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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1946

Page

5

Foster-Goldston Wedding at Fosterhaven

Virginia Ann Foster and James Giles Goldston wed at Fosterhaven on Danville Road before an improvised altar. The ceremony featured organ solos and a lace heart cake. Guests from multiple states attended as the couple plans a Chattanooga home and a short wedding trip.

Goldston-Foster Fosterhaven Earl Lee Foster Danville Road Virginia Ann Foster James Giles Goldston Oscar Napps Dolores Cobb Carrie Jacobs Bond Miss Cobb Gargus Memphis Tenn Earl Pepper John W. Goldston Chattanooga Claude Earwood Tuscumbia Wallace Meadows Willard Igon Nancy Sanford Huntsville Earl Gargus Russellville George Hanks Birmingham Lilla Mae Halfacre

Social Security Tax Hike Likely and Expanded Coverage

Senator George of Georgia said the social security tax must rise and that congress will extend old age insurance benefits to about 20 million workers not yet covered. He expected no broad program revision this year due to reconversion pressures.

Washington George Senate Finance Committee Congress

Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Marriage and Fortune-Tellers

A reader pleads that his wife trust fortune tellers impacting their marriage. Dorothy Dix urges separating the wife from her mother’s influence and notes mediums prove unreliable. In a second note, a correspondent asks if kissing on a first date is disgraceful. Dix calls it poor technique and supports the mother’s view. A third letter discusses transferring life insurance from wife to mother.

Miss DIX Fido Dorothy DIX Bonnie

Larger onion on display from Suit farm

D T Suit of Lacon unveiled a 21 2 pound onion with 18 inch circumference, a Texas Fancy onion from a one acre patch, part of a five ton harvest. He also reported finding another large specimen weighing 13 4 pounds.

D. T. Suit Lacon 1 Suit

Fire loss in downtown Birmingham causes $2500 damage

A display window short circuit sparked a July night fire in downtown Birmingham. Four fire companies fought the blaze for an hour, mostly damaging stock in two adjoining clothing and shoe stores while a three story brick building escaped major damage. Assistant Chief B F Brown notes the loss was mainly stock.

Birmingham Ala B. F. Brown

Local residents attend weddings and visit friends

Mrs. Williard Igon and Mr. John W. Goldston of Chattanooga return home after attending the wedding of James Goldston and Virginia Ann Foster. Numerous travelers and relatives visit Alabama towns and accompanyments, including Pam Kyle from the USN R and guests from Ohio, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Lillian Vaughan Russellville W. C. Barwood Wanda Harris Sidney Pepper Athens Goldston Chattanooga Tenn Southern Railway System H. E. Weston and Sons Sonny and Paul Moulton Wynell Gargus Memphis John W. Goldston Willard Igon A. E. Foster Tuscumbia Tom Sandford Nancy Sanford William and Thomas Sanford Huntsville George Hammond Birmingham John Stahl Floyd Mitchell Sheffield Earl Gargus Earl Williard Igon James Goldston Virginia Ann Foster Beer Pam Kyle US. N. R West Coast Ponsaby Kyle Woodrow Werbeach Fairport, Harbor, Ohio Tiny Brothers Painesville Ohio Roy Grizzard Moulton Road Alabama

The First Spar Torpedo of the Civil War

The excerpt notes that the spar torpedo was the Civil War era’s first torpedo, describing it as a long ram with a bomb mounted at its tip.

Mt Wilson Peak Goes on Sale at 425000

Pasadena California July 15 Famed Mt Wilson site of the world’s largest telescope and future television center of the West goes on sale for 425000 Albert C Childs owner of the nearby Mt Wilson Toll Road Co plans retirement at 65 he reports 30 radio stations and other interests have already approached him about Mt Wilson transmitters.

Pasadena Calif Mt. Wilson West Albert C. Childs Pasadena-Mt. Wilson

Movie Theatre for Negroes to Open at Bank Street

Announcement in The Daily today states a new movie theatre for Negroes will open soon at 319 Bank Street. It is understood the theatre will open within the next few days.

Today Bank Street

Burn Victims Rise to 74 After Theaters Fire Rescue

More burn victims reported as eight additional people seek treatment at Mobile city hospital after a blaze at a naval ammunition depot near Theodore. The incident involved Getman bombs aboard the SS Francis Lee and left 74 injured by today.

Mobile Ala Francis Lee The

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