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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1950

Page

6

Personal notices indicate wide travel and health updates

Miss Ruby Sandlin leaves tonight for Lynnville Tennessee and Asheville to spend two weeks away. Many locals visit family in Minor Hill Nashville and Memphis while others recover at Baugh Wiley Clinic. Several guests attend Virgil Walden funeral with out of town relatives. John Wilkerson’s tractor crash progress shown. Gus Widner suffers a stroke. multiple families return from vacations in Daytona Beach and California with neighbors visiting in Decatur Birmingham and Columbia.

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Girl Scouts Begin Four Day Day Camp At Danville Road Farm

About 100 local Girl Scouts and leaders board Decatur Transit buses Tuesday morning to start a four day Day Camp at Dr. Erskine Chenault's farm on Danville Road. The girls, many with no camping experience, will split into five units and engage in crafts nature study singing folk dancing dramatics health and outdoor cooking with lunches carried from home and return by 4 PM.

Decatur Transit Erskine M. Chenault Danville Road Little House Eugene Marrow Girl Scout Board of Directors William D. Sims Jr Wanda Harris Girl Scout H. B. Gibbs R. N Morgan County Medical Society Auxiliary

Willoughby Heads Morgan County Singing Convention

W. T. Willoughby is elected president of the Morgan County Singing Convention at Oak Ridge. T. S. Sparkman is named vice president, John Grizzard secretary treasurer, J. K. Haynes chaplain, and Mrs. Luther Standridge pianist. The Priceville meeting is set for the second Sunday in October.

W. T Bill) Willoughby Morgan County Priceville Willoughby Oak Ridge T.S. Sparkman John Grizzard Hartselle J. K. Haynes Luther Standridge

Chinchilla Ranches Stocked With Andes Descendants

Hundreds of chinchilla ranches are stocked with descendants of 11 chinchilla brought to the United States from the Andes in 1923.

U. S

Horticulturists Recommend Small Pecan Trees for Planting

Horticulturists advise buyers to select pecan trees three to five feet high for best results. The guidance focuses on establishing productive orchards with sturdy juvenile trees.

Overtaxed heating equipment blamed for many fires

Heating equipment cited as the primary cause of numerous residential blazes. Fire officials warn older systems and faulty furnaces increase risk during cold months and urge inspections and safe usage.

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