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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1950

Page

7

Dollar Gain in County Sales Outpace State October

Morgan county retail sales for October rose 12.7 percent over September with retail concerns contributing 75.9 percent of total sales and increases in hardware farm implement stores clothing stores and general merchandise stores. Wholesale concerns and service establishments also posted gains while several non retail categories declined. The Alabama statewide retail sales rose 20 percent from September.

Morgan County Bureau of Business Research of The University of Alabama H. H. Chapman State Department of Revenue Alabama Ae Rea Taneereteee Weseneeeee

Cullman clubs urge March of Dimes drive county wide

Entre Amies club members voted to assist the March of Dimes campaign in January 1931 with Mrs. Sidney Morrow named county campaign director. The drive targets all county areas including East Point Oak Level Berlin Center Point Holly Pond Redan and numerous other communities with coordinators named for each location.

Entre Amies Club Sidney Morrow Cullman County Morrow Entre Amies D.O. McKay Carol ‘Eddins East Point Oak Level Berlin Center Point Holly Pond Redan Conrad Howard —Kelley Mt. View Gold Ridge Providence Fairview Enon County Line John King Simcoe Nion Grove Antioch Birdsong Ellis Burns White City Center Hill Oak Grove River Bend Garden City Raymond Yest Arkadelphia Goodwin Athens Ardell Edgar Zeigler Battleground West Point Longview Ebenezer Harry Fuller Baldwin Bethel Crane Hill Jones Chapel Logan Larry McPher

Decatur area shows mixed business activity in December

The report notes 19.5 percent and 30.3 percent readings for unclassified concerns and other indicators of activity. Bank debits postal receipts demand deposits and job applications rose since September while declines appeared in building permits savings deposits postal savings mortgage recordings and nonagricultural placements.

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Community Woman Drive Seeks Support Across Cullman Area

Mrs Call and Mrs Art Reid lead a wide fund drive with twenty Entre Amies yore members organizing campaigns in Son Mount Zion Dowling Flat Rock Wheat and other communities. Ladies like Mrs Blair Hayes and Mrs Henry Howle handle study groups and publicity as rural Cullman County communities join the effort. Three iron lungs on display at Ponder's department store highlight the campaign's urgency.

Mt. Zion Dowling Flat Rock Wheat Cal. Leeth Vinemont North Pleasant Ridge Oscar Dunlap Hanceville Roy Jordan Valley Springs Ralph Jenkins Trimble Good Hope Frances McPherson Grandview Prospect Pleasant Hill Sims Central James ‘Call Art Reid Cullman Blair Hayes Henry Howle Entre -Amies Morrow Cullman County Voight Culpepper Bolte Welts Walter Unity J. C. Chambliss Grove Black Grove McMurray New Prospect Colony Terrell. Underwood Valley _ Grove Wenzel Brushy Bend Brier Pond Cold Springs Helen Jones George Stiefelmeyer Yost Dunlap Ponder’s Department Store

Engaged: Joyce Virginia Robertson to Luther Thomas Robertson Jr

Mrs Ruth Robertson Griffin of Cullman announces the engagement of her daughter Joyce Virginia to Luther Thomas Robertson Jr of Bessemer son of L T Robertson and the late Mrs Robertson. The bride elect is descended from Hon M L Robertson and the Parker family pioneer citizens.

Cullman Couple Planned with Howard College Ties

The prospective groom is L T Robertson of Bessemer, ex Army Air Corps veteran with a Howard University BA last June, member of Signa Nu Fraternity and Masquers. The bride to be is the daughter of the late J R Griffin and a Cullman High School graduate who studied pharmacy at Howard College and held leadership roles in Alpha Delta Pi, Pan Hellenic Council, and other student activities.

Ter J. R Griffin Cullman Cullman High ‘School Howard College Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Kappa Chapter Pan Hellenic Council American Pharmaceutical Association Sweet Heart Pi Kappa Phi Robertson L. T. Robertson Bessemer Army Air Corps Officers Reserve Corps Howard Signa Nu Fraternity Masquers Pi Gamma

Marriage Licenses List From Cullman County

A catalog of marriage licenses showing William Edward Henderson to Dorothy Jean Haynes, John Henry Bailey to Betty Lou Wright, Robert Total Boltle to Frances Marjorie Harris, Frederick Palmer Pressnell to Trevah Hardene Rushing, Herbert William Huffstuttler to Helen Frances Mayhall, James Thomas Graves to Winette Shipman, and Jacob Posey Knight to an unnamed partner, all recorded in Cullman area.

William Edward Henderson Crane Hill Dorothy Jean Haynes Cullman John Henry Bailey Eva Betty Lou Wright Robert Total Boltle Frances Marjorie Harris

Fuller announces birth and local illnesses

Dr and Mrs Dwight Fuller announce the birth of a son Dwight Monday January 2 at Cullman hospital. Charlie Sandlin is seriously ill in Cullman hospital. Mrs V P Hughes underwent an appendectomy at Cullman hospital Sunday and is recovering nicely. Mrs Robert Rosson has been ill at home.

Dwight Fuller Cullman Hospital Dwight Charlie Sandlin Robert Rosson

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