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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1948

Page

3

Rotary Given a Farm Talk at Weekly Luncheon

The iartselle Rotary Club met at the Methodist church with visitors Sim L. Howell and R. J. Rea. President pro tempore M. H. Broom led due to Edwin Price's absence as the club heard a Farm Service program by C. T. Cash on Farm Home Administration aid for Morgan County farmers seeking homes.

Iartselle Rotary The Methodist Church Sim L. Howell Decatur Club R. J. Rea T. N. Anderton PF Pak Edwin Price M. H. Broom Ocational Service Committee C. T. Cash Farm Home Administration Morgan County Club Service Committee L. E. Roberts

Free brochure offers aid for deafened persons

A promotional notice invites deafened individuals to request a free brochure titled Full-tone Hearing. It promises practical guidance on enjoying sermons music and companionship, asking readers to mail a penny post card with name and address to BELTONE Dept. 18, 1450 W. 19th St Chicago.

Beltone Dept 19Th St Chicago Ill

Alabama Public Service Commission rejects Birmingham fare hike

The Alabama Public Service Commission denied Birmingham Electric’s proposal to raise streetcar and bus fares from seven to ten cents and school fares from two and a half to three cents. Chairman Gordon Persons cited insufficient justification and noted dividends of about 640000 to common stockholders last year. He also criticized depreciation reserves not meeting commission recommendations.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Public Service Commission Birmin Gordon Persons Birmingham Electric“ Company Birmingham Electric Commission

Prime names listed in local social notes

A row of social names appears in the community column noting Mrs Christine Prince Mr Hurley Prince Sol Johnson Inez Gray Mrs Andrew Kent B G Woodall Mrs W A Roger Ida Morgan Mrs Ethel Jones Mrs E C Gray J F Herring Lennie Johnson in a social roster.

Christine Prince Hurley Prince Sol Johnson Inez Gray Andrew Kent B. G. Woodall W. A. Roger Ida Morgan Ethel Jones E. C. Gray J. F. Herring Lennie Johnson

Weatherly James Floyd Dies Local Resident

Funeral services for James Floyd Weatherly will be held Sunday at 1328 Woodland Avenue West End with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Birmingham. He died Saturday at one o clock at TCI hospital Birmingham and is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Fred Moran a son James Weatherly and three brothers J T Weatherly Decatur F E Weatherly Albany Ga and Richard Weatherly Birmingham.

James Floyd Weatherly TCI Birmingham Mr. Weatherly Decatur Tme Woodland Avenue Westnd Forest Hillemetery Weatherly Fred Moran James Weatherly

County’s School Attendance Crisis Warns of Poverty and Fear

Morgan county faces a chronic attendance problem as survey findings blame poverty, ill health, itinerant families, and negative parental attitudes. Enforcement steps include court action, writs, and probation, with many families resistant yet some improvements after legal notices.

Morgan County Alabama

Alabama Graduates 21 Earn Degrees at Seminary Commencement

Twenty one Alabamians will join 242 graduates receiving degrees at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary spring commencement on May 7. The list includes Billy Hopson Adams of Birmingham and Rayward Bill Cuthnea t a of Columbia, among others, with degrees ranging BD Th M and BM D as printed in the readable portion of the list.

Alabama Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Billy Hopson Adams Birmingham B.D Lloyd Clyde Allen Alexander City di Rold Save Barnes Montgomery Beurray—Braga B. D Rayward Bill —Cuthneata Columbia Th. M Donald K. Edwards Clayton A. Gilbert Barney Samuel Ar.granade Leroy James Dewey Hollis Cullman Roy Sherman Isbell Langdale Page H. Kelley Hartford Joseph William Knowles Headland Harold Lee Malone

Semiary Commencement Week Speakers Named

Two Alabama pastors Dr Herschel H Hobbs and Dr John H Buchanan will address the seminary during commencement week. Hobbs will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Wednesday night May and Buchanan will speak Thursday morning May 8 at Missionary Day services. The graduating class, largest in the seminary history, will receive diplomas from President Ellis A Fuller Friday morning May 7.

bert Lewis_Marler Coker B. D Charles-Oren- Mashburn Gadsden Louis Andrew McCord Tuscumbia Th.b James Lester Monroe Birmingham Thomas Jefferson Powers Selma Th. D Jacob Hubert Ray Gordo Th. B Paul E. Sanderson William Frank Skinner Tuscaloosa B.C Alabama Herschel H.hobbs Dauphin Way Baptist Church Mobile John H. Buchanan Southside Baptist Church Ellis A. Fuller

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