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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1943
Page
3
The local Red Cross reports activity this Saturday with administration led by Mrs. R. T. Harris urging women to continue work through summer. Staff assistants corps chairwoman Mrs. L. C. Brown asks all corps members to report on their scheduled days or arrange substitutes.
The Production Corps chairman Mrs A C Bailey urges all knitters to bring khaki socks for the hospital quota and report to headquarters to assist with packing and shipping. The group is building an emergency closet for the local chapter containing hospital equipment baby layettes and various wearing apparel to meet potential disaster needs.
Chairman Mrs W J Duncan reports the motor corps participated in a surprise blackout with nearly all members on duty at their posts. The office of Civilian Defense highly praised their response and readiness.
Morgan County Selective Service board No. 1 convened at the courthouse to review 4-F men. U S Employment Service and Rehabilitation for the Physically Handicapped aides attended to assess work status and placement. About 500 men were present as Britnell explained the goal of matching able workers to jobs and optimal skill use.
Jean Parkison hosts a poolside dinner with Rosita and Curley absent in Mexico City. A missing brother Melvin Marsden looms over Jean as Steve Landis delivers a troubling telegram. A menacing note in silver hints at threats if Curley is troubled.
Two Guernsey dairy animals were bought at the Alabama State Guernsey sale in Birmingham on June 15. H. F. Bailey of Cotaco purchased a heifer and a bull, the heifer named Riegedale King's Delphia selling for 595 dollars. The bull was Riegedale Emorey’s Consul. Bailey also farms with sows, pigs, pasture, orchard, corn and cotton, reporting strong yields.
A community wedding was held Tuesday evening at Rev Lee Wal drop's home for Miss Cdell Parker and Mr Howard Odell. Attending were Maebell Parker Clara Campbell Helen Odell and Mrs T M Parker. Additional local notices mention visits and furloughs from service members and local gatherings.
First Lieutenant John Francis McLaughlin of Decatur earned expert aerial gunner status at the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School Napier Field where he serves as flight instructor. A River-side High School graduate and former Daily staffer, he received his wings and was commissioned on September 6, 1942. He is married to Katherine Lile Boswell of Decatur.
In Limestone County municipal court two ministers, Rev. A. J. Tingley and Rev. B. T. Waites, settle a case without lawyers. Tingley had sworn a warrant against Jim Chambers for obscene language in front of a woman. Waites intervened saying Chambers was a church janitor and the church needed him. They brokered a conference, the woman was satisfied, Chambers promised to reform, and the case was dismissed.
The Athens Laundry, owned by the C. D. Feigley family for over twenty years, was sold this week to Dr. K. L Rudolph, owner.
Housewives are urged to attend canning demonstrations led by Miss Erien Rowe and Miss Bessie Crow. Events run Tuesday through Friday at Moulton Heights, Somerville Road, junior high, La Fayette, and LaFayette Street schools with guidance on winter fruits and vegetables.
The Athens based cleaners keep the same workforce with Miss Flossie O Grady continuing as manager for the time being ensuring continuity in operations.
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