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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1961
Page
10
A jumble of classified ads lists items for sale and wanted. Entries include a Boy Scout suit, various farm equipment and animals, berry produce, and land for sale, with contact names and local phone codes. The section also notes trades and purchasing requests from residents in Falkville Decatur Moulton Hartselle and surrounding areas.
A new rain gauge reports inch and a half rainfall since Friday noon at Green Glades. One cloud dumped a quick inch in under an hour, marking seven straight weeks of Monday moisture observations that benefit corn pastures and hay as fields grow greener.
In Limestine county Dub Shaw and the Garretts race for best roadside field of corn. Shaw’s crop sits on highway 20 near the Woodruff place while the Garrett field lies north of the Southern Railway. Fields could head to market in August if growers approve.
A reflective note praises life of earlier days and thanks Mrs. Prince for a story about a front porch, celebrating nature and beauty of simple moments.
A back porch remark suggests ease of modernity over traditional labor as Tanganyika moves from British mandate rule to UN trust territory, winning internal self rule on May 1 and aiming for full independence by December 28.
A jumble of classified notes from rural Alabama communities lists items for sale and requests including milk goats, honey drip syrup cane seed, hay baling, a 14 foot fiberglass boat with motor trailer, a china cabinet, a four room house for sale, a two wheel trailer, a 32 by 14 tractor tire, a three bedroom new house, and a stray white faced steer with tag 245 last seen near Hillsboro. Names and locations include Falkville Danville Vinemont Decatur Hart seile Athens Trinity Hillsboro and Hillsboro areas with several contact initials and phone references.
The column explains Quicksilver is mercury with properties like liquid at room temperature and cinnabar origin, plus uses in medicine and thermometers. It notes the Britannica contest winner Sheila Rader and a later joke segment winner Sue Hodge.
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