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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1963
Page
5
Dear Editor letter from the Garden Club of Alabama laments billboard lobbying and federal preemption over sign limits. The piece notes federal offers of highway funding incentives tied to billboard restrictions and cites Kennedy era delays extending deadlines to June 30, 1963.
Tips include wrapping moth balls in wire mesh to deter birds, hanging pinch pleats to form naturally with clips, and air drying dresses on hangers to reduce ironing. Readers share personal matches for hair care, paint removal with butter, and using a wire masher for decorating meat loaf and piecrust edges.
The Garden Club of Alabama seeks a 1 percent federal bonus by pushing billboard control on three interstate routes totaling 875 miles. A bill drafted for the May legislative session aims to restrict advertising along new Interstate and Defense highways, with letters urging Governor Wallace and state lawmakers to support the measure.
A letter from Barrett Shelton in Decatur Daily is confirmed as from Moulton Alabama dated January 4 1963 expressing strong agreement with ideas in the editorials. The writer signs as Mr or unnamed.
Hartselle reports soil testing is easy and cheap with one box of top soil, and a laboratory fee of $1 per sample. County agent says now is a good time as fieldwork slows to prepare for cotton, corn, and pasture needs.
HARTSELLE The newest Farmers Tax Guide is available at the county agent Charles Rutledge announced. He noted the tax provisions closely resemble last year with two new items casualty provision and a seven percent investment credit on purchases of new equipment after June 30.
Clark Hodgins commends efforts to accelerate progress in this industrial report, acknowledging steady work and cooperation across the region.
The schedule lists routes through January with stops at Southwest Center Negro School from 9:15 to 10, Clements with Pat Shaw, Grocery from 10:30 to 10:50, Clements Bridges' Stores 11 to 11:20, Clements School 11:30 to 1, Oakland Fred Sim's Store 1:15 to 1:30. The roster includes multiple stops and times for the bookmobile visit.
Child pickup and activity times listed: Pleasant Point School at 1:45 to 2:30, Oakland Webb's Store 2:40 to 3, O'Neal Lapington Grocery 3:10 to 3:30.
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