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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1949

Page

9

Sale of runabout boat and trailer with antique mortgage notice

Classified ad offers a 16 ft Wolverine runabout with a new eel trailer and enclosed seating, cash price listed as $300, plus ad text about enamel coal products and local business contact. Legal notice details mortgage default and foreclosure sale of property in Morgan County Alabama, with sale set for January 1950 to satisfy indebtedness, notices to plead by January 31, 1950. The document cites Realty Investment Company and Peach Caddell & Shanks as attorneys, with publication of four weekly notices in Decatur Daily.

Wolverine Beatrice Ity The Morgan County National Bank of Ama Probatery Alabama the Realty Invest Corporation Proan Theompany State Life Corporation Life Insureration Bate Said Realty Investment Company Decatur Decatur Land, Improvement and Furnace Company Decatur Land Company Realty Investment Company Peach, Caddell & Shanks Register Decatur Daily

DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE PAGE

A full page of crossword clues across and down with theme answers and a daily cryptoquote segment. Includes a quotation puzzle using a shifting substitution code and a sample yesterday’s cryptoquote, all delivered in a classic newspaper puzzle format.

Milk Items and a Tax Quip in a Moral Exchange

An old timey exchange pairs a joke about milk by naming five items containing milk. A schoolboy answers Butter, cheese, ice cream and two cows. A skeptical note says Congress can always find ways to spend money faster than taxpayers earn it. The ladder proverb ends with a caution about steps.

Congress

Sigma Delta Kappa Annual Convention Opens in Birmingham

Members of Sigma Delta Kappa intercollegiate law fraternity convene at their national meeting in Birmingham with the Alpha Phi chapter hosting. Mayor Cooper Green welcomed delegates and Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia is slated to be a featured speaker. Election and installation of new officers planned for tomorrow.

Birmingham Sigma Delta Kappa Alpha ‘Phi Cooper Green Herman Talmadge Georgia

Mother Arrested After Son Is Found Dead In Alabama

In Mobile on December 29 a mother Lexie Edwardson was arrested on a general holding charge after attending her 14 year old son Chester Lamar Tullous funeral and being questioned about his death. Detectives said she found his body across his bed when returning home. A police caption noted the incident followed a burial and ensuing questioning by authorities.

Mobile Ala Lexie Edwardson Chester Lamar Tullous Edwardson Taney Rollings

Order of Publication for Barnes v Barnes in Morgan Co Alabama

Publication order in Morgan County Alabama equity case. Complainant Mary Alma Barnes alleges defendant James Howard Barnes is a non resident over 21 with unknown post office address after diligent inquiry. Court records show service by publication and require further action by registrar.

James Howard Barnes Morgan County Alabama

Notice of Dissolution of Wiley Motor Company

Notice states the partnership of David L. Wiley Frank A. Wiley and John W. Maynor dissolved by mutual consent on December 29 1949. John W. Maynor Purchaser of assets and liabilities will receive all debts owed to the partnership and all debts and accounts owed by the partnership must be presented to Maynor for payment. The Wileys are relieved of all liabilities arising from the former partnership. Dated December 30 to January 6.

David L. Wiley Frank A. Wiley John W. Maynor Wiley Motor Company

Olders' Meeting Notice for Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Co

Notice to Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Co stockholders of the regular annual meeting at the corporation offices in Decatur Alabama at 10:00 A M on December 1950 for election of a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Attest: Chas. H. Cyster, Secretary. December 1949.

DECA Coca Cola Bottling Company Decatur Alabama Decant YO A Coca Cola Bottling Nash Chas. H. &Yster

William Hervey Allen dies at 60 in Miami funeral set

William Hervey Allen author of Anthony Adve and other books died at his home on Wednesday in Miami. Floral services will be held today as his funeral arrangements are announced by his family and local authorities.

William Hervey Allen Anthony Adve Fumiami

Suit Filed Against Motorola in Mobile for 4 Million

Nelson Radio & Supply Co. of Mobile sues Motorola Inc. of Chicago for about 4 million dollars in treble damages alleging anti trust violations. The plaintiff claims actual damages of 1.321 million 198.24 tied to sales goodwill and projected profit based on past experience. It charges it was disfranchised as a Motorola distributor because it competed with the maker in handling another brand of communications equipment.

OBILE Ala Dec Motorola Inc Chicago Nelson Radio & Supply Co., Inc Motorola

Gentle living ideal on a Florida boardwalk joke

A man seeks an honest life and courage in deeds while on a Florida resort boardwalk. A weighing machine joke prompts a punny reply as a child mentions Satan after Sunday school. A rash of deadly fires spurs commentary on care and risk. A boundary divides a cottage between Russians and Poles, with a peasant preferring the Polish side. A Canadian Mercury item muses on women's can opening skills.

Florida

Bob Vance Elected As DeMolay's Head

In Birmingham on December 30 Alabama's new master councilor for the Order of DeMolay is Bob Vance of Tuscaloosa. Other officers elected include Charles Pierson of Birmingham as State junior councilor Alfred Adcock of Huntsville as scribe and Donald Haines of Montgomery as treasurer. The seventh semi-annual conclave in Birmingham draws 185 delegates from 19 Alabama chapters and approves a new constitution establishing an annual meeting.

Birmingham Alabama Order of DeMolay Bob Vance Tuscaloosa Charles Pierson Alfred Adcock Huntsville Donald Haines Montgomery Order

Mrs Wilkins dies in Selma at 74 first woman in Alabama House

Mrs J G Wilkins 74 died at her home in Selma after a brief illness. A pioneer in Alabama politics, she was the first woman elected to the state house. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.

Wilkins Selma Ala J. G. Wilkins Alabama House of Representatives Alabama

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