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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1928
Page
2
In Oak Ridge current chatter centers on family visits and illness. Sammerford is ill at home with relatives Mr and Mrs Thompson hosting. Stella Sparkman and others visit. Neighbors, including Sparkman, Atkins, Vest, and Vandiver households, share meals and overnight visits amid the cotton chopping season.
Prof J C Dixon and family of Elba are visiting Mrs Bryant. Dixon is high school efector at Mrs Joe Venable. J C Ford, former county agent, moved to Payette to continue similar work. Miss Ola Barnard, school supervisor, attends State Literacy conference in Tuscaloosa. Hal Barcliff, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, traveled to Birmingham for business.
A string of visits fills the week from Decatur to Gum Springs as relatives gather. Ben and Mollie Brindley host in Hartselle, Kittie Johnston welcomes Jack Lyle, and Frances Ransom visits her Hartsville grandparents with other locals stopping by. Charlie Adams is reported ill at home.
Captain Alford Wilson of the Dollar Liner President Garfield perished when the vessel collided with the freighter Kershaw off Vineyard Haven Massachusetts and sank. Ten men from the sunken craft were lost and thirty others were rescued.
Mr and Mrs Andy Waugh of Somerville are reported to be visiting relatives in town. The brief item notes their presence and plans for a short stay with local hosts.
Dr James Allen Smith pastor of Central Baptist conducts a two week revival at Hartselle Baptist Church with support from local congregations and attendees.
Large crowds attended services as Dr Boozer substituted for Dr 5 at the tabernacle Route One Hartsville. An accident occurred between Walnut Grove and Attalla when the Norwood car passed a third vehicle and struck the Sheppard car, sending both into a ditch. Norwood was unhurt and also went into the ditch after briefly continuing.
R. T. Sheppard driving an Essex sedan traveling to Gada den Saturday afternoon narrowly escaped serious injury when his car collided with another driven by W. D. Norwood of Walnut Grove.
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A brief notice urges construction of a residence in Decatur aimed at promoting healthier living standards. It emphasizes durable design, proper ventilation, and safe building practices to improve inhabitants' well being. The item notes local interest in housing quality and public welfare.
The Walther League presented a mission program at St. Pauls Lutheran Church drawing a large Lutheran and visiting audience despite bad weather. It featured six essays on Our Missions a mission quiz a getting acquainted section naming missionaries and a poster study with startling facts about global outreach and Bible translation needs.
Decatur properties show steady daily value increases as the market trends upward with ongoing development and rising prices.
Bonnie B Pickens a church singer now in Tampa Florida may be located at the First Baptist Church Memphis Tennessee following an offer from that church. Pickens was here last week visiting his brother Aubrey Pickens and friend E D Whitman. He formerly sang in various city churches and was well received wherever he appeared.
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