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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
9
Heavy weekend and midweek rain left most fields too wet to plow across the county. Weeds thrived on over fertilized soils while boll weevils appeared in scattered areas though not as bad as last year. Thrips damaged several fields by feeding on cotton and other plants, risking plant death in parts of the community.
Preliminary plans for paving 15 blocks of Moulton Streets were approved at a town council session. J E O Toole Engineering Co of Birmingham will prepare plans and specs to be on file 10 days before July 9, with a protest meeting set that evening.
The town expects three thousand two hundred thirty six dollars and twenty cents in real and personal property taxes for the 1951 year, per Lawrence County Tax Assessor R. C. Jackson. Last year the town received slightly more than three thousand dollars. Auto and public utility taxes are not included.
Hardy B. Shelton and wife deed property to M. V. Shelton for 1700 dollars. C. O. Henderson and wife also convey property to C. [truncated as readable text ends].
A docket of land transactions shows multiple transfers including OQ Alford and Ester Mizell to Levale Ferguson for 2500, Will A. Alexander to R. L. Roberson with deed correction 1.25, T B McCullough to Buford Shelton deed correction 1.00, and Gus B. Cross to Silas B. Cross 2500. Also listed are condemnations and corrections involving C J Key, A J Wade, and others for minor sums.
In Moulton today 7 small parcels were sold for 1951 taxes totaling under 50 dollars as arrears declined 75 percent from earlier notices. Tax collector Barna B Montgomery faced lower totals after previously advertising 28 properties with substantial back taxes.
Over the past week Irwin and Dyar Infirmary admitted numerous patients from Moulton Town Creek Danville Russellville Landersville and Leighton among others including Mrs Cecil Horton Mrs Clark Thompson Mrs Memory Lee Melson Mrs Hardy N Hale Mrs Carl Hooper and several others. Local staff changes include Miss Jeffie Cowart named pharmacist at Moulton Walgreen Agency Drug Store and Elton Pearson starting as accountant at Tom Smith Chevrolet Co with Farrell McKelvey moving to Gulf Refining Co in Decatur.
A collage of jokes and quips moves from traffic horn antics and a Tad Lincoln joke to biblical humor and a Truman tax note. The snippets include a Paris pastor tie gag, a playful bathers exchange, and a philosopher about happiness, all reflecting light, dated humor.
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