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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1934
Page
12
Two years after a refunding bond issue the state seeks holders of outstanding warrants to pay them. State Treasurer H. Blan asks merchants and others who kept warrants to present them for payment, clearing the books of several thousand dollars in unsettled warrants.
Mrs. Jessie C. Roberts of Montgomery is elected director of the Jefferson Davis District for United Daughters of the Confederacy with no opposition. Mrs. L. D. Wynn is secretary and Mrs. L. H. Brassell of Troy named historian at the district meeting in Troy Alabama.
The Christmas holidays at the University of Alabama begin at noon Wednesday December 19. Classes will resume Friday January 4, 1936. Students headed to Pasadena California are noted.
Pastor Rev J D Pickens will lead the mid week prayer services at Southside Baptist Church Wednesday evening at seven oclock.
The state treasurer announced that the state cannot retire Confederate bonds and currency. He noted monthly inquiries from across the nation about the value of Confederate money and bonds.
MOBILE Alabama December 186- Mayor Cecil F Bates ordered the United States flag flown at half staff for a fireman killed in a wreck. City hall staff discovered the city owned no flag as it had been lost months earlier. Bates supplied a flag from his own home loaned until funds can buy a new flag.
Mr and Mrs W G Peebles of were in Decatur shopping Monday. The brief sighting notes their presence in the city for a routine shopping trip.
The state paid 52 dollars to obtain names of 2,600 beer and whisky vendors, hiring a special clerk to copy the list in Birmingham and to cover stamps used for warning letters sent to sheriffs and solicitors by Gov. B. M. Miller.
The weekly meeting of troop W, Boy Scouts, was held last night at the scout house. Panther patrol presented the program after patrol reports and Bible reading. Interesting Scout games followed, and the troop was dismissed with the scoutmaster's benediction.
The Mooresville Belle Mina school will close Friday for the Christmas holidays with sessions set to resume on January 1.
Rev. J. W. Jones recovering from illness while preparing to preach at Southside Baptist Church has traveled to Mobile County for an extended stay with his daughter.
A rehearsal is scheduled Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 for the Christmas pageant to be staged Sunday evening at Southside Baptist Church.
Wiley Post, famed round the world flyer, is depicted at Bartlesville Oklahoma airport after his latest ascent into the stratosphere aboard the Winnie Mac. He asserts the altitude surpassed fifty thousand feet, aiming to break the world record. the suit he wears is designed for extreme pressure at high altitude.
An underwater picture scene for What Every Woman Knows filmed at Lake Franklin near Beverly Hills disrupted by rising water. Helen Hayes leads with Brian Aherne and Madge Evans as the action crew battles a flooded trestle while lights and sound gear move along. The cast also includes Lucille Watson Dudley Digges Donald Crisp David Torrence and Henry Stephenson with Irving Thalberg producing Gregory La Cava directing. Lafayette Street School pupils present Christmas Bells alongside the film.
Adlai Holmes was among Parkville residents in the city on Tuesday for business matters.
Mrs W T Woodward and her mother are spending pre Christmas time with relatives and friends in the area, sharing holiday cheer and hospitality.
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