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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1941
Page
3
At Fort Devens Massachusetts a soldier writes affectionate letters for fellow troops. His simple rule lay it on thick and he has helped four engaged and many more gain replies. He refuses payment, accepts only occasional cigarettes, and loves to see smiling responses from sweethearts.
Morgan County notes announce a singing at Ebenezer Church in Dripping Springs next Sunday afternoon with a new piano. Community events include a Tuesday night meeting and visits by locals such as Roy Patterson family, Tom Powell family, Irene Doss, Helen Gandy, Theo Johnson, and others.
The Morgan County item notes the W. M. S. held a church Bible study and quilting event. Various local visits and movements are reported, including Euin Lott visiting Birmingham relatives and Ike Roper family moving to West Decatur.
Joel travels from Hickory Gap to Allgood residence to fetch Eve after sending Bill a note. He polishes Eve's car, arranges mail delivery, and meets Eve and her mother, hoping Eve will be glad to see him and that Bill sleeps through the plan.
Cotaco High School will present a three act comedy Dont Darken My Door on March 25 1941 at 7 30 p m by the senior class. The cast includes Roger Kent John Paul Johnson Rosemary Kent Betty Edwards Gerald Reed Poppy Foster Dorothy Wiggington Alec Stubbins Fred Culbreath Jr Patsy Sample Louisa Featherstone Frieda Dobbs Susie Featherstone and Faye Rolf. Director is Miss Florence Orr.
Sickness abounds with colds measles and mumps. Allen Evans recovers from measles. Funeral of Bob McCarley held at Acollasboro. Families visit relatives in Proctor Auburndale and Meggs. Scripture Gleaners meet hosted by Miss Martha Inman with talks by Lillian Harper Marguerite West. Death announced of Mrs Vern Zehner Fannie Evans in Dayton Tenn.
Local families report illnesses including mumps at the Holladay and Hogan households. Libbie Legge visits from Athens Teachers College, Estelle Hunter remains ill, and Nina Fay Kirkpatrick visits Birmingham relatives. Mr and Mrs Steel host Truitt Penns, births announced for Bob Heard’s daughter, and many attend singing events at McKendry Chapel.
Davenport Iowa March 22 Lee Moyne Marks a photographer for The Davenport Democrat paid a real price for a break on news pictures. A car crashed into two gasoline pumps at a filling station and Marks shot pictures of the pumps and two cars which burned. One of the cars was his own.
An article explains humidity's impact on health and comfort using a home experiment with a dry hair in a hygrometer. It describes how moisture lengthens the hair and moves a needle toward high humidity, while dry air shortens it and shifts the needle to low humidity, stressing humidity as a key weather factor after temperature.
The page offers wind force indicators and weather Q and A with experts. Readers ask about eyeball weaknesses in stormy weather, healthiest climates by region, telescope lenses, early summer in Illinois, windy city corners, and garden planting timing. The weekly forecast covers broad state conditions with many regional notes.
Mr and Mrs J W Cheatham and children visited in Manchester Tennessee. Lowell Via Wesley Cheatham and Urban Dutton were in Hartselle. Vergil Oldacre and Archie Buckelewig relatives visited Cullman and Pleasant View. Dewey Little is ill with mumps and several local children are absent from school with mumps.
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