State Highway Loan to Alabama Is Cancelled
The Alabama Highway Department canceled a $2,000,000 loan from State National Bank of Decatur that was to tide the department through the fiscal year. Highway Director Ward McFarland and other board members declined comment as sources said the bank asked for the good faith check returned. Governor Folsom’s investigating committee may proceed without outside financing.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
State National Bank of Decatur
Ward McFarland
Alabama Highway Finance Corp
Bill Drinkard
Albert Carmichael
Decatur Bank
Hranway
James E. Folsom
Grain prices slip as Chicago futures fall
Wheat futures quote lower, bookings 10,000 bushels and receipts 313 cars. Corn down 3 to 4 cents with bookings 105,000 bushels and receipts 44 cars. Soybeans show receipts of 17 cars.
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Chicago
Peoria Named From Indian Phrase for Fat Beasts
The Illinois city Peoria derives its name from an indigenous term meaning place of fat beasts, reflecting early Native American linguistic roots and the region’s wildlife.
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Peoria
Illinois
Allergy linked ear ringing and dizziness treated with histamine diphosphate
A 1948 King Features Syndicate medical note explains MENFERP disease as an allergic ear reaction. Treatments include histamine diphosphate given IV then SC, with most patients gaining relief from ringing and improved hearing. Vitamin B complex and careful physician supervision accompany therapy.
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Menferp
Local Nuptials in Cullman Open Summer Pageantry
Miss Mary Beth Rollo wed Herman Jones in an improvised home altar ceremony. The couple plans to reside in Tuscaloosa after a wedding trip, with attendants Miss Jean Livingston and W H Jones. Also noted are gifts to Miss Rollo and Sunshine Club events plus funeral services for Mrs Mary M Roberts in Gardendale.
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Mary Beth Rollo
Myrtle Rollo
Mr. Rollo
Herman Jones
L. L. Jones
Rev. E
T. Jeans
Jean Livingston
W. H. Jones
Tuscaloosa
Obituary for Ella Daniel of Blount County
Ella Daniel died at age 73 at her home on Hanceville 3 July 15. Funeral held at Mt Joy church Blount County with Rev J L Carlisle officiating. Interment Mt Joy cemetery. Survived by son Rufus Daniel two sisters Mrs Effie McElroy and Miss Etta Anderson three brothers W E J S J W and R O Anderson.
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Ella Daniel
Hanceville
Mt. Joy
Blount County
J. L. Carlisle
Rufus Daniel
Effie McElroy
Etta
James Passes Funeral for Harvey i James at East Point
Funeral services for Harvey i James age 64 who died July 14 at Cullman hospital were held Friday at East Point Presbyterian church with Rev S A Morgan presiding. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Surviving are two sons six daughters twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Drinkards Brown Service directed. Infant James D Carvin dies. services at Flat Rock church. Maclin Morrison to Tuscaloosa for weekend with Mrs Monroe Kelley of Decatur.
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Mary M. Roberts
Lacon—I
Gardendale Baptist Church
FE. A. Roberts
J. E. Fuller
Annie B. Roberts
Vernon Roberts
Birmingham
S. A. Warren
Luther Warren
Harvey i James
Cullman ‘Hospital
East Point Presbyterian Church
S. A. Morgan
Church
Drinkards Brown
Elmer
Ira James
Bessie Harbison
Dessie Shoemaker
Dona Maddox
Flora Hulsey
Idel] Maddox
Ethel Miller
James D. Carvin
Flat Rock Church
Morgan County Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. H B Myrick made a business trip to Huntsville. Mr and Mrs Logan Broadway and Ruth of Kentucky visited the Whisenants. Several from here attend a guest of friends. Families vacationing include Vogel Culpepper and Florence on Lake Michigan. Measles illness noted for Wilda Gayle Whisenant. Many residents reported visits, trips, and Sunday calls across Huntsville Birmingham Athens Memphis Mobile and Biloxi with a church singing school at Union Grove.
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H. B. Myrick
Huntsville
Logan Broadway
Ruth
Kentucky
W. G. Whisenant
Mr. Broadway
Alabama
Wilda Gayle Whisenant
Monny
L. J. Vogel
N. V. Culpepper
Florence
Lake Michigan
Mary Preston
Preston
N. J
W. O. Kelley
Dwight Wood
L. W. Sikes
Athens
Georgia
J. D. Mitchell
Jesse Oldacre
Biloxi
Dillard Kinney
Leroy ‘Bledsoe
Bill Young
Birmingham
S. H. Green
Hartsersday
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas Hughes
Tommy
Robert
Mobile
F. W. Hurston
Colonel Ross
Mickey
Union Grove Church
Homer Bagwell
J. D. Whisenant
Burk Myrick
Herman Myrick
Marriages Entered in Cullman Area From Local Listings
William C Keller and Zelda Cox of Hanceville. Bennie Martin Hendrix of Baileyton wed Betty Green Sexton of Baileyton. Kyle Melson of Danville wed Chloe Annabel Town Newman of Danville. Herman Martin Jones of Tuscaloosa wed Mary Beth Rollo of Cullman. Melvin D Taylor and Lula Mae Wisener of Cullman. Dorothy Lou Quick of Cullman and Gordon Wesley Coney of Cullman married Betty Lou Pruett of Cullman. Joseph Leon McCain of Log a n and Mary Susie Self of Cullman. William Alfred Lovelace of Cullman wed Peggy Sue Gorham of Cullman.
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William C. Keller
Hanceville
Zelda Cox
Bennie Martin Hendrix
Baileyton
Betty Green Sexton
Kyle Melson
Danville
Chloie Annabel Town Newman
Herman Martin Jones
Tuscaloosa
Mary Beth Rollo
Cullman
Melvin Dave Taylor
Lula Mae June Wisener
Floyd Woodrow Miller
Dorothy Lou Quick
Gordon Wesley Coney
Betty Lou Pruett
Joseph Leon McCain
Logan
Ala
Mary Susie Self
For Sale Filling Station and Stock on Somerville Road
Local business opportunity listing for a filling station with grocery stock and fixtures plus boat rights. Strong location on old Somerville Road with ongoing, profitable operation. Contact S. W. Pate for details.
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Somerville Road
S. W. Pate
Lost Keys on T. E. Henry Chain Reported
A reader reports they lost a set of keys on a T. E. Henry chain with a reward offered by the Daily for return.
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T. E. Henry
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McCormick- Deering Mower
Neal Cagle General Store
W. Moulton
Electrolux Vital
PD OF
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ACE Vacuum Stores
Ave
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Col
J. S. Luke
Union
Miss
Jesse H.graham
Meridian
J. C. Warren
DeKalb
Cot. Luke
W. H. Sanford
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J.C
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Cullman News
Ethel Morrison
Jones
Rollo
Ralph Kreps
Bernard Kidd
Sunshine Club
Emil Buettner
Arthur Karter
Henry Young
Charles McNutt
Margene Young
Bunco
Bill Buettner
Dorothey Suggs
Herbert Buettner
John Young
George Fehler
Bill Arnold
Henry White
Ed Epel
Arnold A. Danker
Arthur Graf
Carl Buettner
Otto Buettner
al Glaser
Melvin Dahlke
Albert Lorenz
Carl Woodard
Adam Turner
M. Hansen
Alyne Clark
Airview
Evangelist Jimmie Threlfall
16Th Ave
Magnolia St
Dolphus L. Price
Daniel Rites
Mrs
Josie
James
Maclin Morrison
Monroe Kelley
Decatur
Morgan County Cub
W. A. Helms
Gus Dunn
Wilburn Whisenant
Leonard Lemons
Seldon Hornbuckle
Cora Bowling
Ruby Bowling
Albert Holt
Tom Whisenant
Buddie Owens
Leldon Hornbuckle
Albert Myrick
Eddis Brown
William Alfred Lovelace
Peggy Sue Gorham
Western Union
Decatur Delivery Service
Luco-Kwik
Lucas
Lucas Durafilm
Kem
John W. Sandlin
Second Ave
Morgan County
Rickenbacker Motors, Inc
Thomas Motor Company
Kenneth Thomas
Carl Thomas
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