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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1948

Page

3

Decatur Civitan Club Admits Five New Members

The Decatur Civitan Club held its noon meeting at the Lyons Hotel as five new members W F Frazier Letson Russell R L Penn Louis Blizzard and William E Sherman were welcomed with literature buttons and scrolls. Alvis Briscoe presented the scrolls and explained the three Civitan aims Fellowship Citizenship Knowledge and Service.

Decatur Civitan Club Lyons Hotel W. F. Frazier Letson Russell R. L. Penn Louis Blizzard William E. Sherman Civitan Alvis Briscoe North Alabama Hill Woodard Hugh Cothren Anniston Cothren George A. Rice Ben Welch Memphis Tenn Newton B. Powell Exchange Furniture Co East Moulton Street

Bible School opens Monday at Berea Baptist Church

The vacation Bible school at Berea Baptist Church begins Monday July 12 at 2 00 PM. Children of the community are invited to attend and participate in the daily sessions and activities.

Bible School Berea Berea Baptist Church

Penthouse Farmer Tells Orchid Happiness In City Roof Garden

A New York rooftop farmer on an eleven story Manhattan building explains how he cares for orchids on an electric refrigerator. He waters them in gravel, gives weekly sponge baths, and judges happiness by leaf glow. He paid for soil by loading fifty gunny sacks via the service elevator despite building hurdles.

New York Fiin Manhattan Burbank

Community Notes of Morgan County and Nearby Visits

Local readers share visits among families in Falkville and Decatur including Sardia Winton and J.N. Jones. Residents recount weekend gatherings, travel to Birmingham, and tales of a rooftop urban garden and growing orchard efforts with humorous reflections on farming life.

Social visitors gather across Huntsville and area

Mrs Lois McGee hosted relatives Sunday with Rev and Mrs R F McDonald and the Hardimans of Madison and Athens joining for a few hours. Numerous family members from Birmingham Decatur Huntsville and Chattanooga visited kin including Asa and Willie Ruth Smith Grady Maxwell Brenda Dale Bobby Maxwell and Charley Carter with other relatives in town.

Harry Jones Kendall Frankie J. N. Jones Falkville Howard Smith Odell Goree Jimmie Stroud Decatureer B. Gilchrist Saar Wanda Drake Lumis Bentley Flint Joe Winton Birmingham T. M. Nelson Nelson Homer Barcliff Mary Reece Homer Johnson Lawrence's Cove Thomas Winton Route One G. Mikell Homer Johnson Glenda Faye Claude Breeding Betty Zane Grantland Lawrence’s Cove Rennie Waugh Carl Don Hartselle Peggy-Richardson Biremingham O. H. Bradford Bradford Ronnie Richardson Edgar McClure Shirley Nashville Tenn Saurday Judson Miller Jerry Nadine Good Asa Smith Willie Ruth Grady Maxwell Brenda Dale Bobby Maxwell Huntsville Cooper Thomas Charley Carter Chattanooga Kyle Gilchrist J. S. Martin William Smith A. H. Lyle Jackie J.S. Martin

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