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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
8
HAL BOYLE describes a FAT MAN who cannot resist spending, then recalls a blind cashier and a calloused husband as a misprint of kindness. The scene ends with the fat man wondering what the Good Samaritan would do to a second man in a ditch.
Social visits mark the weekend as Mr and Mrs Richard Gray visited Mr and Mrs G T Butler. Midway school resumed after Christmas. New Year greetings as Mr and Mrs Leon Dotson visited Mrs Parker. A boy burned his hands and head after a heater fall. Roads and bridges noted as needing repairs. Singing convention draws locals. Thursday night is Midways night for singing. Coy Gray suffers sinus issues under Dr Wallace care. Geneva Peters and Diane spent the weekend in town.
A passage recalls a question about helping a man, then states the Hercules moth has a wingspan of eight to eleven inches, illustrating a detail from the science discussion about the moth.
Morgan County Miss Lorene Forrentine Illness improves at a Birmingham hospital. Local and neighboring families move, visit, and host gatherings. Residents travel for work, care, and holidays, with multiple mentions of Blevins, Hogan, Turrentine, Staples, Minor, and Bond families attending events and hosting relatives.
Friends mourn the death of Graham Banks after a two year illness. He was buried in the Veterans cemetery in Portland Oregon. He was the son of the late Dr and Mrs W H Banks of Decatur and spent much of his life in Dallas Texas and Portland Oregon. He is survived by his wife two sons W G Banks and John Banks a daughter Mrs William Summerson a brother W H Banks two sisters Mrs George A Wall and Mrs Mary Banks Terrill several grandchildren and other relatives.
An estimated $10,000 fire caused heavy damage to the West Blocton Baptist church yesterday. Volunteer firefighters battled the blaze in a heavy rain, damaging part of the auditorium and three rear rooms. Sunday school records were destroyed. church records were not in the building per church clerk Willie H White. An unrelated statistic notes about one million Americans are permanently disabled by rheumatic diseases.
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