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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1947
Page
3
M Goff, Hartseller, was county's first farmer to use Foremost Dairy to turn surplus cream into cash. One cow netted him 3.47 in a week with 109 pounds skim milk fed to pigs worth 87 cents. He says a farmer should keep two cows to have daily milk for family use and potential surplus for sale.
A courier reports considerable weekly income by delivering sour cream to the cream station at the Morgan County Exchange on East Main Street in Hartselle.
Decatur children performed an operetta at Somerville Road School directed by Miss Louise Crutchfield. The playlet took three scenes with additional interludes and featured students including Bobby Eubanks Sequetta Bohannan Agnes Hill Betty Ann Francis Doris Dean Shirley Shirlene Horner Carlene Parnell Joe David Burns Howell Collins Charles Ogle Richard Wooliver Gene Black John Huston Lemley Lorene Shelton Carolyn Kitchens Margaret Mills Nancy Carol Thronberry Sue Gail Lee Martha Garnet Margaret Ann Winton Patsy Privett Betty Edgil Linda Pate Wyndall Dendy Dottie Motes Janette Monk Beverly Cuppepper Billie Ward and Virginia Goforth Edith Sue Hitt.
The Daily announces the Westside Playground will begin spring activities despite sickness and bad weather. It thanks The Decatur Daily The City Council the Board of Education and volunteers and invites officers and members to a meeting Monday night June 9 at West Vine Street Beauty shop to show that the colored community will not fail.
The report notes Vermont leads all states in maple sugar production. It mentions ancient spinning developed at least 3,500 years before Christ. A Joint Board of Control signs off with Rev C H Newby and acting secretary Co L Belle.
Coveted pins indicating membership in the National Junior Honor Society have been distributed to new members. Names include Stanley Wise Mabel Turner Edgar Kirby Don Nichols Billy Carolyn Owens Barbera Gibson Carolyn Elmer Joanne Ryan Peggy Hudson Peggy Johnson Jayne Johnson Linda.
A fragmented OCR reads a roster of individuals including Anne Coleman Breeding Charlotte Orr Caryn Davis Sandra Davis Jeanette Golden Harriet Higdon Eleanor Hamilton June Lowe Jack Buchanan Jack Parker and Billy Lovin.
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