Decatur Community Groups Schedule and Events
Qualification dates announced for the Decatur Women’s Golf Tournament set for June 19 and 20 with play June 21 to 23. Numerous church and civic group notices follow including W C T U meeting, Missionary Society activities, Rainbow Girls installation, Moss Chapel W S C S pledge service, Flint W M S Royal Service, Scofield Bible Class tonight, Teasley Cortner Coke party, Basham W S C S study, Edwards home rehearsal party, and St John’s Unit Four picnic at Delano Park.
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Decatur
Deecatur
Flint W.M.S
Woman's Missionary Society of the Flint Baptist Church
Leona Norris
M. G. Fields
W. A.nelson
Basham W.S.C.S
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Basham Methodist Church
Gold Star Mothers Tea Set for June 24 Afternoon
The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW hosts a Gold Star Mothers Tea on Saturday June 24 from 2 to 6 PM in the club room. Mrs J R Vaughan is general chairman and musicians from the DAV American Legion and VFW will perform. Reverend John A Troxler will give a memorial poem and prayer at 3 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
V.F.W
J. R. Vaughan
D.A.V
American Legion
John A. Troxler
Dear Dorothy Dix on stepfamilies and adoption ethics
Advice column covers stepfather troubles with a widow and her two girls, a widower marrying his deceased sister-in-law’s widow, and adopting parents facing how to tell a child about birth. Dorothy Dix urges careful consideration, explains paternal role challenges, and offers guidance on truth-telling to an adopted child.
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Dorothy DIX
Mes
Miss DIX
Personal notices from Mrs Wyker and wedding plans
Mr and Mrs John D Wyker left for a week at their Wilson Lake Summer Cabin. Miss Margaret Ann Smith will marry Robert Milton Trimble Jr at Fairfield Baptist Church on June 17. Mrs John Holt and daughter Linda attend wedding in Birmingham. Also noted are visits and illness among several local residents.
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A. Davis
Billie Carolyn Owen
Pat Edwards
John D. Wyker
Wilson Lake
John M. Holt
Linda
Birmingham
Margaret Ann Smith
Miss Smith
Robert Milton Trimble, Jr
Fairfield Baptist Church
Decreases Reported in Four Alabama Counties in 1950 Census
In Alabama three of four counties declined in population from 1940 to 1950 while Macon county rose by over 3,000. Marengo fell from 35,736 to 29,467 and Butler from 32,447 to 29,299. Linden in Marengo grew from 1,203 to 1,354, and Damenette dropped from 4,167 to 479.
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Birminghaym
Ala
Alabama
Macon
Marengo
Bullock
Butler
Marengo County
Linden
Cheer Turns To Bitter Tears In House Explosion
In Oakland Maryland a gas explosion in Homer Ash’s cabin kills five year old Tommy two year old Peggy and Wanda Lee as flames trap a pregnant Mrs Ash and others. Mrs Ash dies after hospital care and a newborn arrives deceased.
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Oakland
Little Mountain
Homer Ash
Ash
Emerson Knox
Wanda Lee
Mrs. Ash
Hunting For Funds To Build Bridges
The Alabama Bridge Commission seeks private capital to finance four bridge projects and may seek RFC loans if private funds run dry. Proposed: a $2,000,000 Dauphin Island bridge in Mobile County. a $1,500,000 span over the Tom bigbee River between Coffeeville and Silas. a $1,500,000 Tennessee River bridge near Stevenson. and a $600,000 Coosa River bridge between Verbena and Rockford.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Bridge Commission
Ward McFarland
Clifford. F. Stiles
Birmingham
Dauphin Island
Mobile County
Tombigbee River
Coffeeville
Silas
Clarke and
Choctaw Counties
Tennessee River
Stevenson
Jackson County
Coosa River
Verbena
Rockford
Coosa County
Four Alabamians Named ECA Field Counselors
Four Alabama businessmen were named by Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G. Hoffman to serve as ECA field counselors to small firms in Alabama. The appointees are A. S. Brueggemann Graeme Draughon E. W. Faulk and D. Trotter Jones. They will work without pay providing advance Marshall Plan purchase information and helping small firms locate markets in the 19 Marshall Plan countries.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
A. S. Brueggemann
First National Bank of Mobile
Graeme Draughon
Mobile Merchants National Banks Foreign Department
E. W. Faulk
Mobile Merchants National Bank
D. Trotter Jones
Associated Industries of
Alabama
Hoffman
Fish Dominate Japanese Protein Supply 85 Percent
The passage notes fish are the main source of animal protein for the Japanese, contributing about 85 percent of their total animal protein supply with cod highlighted as a key item.
VOTE ON UNION COOSA PINES
Em ployes of the Coosa River Newsprint Co will vote within 30 days to decide if a union should represent them as bargaining agent. Election ordered yesterday by the National Labor Relations Board. Eight groups of employees participate in the poll as a $30 million plant, still ramping up, aims to employ about 2,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coosa Pines
Ala
Coosa
National Labor Relations Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pociety
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
A. B.markham
Canal Street
First Christian Missionary Society
Davidson
Young Ladies Missionary Society
First Christian Church
Susie Davidson
Leon Edwards
Ed Simms
Caswell Hays
Carrie Jones
Japan
Ed Crane
Clyde Denson
Dorothy Akers
Rainbow Girls
Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Decatur Masonic Temple
Mothers of the Rainbow
Moss Chapel
W.5
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
St.Joseph
B. Harvel
Shirley Moore
Roman Higdon
H. D. McElroy
Scofield Bible
James Norton
2Nd Street West
Mickey Green
Babye Bess Robertson
Teasley Cortner
Delores Hardage
Johnston Street
Courtland
Suzanne Shelton
Phyllis Nun- Lesser
Carolyn Gregg
Molly Hendrix
Anne Layman
Sara Redding Sewell
ST. John's
Woman's
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Delano Park
Wanda Harris
A. F. Harris
Don Lewis
Tommy
Nancy
Gene Hicks
Pattye
Harry Lowther
Sissy
Buddy
Johnny Power
Jackie
Matthew
Bill Chenault
Nicki
Robert Rice
Rosalind
David
Lee
Ruby Sandlin
Gold Star Mothers
Austinville
Emma Sparkman
Bennie Stovall
Flint
M.R
H. A
Dix
P. O
New York
Ta Ey
By Huber
Huber
Decatur Shoe Store
Alim Yy
Mbes
W. J. Briscoe
9Th Street South
Murray King
Mr. King
C. C. Howard
Deep Run
North Carolina
Mrs. King
Warren Begbie
Dover
New Jersey
Wilbur
Colch, Jr
Marine Air Base
Cherry Point
Mrs
Wilbur Couch
J. E. Polk
Std Avenue West
Decatur General Hospital
L. R. Evans
Dixon, Illinois
R. H.ae
Emily Kay McClary
Hazel Hodgins
Rory Vann
Johnlyn Kiehl
Camp Winnalaska
Wayne’ L. Holmes
Judy
Sean
Homeolks
Cullman Lutheran Church
John Hamilton
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Cullman
Marguerite South
R. F. South
Dr. South
J. G. Hamilton
Panama
City
Florida
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wagner Studio
Debby Jane
Tiny Tots Studios
Auston
Tiny Tots
Belk-Hudson CO
Clayton Auston
UNION
TROUT
Elgin
Jewel Elgin
Lady Elgin
Smort
Lord Elgin
Fom
Old Watch Diamond Jewelry CO
Johnston St
Princess Theatre
Courtesy
Rose Jewelry Co
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Belk Hudson Co
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