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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1959

Page

18

7500 Expected To Attend Christian Scientist Session

About 7500 Christian Scientists from Africa Asia Australia and the United States travel to Boston for the Mother Church annual meeting. A new president and two new Readers of The Mother Church will be announced at the Monday session. The gathering covers reports on charitable activities publishing healing and other work. The church operates without clergy and follows Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health. A series of topic meetings follow the main session on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Boston Tual Power First Church of Christ, Scientist Africa Asia Australia United States Christian Science Christ Jesus Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science Church

Daily Records of Local Marriages and Transfers

A list of dated transfers shows numerous individuals from Decatur Huntsville Hartselle Florence and Meadville, Pa moving from occupations such as grocery clerk salesman draftsman electrician and machinist to spouses or partners including Barbara Sivley Terry Jane Mathews Mary Doris Patterson Mary Imogene West Lois Wright Linda Montgomery and others. The entries also include service members from US Air Force US Army and local employers at Redstone Arsenal Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co and Dairy Queen.

Edgar N. McNutt Decature Barbara Sivley Trinity Jerry E. Shumake Park St Terry Jane Mathews Meadville David H. Mitchell Elkmont Air Force Mary Doris Patterson 4Th Ave Robert P. Kopta Allegheny U. S. Army Mary Imogene West Lacey's Thomas Janice Clem Grant St Redstone Arsenal Lois Hazel Wright Athens Jackie L. Thrasher Glass St Hartsellé Linda Montgomery P. O. Box Hartselle N. Harris Eubank Huntsville Ann Kelly Hornbuckle John Hill Kelley High St Betty Faye Foot Thearman Pitman Maédine Lavender Legg Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co Alvin D. Stutts Florence Annie Sue White Johnnie D. McDonald

Howard College President to Speak at First Baptist

Dr. Leslie S. Wright, president of Howard College in Birmingham, will address the Brotherhood of First Baptist Church on Thursday at 7 p.m. Wright became Howard’s president on September 1, 1958 and holds AB and MA degrees from the University of Louisville. He received honorary LLDs from Alabama and Alabama Polytechnic Institute in March. He served as a communications officer in the U S Navy during World War II.

First Baptist Leslie S. Wright Howard College Birmingham Brotherhood of First Baptist Church Wright Howard University of Louisville University of Alabama Alabama Polytechnic Institute U. S. Navy

Teen Seeks Careful Match in Decatur Records

Sue Stewart aged 17 of Decatur and Jimmy Ray Turner aged 18 of 1821 Tower Street, an employee at Cooks Pest Control, are involved in a match with Mary Ann Bond aged 19 of 2318 Morgan Avenue.

Sue Stewart Decatur Jimmy Ray Turner Tower St Mary Ann Bond Morgan Ave

Local Deed Transfers and Civil Suits List

Deeds show several transfers including Carl Lile to Ladies Ross for 100 dollars and Nora Thompson to Sanford Borden Jr for 1000 dollars. Civil suits in county court name Tommie Allen minor by Munice Waters against Beverly Tapscott for 10000 dollars and others. circuit court cases include Devine Electric Co. vs American Casualty Co. for 2461.35 dollars and Gobble Fire Lumber Co. vs American Casualty Co. for 2972.23 dollars.

Deeds Carl Lile Ladies Ross Mabel Scott Ruby Sandlin Joe Stroup Billy Kirby Nora Thompson Sanford Borden, Jr Hattie Underwood Ruby Mae Turner Howard L. Key Cecil Griffin L. D. Beavers Virgil White Fletcher Kirby Nora Glasgow J. O. Braswell Medical Arts, Inc Professional Offices Inc A. C. Nixon Joy McCoy Jackson Calvin Joe Calvin James Drinkard B. G. Hall James W. Cowart Mary Cowart Jo L. Doss Jack Kennedy Melby Hutson H. W. Summerford Coppage Jackson Tommie Allen Munice Waters Beverly J. Tapscott Hunlee Waters Beverly Tapscott Smith Motors, Inc M. E. Holland Patterson's Inc John R. Handolph George Devine Devine Electric Co American Casualty Co Reading Gobble-Fire Lumber Co

Governor Quinn Chooses Law Over Acting Career

Hawii Governor William Francis Quinn abandons pursuit of acting to study law and enter the legal profession. He says he prefers public service through the practice of law and governance.

William Francis Quinn Hawii Law

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