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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1950
Page
7
The Baptist revival is in progress with strong attendance and preaching. The Methodist revival runs July 30 to August 6 led by Reverend S A Balch. Mrs Taliaferro hosts a summer gathering with guests including Mrs Darby Florence and Mrs Fennel Leighton.
Mrs. Etta Sanderson Grand Es ther of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star has assisted in installing officers in Hatton Russellville Sheffield Haleyville and Rogersville Abner Berryman and Mrs Gladys Brackin also helped in Rogersville Mrs Cora Howard Mrs Lena McCormick and Mrs Hazel Green joined Mrs Sanderson in Tuscumbia.
The Business Womens Circle elected officers at a gathering hosted by Mrs. Bob Neal with Mrs. Louis Givens as chairman, Mrs. Howard Bradford co chair, and Mrs. Mary Conner program chair. Attendees included Mrs. Gladys Roberts and others while many members travel or visit relatives in Florida Texas and Mobile.
Caddo Mills and surrounding communities report numerous visits and travels. Families like Bowers Owens Lovelady Carter Bynum and Etheredge are mentioned along with trips to Dallas Burnsville and Texarkana. Members attend camps and funerals while others celebrate new vehicles and pickups.
A British count notes sixty five churches belonging to the Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, across Britain. The report highlights the spread of the denomination and presence in major towns.
Frank M. Malone of Atlanta will leave as general commercial manager of Southern Bell to join AT&T as assistant vice president in the personnel department based in New York. Ben S. Gilmer of New Orleans will succeed him as Louisiana manager. The changes take effect July 16. Malone, Alabama native and Auburn graduate, began at Southern Bell in 1928 and rose through Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi posts before becoming Alabama manager in 1945 and general commercial manager in 1950.
Veterans Administration officials and Morgan County service commissioners will attend a watermelon cutting for disabled veterans at Woodall’s on July 20. Attendees include A. H. Hassel Elbert Chandler and Dr Warren Austin with Julian Bibb Jr also present. Transportation leaves at 7 P M from Second Avenue and Johnston Street.
A. P. Fenderson, former War Production Board official, warned at the Utah Press Association that wartime or defense conversions of the distilling industry to alcohol production may soon tighten whiskey and gin supplies. He noted already limited bourbon and rye and said a mobilization ban and rationing are possible.
Funeral services for John Howell Roberts age 72 were held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Johnson's Chapel with Rev Walker Bynum and Rev Kabe Smith officiating. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery. Roberts, a Neel community farmer, died at his Danville home Saturday morning. He belonged to Woodmen of the World. Surviving are his widow Alice Roberts two sons Clyde of Hartselle and Roy D of Danville three daughters Mrs Edwin Puckett Mrs E H Maddox of Hartselle 2 and Mrs J M Copeland of Decatur 14 grandchildren nine great grandchildren and six pallbearers.
Sergeant Roy L. Gilliam aged 27 is ordered to Polk Field New York to train for overseas service. An Air Force mechanic with 11 years in uniform he has served in Trinidad the Panama Canal region and Europe with the Fifth Army. He re enlisted after WWII and has a mother Mrs W E Wear 105 Eighth Ave West among five sons two served in World War II.
Ambus Peel, 30, a Chipley cab driver, was freed on a $10,000 bond after two weeks in county jail. He faced a murder charge in the slaying of Dolphus Toole, whose body was found in the trunk of Toole’s taxi on May 16. A coroner's jury had ordered Peel held.
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