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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1951
Page
3
Hal Boyle offers a playful guide for women to woo a reluctant bachelor by showcasing security, success, and strength. The column mixes humor with dating advice, urging decisive pursuit, bold gestures, and a dramatic altar-bound finale.
NORFOLK VA June 4 A 19 year old sailor and his fiancée Betty Thompson 18 from Atlanta Ga have postponed their wedding indefinitely after the Navy cancelled his emergency leave for the marriage A publicized romance has drawn scrutiny and the couple request privacy as they face Betty’s terminal illness and uncertain future.
Wisconsin inventor unveils a Vacumatic device to reduce fuel waste by automatic supercharge based vacuum mixing. Easy installation for cars trucks and tractors. Vacumatic Carburetor Co. invites owners to install and spread the word by sending name and address for full details.
Funeral services for Manton Son Hudson 38 Decatur carpenter will be Tuesday at 2 30 P M at Friendship church. Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck directing. He died Sunday in Hartselle hospital after a heart attack. Surviving wife Inez Hudson two daughters Jeanette and Catherine a son Roger both parents Roy Hudson Somerville 1 and Mrs W C Blankenship Somerville 1 four brothers Paul Decatur 2 R C Glendale Calif Billy Anniston and Bobby Somerville a sister Ollie Blankenship Somerville 1 Pallbearers Hubert Blankenship Howard Slaten Harold Smith Cliff Tapscott Newt Slaten Edward Blankenship.
Crim Jr and Roy B Freeman both of Decatur have graduated from Bainbridge Naval Preparatory School and will enter the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis on July 2 after passing the mid April entrance exams. They graduated May 31 at Bainbridge.
Shelby Southard native of Athens and editor of The Methodist Layman Chicago returned to Alabama to address the Methodist conference at Huntington College Montgomery. He spoke of the organization and chartering of 3000 new Methodist men's groups since 1948 and urged laymen to share in Christian responsibilities rather than leaving it all to preachers.
A fishing village named El Mojan sits on stilts over Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Wooden catwalks sway as residents use them for daily chores near a major oil region.
Readable excerpt notes that Australian tribesmen eat ants caterpillars cicadas and sakes as part of their native diet.
Major Thomas R. Peach of Montgomery has been named base commissary officer at Maxwell Field after returning to active duty. A Hampden-Sydney graduate and former VA Montgomery worker, he served as air corps supply officer in Europe during World War II. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John H Peach of Decatur and is married to Martha Smith of Montgomery.
A panic at a Hi kon e silk plant party for new workers in the auditorium killed twenty three young women after a fire sparked by a malfunctioning film projector. Kyodo News Agency reported seven hundred people were present when the disaster struck.
Scientists estimate stars vary from roughly 3,000 times the sun’s diameter to about one-tenth of it, indicating a vast spectrum of stellar dimensions. Observations suggest a broad range in stellar structure and formation across the galaxy.
The article notes that cashmere scarves first reached Europe at the beginning of the 16th century, marking an early exchange of luxury textiles between continents.
Decatur High School holds 106 graduates tonight with Dr. John T. Caldwell of Montevallo as speaker and Bruce Spencer to award diplomas. Last night’s baccalaureate featured Handel and Mendelssohn music, sermons by Dr. T. J. Chitwood and Dr. Oscar Davis, and organist Mrs. Louis Ling with pianist Mrs. J. E. Filler.
In Birmingham on June 4 a family argument over a basket of clothes led to the death of painter Olden Webb, 34. His wife Louise Webb, 42, faces a murder charge after reportedly stabbing him in their apartment kitchen. she claims he came home drunk and wrestled with her, but she cannot recall the act. Coroner’s statement notes the chest wound as the fatal injury.
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