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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1948
Page
7
The Southeast Hartselle Home Demonstration Club and the Cedar Creek baseball club sponsor a picnic Saturday July 10 at the Cedar Creek ballpark in Stewart Thompson's pasture southeast of Hartselle. Ball games and entertainments are planned with a noon picnic. Families should bring a picnic basket and spread.
The Clements drug store at 1424 Sixth Avenue East begins formal opening today and tomorrow. Manager is a registered pharmacist with a BS in pharmacy from Howard College. The store offers a full drug and prescription department, a soda fountain and grill, light lunches, candy, magazines, curb and delivery service. Manager Clements is a Decatur high school graduate 1938 and a four year Navy veteran with two years in the Mediterranean.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Danville met at Mrs. Guy Smith's home. President Mrs. William Lindsey led, with singing directed by Mrs. Arthur Lee and a devotional by Lindsey. A program on "The Christian, Alcohol, and Public Health" followed, then benediction and a salad course.
A speaker expresses willingness to risk life for General Bradley and lauds him as a war leader who hates war, values peace, and would rather avoid future conflict. She notes Bradley's empathy for soldiers, his desire for a world agency to prevent war, and his proven experience issuing decisive orders.
DeWitt Mackenzie argues the Berlin food blockade by the Soviets is a coercive move to push democracies from the city. He notes Washington London and Paris have confronted Moscow, calling Canada and five Western European nations into talks on possible military support and bloc unity.
A new business opens at 602 Sixth Avenue named Fowler Battery & Supply Co. Proprietor E. L. Fowler operates Excello batteries manufactured in Columbus Georgia. Fowler, a Morgan County native, returns home after years in Columbus.
Boston July 7 Dobbs the ace distance runner strained his left Achilles tendon in yesterday's race and may miss the final Olympic tryouts in Chicago on Saturday.
The world’s shortest subway operates in a 760 foot tunnel between the Capitol and the Senate Office Building in Washington DC.
The piece lauds Gen Omar Nelson Bradley Army chief of staff as the ideal commander. It highlights his role in Allied victory from El Guettar to the Elbe and his rare blend of duty and character. The author praises Bradley as a model of leadership and integrity.
Union Hill School hosts a box and pie supper on Saturday night July 10 1948. Events include games cakewalks fishpond and a best looking girl and ugly man contest with hillbilly band music. Sponsored by the baseball team for community fun.
July 7 report from Montgomery says Gov Folsom appoints John R. Formby of Deatsville as Elmore county superintendent of education. He succeeds the late C R Welden of Wetumpka who died.
Formby secured a nomination in the latest Democratic primary marking a key step toward the party's upcoming campaign. The result positions Formby for the general election as party supporters rally behind the candidate.
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