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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
2
Local notes report visits among families in Hartselle Huntsville and nearby towns. Residents George McCutcheon and family seek eye treatment in Huntsville. Visitors include Miss Vera Fowler Miss Grace Oden and others from Arab Manchester and Decatur with social gatherings at Bartee Spring and Florette homes.
Local residents share visits and travel notes with neighbors from Decatur Huntsville Guntersville and Arab News mentions measles in the area and court visits with Sheriff Davis and others. Multiple family gatherings and weekend trips highlight social ties in Union Grove and surrounding towns.
The article notes Conrad Black visiting Lacey's Spring Saturday afternoon. Highway improvements now extend gravel from the river southward to the Morgan Marshal county line. Arnold Kay also visited Huntsville Sunday afternoon.
Rev J P Wade of Mt Zion celebrated his 91st birthday with a June 27 lunch attended by about 150 relatives and friends. Nearby ministers preached and sang. attendees included Edna Wade and Herman Casteel families. Community notes mention dry weather, visits, and plans for Harmony singing convention.
Union Grove news item lists Reverend L F Campbell of Arab delivering services, and many local residents visiting relatives and hosting guests over a weekend. It mentions Mrs E C Steadham returning home, multiple family visits to Union Hill and Brownsboro, and trips to Huntsville and Decatur.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Grantland and children visit from Decatur over the weekend. Ruby Campbell is home and improving after surgery at Baughs. The Kid Harp sang at Red Oak Grove drawing a large crowd. Albert Hough and children visit from Lacey's Spring. Dewny Day and son were weekend guests. Griffin returns home to Natural Bridge after a week with Webley Tabscott. Ernest Greer and Seldon Day with son in community Sunday. Lottie and Ollie Louise Turney visit from Waldermose.
J M Crawford spent Sunday with his brother W T Crawford. Monroe Martin of Gum Pond visited his uncle H H McKee.
An advertisement urges readers to improve vitality by a thorough Calotabs regimen to purify the entire system. It claims Nature supports perfect purification and suggests a twice weekly course to rid chronic ailments.
Miss Loretta Edwards spent the weekend with Miss Estelle Lips comb and Miss Verna Satterfield. Visitors from Arab included Mr and Mrs J T Knight. Others visiting Atlanta Birmingham and Lake City residents noted. The Lacey's Spring Epworth League held a Bartee Spring picnic with numerous names on the Tennessee river outing.
Louise Robinson circle of the Young People's Missionary Society at First Methodist church met Monday afternoon at three at the home of Mrs H L Brown.
Readable crossword fragment lists clues and partial answers across categories from Feminine name lignite to Bitter vetch. Includes numbers 1 18 28 38 48 64 65 suggesting grid positions and a mix of historical and geographic references. The legibility is limited by OCR noise yet preserves key clues and some proper nouns for puzzle solving.
Sunday attendees from here joined in ball games at Nesmith. Mr and Mrs Persall of near Addison visited their daughter Mrs Euell Blair. G W Thomas and children stayed with relatives in Lawrenceburg Tenn. J Maddox visited grandfather on Sand Mountain near Boaz. Mollie Turrentine and Mrs Robert Turrentine with children visited the Hogans near Missionary Grove. Cora Moore was guest of Emma Ethridge. Several plan to attend the Friendship singing Sunday. Walker Blair visited his wife's parents South. Arthur Bryant visited Sardis.
A physician extols swimming as the best all around exercise it activates more muscles than running and imposes less heart strain. It helps weight reduction and increases energy use. notes the role of simple sugars like orange juice and honey in fueling muscles. A section on fatigue explains oxygen's key role, with a promotion for Dr. Clendening pamphlets.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Moore were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Powell Saturday afternoon as Tremble held a picnic and baseball games.
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