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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1955
Page
9
Bargains at Allied Sales include milk coolers small scaffolding sinks freezers chairs power stands woodshop equipment mowers tractors air conditioners and ranges. RCA Victor television and stand offered at 65 dollars with contact Louie L Brown in Decatur. Phone 3406-1.
A New York political meeting features a retired manufacturer invited to speak briefly, followed by a playful alphabet praise for the candidate and a sharp jab from a heckler. The scene closes as an elevator operator and a stout woman spar over a stepped-on foot.
For sale NECCHI ELNA and VIGORELLI sewing machines claimed as world’s finest. Includes industrial sewing machines and guaranteed form a ten dollar offer on trade-in. Contact Lytton Walker at 612 Oak St with phone number available.
Sunday services led by Rev. George Brown at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. B T C at 7:00 p.m. Miss Faye Jean Walker wed Haf ford Hester in Iuka on June 15. Fannie Kay and Winfrey, Decatur trips, measles among Wrights. The Wright family marked Father’s Day with six sons and one daughter home.
Local social news lists many visits and gatherings in Morgan County. Families like the Roberts and Coxes host dinners and attend church events, reunions occur at homes of Smith and Smith, with Huntsville and Decatur trips noted. Nearby towns include Hartselle, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Cullman County.
Col Carroll J Williams director of ordnance for the 8th Army at Anniston Alabama will be honored by the British government for aiding the British Commonwealth Division in Korea He will be made an honorary member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony at the British Embassy in Washington.
A witty quip narrative recounts Lawrence C. Smith about last word moments and a comic anecdote involving John Barrymore. A snob greets the actor and is told he is the only one worth stopping for. A Decatur woman recalls a lie about yacht size and being made to row.
A fragmentary item reports a youth named McComb disappeared after using gasoline to clean his pants at home in Decatur. The unrelated quips show a humor page tone with other snippets about daily life and history of alfalfa’s spread.
Whaling fleets begin using helicopters to locate whale pods offshore. The aerial surveys aim to improve catch efficiency and reduce time at sea for crews.
Mr. and Mrs. John Legg dined with Rev. and Mrs. M L Palmer on Sunday. Mrs. James Tomlinson attended a Birmingham meeting. Martha Pearl Teague visited Bobbie Gann family in Huntsville. Delores Garnett improving in Moulton Hospital. George Nancarrow and Beth visited relatives in Flat Rock last week. Joe Roberts and baby of Hartselle visited his in laws Mr. and Mrs. George Burchell. Farris Pickens family visited Lexington. Mrs. Thomas Doyle Helen Hogan and Barbara Lewis traveled to Birmingham for a medical checkup. John Lockhart attending summer school at Auburn. Jessie Lindsey back home after 10 months with Wilson Lindseys in Oak Ridge Tennessee. Raymond Compton visited Arab on Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen Jones of Decatur spent a day in the Army visiting her nephew Pvt. Bud Garnett at an Open House at the Military Police Training Center Camp Gordon Georgia. Lt. Col. Gerald R. Momeyer arranged a tour of Garnett's company and training areas to showcase the Center's claim of finest training and individual attention for soldiers and their parents.
Frank Helflin departed last weekend to resume duties at Vanderbilt University in Nashville continuing his professional post.
A cryptogram puzzle from King Features Syndicate explains AXYCLBAAXRE as LONGFELLOW with A for L and X for O. The page notes daily changes and gives Saturday’s crytpoquote: TO ASK ADVICE IS IN NINE CASES OUT OF TEN TO TOUT FOR FLATTERY.
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