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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1940
Page
7
A ring eclipse will sweep April 7 from West Texas to Florida, shadowing parts of the United States to the Alaskan southern border and reaching the Arctic circle in Canada. The sun will appear as a narrow ring around the moon due to the lunar distance.
The State Fiddlers convention will be held here Saturday night in Empire Alabama with attendees expected from several nearby towns to showcase traditional tunes and regional talent.
In Jasper Alabama nine days after birth the Short quadruplets Faith Hope Charity and their brother Franklin receive four teaspoons of milk every two hours totaling six ounces daily a physician says. The infants weighed just over three pounds at birth and had each lost about an ounce last week but are expected to gain weight from now on.
Final rites for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leland McCravy were conducted at 2 p m Monday at the home by Rev Tom McConnell. The baby died Sunday afternoon. Burial was in Mitchell Cemetery Lauderdale County with Drinkard in charge. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Smith McCravy and Mrs Emma Havey.
Dr. Claude Bowen pastor of the First Baptist Church Opeliika received the Junior Chamber of Commerce award for outstanding community service in 1939. The presentation was made by Judge John Thomas Frazier.
A marble tablet honoring Gov. George S. Houston who served Alabama in the 1870s will be unveiled in the state capitol rotunda tomorrow. Presented by a Montgomery U D C chapter the dedication will be led by W Hill Robinson a capital lawyer.
In Biloxi Mississippi yesterday a car crashed into a post killing Shirley Brown 15 of Birmingham Alabama and Raymond Holley 20 of Biloxi. The victims were identified as the daughter of H A Brown and the son of Anson Holley.
J. M. Miller, age 72, longtime Etowah County Democratic leader and two term state legislator, died in Gadsden yesterday. Funeral services were planned for this afternoon.
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