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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1949

Page

12

Folsom Plans March 25 Tour For Pension and Roads

Governor James E. Folsom announces a limited stump tour starting March 25 to explain his proposed $50 a month old age pension and large rural road outlay. He will make weekend and night stops, aided by the Strawberry Pickers band, with events in Collinsville Fort Payne Scottsboro Huntsville and Athens. The trip emphasizes informing voters about the 1949 program.

Montgomery Ala James E. Folsom Alabama Tennessee Valley Mobile Bay Strawberry Pickers Hillbilly Band Folsom Collinsville Fort Payne Scottsboro Huntsville Athens

Community and family notices with regional visitors and death

Sunday visitors gather at multiple households across Morgan County including Adams, Murphree, Cagle and Nichols families. Mrs. Burnett of Gum Pond dies and is buried at Bethel. Birthday dinner honors R A Ryan with relatives from Decatur Eva and Gadsden. Funds allocated for medical research include Alabama Medical College and Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

Jimmie Adams Dell Dobson Decatur Robert Adams Iona Eulala Murphree Bertis Cagle Cullman Charles Nichols Jack Woodham Boaz Hill Woodruff Tennessee Ada Woodruff Birmingham R. M. Holmes Richard Burnett Near Gum Pond Cullman Hospital Bethel Cemetery J. D. Livingston Leo Livingston Peg Thompson Joyce Bessie Cobb Ae Robert Ford Walter Ford Virgil Thompson Will Wright Hamler'’s Brooks Lindler Afton Cobb Cobb S. R. Long R. L. Nichols Jr Gadsden Phone Adams Manchester Garvis Ford and Son Walton Ford R. A. Ryan Marvin Patton Near Cullman Gene Entrekin Hyland Ryan Roland Ryan Junior Childers Monte Rice Eva R A. Ryan Johnnie ‘Woodruff Union Hill Jocie Holmes Near Bethel Washington Federal Security Agency Alabama — Medical College of Alabama Vanderbilt Medical School University of Tennessee

Your Health: Heartburn From Diet and Stress

Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania and Jewish Hospital report heartburn often stems from faulty eating habits and emotional tension rather than ulcers or overacidity. In 46 patients, 34 improved through education on meals and emotional factors. specific trigger foods vary, with coffee onions cabbage and chocolate listed as common culprits.

Henry J. Tumen Edwin M. Cohn Graduate School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Jewish Hospital

Local Grocery Ad Highlights Bulk Deals and Jarred Goods

A vintage ad lists prices for staple items including Jim Dandy Meal five to six pounds, X-Pert White Cake Mix, Q. T. Pie Crust Mix, Jello, honey, Bama grape jelly, and Alaga syrup. Items range from 19 to 53 cents with several bag sizes and a 16 ounce jelly.

Final Hearing On Milk Prices Held By Board Today

The Alabama Milk Control Board met in Birmingham for the final hearing on milk price cuts. Tro-Fe Dairy Co. president W. J. Troutman urged reductions in Gadsden area and for school lunchroom milk. Earlier hearings noted high milk prices forcing schools to cut servings. findings to be announced after the hearings conclude.

Birmingham Ala Alabama Milk Control Board Gadsden W. J. Troutman Tro-Fe Dairy Co Florence James F. Stoner Montgomery

Service Friday For Plantation Owner

Funeral services are set for Robert Stiles Dickson 75 prominent planter and large landowner. He died yesterday in a Birmingham hotel after a heart attack three months ago. Services will be at Dicksonian plantation Lowndesboro at 10 a m tomorrow with survivors including his widow Leila Traweek Dickson a son and three daughters in Alabama and nearby cities.

Lowndesboro Ala Robert Stiles Dickson Alabama Dickson Birmingham Dicksonian Plantation Leila Traweek Dickson Robert S. Dickson Jr

Rise in 1948 gun models outpaces 1947 figures

American manufacturers produced about fifteen percent more hunting arms in 1948 than in 1947, reflecting a notable uptick in model variety and availability for the year.

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