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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1952

Page

14

Devotional and social notes from Chapel Hill Methodist Society

The Woman's Society of Christian Service met July 22 at Chapel Hill Methodist Church with Mrs Johnnie White presiding. Devotional on Faith by Mrs Emm Lamon followed prayers and a business session elected Mrs Mitchell assistant secretary. A social is planned for July 29 with Mrs Vera Plant hosting.

Chapel Hill W. S. C. S Johnnie White Woman's Society of Christian Service Chapel Hill Methodist Church Jesus Wilson Mitchell Mitchell Emm. Lamon Estelle Mitchell Thoburn College Aloha Stella Mitchell Véra Plant

R L Hamilton Delivers Humbleness Sermon at Year Plan Meeting

Mrs. R L Hamilton gave the devotional on Humbleness Of The Spirit with readings Luke 14 6 11 and Isaiah 57 15. She closed with prayer. After the closing prayer fourteen officers and three visitors enjoyed a meal.

R. L. Hamilton

Personal notices of travel and visits in the region

Mrs. W G Peebles Sr and grandson Frank Wilson Huntsville and Mrs James Tolley Belle Mina return from a Jackson party trip to Mexico City. Mr and Mrs Louis Mann Louisville KY guests of relatives for the weekend. Mr and Mrs R L McDonald Hartselle and Mr and Mrs Virgil Nance Gadsden return from a Smoky Mountains vacation trip. A standard candlepower could theoretically be seen about 50 miles in complete darkness under ideal conditions.

W. G. Peebles Frank Wilson Huntsville James—H.tolley Belle Mina Mexico City Mrs. Louis Mann Louisville, Kentucky R. L. McDonald Hartselle Virgil Nance Gadsden The Smoky Mountains

Miss Alabama Entrant Joins Birmingham Prelude

Jeanne White, Miss Decatur, departs for Birmingham to attend preliminary Miss Alabama judging at the Tutwiler Hotel. She is escorted by her mother Mrs. Georgia White and Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce members as semi private events start at 6 p.m. Contestants will model street clothes, swimsuits, and display talent.

Jeanne White Birmingham Tutwiler Miss White Georgia White Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce

Army Tug And Two Barges In Trouble

Coast Guard units rushed to Pas Aux Herons off the Mississippi Louisiana coast after a distress call from an army tug and two barges that were unable to move and drifting on a sandbar. Details were not immediately available.

Mobile Coast Guard Pas Aux Herons Mississippi-Louisiana

Talent division highlight for Miss White at university event

Miss White, a junior at the University of Alabama and member of the Tuscaloosa Summer Theater Black Friar and Alpha Xi Delta, will demonstrate dramatic ability in the talent division at the want ads event.

Miss White University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Black Friar Alpha Xi Delta

Shady Grove Revival to Start in August

Shady Grove Baptist church will begin a revival on the first Sunday in August and run through the second Sunday. Evangelist Rev. Max Cohen of Winona Lake Indiana will lead services, preaching twice daily. Rev. Willie Parker and the church urge all to attend.

Shady Grove Baptist Church Max Cohen Winona Lake Indiana Cohen Willie Parker

Revival at Pine Ridge Church Near Morgan City

A revival begins July 27 at Pine Ridge Baptist Church about 12 miles southwest of Morgan City and runs through the week. The public is invited to attend the meetings.

Pine Ridge Baptist Church Morgan City

Simple Home Fat Loss Concoction Promise

A device style ad claims a quick in home fat loss using four ounces of liquid RANDR Concentrate mixed with grapefruit juice in a pint bottle taken two tablespoons daily. It promises painless inches loss and a money back guarantee if results are not seen.

Wallace Malone Raps Platform

DOTHAN July 26 Wallace D Malone state representative and staunch States Righter says he will not vote for any Democratic nominee on this year’s national convention platform He favors Eisenhower unless Alabama’s electoral votes can be kept from Trumanites He hints at a special legislature session to revise voting laws and condemns the Democratic civil rights plank as unfavorable to the South while praising the Republican stance.

Dothan Wallace D. Malone Gen Eisenhower Alabama Houston County House Malone

Safety Office To Be Opened In Alabama

Alabama's highway safety program will be directed from a central office in Montgomery. The Alabama Safety Commission completed plans on the recommendation of James D. Hill of the National Safety Council. The office will require no new funds and will use existing state agency personnel and equipment.

Montgomery Alabama Alabama Safety Commission James D. Hill National Safety Council

Farm Bureaus Will Hold Second Annual API Training School

Alabama Farm Bureau groups from 67 counties plan a training school in Auburn next week with 300 to 400 delegates expected. Federation president Walter L. Randolph notes a 72 021 member base, the second highest in history. Robert L. Griffin will serve as dean of the school.

Auburn Alabama Alabama Farm Bureau Walter L. Randolph Randolph Robert L. Griffin

Robbers Grab Beer and Cash at El Monte Café

Officers investigated a robbery at the Wee Nippy Cafe in El Monte. Burglar(s) took four cases of beer and $191 from the cash register in the incident.

EL Monte Calif

Eva Peron’s Condition Worsens Again

Buenos Aires July 26 Argentine state radio reports Eva Peron wife of President Peron has taken another turn for the worse. Physicians say she declined sharply marking the second deterioration in eight days since illness began a year ago. An operation was performed November 6 with the illness’ nature not officially disclosed. President Peron remains at her bedside amid his duties.

Buenos Aires Eva Peron Peron New York

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