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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
2
Decatur residents purchase wire netting to screen homes against malaria carrying mosquitoes. Officials urge elimination of breeding spots by removing tin cans and other water holding containers and cleaning small pools to lower illness from flies and pests.
John W Holliday aged 57 died Wednesday at his home 1405 Nineteenth Avenue East. He is survived by his wife five sons William Danville route 1 Lewis Boaz James Daniel Doyle and daughters Leila McDonald Decatur route 3 Annie Lanier Susses cunt and Elsie Holloway. Twenty grandchildren and two brothers W F Holliday Gadsden and T Holliday Moulton route 0. Funeral was at 11 this morning at Johnson's Chapel with Rev Merriman and Rev Coker. Burial on the family lot.
Violations of liquor laws appear more numerous in Decatur than all other offenses combined. The offenders include drunks, liquor possession, driving while intoxicated, drunk and disorderly behavior, and public drunkenness under the dry law.
Robert Berry aged eighteen months died at 1 o'clock this morning at his parents home on the Somerville Road. Funeral conducted at 11 o'clock this afternoon from Friendship church by Rev Blankenship. He is survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters. Priest in charge.
Chester Berry secretary of the Junior Order United American Mechanics Council No 48 invites all Juniors in the area to a chicken supper on July 5 at 7 30 in the organization hall near Vinemont. There will be refreshments and a fine program planned.
Alabama Press Association cancels its planned Washington convention trip. Convention secretary Horace Hall cites lack of interest as the reason for calling off the venture.
Mrs Mary Jane Steward aged fifty one died at home on Decatur route No 3. She is survived by her mother husband C P Steward one son Char Steward and several daughters including Mrs Mattie Jo Mrs Cora Fuller and Mrs Lynne of Trinity plus two grandchildren. Funeral held at Pleasant Hill church with Rev B P Collier officiating and interment in the city.
In this region Mrs. Kirk Broadway remains very ill at home. Many local friends plan to extend sympathy. The story also notes visits by Miss Pauline Holland, the return from Nashville, and a summer school trip to Athens. Leonard Spiegle and Miss Katie Cook were quietly married on June 4 by the Rev. Denny.
The Corinth column notes a Hodges store singing in Lawrence County on Sunday and attendance at Nathan Sunday’s annual event. It records visitors and visits among local families including Holland, Blair, Braswell, Looney, Heard, Turrentine, Edmondson, Laney, Jennings, and McClellan, with relatives seen at Battle Ground and Piney areas. Rev Albert Holland returns to Louisiana after visiting relatives.
In June 1930 readers are told of a joint barbecue on the 26th at Hy Zeitler's Spring in Mooresville to raise funds for a parsonage debt. The note praises good weather and community spirit and urges prudent civic participation.
William T. Taylor of Moulton Route 2 dies at home on Thursday. Survived by wife two sons and three daughters. Funeral held at Bald Knob at 3 pm with Rev. Sam Kitchen. burial in family lot. The piece includes unrelated parliamentary notices and a letter from Frank L. Grove defending Alabama school tuition figures.
The Decatur fire department will begin its regular June inspection of premises in the city fire district on Friday June 20. Chief W E Jones credits the inspections with aiding the recent clean up campaign and thanks local business people for cooperation toward making Decatur a fire free town.
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