable entrants include Mrs. John Pope and Mrs. H. D. Humphrey of Hartselle, Alabama. Grand champion Mary Hvass of Kennan, Wisconsin won 1250 dollars for a quart of green peas, earning the vegetable class top prize of 250 dollars.
The Moulton Heights Baptist church hosts a community sing Sunday at 1 30 in the afternoon with a public invitation. A grand sweepstakes prize of 1000 is offered for the best jar of food across vegetables fruits and meats. First meat prize goes to Mrs Dudley Brooks Roba Red Alabama for chicken while Miss Margery Drew Athol Massachusetts wins fruit class pears.
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