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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
7
Review explains metamorphosis across insects at Auburn Experiment Station. It describes three developmental groups, from simple egg to adult in silversfish, grasshoppers, beetles, bees, and butterflies. The piece asks whether a moth recalls life as a leaf-eating worm.
Limestone County has no property advertised for delinquent taxes for the eleventh year in a row. Tax Collector J Isaac Thomas reports all real estate assessments paid and expects payment on three unpaid personal property assessments. The 1943 sale listing was cancelled by agreement between delinquent owner and a neighbor.
Athens report shows 55 to 60 percent of first time test takers in Limestone County fail the driver’s license written exam, according to State Highway Patrol examiner Thomas Cole.
A traffic safety circus featuring eight trained dogs led by Officer Ernest E. Pressley visits Decatur High School to teach school children safe walking riding and playing. The show promotes the slogan Walk Safe Ride Safe Play Safe and awards Junior Traffic Safety Club certificates to students who pass a safety quiz.
The state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars John A Buck Jenkins of Birmingham will attend the Lakin Garth post meeting in Athens tonight J C Smith post commander announced Jenkins visit is part of a state tour speaking on membership Notable attendees at Gov James E Folsoms cabinet meetings include Limestone Rep J M Dement Dement was invited by the governor to sessions with top advisors and department heads.
Eight Athens Shriners attended a Muscle Shoals Shrine Club meeting in Florence and joined the colorful parade through the city streets. The group included Stanley King and Earl Davidson among the members.
Robert Grisham and partners Robert Green David Gordon Herbert Dupree and G C Williams are listed in a court filing raising questions about ownership interests and potential liens.
Scientists suggest early settlements began in fertile river plains that supported farming and steady water access. Evidence points to clustered communities near ancient rivers where resources and trade networks fostered social organization.
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