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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1955
Page
11
Electric motors and pumps of all sizes offered for sale by Jervis Foundry and Machine Company. Contact by phone 1056 for details.
Bargains at Allied Sales offer cast iron drainboard and East Iron bath tubs plus four electric water heaters. The sale lists scaffolding ladders and jacks, Oster power wise stone lawn item and more marked at discount.
Notice of sale for a 1947 Pontiac Tudor with motor PGMA-8308 license 44-646 seized in Morgan County Alabama May 30 1955. Sale to highest bidder at Central Office A B C Board 403 Le St Montgomery Alabama at 10 A M Monday August 29 1955. Administrator Melvin Dawkins Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Centre Board.
In Morgan County Alabama the Probate Court schedules July 25 1955 filing of Earl Barnes last will for Virginia E. Barnes deceased and August 22 1955 hearing date for contest. Interested parties Curtis Barnes 9051 Stanwin Avenue Pacoima California Geraldine Barnes and Madeline Barnes granddaughters and others addressed by court notice. Judge T C Almon signs the notice July 26 1955.
An assortment of comic scenes follows: a buyer and butcher clash over meat and delivery, a newlywed couple and a fishing trip joke, a spoon washing gag, a dawn milkman life on the street, Hezekiah lamenting farm life, a jewelers scene about a costly ring with inscription, a Breakfast Club quip on money, a lawyer and witness crossfire about an accident, and concluding recollections of two Decatur friends.
The tale follows Hezekiah Hayloft, farmer's son, who endures relentless toil watering stock milking cows and felling trees. Fatigued after years he seeks to move to a place without farms and is drawn by the city's neon lights.
James Marlow explains the newly passed reserve bill. It changes total obligation for pre signing personnel to eight years, while post signing recruits face six years with five in service and one in standby reserves. It details three reserve types and activation priorities. The piece notes special provisions for those already in service and for predraft youths, plus a correction on Penne Zale’s correct name Anthony Florian.
A brief exchange reveals husbands noting their spouses during an interval. one man boasts of an angel wife while another recalls a barn and preserved snake head with two bodies kept in alcohol. The remarks come from Mrs. C. H. Heizer of Blackwell Oklahoma.
A list shows numerous real estate and financial transfers including Decatur Land Co to Edw. A. Blackburn for 14000 and Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp to National Life Ins. for 37901.52. The report also notes Typhoon Georgia approaching Iwo Jima with central winds up to 140 mph and outer winds to 60 mph.
George Leon Burns of Rt 2 Hart selle and Winnie Faye Roberts of Box 545 Hartselle obtain a marriage license. The notice appears in the marriage licenses section of local classifieds.
A collage of crossword clues with numbered entries and a short cryptoquote puzzle. Includes theme notes and a sample decoding method using a substitution cipher with a referenced quotation from Sophocles.
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