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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1951
Page
6
The Seekers Bible club will meet with Mrs. Wallace Church on Wednesday at three o'clock. Co hosts Mrs. Leonard Moody and Mrs. Guy Haberom will assist. Mrs. Howell Turner will review a book. All members urged to attend.
Miss Marian Chandler leaves Sunday for Tuscaloosa to attend the University of Alabama summer quarter. Birmingham visitors include Mrs. Terry T. Fry visiting her sister Mrs. John W. Sandlin. Several families journeyed to Knoxville, Decatur, and Sewanee for deaths, graduations, and reunions. Bob Bell and Lewis Dement plan to enter the University of Alabama for the summer term. Mayo Clinic-bound Dorothy Cornelius departs for Rochester. Gen George Washington’s Army recruitments were for one year.
The article explains bursae around joints and notes sub deltoid bursitis. It details ice pack treatment: rest in bed with the arm supported, apply finely cracked ice in a Turkish towel over flannel for 30 to 60 minutes, reapplied every three hours, offering prompt pain relief by reducing pressure.
Mrs. Robert Highfield, 43, widow of a man killed in a May 10 automobile crash, was found burned to death in her home near Talladega Alabama. Firemen saved most of the frame dwelling with a heater pump. The cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
In Tuscaloosa the Alabama Water and Sewage Association held its meeting and short school at the University of Alabama. The sessions run through Friday with sponsorship by the University of Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the Alabama Department of Public Health.
A brief note highlights Ethiopia as one of the earliest nations to embrace Christianity, underscoring its long standing religious history and antiquity.
Mrs. Robert Francis McCrary, 71, died Sunday at Fort Sanders hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at ten in Knoxville with Main directing. She is survived by six children: Mrs. Harry Bales, Mrs. Lester Cox, Mrs. Lou Gault, Dr. Roy McCrary, Sam McCrary of Knoxville, and George L. McCrary of Mooresville.
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