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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1952

Page

25

Oldster Proves She Can Climb From 45 Foot Well

Eighty two year old Mrs Addie Lower known as Aunt Addie proved her grit when the well cover collapsed and she fell about forty five feet into a well north of Agency Missouri. After nearly four hours she crawled up out of the water by gripping a water pipe and using a wall brace. A niece and neighbors pulled her free with a rope. Despite a doctor's recommendation she refused to rest saying she had company.

Addie Lower Rs. Lower Addie Here Hattie Clouser

Rainbow Banquet Brightens Falkville High Event

The Junior Senior banquet on Tuesday April 30 filled the storm shelter with rainbow decor and candlelight. Students and faculty wore evening clothes enjoying a four course feast prepared by home economics students under Miss Eloise Tanner while Noojin Walker acted as toast master and Margie Powell delivered a senior response.

Eloise Tanner Noojin Walker Noojin Margie Powell Sunbeam Jill Maxine Bennich Sadie Ann Boger Hewlett Bobby Moore Peggy Bailey Betty Sue Appleton Dorothy Jean Sellers Jeanne Gibbons Max Gray Fay Hollaway Kathleen Holladay Annie Ruth Sandlin Franklin Harrison Louise Rost Sarah Hadley Seldon Hardin, Jr Betty Wilson Lindall Stinson Kay Bryant Pete Lee Charlotte Evans Fred Hogan Ellen Duncan Bobby Dumas Barthel Mae Powell Joe Summerford Skippy Springfield Dorothy Nell Brown Rowena Alvis Ina Holladay Howell Smith Ruth Wiley Ruth Alvis Mary Ann Allredge Winfred Couch Joe Mack Edmondson Jean Vice Roy Alford Raney B. Smith Pat Fitzgerald Joyce Anti Eubanks Inez .Alexander J. C. Dunaway Pauline Clayton Bessie Lee Smith Annette Baker Bobbie Jean Hogan Betty Jo Carter Pauline Newton Helen Winsett Louise McClellan Betty West Juanita Yarbrough Joe Jenkins W. C. Payne Clinton Owens J. P. Eden Lorene Lewis Eunice Teague Sam Rutherford Ernest Greer Floyd Key J. D. Light

Woman Free On Bond In Alabama Slaying Case

Betty Weldon 20, a housewife, was released on 500 bond after being charged with first degree manslaughter in the shotgun death of her husband Dan Weldon an unemployed sawmill worker. Witnesses testified the couple had been beaten and threatened.

Columbiana, Ala Betty Weldon Shelby County Grand Jury Dan Weldon

Morgan County Teachers Association Dinner at Falkville School

W C Payne and his teachers will entertain the Morgan County Teachers Association with a dinner Thursday evening May 9 in the Falkville school lunch room. All principals and teachers in the county were urged to attend this social.

W. C. Payne Morgan County Teachers Association Falkville

Mrs Frank Garnett Hosts Family Dinner at Home

Mrs. Frank Garnett entertained family members over a Sunday dinner at her home. Attendees included Mrs. Ellen Jones Mrs. Ira Jones and Jimmy of Hanceville Mr and Mrs Hilliard Garnett Mr and Mrs Robert Clemmons and children.

Frank Garnett Ellen Jones Ira Jones Jimmy Hanceville Hilliard Garnett Robert Clemmons

Furlough for Sgt Walls and neighboring visits noted

Sgt Aubrey Walls spends a thirty day furlough with his mother Mrs Reba Walls in Greer after months in Korea. Mr and Mrs L G Watson of Dan return to Childersburg Tenn after visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs D L St John. D L St John leaves for Indianapolis to attend a five day United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America conference. Mr and Mrs W C Payne host Sunday guests including Bill Haley Wade Haley and others from Birmingham.

Sgt Aubrey Walls Reba Walls Greer Korea L. G. Watson Dan Childersburg Tenn D. L. St. John Indianapolis Ind United Brothers of Carpenters and Joiners of America W. C. Payne Bill Haley Wade Haley

New Zealand Sheep Population Note Surfaces

A report states New Zealand has 17 percent more sheep than people, highlighting the high livestock density in the country and reflecting its agricultural emphasis.

New Zealand

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