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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
2
Miss Smith will direct the B. F. U. bodies as 10 youths lead a service in the main church space. Unions have practiced, and attendees will be rewarded for their presence. The Connecting Will be presided by the Bible school leaders. Soldiers diagl...
The Bonanza quartet’s WBRO broadcast set weekday records for telephone calls and local-singers program. Management praised the quartet and scheduled another show for Tuesday June 30 at 12:15 to 12:45 PM.
In Morgan county most areas saw light showers but Lawrence received substantial rain. The heavy rainfall benefited farmers as river levels rose and crops advanced notably.
Harry Burrage president of the Connecticut Mills in Boston is a Decatur visitor inspecting the company property. Burrage has made frequent trips to Decatur and has numerous friends there.
Mr and Mrs Redus Collier of New York City are guests of his parents Mr and Mrs G W Colfer. The young Collier has worked with Western Electric Company in New York for some time and has found success, drawing many friends here to be pleased by the news.
Parade by the Intermediate Union features The Choosers by the Light Bearers and a pageant style officer installation. Retiring officers will pass powers to successors as Dr. James Allen Smith closes with brief talks. Miss Sadie Smith praises the service and practice.
A string of local gatherings fills a weekend in the community. Miss Cleo Kirkpatrick hosts a party with friends while Irene Dutton stays with Essie Crowe and the Millsap sisters visit Dessel Millsap and Cleo Kirkpatrick. The Kirkpatrick and Morris families host relatives from nearby towns for weekend visits.
Former local resident T. Lee Hartung has earned two promotions and will move to the Louisville and Nashville general offices. He previously served as assistant chief clerk here and then as accountant in the division staff. An outdoor event and campfire talk by W. M. Bailey are planned before he leaves.
Miss Ruby Lee Hill of Moulton visits friends this week as Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Young return from two months in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Lee stay with sister Mrs. Ab Whitlock in Thorptown. Mrs A. B. Martin of Moulton visits Tuesday with relatives. H. T. Black of Town Creek is visiting.
Officials announce a new postal law effective July 1 implementing a 44 hour work week. Early in the rollout Saturday deliveries began, with possible Saturday station closures at 2 PM to comply with the act.
Jim Criscoe, a well known and respected resident of Union Grove, remains very seriously ill at his home in Union Grove. The report notes Criscoe's prominence in the community and the current health concern as of June 17.
Col Robert Haubrich, noted for leading an Ohio national guard response to the Columbus penitentiary fire riot, is surveying the Belmont and Southeast Ohio counties of Belmont and Guenther in anticipation of acting to quell strike disturbances.
Members of the Decatur Kiwanis club are heading for Camp Ki Y on Thursday afternoon. Kiwanis will not meet at any special place.
Tithe his son H Black and family here this week. Mrs Elmer Miller of Decatur attended the funeral of her cousin Mrs Eric Goodwin buried here. Mr and Mrs Dee Steenson of Mt Hope and Mrs Frank Carinth of Haleyville visited Monday afternoon. A B and J B Young were business visitors in Atlanta Thursday and Friday. Miss Cassie Jackson and Counts of Mr Hope visiting relatives here. Little Misses Louise and Lucile Kimbrough guests of grandparents G D Byars this week.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Morris and children Orby and Geneva of Cullman were guests Saturday night. Lisses rta and Loretta Suggs visited Miss Ola Mae 1 on Sunday. Elbert Burney and children near Bethlehem were visitors recently. Mr and Mrs Fred Wiley and family of Falkville were guests of Mr and Mrs J H Hardin and family Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs R Hardin and Mrs Eura Hardin and little sons also present.
Puzzle clues list across and down entries with numerous partial entries and misspellings. The readable items include prom enades beam capital of a country plunder metal determines mother of mankind weary and other scattered terms. The fragmentary text resembles a crossword grid with incomplete entries and clue numbering.
Naval experts agree there is one viable path for Lindberghs over the Pacific via Attu Shamshu to the Kurils and on toward China, rejecting a great circle or polar route as impractical. They note a roughly 600 mile sea hop Attu to Shamshu and discuss alternatives toward Kamchatka or Bering Strait, but deem them less favorable.
James Rankin, injured in a collision with a motorcycle, is sitting up at home and expects to be out again within a few days. He is staying with Mr and Mrs Marvin on Gordon Drive and suffers head and hip injuries.
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