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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1943

Page

7

Morgan County News Briefs Highlight Local Life

Community members attend Speaker Sunday singing. Felton Hogan and wife welcome a baby boy. Bertha Millsap visits with Felton Hogan family. Christine Crow works at Alabama Hosiery Mill in Decatur. Ilva Dutton returns from Athens College. Obituary notes Nancy Ann Evans of Andrew dies, burial at Andrew Chapel. Jim Looney to Detroit for work. Elvis Stovall home on leave from the Navy with family gathering. Huntsville and Danville visitors head to Navy. Local social group lists attendees. Betty Joe Edwards visits from Huntsville. Coleman Dunn family enjoy Whitesburg Bridge outing.

Felton Hogan Bertha Millsap Christine Crow Alabama Hosiery Mill Decatur Ilva Dutton Athens College Nancy Ann Evans Andrew Andrew Chapel

Morgan Basham Chapel Program Honors Fathers and Service

An all day program at Basham Chapel is planned for Sunday June 20 with a noon 2 basket lunch. Sunday school will feature a program honoring sons in service and Father’s Day. Parents of service members and Sunday school families are urged to attend. Rev Lantie Smallwood spoke at Sumitt Baptist Church and local residents attended gatherings at the Jones home. Vandiver returns from Landersville after his brother John Wesley Vandiver died Sunday. Eunice Washburn and Dorothy Vandiver visited local families in recent days.

Basham Chapel Lantie Smallwood Summitt Baptist Church R. W. Jones W. A. Vandiver Landersville John Wesley Vandiver Eunice Washburn Bessie Thompson Dorothy Vandiver Nashville Tennessee

Daily Crossword Across and Down Puzzle Clues

A large list of crossword clues for across and down entries including numbers 1 through 52 across and 1 through 46 down with varied hints such as To notch Speck Ascend Irregular as if gnawed and Hoodoo Hot springs Collapse etc.

Flash Gordon MPG JZBVDK YNP BXTWKKB QBFBDPVAP VO KCBF WZVKWY

Cryptoquote item distributed by King Features Bynéksia Ine features a quote about speaking hearts without preparation. The fragment includes a mysterious headline style and references to a character named Flash Gordon.

King Features Bynéksia Ine

Union Grove News Roundup Highlights Local Visits

Miss Wanda Lemley of Flint visits her uncle W R Lemley. Pete Stidham returns from U S Army to see his mother Mrs D W Whisenant. Dr Radford Barnard visits the community. Whitt Whisenant of Birmingham spends weekend with his mother Mrs Charley Ellenburg. D A Hipps visits Huntsville. J C Williams remains ill at home. Miss Helen Lemley and Whitt Whisenant attend Huntsville show. Bill Stidham visits his mother in Huntsville. Intermediate class hosts a Sunday School social at Mrs Myrle Brooks. Sunday sermon at 11 at the Baptist church. Misses Sula and Anna Mae Williams honor Clyde Prince and Herman Myrick with a party.

Wanda Lemley Flint W. R. Lemley Pete Stidham U. S. Army D. W. Whisenant Radford Barnard Whitt Whisenant Birmingham Charley Ellenburg D. A Hipps Huntsville J. C. Williams Helen Lemley Bill Stidham Myrle Brooks Baptist Church Sula Anna Mae V Williams Clyde Prince Herman Myrick

Tindall Named U S Military Attache in Ankara

Brigadier General Richard G. Tindall aged 51 has been appointed American military attaché in Ankara. He succeeds Colonel Cornelius Jadwin who moves to other duties after three years overseas as military observer in Rome Sofia and Ankara.

Tindall Ankara Richard G. Tindall Col Cornelius Jadwin Washington, D. C Rome Sofia

Secretary on Vacation in Athens County Office

Athens June 17 Mrs Marvin Gray secretary of the county board of revenue takes her annual vacation this week ahead of Mr Gray leaving for the Army. In her absence Miss Julia Woodroof serves in her place.

Athens Ala Marvin Gray County Board of Revenue Gray Julia Woodroof

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