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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
21
James Marloy writes from Washington about a gradual war footing. The United States will boost armed forces and redirect steel and industry to war use, risking higher taxes as the government runs deficits. President Truman seeks about 10 billion more for defense and aid, with no immediate price controls beyond moral risk.
The revival at Jones Chapel Baptist Church will begin on the fourth Sunday in July. Reverend H. C. Walls from Gardendale Alabama will assist Pastor G. W. Helms. Everyone is invited.
A large crowd attended the funeral of Johnnie Roberts at Johnson Chapel on Sunday afternoon. The piece also notes family visits and gatherings across Morgan County including Anniston, Birmingham, Danville, and Somerville as relatives spend time with one another.
Community notes from Ardmore highlight the Women’s Circle meeting at Mrs. J. B. White’s home and a camp trip by Reverend Knapp and others at Pickwick Dam. The Ardmore school opens with 600 plus pupils. a long faculty list and PTA officers are named. Also local personals and a Baptist revival set for August 21 with Brother Duck of Mississippi.
Waynesboro residents visited their parents Mr and Mrs C H Hatchett on Sunday. Benson Broadway of Cullman stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Broadway and family over the weekend. Mrs Tully Brown is at the bedside of her relative in Montgomery for several days. Whitt and Sherry Bryan stayed with Dot Higgins in Athens on Monday night. Mrs Elizabeth Cooke spent a week with relatives in Pulaski and Nashville.
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