Warns July Fourth Weekend Is to Be More Hazardous
Morgan County Red Cross official H L Thornton warns the July Fourth weekend will be more hazardous due to increased highway congestion and national defense activities. Traffic deaths may exceed 40 000 this year. drownings average 7000 annually. He offers safety tips for motorists and swimmers to reduce risk during the holiday.
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National Defense
H. L. Thornton
First Aid
Morgan County
American Red Cross
National Safety Council
Thornton
Morgan County Corinth News Briefs
Local attendance at singing at Hbenseezer. Family visits include Mr and Mrs Stanley Holland and son Rual with J H Rigby family. Many residents travel to Cullman for shopping. Miss Dickie Rigby arrives to visit grandparents. Preaching planned at Quorinth Baptist church with noon dinner. Several plan a trip to Childersburg this week.
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Hbeneezer
Stanley Holland
Rual
J. H. Rigby
O. W.hogan
Cullman
Dickie Rigby
DeKalb
S. J. H. Rigby
Howard Evans
Nancy Evans
Andrews Chapel
T. P. Carter
Guy Holliday
Penns
Margrate Ruth
Atheleen Freeman
Mount Vernon
Ruthie Turrentine
Spurgeon Morgan
Marie Blevins
Tenn
Clell Smith
Piney Grove
O. W. Hogan
Ethel Willight
Quorinth Baptist Church
J. D. Bonds
Penelton Carter
Childersburg
Aaron Blevins
J. Rigby
How a Family of 4 Can Eat Well on $10 a Week
A feature offers thrifty menus for a four person week with daily dishes. It includes Kohlrabi preparation, Friday breakfast to dinner plans, and a suggested Salmon Loaf menu with cost around $1.20 per day. Also promotes Meta Given's Meringue Magic booklet available by mail.
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Pitiach
Given
Meta Given
Locale Social Roundup in Morgan County
Sunday visits and weekend gatherings across Rocky Ford and Decatur are noted. Residents including Miss Idalene Self Miss Ima Boger Reben Sims and families, with appearances by Rev Toone Mrs Addie Wallace and others, shared time with relatives and at Macedonia singing events.
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Idalene Self
Ima Boger
Reben Sims
A. W. Taylor
Nettie
Bertie McKay
Decatur
Gaines McNutt
Ruby Higdon
Hollis West
Toone
Addie Walace
Milorad Long
Marzelle and
Beatrice
Andrew Edwards
Richard Wallace
CCC
California
Fred Stephenson
Morgan County Laceys Spring Community Notes
Rev Manderson held regular hours Sunday at Liberty church services. Mrs Georgia Dunn and Betty Jo returned from Swannanoa North Carolina after visiting points of interest. Mrs J D Atkinson Nash ville husband ill, improving. Tenant house owned by Mrs Grace Hough burned. furniture saved. Quilt group met to quilt for Liberty church. James Cooper recovering from a severe foot injury. Neighbors hosted visitors and family with multiple town and farm updates.
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Manderson
Georgia Dun
Betty Jo
Swannanoo
Owen
Liberty Church
J. Datkinson
Warth Nashville
Atkinson la
Hardie Thomas
Georgia Dunn
Nat Chandler
Owen Cross Roads
Augusta Winfrey
Jewell
Wylam
Lula Wade
Decatur
N. J. Hough
ao _ a
James Cooper
Rosa Poe
Clara Sandlin
Jean and
Betty
Local Notes From Morgan County and Surrounding Areas
Misses Martha Mae and Sybil Terry visited relatives in Chattanooga Tennessee. Mr and Mrs Clint Thompson and children of Neel stayed with Mr and Mrs Buke Roberts. Woodrow Roberts left for Orlando Florida after a visit. Mrs W E Hartselle of Trinity visited daughter Esther Callahan and family. Quiller Knighten and sons stayed with J L Knighten of Decatur. Crops suffer from lack of rain. Large crowd attended preaching at Rocky Springs. A market visit in Goldsboro North Carolina ended with a joke about catching mare lures and truth.
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Martha Mae
Sybil Terry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Clint Thompson
Chil Tren
Neel
Buke Roberts
Woodrow, Roberts
Orlando
Florida
W. E. Hartselle
Trinity
Esther, Callahan
Quiller Knighten
J. L. Knighten
Decatur
Woodrow
Herman Roberts
Luke Smallwood
Cojaco
Claude Roberts
Rocky Springs
Limestone Farm Lands Sold East of Athens
Percy Isbell purchased 43 acres from W. W. Yancey two and a half miles east of Athens on the Huntsville highway. The sale was brokered by W. M. Chenault, local insurance and real estate broker.
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Percy Isbell
W. W. Yancey
Athens
Huntsville Highway
W. M. Chenault
Intercessory Prayer Sermon at Central Methodist Church
Rev Dosser Dosser delivered a revival sermon on intercessory prayer at Central Methodist Church last night. He cited Moses praying for Israel and Jesus as the great intercessor, urging believers to stand in the breach, seek God’s mercy, and rely on Pentecostal power for witnessing and sacrifice.
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Sullins Dosser
Moses
Evangelist
Jesus
Dosser
Alabama liquor stores close July 4 say ABC official
Administrator W. L. Devan of the ABC board announced that Alabama state liquor stores will be closed on July 4. The policy affects all stores statewide and outlines a one day closure for Independence Day observance.
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Ala
Alabama
W. L. Devan
ABC Board
At Home Frock Pattern 4705 by Anne Adams
Summer Fashion features Pattern 4705 for a sleeveless look with long front and back panels and side seams for a slim figure. Shirring or darts hold shoulder lines, with lace edging for a sheer afternoon style and sport version options. Pattern 4795 lists sizes and fabric needs. send 15 cents for pattern, 25 cents for book and pattern together.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
Limestone County Blancburn Social Notes Roundup
Buddie Poole from Camp Bland ing Fla spent days with his father. Twenty three youths enjoyed a picnic at Natural Bridge near Double Springs. Wes Jr Evans stayed with Mr and Mrs Wilburn Evans. Mrs Kyle Hoole and daughter visited Mr and Mrs Frank McClung. Roger Thompson and James and Woodrow Evans were Fayetteville Tenn visitors. A large dinner at Wes Evans drew Z O Fivans Hill family John Evans and Elmer Burleson Virgil Monk and families. Augustus vans of Detroit visited relatives here. Miss Evelyn Zehner visits Tennessee relatives. Mrs Letha Barker of Pulaski spent Saturday night with her ill daughter in law Wilburn Evans home.
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Buddie Poole
Camp Blanding
Fla
Natural Bridge
Double Springs
Wes Jr. Evans
Wilburn Evans
Kyle Hoole
Prank McClung
Roger Thompson
James
Woodrow Evans
Fayetteville
Tenn
Evelyn Zehner
Letha Barker
Pulaski
Ice cream junior scam spotted in Clyde village dump
In Clyde New York on June 26 a cigar box with free sticks from an ice cream company was found tossed in the village dump. The stash included 150 free sticks and revealed a promotion where a last lick could yield another on the house. Confectioners report busy sales around the scheme.
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Clyde
N._Y
Fry
An. Ice Cream
Four TB Cases Reported in Morgan County
The state health department announced four tuberculosis cases in Morgan County for last month. statewide totals reached 328. April had 326 and May of last year had 296. The department noted fewer cases in the state last year than in any year since 1924.
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Morgan County
State Department of Health
Fort Expands In Alabama Through Federal Declaration
Through a declaration of taking in federal district court the War Department will assume title to 11 722 acres in Russell County Alabama as an addition to Fort Benning Georgia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Federal District Court
War Department
Russell County
Alabama
Fort Benning
Sleeping perilous in New Orleans ends in hospital
Togas Karkos suffered a fractured left hip after dozing in a rock and rolling off it. He was hospitalized following the accident in New Orleans two years ago.
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New Orleans
Togas Karkos
Karkos
Navy to Get More Planes and Defenses in 1943 Budget
Washington reports the appropriations committee recommended a defense bill totaling 497 million dollars in deficits, funding 2,236 additional Navy aircraft, 19 auxiliary ships, and expansion for shore bases including blimp bases at Elizabeth City and South Waymouth. The Navy would receive about 742 million with 467 million for new planes, plus 47 million for guns and ammunition. The package also covers FBI expansion, defense bonds, and other agency needs, aiming to strengthen national defense ahead of fiscal year 1943.
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Washington
Navy
House
Appropriations Committee
Office For Emergency Management
Post Office Department
Coast Guard
Great Britain
Elizabeth City
N.C
South Waymouth
Mass
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Defense
Treasury
Defense
Truck rolls into driveway injures man’s left leg
A truck rolled into a driveway and ran over a man's left leg, causing injuries. Emergency responders attended, and the incident is under local investigation with no further details available.
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