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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1946

Page

14

Local church schedules announce services across Wadsworth area

Wadsworth Street and Sixteenth Avenue churches list morning worship led by Pastor L C Radford with Sunday School 9 45 and Training Union at 6 15. Evening services at 7 30. First Christian East Moulton with Robert Glenn minister offers 9 45 Sunday School 11 00 worship and 6 30 Youth Fellowship. First Presbyterian Oak and East Vine Schools 9 45 11 00 worship with Young and Coleman. Oakland Chapel at 3 00. Youth Fellowship 7 00. Evening service 8 00. Sixth Avenue Church of God led by Rev R F Miller has 9 45 Sunday School, 11 00 worship, 2 30 dedication, 6 30 Crusaders and 7 30 evening service. St John’s Episcopal East Gordon Drive conducts 9 45 School, 11 00 Holy Communion and sermon, with further services at St Timothy’s Athens and St Peter’s Wilder Place.

Wadsworth Street Sixteenth Avenue L. C. Radford Paul McCluskey S. S Cora Feild Bro. Radford Acts Union First Christian East First Presbyterian Oak East Vine Streets W. W. Glass William B. Young Wilmer Hall A. J. Coleman W. B. Young Oakland Chapel Tanner Young Sixth Avenue Church OF God R. F. Miller Lee Billions Christian Crusaders Power of God ST. John’s Episcopal Gordon Drive Jackson Street Eugene Marsden Chapman St. Timothy's Church Athens St.Peter’s Mission Wilder Place Church of the Epiphany Guntersville St. John’s Service League

R D Underwood Bible Services Schedule

Reverend R D Underwood directs a Bible study at 9 33 a m with morning worship and sermon at 10 45 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m Midweek Bible classes are held Wednesday at 7 30 p m.

R. D. Underwood

St. Paul’s Lutheran Sherman and Fourth Ave

Rev. W. F. Schoech pastors parish at Sherman Street and Fourth Avenue with contact listed by phone for church affairs and guidance.

ST. Paul’s Lutheran Sherman St Fourth Ave W. F. Schoech

Sunday School and Worship Schedule at Canal and Lafayette Streets

Sunday School at 9 30 a m Divine worship at 10 30 a m Sermon text Matthew 8 5 13 sermon topic The Searching Question Have I True Faith Voters assembly at 2 00 p m Thursday 7 30 p m Lutheran Women s Missionary League Church School 9 30 a m general superintendent F O Smith Morning worship 11 o clock visiting minister Sermon Methodist Youth Fellowship and Junior League 6 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m Clean memorial lot Thursday 2 00 p m Evangelism fellowship prayer Friday 7 45 p m at Horace Levin home Rev G M Davenport leader Young People meet Saturday night basement church

Voters Assembly Luthern Women’s Missionary League Canal LaFayette T. L. McDonald F. O. Smith Methodist Methodist Fellowship of Eangelism Horace Levin G. M. Davenport

Central Methodist Church Weekly Services and Meetings

Reverend G M Davenport leads morning worship and sermons on Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled and Angels of Summer with evening service. church events include Young People gathering and choir rehearsal. W S C S circles meet Monday at 3 and 4 pm, with children classes at 3 pm. Wesleyan Guild postponed. notices from Paul Roberts Pleas Manley and Edmond D Keith Associates. Additional church notices list Bible study, training unions, prayer meetings, and guest speaker Bro Oscar Norton from Mount Dora Florida.

Central Methodist G. M. Davenport W. R. Duncan Ben Britnell Vernon McGwier Wesleyan Service Guild Fourth Avenue Grant Street Paul Roberts Ere Pleas Manley Edmond D. Keith Foy Short Oscar Norton Mount Dora Fla

Westminster Presbyterian Weekly Schedule of Services

Westminster Presbyterian lists Sunday School at 9 40 a m morning worship and communion at 11 00 a m sermons by Rev John A Troxler and Wednesday choir practice at 8 15 p m.

Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School John A. Troxler

Company F to Attend Camp for Alabama State Guard

Forty men from Company F based in Decatur will depart July 28 for Dauphin Island near Mobile for what may be the militia's last encampment before the National Guard returns. Regiments schedule varied camps across July, with total attendance estimated at 1,700 to 1,800 by Adjutant General George Cleere. Capt. R. B. Freeman to command during the stay. list of unit personnel follows.

Alabama State Guard Decatur Dauphins Land Mobile National Guard R. B. Freeman South Alabama George Cleere Dauphin Island Freeman F. McRae Herndon Louis Nelson W. J. Mittewede O. J. Sheppard Carmen Taylor Howard E. Lovelady C. B. Slayton Ben Summer G. C. Kirkpatrick Cook A.R. Breeding E. B Rainey Harey L. Cloud Robert C. Borden James D. Edgeman Simon R. Garrison Joe B. Gray James W. Jennings Harrold L. Ryan E. J. Norwood Carl Lee W. H. Sanders John D. Swatzell Billie Joe Terry Benny King Randall L. Terry Elbert L. Wiggins Leon E.eene Horton W. L. Fretwell W. T. Gunn R. E. Reynolds L. J. D. McCullar Leon L. Smith W. C Terry W. L. Terry Felton Terry H. J. Walker F. L. Wilhoite

Arnall predicts Carmichael to win Georgia governorship

Governor Ellis Arnall publicly named James W. Carmichael as his successor and cited straw polls from the University of Georgia Tech Mercer and other colleges plus a survey by the Georgia Justices and Constables Association showing Carmichael leading 44 to 39 against Talmadge. Arnall warned that straw votes reflect winds of change blowing against demagogues and entrenched politicians.

Atlanta Ellis Arnall James V. Carmichael Georgia Arnall Carmichael Cobb County James W. Carmichael University of Georgia Georgia Tech Georgia State College For Women Mercer University Lon Sullivan Director of Public Safety E. D. Rivers Rutherford Ellis Talmadge Georgia Justices and Constables Association Rivers

Flying Trip Ends In Haleyville Visit By Benefields

Cape Girardeau resident J W Benefield Jr with his wife and 4 year old son flew in a low wing Fairchild to Haleyville to visit his mother and sister Mrs J W Benefield and Virginia. The group landed at John Lakeman airfield after a circling signal and the elder Benefield praised the airfield and landing. Benefield, a 10 year pilot and former University of Alabama instructor, now teaches at Cape Girardeau airfield. his family travels widely including a trip to Evansville Indiana last weekend.

J. W. Benefield Jr Cape Girardeau Haleyville Missouri Fairchild John Lakeman Benefield Lakeman University of Alabama Navy Evansville Indiana Jimmy

Unions Report State Totals and Guard Line-Items

Alabama labor unions report a total membership of 90 757 and 2 477 337 in dues and charges with exemptions for railway act groups and small unions under 25 members. The State Guard, formed in wartime, will disband as the National Guard returns next year.

Montgomery Ala Alabama State Labor Department W. Emmett Brooks

Diamond drill bit history linked to Swiss inventor

The Dr. 4 dates to its early use for various tasks around 10th century origins, tracing back to a Swiss engineer who devised the diamond drill bit. The note highlights the invention as a milestone in precision drilling technology.

Jefferson founded the first state university in Virginia

The note asserts that Thomas Jefferson established the University of Virginia as the first state university in the United States, highlighting Jefferson’s role in founding higher education in Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson United States University of Virginia

1947 Alabama lawmakers seek 50 bills pre session

Montgomery July 6 Some 50 bills are being drafted for introduction by the state's Legislative Reference Service. Director Alex Power says the draft work will intensify as the general assembly convenes in the coming months.

Montgomery Ala State Legislative Reference Service Alex Powe General Assembly

Austen's First Four Novels Published Anonymously

Jane Austen's debut works appeared without author name, published in the early 19th century. The anonymous releases included Sense and Sensibility along with Pride and Prejudice and two other early novels, shaping responses to her evolving literary voice.

Jane Austen

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