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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1950
Page
8
A long list of rural ads offers a 30 acre farm near blacktop and church, a 4 room house with butane heat, animals, wagons, plows, and other farm tools for 2000 dollars. Also optional rentals, autos, tractors, corn, cotton, and poultry items with multiple names and routes.
Homer A Smith longtime TVA properties manager for Guntersville and Wheeler areas in North Alabama is promoted to new duties at TVA headquarters Knoxville. He will work from Athens Tennessee on Chestnut Creek watershed development including flood control soil erosion forestry and agricultural development after a stay in Knoxville. He was named Man of the Year in Agriculture by the American Farm Bureau in 1941.
Eva in Eva Alabama records a 134.68 bushel per acre estimate from one acre of Pfister 170 yellow corn planted after sweet potatoes in 1949. She details timing May 30 planting, fertilizer and lime notes, hoeing, thinning, and a July 19 nitrate of soda application, with final measurement via three 100 foot row samples under teacher Mr. L. G. McDonald.
Mackenzies column notes the twelve Atlantic pact powers aim to form a one million man army including Germans for Western Europe defense under General Eisenhower. Western Europe is key to stopping the communist threat and protecting the Western hemisphere.
Elwood Burks and James D. Senn led a TVA assisted session for EVA students on home service entrances circuit protection and proper wire sizes. Demonstrations covered motors and farm electrical applications with instruction aimed to enable students to apply what they learned at home. L. G. McDonald praised the practical take‑home value and meter reading skills for all students.
A county field is described as class III land with deep red soil and high erosion. It argues for a three step plan: land capability mapping, a full soil and water conservation plan, and complete implementation over three to five years, with support from SCS and extension workers.
The Bonn government must still approve. America Britain and France coordinate on a delicate plan allowing German troops to serve as a unit without a separate high command. Atlantic pact powers begin pooling forces with the US expecting five divisions in Europe within a year. General Eisenhower plans to assume Europe duties early next year with Lt. Gen. Gruenther as his chief of staff. He expresses guarded optimism about peace.
On Tuesday night the Rotary Club observed a son and daughter night at Christ English church. Members brought their children or adopted youngsters for the occasion. Santa Claus distributed gifts to all. Later W. R. Griffin invited the youngsters to the Ritz Theater for a show.
Mrs. R. H. Austin announces the engagement of her daughter Mary Ann to William Heyward Tillery of Phertix City Alabama. Mary Ann, a senior at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, belongs to the Oracles honor society and is an alumna of Sacred Hearts Academy and Sacred Heart Junior College. Tillery belongs to Pi Kappa Alpha at A P I and to Alpha Phi Omega and the Society for Advancement of Management. The wedding is set for December 27.
Plans for the wedding of Miss Celia Moyers and Don Mitchell are completed. The ceremony will be December 25 at 4 30 PM at the First Methodist Church in Cullman. Dr. Fagan Thompson will perform the ceremony with nuptial music by Mrs. John.
Miss Ruth Fuller will arrive from Birmingham to spend the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Asa B. Fuller. Mrs. W. S. Leeth and daughter Ann with several relatives arrive from Atlanta as guests of the Kinney family. Mrs. D. C. Fuller and grandson Eddie Fuller travel to St. Petersburg Florida to spend Christmas with Edward Fuller, joining later. Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Thurlow of Santa Barbara, recent Florida visitors, depart with Douglas Fuller. Miss Elizabeth Otwell returns from Rochester for check up. Mrs. Ila Dean Gilbert and son Bob plan Christmas with relatives in Jasper.
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