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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1949
Page
6
Decatur Country Club directors announced the dining room will reopen on Tuesday May 17 with Mr and Mrs George Frey and Mrs Caruthers of Shelbyville Tennessee taking charge. They previously operated a restaurant in Shelbyville.
The Huntsville Convocation of the Woman's Auxiliary holds its spring meeting at St John’s Episcopal on May 5. The program includes registration, Holy Communion, business sessions, and addresses by Rev. E M Chapman Rev George Murray and Rev Randolph Claiborne. A luncheon at the Cornelian Hotel and a tea at the Parish House are planned.
Moulton News outlines calls for a Chamber of Commerce board to affiliate with the U S Chamber and form a local chamber. Meetings set for first Tuesdays and quarterly full meetings on June August November and February. TVA rain report notes almost three inches in Moulton. Church and school work resume after weather halt along with cemetery construction. Various local residents and events listed with multiple names and visits.
Miss Hilda Long daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Long of Moulton and Wilbur Coffey of Moulton were married Thursday afternoon in Tupelo Mississippi. They honeymooned in Mobile Pensacola and Panama City Florida before returning home Sunday night.
Irwin and Dyar Infirmary reported patients admitted in the past week including Mrs. Raethel Reeves of Hartselle Mrs. Dewey Long of Moulton Mrs Russell South of Hillsboro Mrs Ernie Spivey of Hartselle Mrs Fred Borden of Mr Hope Mrs Hayden Coffey of Moulton Mrs Albert Shannon of Dangville A. W. Jones of Danville Mrs J D Blax ton of Moulton Mrs Henry Peoples of Hillsboro Bennett Wiley of Danville Mrs Trueman Kelley of Courtland Walter Sapp of Moulton and Mrs Roy Hatton of Town Creek.
The Moulton town council adopted an ordinance to pave more than 20 blocks. A May 23 meeting will invite residents in affected areas to discuss protests over assessments set at three quarters of the cost funded by affected property owners and one quarter by town funds.
The Falkville high school auditorium hosts a piano recital by Mrs. Ernest Greer's students this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. The program features solos duets and ensemble pieces by composers including Beethoven Debussy Sibelius and Albeniz with pupils such as Nell Penn Ward Evans Parker and Alldredge performing various works. The group plans a Mother’s Day program at the church next Sunday at five and will attend the Moss Chapel charge meeting after service.
Mrs. Grady Harger and son return from a visit to South Alabama and Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Harris and Mr. Comer Ezell plan a Kentucky Derby trip to Louisville. Mrs. Cole Young travels to Cartersville Georgia for a short visit. Mrs. Ann Waddell visits Jacksonville Florida with relatives. Trin ity and Miss Merle Lamon in Decatur and Austinville residents visit Walter Lamon and Katherine Lamon. Master Edward Marks confined at 1515 6th Avenue East with chicken pox. Mrs. B L Rickenbacker stays in Atlanta at St Joseph's hospital with her mother Mrs. J M Callaway. Rickenbacker to remain about a week.
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