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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1929
Page
5
Community groups plan festive decorations along Bank Street and Lee Avenue. A notable wedding, Katherine McCarley and Frank Pettey Owen, is reported with details of attire and plans. Local clubs host pageants, music events, and harvest society programs with reports celebrating a full year and a paid budget in full.
Mr and Mrs Robert S Banks and others visited in Birmingham over Monday. Miss Claudia Thombs will return home by the 19th for holidays. Elmore Thombs will come home the 20th for a visit with his mother Mrs Jesse Thombs. Mrs Annie Gardner is ill at her East Vine Street home. Wrenn of Birmingham staying in the city. Miss Hilda Carpenter expects to return Wednesday for Yuletide. Mr and Mrs N B Greenleaf and Barbara will leave Tuesday night for Boston to visit her mother Mrs Channell. W M Moseley Jr spent the weekend with relatives in Courtland. Mrs Braxton Casper and baby from Birmingham arrive to spend holidays with her parents the Moseleys. Mrs Paul Eubanks and son are home from the Baugh Infirmary and doing fine. Mrs C R Farrer and children Wilmer Thomas and Betty Jean of Little Rock expected to spend holidays with her mother Mrs Wise. Miss Evelyn Irwin of Ward Belmont College arrives Thursday night for holidays. her overnight guest will be Miss Ellen Mitchell of Florence.
C J Nelson of route two Moulton was a business visitor in Decatur Tuesday. She spoke about the airport and Decatur's future in aviation development.
Memphis dentist disputes Mrs Clutts identity as the presumed victim, noting a letter in her handwriting says she works in Blue Diamond Kentucky and hopes to return home for Christmas. Police link the case to Bill Thom as, a Chicago racketeer, sought for the murder near an Arkansas thicket. The woman used the name Juanita La Rue in Chicago.
The Alabama Democrats consider a double primary as Attorney General Charlie McCall backs reform to replace the existing first and second choice system. The state Democratic executive committee sets qualifying rules for candidates at all levels and allows county committees to vet nominees without barring candidates for not backing prior Democratic nominees.
The article urges buying anti tuberculosis Christmas seals to fund the fight against the white plague. Seventy five percent stays in Morgan County while proceeds support broader efforts. School children circulate the seals and strive to meet their quota locally.
The Decatur Rotary club community service committee plans to distribute a car of coal purchased for Christmas relief. A club vote decided to give fuel this year as gifts of other kinds are already provided.
Walter Morris and B. C. Shelton are expected to return late today from a business trip to Anniston. The visit was reported by local sources as productive with plans for further meetings next week.
Farmers from five counties travel to Decatur for the Valley farming center event highlighting local agriculture and floral displays around participants' names.
Mr and Mrs W W Allen spent Sunday with daughter Miss Delia Allen and Mr and Mrs Luby Veal. Mrs E G South visited her grandson Luby Veal Sunday evening. Exer and Martha Hill joined Eunice and Nettie Thompson for Sunday. Delia Allen dined with Eunice and Gladys Veal Sunday. Henry Panter and hosts at Luby Veal’s Saturday night. Ernest and Carrie Daniel of South Alabama visiting relatives here. Eunice Gladys and Delia Allen again with Luby Veal Sunday evening.
Mr and Mrs Frank Sims and children of Trinity spent Sunday morning with his mother Mrs Fannie Sims. J H Puller visited Jim Aday who is very ill at his home in Austinville. Mr and Mrs Thurman Terry stayed with Mr and Mrs A I Fuller on Saturday night. Truitt Jacob called on friends Sunday afternoon. Miss Mary Stewart visited her sister Mrs Clardy on Tuesday.
Local residents and relatives from Hartselle Decatur and Lawrence County travel to Oak Ridge for visits. Families include Sparkmans Pucketts Vest and West with various friends. A Sunday singing at Otis Norris home and visits by Rev Huie Hudson are noted.
Dr Harry A Garfield president of Williams College is understood to have been appointed chairman of the prospective commission to study surface rights of federal lands.
Memphis dispatch reports police doubt the mutilated body found near Marked Tree Arkansas is Beatrice Clutts. A Memphis railroad man identified the body as his wife based on teeth but a local dentist says the corpse lacks false teeth, prompting further identification efforts.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bowers on December 15 as announced in the town record.
Rain fell steadily all morning but merchants in Decatur report steady Christmas trade. Clerks say sunshine could spur a bigger rush as locals and travelers come for bargains extended in Decatur and merchants claim to be well prepared to meet demand.
Two trunk line railways facilitate distribution to and from Decatur, linking the city to regional markets and improving freight movement efficiency.
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