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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1937
Page
7
Classified blurbs offer used cars and farm items, plus hotel and highway notes. Sheriff sale announced for Morgan County lands, 40 acres in Section 1 Township 6 Range 2, plus probate notice for Emil Boeglen estate with claims due.
Sealed bids for 110 M feet of merchantable pine timber on about 40 acres in Black Warrior National Forest are due by May 24, 1937. Minimum bid is 5.75 per M board foot with a $300 deposit. Further sale details and bid submission must be obtained from the Forest Supervisor in Montgomery or the District Ranger in Decatur.
In Monts France on May 8, reports say Edward Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson plan marriage soon. Feminine fan mail has waned for over two decades with letters drying up after his arrival, while he receives invitations for honeymoons and attention from American correspondents. The Duke reads headlines about the Hindenburg disaster and plans a sightseeing day as dressmakers prepare Mrs Simpson’s blue wedding gown. The couple, to wed after next Wednesday’s coronation in London, enjoyed a wine tasting excursion yesterday.
At 11 o clock Sunday service Rev Oliver C Cox of St John’s Episcopal Church will stress Mother's Day after Ascension Day. The rector will preach on a verse about gifts from above and praise mothers as gifts from God with special choir music.
Members of First Baptist church are urged to attend at 9 30 Sunday morning for Mother's Day observance. The adult department of the Sunday school has arranged a fitting program.
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