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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1945
Page
7
Classified notices list various items for sale and services including broom corn brooms pull calf under registration and furnishings. Local names with routes in Decatur Hartselle Somerville and Joppa appear along with prices such as 1.00 50c 36 650 and 36 cents per ton. The page also notes a lost tan leather key holder and a historical aside about postcollapse Roman roads.
Mrs. Robert Broadway and families in Limestone County Oak Grove are mentioned among many readers and visitors. Several locals report illness including flu cases. social visits occur in Athens Elkmont Carey and Decatur. church services and discharge from service are noted along with travel to Moulton for holidays.
Millard Collins has been discharged from the U S Army and is home with his wife Opal and daughter Shirly. Calvin McNutt of Anniston visits family. Rev Addie Wallace and Mrs Wallace from Hartselle visit. Sgt Sherman Wallace returns from overseas and awaits homecoming. Mr and Mrs Rodger Marshall visit with George Roberts family. Mary Higdon visits Seldon Higdon of Hartselle. Livres Walker and children of Hartselle spend Sunday with the Roberts. Calvin McNutt to return to Anniston Wednesday.
Miss Lorene Lewis arrived from Florence State Teachers College to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs William Lewis. Miss Frances Taylor visits her father Lester Taylor in Birmingham. Attendees from here go to Eva Christmas carnival Friday night. Several in the community are ill with bad colds. Mr and Mrs Elbert Julian stayed with sister-in-law Mrs Clarence Childs in Cullman Friday night.
A blind Italian car befriended by members of the 66th Blue Devil division arrived on the storm battered carrier Randolph and was bound for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for an operation to restore his sight.
In Morgan County Alabama the administratrix Hattie J. Griffin filed for final settlement of the estate of Jessie Irwin Neely deceased. By court order January 10, 1946 a day for final settlement was set at the Morgan County Court House with Marvin West as Register. Any interested person may appear and contest the account.
A single pair of leather shoes can involve up to 291 distinct items or materials in its production, highlighting the complexity of footwear manufacturing and the variety of components sourced for durability comfort and finish.
The Christmas holiday quieted markets with livestock grain and dairy holding steady. Butter and cheese face shortages while poultry weakens. Cotton remains steady. P Davis of the Alabama Extension Service is inducted into the American Farm Bureau Federation Hall of Fame, joining Ed O’Neal as a notable local farm leader from Limestone County.
Postwar planning mentions crops but tobacco draws interest in Columbia Tenn. The average price last week stood at 46.52 dollars per hundred pounds. John Holt made a notable sale of 700 pounds at 55.5 cents per pound.
The information received indicates spring price support for on farm run eggs at about 27 cents per dozen.
Regions in the west report poor alfalfa seed yields and clover seed drops from 12 bushels per acre to under one. As crops needing pollination expand, bee numbers dwindle. Over two years the government spent more than 40 million in subsidies to boost legume seed production, a point of interest to longtime farmers and observers.
Farmers urged to consider better roads as 1946 begins. King Ranch in Texas has tested Brahman-Whiteface cross for beef. New Brahman Jersey cross shows good milkers and unusually large bull calves at birth, signaling strong demand for breeding stock ahead of supply.
A scientist claims cocklebur seeds have edible meat and recommends toasting them to taste. He asserts dandy meat lies inside the bur and invites readers to try the toasted experience.
Notice to stockholders of Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Company Alabama that the regular annual meeting will be held at the company's Decatur offices at 10 a m January 21 1946 to elect a Board of Directors and conduct other business May properly come before the meeting Ruby A Nash president Chas H Eyster attesting December 18 1945
Friends report Mrs. Haywood Prince ill at daughter Grace Pointer’s home in Huntsville. Frank Whisenant of Nashville visiting relatives here for holidays. Jim P. William on furlough with family. Claud Prince ill at Haywood Prince’s home. Willie Knox and family moved to L. M. Prince Farm. Jesse Russell and Mrs. Goodson kinfolk visiting Huntsville. James Prince overseas may return soon.
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