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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1951
Page
12
Athens area reports boll weevils in cotton with some protection from cold winds as two wooded areas shield the patches. Local farmer L. D. Posey first to report this year and Extension workers confirm the infestation in a wooded-edges patch.
Future Farmers of America convention in Auburn names 1951-52 state president and awards a $200 star farmer check. Patricia Ann Smith from East Limestone earns Miss FHA at the state FHA convention for her cooking and student leadership. Other items note Athens students home for summer visits and a family move to Auburn due to extension service transfer.
A reader suggests a federal matrimonial bureau to pair single Americans for a fee. He imagines dating events and offices nationwide, while critics warn of bureaucracy and political risk, noting Congress already faces plenty of issues without wedding duties.
A plaque on 617 Water Street Baltimore marks the founding of the International Order of Odd Fellows on April 16 1819 with a partial inscription mentioning Thomas Wildey and four other members. The rest is a collage of dialogue jests and ads.
The National Safety Council warns that worry harms health happiness and work. It urges airing worries and notes worry is a form of fear.
A fragmented regional column hints at a love affair entangled in bureaucratic hurdles. The piece sketches two individuals navigating official barriers while pursuing personal connection amid paperwork and delays.
Park rangers in Gatlinburg Tennessee continue an indefinite search for Evangeline Lorimer a 21 year old Cincinnati student nurse last seen after leaving a campsite with her father during a vacation trip. Bloodhounds traced her trail to route 129 near the park border with notes of a possible ride to visit a friend in Lake View South Carolina. Mrs. W C Davis of Lake View has received no word from her.
Engineman second class John B. Thomas of Route 5 Cullman Alabama reenlisted for a second Navy hitch on May 23 1951 aboard the submarine USS Sea Dog with the Atlantic Fleet. Thomas earlier attended St Bernard High School and worked for Cullman Motor Co before enlisting in April 1948. Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian nations on earth.
A collection of maxims and quips on worry, self control, effort, and success. Included is a flash of Revolutionary War trivia about Lexington where a tall flagpole marked the site, and a joke about church messages and a floor show dancer’s exchange with a rich young man.
The column lists family vacations and relocations including Mr. and Mrs. Hor ace Beasley and children Marilyn and Larry in the Smoky Mountains. It notes A B Mc Williams Jr on a business visit to Asheville North Carolina and Hattie W Jones at Sanders Hall Athens College in Norfolk Virginia. It cites summer counselor Eugenia Darby at Mt Solon Virginia and Limestone county teachers attending summer schools at the University of Alabama and George Peabody College. It mentions Dr E R Naylor visiting Emory Virginia and recalls Gen George Washington's 1775 one year enlistment call.
The article notes sausage as one of the oldest forms of processed food with literary reference to Homer mentioning it in the Odyssey.
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