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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1945

Page

7

Bridge Luncheon Hosts and Social Roundup in Knox Te n

Mrs. B. M. Bloodworth hosts a bridge luncheon with guests from Knoxville and nearby towns. Visiting guests include Mrs. Wyker and Mrs. Ny alter Sanders of Newnan Ga. Others named attendees and hostesses from Jackson, Florence, Madison and Jasper attended multiple luncheons at Hotel Lyons and at private homes.

D. Wyker H. D. Barnum Will. Wyker Knox- Te, Tenn Will Wyker Ferry Eet Will Wyker Sr Wilson Orr Barrettelton Wyker Ny Alter D. Sanders Newnan William Woods Galveston Oday Texas Terry L. Moore Jr Ng Wite Madison Wisc Orfirdharles Tweedy Jr Jasper F. S. Hunt Sr Lyons Walter D. Sanders James E. King Cecil. Carey Jackson Noble Russell Pinckney Previtt Tom Guyton John Davis Barrett Shelton Carter Dobbs Lewis C. Brown Richard Parr Rex-Pou Will Wyker Jr Knoxville, Tenn John D Wyker Florence Terry L. Moore Frank Richardson, Jr Mooresville Maynard Layman

Genuine Everfast 3pc Play Suit in Sizes 10 to 20

Three piece play suit set by Everfast includes shorts halter and skirt. Available in sizes 10 through 20 priced at 10.56.

Everfast

Wrap Tie Sunsuit Pattern 4845 by Anne Adams

Mother's hot weather sewing tip features wrap and tie sunsuit with bonnet. Pattern 4845 offers Toddler sizes 1 to 5, no side seams or buttons, cap curls, instructions list fabric needs and price. Mail twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York for size and style number.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept P. O Station O New York 11 N. Y

Misses Patricia and Ashley Long Visit In Birmingham

Social news notes Patricia and Ashley Long returning to Birmingham after visiting Miss Elizabeth Calvin. Other visitors include Staff Szt and Mrs. Sam Prestwood of Gainesville Texas en route to Virginia, and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Steele hosting Memorial Services for Sgt. Frank H. Kirby Jr. in Anniston.

Patricia Ashley Long Birmingham Elizabeth Calvin Sam Prestwood Gainesville Texas A.C. McKenna Points Virginia William H. Steele Anniston Frank H. Kirby Frank H. Kirby, Jr First Presbyterian Church Ann ,Yeatman Mrs Joe Hagler Elizabeth Ann. Eyster Jasper Ala Charles H. Eyster Miss Eyster Lamar Eyster

Local Marriages and Property Transfers Listed in Morgan County

Morgan County records show multiple marriage licenses for individuals in Decatur and surrounding towns including William Calif and Delphia Cash, Basil Alldredge and Louis Hill, James Lockett and Hester Mangrum, James Hale and Florence Williams, and others. Real estate deeds include transfers such as Lauren Garrison to C. G. Julian for 800 dollars and J. E. Andredger to Emmett Bennett for 500 dollars, with several additional parcel changes and associated names.

Morgan County William Calif Delphia Leona Cash Decatur Basil Eugene Alldredge Falkville Louis Beatrice Hill James Lockett Madison Hester Mae Mangrum Joseph—Pruenal Johnstown Ethel Mae Orr Hartselle Will. Harris, Jr Rendie Brown Irvin Thurston - Watkins Richmond Arlan Hale Lacon Florence Louise Williams John Paul Weston Ingrid Elvira Anderson Chicago William Harold Atkinson Barbara Lee Blackwell Arthur Jackson Smith, Jr Winogene Weinman Therman Lovey Cossairt Burr Oak Michigan Atha -Ann Eubanks Lauren Lorraine Garrison C. G. Julian E. C. Lemmond Inez O. Gurley H. C. Lemmond J. EE. Andredger Emmett Bennett Leland King Eva. King F. J. Otte W. G. Breeding Thomas M. Spence W. D. Manor Mary C

Bryan reelected Birmingham school superintendent

Andrew H. Knight president of the Jefferson County Board of Education announces the reelection of Dr. John E. Bryan as superintendent of Jefferson County Schools since 1926 to another three year term. The announcement comes from Birmingham dated June 30.

Birmingham Ala John E. Bryan Jefferson County Andrew H. Knight County Board of Education

Money Transfers and Real Estate Deals Listed

A Decatur ledger item lists multiple transfers and payments including Alice B Teague to Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church for 3500 dollars and City of Decatur to James Walter Storie for 325 dollars. Other entries show various individuals buying or paying sums ranging from 1 to 3500 dollars, including J F Dean to A N Mitchell 850 dollars and Fred E Van Horn to W T Clements 3500 dollars.

Ee A. Ryan L.C

Educational attainment among African Americans in the United States

The data show 41 percent of Black Americans had less than a fifth grade education 4.1 percent completed high school and 1.2 percent finished four years of college in a historical snapshot of educational progress.

United States

Truman fills cabinet posts with four new appointees

President Truman installs Clinton Anderson as agriculture secretary Lewis Schwellenbach as labor secretary Robert Hannegan as postmaster general Tom Clark as attorney general and James F. Byrnes named secretary of state in Kansas City reflecting a western shift in the administration.

Washington Truman Agriculture, Labor, Justice Post Office James F. B Kansas City Clinton P Anderson New Mexico Claude Wickard Lewis B. Schwellenbach Federal District Court Frances Perkins Roosevelt Robert E. Hannegan St Louis National Democratic Committee Post Office Department Frank Walker Tom Clark Texas Department of Justice Francis Biddle West Southwest

Parma Outpost Named by Emperor Julia Augusta

A fragment notes Parma as a Roman outpost named Parma by Emperor Julia Augusta. The brief mentions Colnia Julia Auc ugustus Parma as a designation during imperial naming.

Parma Colnia Julia Aucugustus Parma-by

Wang Mang's land nationalization and peasant shares

In about 1 A D Emperor Wang Mang nationalized Chinese land and divided it into equal shares for the peasantry, restructuring property ownership and rural wealth distribution.

Wang Mang

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