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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
8
Lois Sanders hosted a quilting party with relatives and friends including Lizzie Powell and many others. Visits and weekend gatherings appear across Morgan County with residents visiting Center Grove, Decatur, and nearby towns.
A strand of glass is described as 15 times finer than human hair and possessing tensile strength greater than steel, highlighting exceptional strength and extreme thinness in a single material.
Lt. Col. William D. Gilchrist of Courtland will leave Eglin Air Force Base Florida after two and a half years as public information officer to attend a five month course at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk Virginia starting February 5 1951 He is a 1938 Auburn Alabama Polytechnic Institute graduate and has held multiple posts from Maxwell Field to Eglin and Spence Field His career includes actions in North Africa Sicily and Europe and he holds the Air Medal two campaign ribbons and the European African Middle Eastern ribbons among others He is married to the former Louis Hitch of Orlando Florida and has three children
Historical notes mention the Christmas Island atoll covering 184 square miles. The Romans utilized ice to chill drinks and preserve foods, illustrating early ice storage practices.
A church gathering drew a large crowd as Reverend Partridge delivered a message. Local families including Mr. and Mrs Herbert Cole and relatives were mentioned visiting Cullman and nearby areas. Several residents reported illness or recovery while others visited kin and friends over the weekend.
Auburn Alabama January 19. Bids for construction of an education building on the Auburn campus will be considered today by the board of trustees. The board may award a contract. The project is estimated at 400000 dollars and will house the entire school of education.
The Alabama democratic executive committee shifted its Saturday meeting to Montgomery city auditorium from the Jefferson Davis hotel ballroom to allow more spectators. Chairman Gessner Tee said the move responds to demand for attendance as the panel sets candidate qualifications for the spring primaries and debates barring prospective candidates who opposed state rights nominees in 1948.
Reverend J W Henderson filled his Harmony appointment on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Herman Heaps and children visited relatives. Major Cole and spouse celebrated 25th anniversary with J W Henderson and others present. Mrs Shirley Welborn hospitalized after surgery. best wishes for recovery. Nell Cole wed Hollie Shelton in Iluka Mississippi. The Amazon is described as the world’s largest river by volume.
Federal Judge B S Matthews refused to restore U S citizenship to a Cleveland born woman who lived in Hungary since 1925. She testified she always claimed American nationality but voted in a Hungarian election in 1946. The judge rejected her claim that voting was compelled by fear of jail or loss of ration cards and that she voted anti Communist.
A large crowd attended Sunday school in Conway. Families and visitors, including Dr. and Mrs. Howert of Decatur and Mrs. B. C. Compton, shared dinners with local residents. Grady Waters is employed at the Sheffield aluminum plant. Mrs. Vera Mae Compton improves after measles. The district saw several neighborly visits and moved gatherings at various homes.
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