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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1948

Page

9

County to Auction Property In Athens District

Limestone county will hold an auction next Wednesday to sell property on the western edge of Athens formerly used by the county road department. The tract is divided into 30 units of 25 foot sections, each facing a paved street in a desirable residential area. J M Holt, chairman of the board of revenue, says the sale is being conducted by the board.

Athens Ala Limestone County County Board of Revenue County Road J.M. Holt Board of Revenue

Labor Specialist To Help On Farms In Athens

Athens Ala Jan 4 A full time farm labor specialist will be employed from the local employment office in the first part of this month. The between man will secure workers matching employer needs and help tenants find suitable farm work and land.

Athens Ala Co. V. Evans

Prominent Backers Endorse Self Starter Amendment

Athens January 4 State Senator David A Patton Athens Representative Bunyan D Broadwater and Wallace H Steele Farm Bureau chair advertise in the local paper urging voters to endorse the self starter amendment for the legislature.

Athens Ala David A. Patton Bunyan D. Broadwater This County Wallace H. Steele Ajmod Sauojsauy’y Ey Jo Jusprseid Farm Bureau

Fairest public sale method for county property set

Andrews and Wellden of Athens will serve as auctioneers for the sale. The plan aims to let the general public purchase the property at the fairest price for the county.

Andrews and Wellden Athens

Resolution Is Changed After Nineteen Years

A writer recalls his youth as a copy boy and his failed vow to read War and Peace. He contrasts past ambitions with present regrets and reflects on wartime bomber missions, sabotage concerns, and the idea that tomorrow never comes. The piece closes with a WWII diary about awaiting rescue aboard the Hermoso.

Leo Tolstoi Tolstoi America Hermoso Eugene C. Justice Route Decatur Alabama

Reading War and Peace Fails Tolstoy Humble Reader

A columnist mocks heavy novels and name heavy prose as a burden describing War and Peace as unwieldy. The piece recalls attempted sections from Tolstoys epic, comparing it to Anthony Adverse and Gone With The Wind, and admits losing interest after page ten.

Ilya Ilyavitch Moscow Anthony Adverse Tolstoi Leann An Apa Fom

Film at St Pauls Lutheran Highlights India Mission

St Pauls Lutheran Church invites tonight at 7 30 to view Inside India a silent missionary film about Lutheran work in South India. The 60 minute program depicts Indian life and youth being prepared for Christ amid harsh conditions and hopes for a future church.

India St. Paul's Lutheran Church Fourth Avenue Sherman Street South India Travancore Church of Tomorrow

Tea quality varies with regional water hardness

Commercial firms adapt tea strength to local water hardness with stronger brews in hard-water regions and milder tones in softer waters. This practice reflects regional mineral content affecting extraction and taste.

Infant Campbell funeral held in Decatur

Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James P Campbell were conducted Saturday at 2 PM from Dancys chapel cemetery with Rev Floyd Parker officiating. Interment followed at the same cemetery. Surviving are the parents and grandparents including Mr and Mrs J R Mebell and Mr and Mrs J Bates of Decatur.

James P. Campbell Decatur -3 Dancy's Chapel Floyd Parker Baugh Wiley Clinic J. R. Me Bell Decatur J. Bates

Divorce in the United States Shows Childless Majority

A study finds about two thirds of Americans who obtain divorces have no children. The figure highlights changing family patterns and demographic shifts in post marital life.

United States

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