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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1948
Page
7
A reflective piece on the pioneer era describing covered wagons crossing the plains and carrying not only supplies but faith. It argues faith in God and the right, in people and work and prayer, as the true source of a nation’s greatness and the reason every church spire signals strength.
A series of church advertisements is sponsored by Decatur businesses including Meadow Gold Dairies Alabama Flour Mills Jones Coal Co J. C Penney Co Shumake Furniture Co Speake Warren Ratliff Sterchi Bros Stores Turner Coal Grain Sherrow Rose Jewelry Decatur Cleaners John White Motors Home Supply Co Caddell Drug Co Sandlin Son Co City Park Greenhouse Pickens Willingham Wright Gregg Chevrolet Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Knox McRae Motor Pryor Motor Dillehay Drug Store Murray Lee Hardware Poole Buick Johnnie Aycock Radio Shack Southeastern Metals Cooper Wells Alabama Dairy Alabama Brick Tile McGough Bakeries and others. The sponsors are listed prominently with the church notices.
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