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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1927
Page
2
Kiwanis club announces Ki Y camp opening Monday under May gard Layman boys worker supervision. Improvements include new housing building, screened and lighted grounds, and water supply comparable to city. Camping runs through August 1 with girls outings overseen by Miss Sally Hamilton home demonstration worker and farm bureau supplied pictures.
A large audience attended both morning and evening services at Westside Presbyterian Church where Evangelist Horace M. Layman preached two sermons. Twelve were received into the church and nine professed faith in Christ. meetings continue through the week with cottage prayer meetings Tuesday at 2:30 PM at Mrs Williams home, 613 Eleventh Avenue.
John Garrison, long time AT and T employee now stationed in West Palm Beach, Florida, is visiting Decatur for a few days and is greeted by hundreds of friends. He will be joined soon by Mrs. Garrison, who is in Tennessee with relatives.
J A led a party of 12 on a bus trip covering 800 miles from an east Tennessee point. Jennings and party visited friends and relatives in eastern Tennessee and Kentucky.
Martel Brett, longtime Tri-Cities Daily editor, plans a new Sheffield venture named the Sheffield Post with capitalization of 50 000 dollars. He will partner with his father to publish in Sheffield and Tucumbia serving the region.
Central National Bank president Thomas A. Bowles congratulates the Junior Chamber of Commerce as the Minneapolis Millers baseball deficit from spring training is reduced to about 300 to 400 dollars.
A masked bandit entered the Bank of Lowell in Arkansas this morning, forced Cashier Allen Henderson into the vault, and took all money in sight. Authorities believe the haul exceeded 1000 dollars.
In city police court today a defendant faced drunkenness charges and was fined 18 dollars 60 cents. A separate dispatch from Washington dated June 20 reports an arbitration award raising pay rates for firemen hosts and helpers on 12 large railroads in the southeastern region by up to 40 cents per day.
Mae Allen Company continues its run at the Princess theatre for another week with a strong picture program paired with vaudeville. Manager Stewart promises an unusually good show to draw crowds.
A defendant charged with using profane language was dismissed in city police court today, with the judge citing lack of evidence and procedural issues. The case highlights local limits on prosecuting obscenity in public speech within municipal court jurisdiction.
Montgomer y editor Atticus Mullin reports on John Patterson from Morgan County urging a boxing bill to allow unregulated fights. Patterson, Irish by heritage, argues for knock down and drag out fighting without rules and with only blades barred, proposing an amendment to exclude such fights from regulation. The Alabama house later carries the bill.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce directors will gather tonight at seven thirty in The Daily office to discuss routine business.
Tonight the Smiths accompanied by Bryan McAfee are due in Decatur after their historic interest in the Virensjas.
Ensign U.S. N. A. B. Buttrey known as Tooney returns home for a brief visit with his father J. A. Buttrey after graduating from the United States Naval Academy Annapolis on June 2. He is soon to sail for the Pacific coast aboard a ship slated for several months deployment.
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