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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
6
The report shows 49 184 bales ginned in Madison, down 10 780 from 1931’s 59 964. State totals fall from 1 374 162 to 916 073 bales. Limestone County logged 30 584 bales and Cullman 31 575. Baldwin counted 254.
News confirms the death of B H McCarley in Dallas Texas on December 29. He was a resident of Florette before moving to make his home elsewhere. The body will be brought home for burial at noon on January 1 and relatives in the county express regret.
The Nashville youngster Joe Gunther will clash with Tarzan the Ape Man on a main bout of the American Legion weekly wrestling card. The match is billed as a test of youth versus age with high-flying action expected on Monday evening.
Grisler announced a clinic that instructed football candidates in Princeton to perform knee strengthening exercises sent to them in the summer. He claimed the squad returned with knees strengthened enough to withstand regular season shocks, especially for wing backs facing side impacts.
Coach Biff Jones will remain at Louisiana State University after a successful first season. He has refused offers elsewhere and will continue to build a new grid system at LSU.
Dr. Gordon Gilbert of the General Gorgas post in Birmingham announces plans to stage boxing with nationally known stars. He says boxing and wrestling will be presented on an alternating basis and wrestling will not be dropped.
Falkville and nearby area residents are hosting and visiting relatives and friends over the holidays. Decatur guests Misses Sarah and Mary Carley are with J J Dinsmore in Tennessee. others from Erwin and Calera are visiting local families. Several residents relocate to Hart selle while others host visitors at homes across Route 1.
Sunday social roundup lists guests and gatherings at local homes. Mr and Mrs Dash Rowelle hosted relatives from nearby, while Mrs M W Holmes recovered from flu and enjoyed brief outings. Other families including Gray, Gray Milligan Blackmon Reid Humphries and Smith, shared Sunday visits and holiday time with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Weaver and family spent Christmas with Mrs. J Tidwell. Miss Lucy McCormack, teaching at Ward, is home for the holidays. Mr. Floyd Key visits his parents at Valdermosa Springs. J. C. Dunlap visited here Monday. Miss Elia Mae Neill spends holidays with her mother Mrs. OO B Neill. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brown were in Hartselle Friday. Cecil Johnson and children John and Euchild visited Mrs. O B Neill. Miss Virginia Johnson visited Miss Ella Mae Neill Monday.
Center Grove items note visitors from Holly Pond and nearby towns. Families such as Bud and W D Hamilton with Mayme Hamilton, James Ryan and Mildred McKee, and Ruth Brown with Leslie Brown are listed as guests or visitors. Local residents, including J D L Byars and daughters Ruth and Hinda, return home after hosting relatives.
An executive session named Okeson chairman and Langford secretary with both observers likely. Delegates to the National Collegiate A A convention across regions supported these two for executive rules posts though Hall’s death and 1932 season developments mute talk of 1933 changes. The football rules committee likely won’t discuss changes or make recommendations, as the majority favors retaining last year’s radical reforms.
Nomads of the golfing world head to the seventh annual Miami Open teeing off tomorrow. The $2,000 72-hole event drew more than 160 entries as Tommy Armour defends his Miami Springs victory and faces a strong challenge from Gene Sarazen. Walter Hagen Billy Burke Joe Turnesa and other top golfers completed practice as the field prepared for opening play.
The professional grid team in Nashville last Monday against the Chicago Bears was not the Boston Braves, who finished fourth in the National League, according to Lee of Joe Carr. Marshall contemplates legal action against the barnstormers, it was said.
Francis Hogan will play for the Boston Braves next season after being sold by the New York Giants yesterday. He returns to the club that traded him to New York four years ago.
Senate Democrats are set to oppose confirmation of Nathan William MacChesney a Chicago lawyer and Hoover ally as minister to Canada to succeed Hanford MacNider. The move signals partisan friction over diplomatic appointments.
William Dan Free nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Free of Madison Alabama was killed instantly Wednesday afternoon at 2 pm by his playmate Louis Patterson aged twelve The gun was a shotgun carried by Louis who tried to unbreach it and fired the load struck William in the heart Two younger companions witnessed the tragedy The Patterson family expressed no ill will and the funeral was set for later today at 2 30 with Rev J H Hill officiating Burial will be at Walhegmosa Cemetery with Womack of Huntsville directing.
The Limestone County Bank of Athens was awarded the county depository contract. It will pay 23-4 percent interest on county funds and must provide a forty thousand dollar bond. Earlier bid by Bank of Belle Mina offered 2.5 percent but was withdrawn due to location, allowing the Athens bank to secure the deal.
A motion for a new trial was to be offered before Judge Paul Speake of Madison County Circuit Court for John Eddie Pope convicted of murder. H Ruch, a Madison County resident, is mentioned in relation to the case. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison. J N Powell of Hartselle is attorney for the defense.
Rev. Vance A. Gordon will lead a community service Sunday at 11 o'clock at Westside Presbyterian Church. A special New Year's sermon will be delivered and the public is invited to attend.
Mrs J N Powell of Falkville is very ill with pneumonia developing after influenza. Friends fear for her recovery as she remains at home under care.
An incomplete line notes a measurement for a 24 hour period ending at seven o clock this morning. The brief fragment suggests a weather observation but lacks context, source, or completed values.
Teague, veteran Fhilroader and Decatur resident, has been transferred by the Ellenen to a through line run between Birmingham and Montgomery. Friends here believe the move is temporary and expect his return soon.
A large crowd is expected for the Sunday afternoon community sing at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. It is the first sing of the year and the last before the county observances.
H. Carlisle, a local cotton buyer, was injured December 19 in an automobile crash near Ardmore and has been moved to a hospital in Lawrenceburg Tennessee. He remains confined to bed but is recovering and expected to be out soon.
A trace of rain was recorded for the 24 hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning. No significant precipitation reported elsewhere.
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