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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1949
Page
10
New York humorist HAL BOYLE recounts how his secretary Laurie cleans his cluttered desk, forcing a purge that echoes his wife Frances s fur coat fund. The washed desk becomes neat but empty, and Boyle muses on secrets, work life, and the return of chaos as the secretary departs.
George McLean editor of the Tupelo Journal will be the principal speaker at the second annual meeting of the Hartselle Chamber of Commerce. The event starts Thursday at seven in the Morgan County high school cafeteria with President Marvin Bradley presiding. Merrill Doss serves as secretary.
The Columbia Grand Opera Quartet performs in Riverside auditorium Friday February 4 at 8 P M as the feature of the Decatur Community Concert series. The group, in its seventh season, features Genevieve Rowe soprano and Arthur Kent baritone with Helen Olheim mezzo and William Hain tenor.
Cotaco High School released its first and second honor roll lists Saturday. The first honor roll includes seniors Myrla Russell Joan Garrison Johnnie Lou Hough and Ella Russell plus other seniors and juniors such as Donald Bowen Bobby Andrews Wylodine Sharp and Virginia Johnson. The second honor roll lists numerous seniors and juniors including Virginia Turney Patsy Sanders Mary Virginia Russell Homer Fields James Roberts Ruth Morris and many others.
Mrs. Marie Tucker of the Alabama motorists association said warning signals and gates should be timed to the fastest trains to avoid long waits for motorists. She noted slow freights cause delays and tempt motorists to cross, naming Mae Nelson, Doris Terrell, T. P. Turney, Charles Whitten, Doris Payne, and Nancy Winton.
Limestone County votes $11,000 for a new twelve county tuberculosis sanitarium to be built at Flint south of Decatur. The funding, promised two years ago, was affirmed by the current board, allowing active steps to begin.
The Danville Community School Improvement Association held its regular meeting led by President Mrs. Lewis Sims. New officers were elected for the year, including President Mrs. William Lindsey and others, with an FFA band program and eighth grade earning the floating prize for parent attendance.
Public health warning style ad touts SSS Tonic as a cure for non organic nutritional anemia and low blood strength. It claims to boost red blood cell production and improve appetite energy sleep mood and skin color with a dramatic, one size fits all endorsement. It cites medical analysis and millions of bottles sold.
The forestry class from Oak wood Negro College of Huntsville visited Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge on January 13. They learned about the refuge’s purpose and took a field trip over Flint Creek Island, observing several thousand ducks and geese. A general invitation was extended for all classes to visit the refuge.
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