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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1949

Page

3

TVA awards contract for New Johnsonville plant equipment

The Tennessee Valley Authority says it awarded the feedwater heater contract for the New Johnsonville steam plant to Elliott Company of Jeanette Pennsylvania for 102 562 after considering factors beyond bid price. Opposing bidder A V Gruber of Hoboken New Jersey claimed his firm was lowest and may seek Senate review.

Knoxville Tenn TVA Elliott Company Jeanette Johnsonville A. V. Gruber Condenser Service and Engineering Company Hoboken N. J Gruber Senate Appropriations Committee Pennsylvania Tennessee River Nashville

New Pastor Arrives at Sixth Avenue Church of God

Rev. Eugene Rice is installed as the new pastor at the Sixth Avenue Church of God. A Oklahoma native with twenty years in ministry, he graduated from Anderson College and Seminary in Indiana and moves to Decatur from Mobile where he pastored three years. He reports warm reception from the local community after ten days in town.

Eugene Rice Sixth Avenue Church of God Oklahoma

Local Church Pulpit Note and Community Updates

Rev Eldon Montgomery filled the Baptist church pulpit on the fourth Sunday. Families visit relatives in Decatur and Monticello areas while farmers report good field work after rains and crop damage estimates. Local residents attend church events at Friendship and Lebanon churches, with travel between Speake Hartselle and nearby towns.

Eldon Montgomery The Baptist Church Marie White Calvin Decatur Will White Ollie Jean Kelsop Montevallo Methodist Young Peoples Assembly Lebanon Hartselle Brown Rushing Speake Lawrence Lowery Baptist Hospital Birmingham Charles Speake Bob Johnson Duke McLemore

Murder Charge Against Man In Alabama Rifle Slaying

Anniston Alabama June 30 a man described as a former mental patient faced a murder charge in the rifle slaying of his wife Mary Jane Jones 51 at the Jones home in Dearmanville. Coroner A B Jones said he swore out the warrant charging David Jones with murder. He is held without bond in Calhoun county jail. The coroner said Jones arrived home Monday from Bryce mental hospital Tuscaloosa and claimed he heard a shot and found his wife dead in a bedroom.

Anniston Ala Mary Jane Jones Jones Dearmanville A. B. Jones David Jones Calhoun County Bryce Mental Hospital Tuscaloosa

Community Notes From Morgan County Pleasant View

Local residents share visits and gatherings across Morgan County. Families including Hogan, Dotson, Turrentine, Miller, Yates and West attended prayers, preaching, and singing events while hosting relatives and friends over weekends and midweek.

Brice Hogan W. D. Hogan Raymon West Mary_Dotson Will Elza Tucker Wesley Hogan Will Dotson Mae Turrentine Lindsy Hall Ruthie Turrentine Coy Lorene Wilma Hill Buddie Ray Asherbranner R. V. Poole Vernon Carr Ralph Tucker

Lawrence County Harmony Social At Mrs Andersons Home

Local young people held a class social at Mrs. H. C. Andersons home with guests including Mrs. Clarence Gillespie Lavonia Ovella Nell Cole Addie Mills and others. Rev Steve Cole and family visited relatives nearby and several couples shared visits throughout the week. Mrs Mildred Briley and children visited Foshee and family and Mr and Mrs William Hammack welcomed a baby girl born at Irwin and Dyar.

H. C. Anderson C. G. Thrasher Clarence Gillespie Lavonia Ovella Nell Cole Addie Mills Ernest Mills Helen Arley Heaps Mt. Hope W. M. Briley Jasper Heaps Forney Nailer Addie. Mills Ellie Gillespe Mildred Briley Thomas Foshee Willie Reed William D. Hamack Irwin and Dyar

Duttons Visit Briley Family Event

Barbara Fay is recorded as infirmary last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Dutton spent Saturday night with Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Briley. The modern major league record for most bases on balls given up in a season is held by Bob Feller who walked 208 men in 1938.

Barbara Fay Jewel Dutton W. M. Briley Bob Feller

Lucky Strike Tobacco Supply Drives Superior Cigarette Quality

A steady stream of samples from every tobacco-growing area arrives at a Richmond laboratory. Scientists analyze quality and deliver reports to auction buyers for Lucky Strike manufacturers. Armed with this confidential data and judgment, the buyers seek finer, lighter, milder tobacco to ensure Lucky Strike’s top quality.

America Richmond Virginia

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