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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1948
Page
11
Turner Coal and Grain Company received the Purina Leadership Trophy for outstanding sales and service to agriculture during the last quarter. Fred T. Smith presented the bronze plaque. the winner earns quarterly honors and possible permanent possession after three wins.
P. O. Davis director of the Auburn Extension service will attend the District 1 Home Demonstration council meeting at Athens high school Tuesday Mrs. Lillie Maude Alexander state home demonstration agent will be principal speaker Seven hundred club women from 16 North Alabama counties are expected to attend Also listed as leaders include Mrs Joni Seibold state president Mrs Robert Glenn council director Mrs Tom Russell district director L O Brackeen API publicity man and Mrs Mack Maples president of Limestone county council
Readers note that children prefer cocoa with a marshmallow floated on each cup, a simple topping making the drink more appealing and festive for gatherings.
Students at Joe Wheeler school staged The Cobbler Of Fairyland an operetta with a full house. The program featured the school rhythm band directed by Miss Katherine Hoppers and included The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers and a skit The Wedding of the Painted Doll with numerous cast members and musicians.
Phoebe Sprague of Williamsburg Virginia becomes engaged then travels to England where she falls for Captain Oliver Champion DSO. Amid World War I rumors she accompanies Rosalind to England and Germany. Phoebe becomes a novelist and reporter while tracing the fate of a German princess in wartime Europe.
Elmer McRee Wells aged 28 of Decatur wed Clera Wynell Maner aged 22 of Decatur. Deeds record transfers: L. L. Rates to Ethel Hopper for 500 dollars. R. E. Hardwick to Cooper McClanahar for 130 dollars. J. R. Stone to J. Robert Powers for 8250 dollars. Merrell to Cleo Childers for an unspecified amount.
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys head to Skyline dinner club in Courtland for a dance Friday night from nine to one. The show features hits like New San Antonio Rose My Confession and Roly Poly with a western swing sound. Wills, born in Texas, spent two years in the Army and leads a noted lineup of entertainers.
In Pen City Alabama a renowned physician Dr T H Rennie about 50 and his wife Catherine were burned to death when their home four miles from Pell City on highway 78 was consumed by flames. Police Capt Tolley Lockridge said the couple likely were trapped as a passerby tried to enter the burning dwelling but the fire was too intense.
A brief item notes the vocalists Tommy Dun and the McKinney sisters performing as a group. The mention suggests a musical act or club booking with these named performers in a local entertainment listing.
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