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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1952
Page
10
Courland news notes a Tuesday Baptist church joint meeting led by president Betty Alexander with songs Zion Haste and We ve A Story Tell to the Nations. Guests and visitors including families from Benton Kentucky Paducah Kentucky and Decatur Alabama are listed among the social details.
A compact three bedroom ranch designed for narrow lots features white wood siding with field stone accents on the porch and chimney. The interior shows an open living dining area, multiple sliding closet doors, a large master closet, a compact kitchen with ample work space, and a basement suitable for laundry and hobby space. Building blueprints and the Third Book of Small Home Designs are offered by Scale Model Home Planning Co in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Local residents and visitors share travel days and visits. Clifton Dorsey and family spent Wednesday in Gadsden while others visited relatives in Moulton Florence and Leighton. The W.S.C.S. met at the church for a brief meeting and a Bible school program wrapped with a Wednesday picnic and Wheeler Dam trip.
In Centralia Illinois Ben Buchholz faces a potato shortage as he digs his patch and finds many seed potatoes failing to sprout. He discovers potatoes as large as hen eggs and wonders if a topless potato has emerged by natural quirk.
A gaily painted hearse with five living occupants toured Los Angeles after a cross country journey from Charlotte North Carolina. The youths seek work while awaiting their return trip. They arrived with $1.18, the car costing 250 dollars and bearing bold phrases. The group includes Dave Wells Harry Pearson Bill Neal both 19 from Charlotte Dan Brown 18 from Norfolk and John Keply 18 from Roanoke. They report strong stares from onlookers wherever they go.
A fire leveled the Pioneer Hotel in Fairbanks during the early hours, collapsing the three story building in two hours. One victim identified as Bill Vanderpool died from burns at a hospital. Police reported eight more hospitalized with injuries.
The Order of Railway Conductors threatens to strike the Pullman Company July 29 if hourly wages are not raised by 12 cents to match other unions. A mail ballot showed 96 percent support from about 1,800 members. Current pay starts at $1.53 to $1.69 per hour for a 210 hour month.
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