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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
8
Lawrence county officials announce the annual state examination for teachers will be held at Lawrence County High School in Moulton starting at 10 a m on the third Monday in July. Few applicants are expected as many teachers train through normal and college courses.
Judge James B. Ruhl of Cleveland says reconciliations have risen four thousand percent this year while he handles about 100 cases weekly. Ralph De Palma reaches his twenty second consecutive year as a professional automobile race driver.
Forty years ago in 1889 Americans witnessed landmark speed feats in ships and trains while voyage times stirred public awe. The City of Paris failed to beat the Etruria record, and an English train reached 60 miles per hour as editors predicted faster limits. Notable figures—Bismarck Kaiser Gladstone Parnell Leo XIII—made aging or rising headlines as Edwin Booth faced paralysis and a mind reader died in New York. Advertising poetry, romance, and patent cures crossed daily life as moustaches remained a macho badge amid czars sending convicts to Siberia.
The itinerary of Rev. R. I. Tyler presiding elder for the Decatur district conferences was released. He will preach at Sanderson chapel on Saturday at 11 AM and hold a conference in the afternoon, then preach Sunday at 11 AM and 9 PM at Moulton with quarterly conference, at First Methodist in town Monday for quarterly conference, Tuesday at Athens First Methodist, Wednesday at Hamby Vinemont for 11 AM sermon and afternoon conference, then Wednesday night quarterly conference at Hartselle First Methodist.
The St. John's Episcopal Church Guild held the first of three special meetings Monday afternoon at Mrs. W. B. Edmundson's Wilder Place home. Mrs. Thos. Hodson presided as attendees discussed summer and fall activities and were welcomed by Mrs. Edmundson and Mrs. Roy Horton. Fight vacation camps for farm women are to be conducted in Vermont this year.
The article honors William G. McKain a charter member of Talucah Tribe No. 33 IOOF Red Men. It notes his June 26 death in Decatur his respected life among community members and his strong but quiet faith as he rests among elder warriors in the Eternal hunting grounds.
The women’s Bible class of St. John’s Episcopal Church offers a home study course for members unable to attend the Sunday session. Directed by Mrs. Charles H. Eyster, the program keeps them on the roll while Rector Rev. Peter M. Dennis continues the Apocrypha lectures at 10:00 a.m. on Sundays, inviting both Men’s and Women’s Bible classes to attend at St. John’s Church on Sunday July 7.
The Junior Order United American Mechanics plans an installation at Winona Council hall at 8 pm for Albany and Austinville lodges. Melvin Hutson and Horace M Layman will speak on duties of an officer and advances of the order. Supper at 9. Also notes on the dry crank case oil cooling method.
Two new oil pools were discovered accidentally near San Angelo Texas as operators drilled to dispose of waste salt in shallow sand. The find occurred during routine disposal operations and marks a notable subsurface discovery in the region.
Tom Haynes a 54 year old farmer from the Gay community was struck by lightning while stacking hay four miles from Cullman. He stood in a wet spot with a pitchfork in hand and was killed instantly. Survived by his wife several children and two brothers. Funeral arrangements not announced.
The staff of the Believolent Hospital will meet in regular session Tuesday evening.
John Ballas, well known local resident, slipped while helping remove a casket from a train at Union Station and fractured his left arm. He was removed to Benevolent Hospital for treatment.
An abandoned jail at Crown Point Center in New York is being remodeled to serve as a residence for a local citizen who has purchased the disused structure.
The local weather bureau reported a 24 hour period ending at 7 am with a high of 89 degrees and a low of 69 as holiday merrymakers sought forecasts.
The Aero Club of France circulated 3,000 people to gauge interest in buying an airplane for $2,000 or less. Only 72 favored it.
Samuel Berek of Fremont Nebraska who had studied at a Lutheran college and a Catholic university now plans to enroll at Hebrew Union College to pursue rabbinic studies.
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