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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1954
Page
11
Mt Whitney in California is rated as the highest peak on the U.S. mainland at 14 495 feet, with Mt Elbert in Colorado 14 feet lower.
Veterans Administration provides guidance on death pension eligibility for a surviving spouse with a child, supplies for disabled veterans in job training, waivers of premiums for disabled Korean veterans, and requirements to operate a GI business loan. The Q and A cover disability connections, training supplies, premium waivers, and personal labor commitments.
Dr. Perry B. James president of Athens College attended the first Quadrennial Convocation of Christian Colleges in Granville Ohio. The gathering drew 700 to 800 college presidents and deans with eight general sessions and forty seminars.
In Battle Creek Michigan Reverend Harold D Haynes welcomed carpenters painters and landscapers who volunteered to brighten his house. The project came from a list of more than 100 suggestions to start a cleanup week as part of a community effort. The note on meat hints at a global beef and veal statistic.
In 1929 June 27 notices, Congressman Edward B. Almon returns to Tuscumbia after guest hero status, Miss Lougene Clem sings at the Kiwanis meeting. Hudson Alexander, four, improves after an 18 foot window fall in Nashville. Richard Barthelmess stars in Weary River at Princess Theater. Family travels and visits span Decatur Huntsville Birmingham and Chattanooga.
Rev Grady Woods preached to a large congregation Sunday morning. Annual cemetery decoration observed. Evening service canceled due to revival at Flint with Thelmer Vaughn preaching. Various local residents and visitors from Birmingham Huntsville Detroit and Decatur joined family gatherings and church events across Morgan County.
Charles A Wheelbarger of Ludlow won a $5 prize for catching a coyote pup near the railroad station in Dawn Missouri. The short race down the track determined the bounty.
Athens judge D L Rosenau Jr and his wife and two daughters head to Europe as one of four American judges chosen to attend the International Congress of Juvenile Court Judges in Brussels July 15 to 19. They depart Tuesday for Chattanooga and New York, travel by liner Italia to Plymouth, tour London and Glasgow, then continue through Brussels, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Amsterdam, Zurich, Lugano, Lucerne, Paris, London, and Southampton, returning to Nashville by plane Aug 18.
Morgan County Cedar Creek Olie Holmes Cedar Creek Olie Holmes S a Howard Foote visiting San Diego relatives. F S Holmes improving after illness Mrs Lillie Pruitt improving after operation Hart selle Hospital. Larry Cantrell Huntsville visiting mother Sue Holmes. Evie Pike and son Leroy Hart selle back home after visit with ill F S Holmes. Fay and Carolyn Holaway leaving for Washington new positions. Charles Henry confined with mumps. Luther Holmes family spent Sunday at Piney Grove with B W Holmes. Richard Speegle and daughters Cullman visited Willie B Foote. Ruel Foote and mother Mrs
In Jarboe Kansas Paul Schmutz, 12, lost his glasses when a fire destroyed his home. Schoolmates collected 29.50 to buy new ones but the fitting doctor refused the money upon learning the circumstances and the pupils declined to return it.
Minnie Foote was remembered during recent Saturday night and Sunday services at the local church with prayers and reflections. The gatherings honored her memory and offered condolences to family and friends.
After a blaze damaged the shop, the owner bought him other articles needed to replace those lost in the fire, ensuring stock is restored and operations return to normal.
About sixty percent of the global population resides in Asia and Africa, reflecting major demographic weight in those regions and shaping regional and world affairs.
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