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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1934
Page
8
Oden, a resident of Hartselle, acted as a business caller in the city today, engaging with local firms and discussing potential opportunities.
Miss Emily Bruner daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Phillips of 224 Eleventh Avenue West was removed to hospital in a brief notarial style notice. The fragment notes a medical transfer but no further context or outcome is provided.
Dr Price departs for the Methodist Episcopal Church South general conference in Jackson Mississippi. His pulpit will be supplied at both morning and evening services during his absence.
R. P. Mims of Jackson Mississippi representing Schloss Bros. traveled to Decatur on a business visit Tuesday.
Major Kepner and Captain Stevens prepare a National Geographic stratosphere mission to collect data from ten miles high. The project features a giant balloon, a 300 foot envelope, and a tiny eight foot gondola for two crew, with instruments to study temperature pressure gas content and cosmic rays.
Miss Naomi Ryan, a former Decatur resident, had her appendix removed at General Hospital in Nashville Tennessee and is now back home at 4300 Park Avenue. Friends here wish her a speedy recovery, with return expected in early June when weather permits. The take off point is planned for the western U S near the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.
The program for the decoration at Caddo on May 13 includes a 9:30 devotional service by An, a 10:00 cemetery decorating, 11:00 sermon by Rev. W, 12:00 lunch, 1:16 song by the choir. Devotional by Nell Bayne, choir song, readings by Alice Rae Parker Aldeen Sims Irene Whitlow Opal Hill and others, with a prayer by Ruth and a story by Gladis Stewart and Cora Lee Hays. Classes will lead the afternoon songs. all singers invited.
Minor injuries were suffered when a Dunn Construction driver named Parish collided last night at about 7 30 on the Joe Wheeler highway with a car driven by Mc Connell. Local physicians treated the injured at the scene.
An article urges observing Child Health Day by feeding children a balanced diet rich in milk eggs fruits greens and root vegetables. It emphasizes calcium phosphorus iron and vitamins and suggests gradual introduction of healthy foods to foster lifelong good eating habits.
Mrs. Clay Pare, 34, died last night at 11 26 at her Trinity mountain home. The body will be shipped to Corin, Mississippi, for interment Wednesday. Survived by husband and six children Willard, Elbert, Morris, Nellie Kate, Laura Mabel, and Mamie Sue.
Mr and Mrs Horace Gordon Crow announce the birth of an eight pound son named Horace Gordon Jr on April 29. Mr and Mrs J T Pet tey announce the birth of a seven and a half pound daughter named Elig Jean on April 30.
The passage urges caregivers to avoid bias about a child s food dislikes and to keep meals positive in front of children. It notes mothers may share dislikes to please others and contrasts this with the idea of giving a May basket and sending a well fed child into the sunshine.
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