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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1954

Page

9

Bus Load Heads West for Alabama Home Economics Meet

A bus filled with homemakers, teachers and Extension workers travels from Tennessee to Birmingham for the Alabama Home Economics Association gathering. The group includes representatives from Florence, Lawrence County, Marion County, Morgan County, Huntsville, Auburn and several colleges, with officials and club members joining en route to the reunion.

Florence Lawrence County Lucy Blackburn Marion County Elna Tanner Morgan County Eloise Tanner Falkville Constance Pearson Mary Frances Kilgore E. G. Hamilton Decatur Huntsville W. B. Whitfield Denone Cook J. H. Walker Martha Easter Alabama College Home Economics Club Ann Whitfield College Club Birmingham Blount County Mildred Gilbert Alabama Home Economics Association Thelma Graves Auburn Venda Rhodes Samson Myrtle Baker Verbena Belms Crownover Oakman Helen Mohns Evelyn Cotney Leacy Newell Alabama College Lucile Burson Grove Hill Frances Greene Prattville Eunice Ivey Rockford Olna P. Wright Butler Stella E. S. McCurdy Lowndesboro Mary Frances Hamilton Sewanee Tennessee

Hillsboro Soldier Assigned To Korea

PFC Lyndon H. Morris of Hillsboro and his wife Faye along with his father Clifford Morris are noted in a dispatch from Eighth Army Korea. Morris joins the 5th Regimental Combat Team in Korea after arriving overseas last September. he had served with the 40th Infantry Division prior to this assignment. Before enlistment in January 1953 he worked for Pontiac Division of General Motors in Michigan.

Eighth Army Korea Lyndon H. Morris Faye Clifford Morris Hillsboro 5Th 5Th Rct U. S Peninsula Morris 40Th Infantry Army Pontiac General Motors Corp Michigan

Cullman Serviceman Wins Oak Leaf Cluster

Sergeant James E. Holmes of Cullman received an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Bronze Star Medal for World War II service. He is an automotive mechanic instructor at the Army Ordnance School in FUESSEN Germany. His wife Pauline is overseas with him.

Fuessen Germany James E. Holmes James H. Holmes Cullman Holmes Army Ordnance School Pauline

Tennessee College Homemakers Travelogue to San Francisco

The passage describes home economics students and faculty from Alabama and Tennessee heading west to the American Home Economics Association meeting in San Francisco. It promises more travelogue installments and notes that each family will receive different ideas to enrich households.

Tennessee College Home Economics Department Alabama American Home Economics Association San Francisco

All Eyes Don’t See the Same in Sagebrush Desert

A lyrical note titled by an unknown author extols the desert's wide stretches and the aroma of greasewood after a night wind. It reflects on loneliness and appreciation for the open sagebrush landscape, inviting shared breath and companionship in the desert.

World beef and veal production facts and shipyard plan

The text notes that half the world’s meat is beef and veal and cites the planning of the battleship Missouri where 175 tons of blueprint paper were used.

Missouri

Forgive and Forget Dorothy DIX advises on marital trust

Dear Miss Dix counsels a wife to forgive her repentant husband after infidelity and focus on family. She urges forgetting the past, avoiding reminders, and strengthening domestic happiness through faith and routine, offering a free leaflet upon request.

Dorothy DIX

Use of Fingerprints in Historical Identification

The article notes that fingerprint identification was common in ancient times but the modern scientific system began in 1823, marking a shift to systematic use in forensics and verification.

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Gulf Myrtle Old Cecil Hester Berkeley Wykers Stone Lumber CO 12Th Ave Market ST Cullman Serviceman Oak Leaf Federal Land Bank Loans Yancey V. Hughes Thomas Abstract Co Court Huntsville Kelley E Wcation Hartselle Yancey Hughes Dorothy Dix Miss DIX Dolores D Muriel Nissen Tractor Service Ucchneh McCulloch POST Arthur Brown & Son Decatur Motors Bank ST Ford America Decatur Motor Sales, Inc First Avenue N. E
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