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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1950

Page

11

Honor Awards to Be Made at Riverside High

Honor awards will be presented in the Riverside high school chapel Monday for outstanding service based on honor points earned this year. A joint junior and senior high Student Councils picnic is planned for next week.

Harriett Higdon Riverside High School Spring Creek Somerville Road Justee Pat Smith Iors Shirley Landers Shirley Ange Harriett Higdon Nelson Guthrie Central Methodist McPheeters Detroit Thompson Cullman

Film shown on driving safety to senior social class

Wednesday Sergeant Bowles of the Highway Patrol presented a film on driving safety to students in the senior social problems class, part of a Phi Sigma Alpha program held previously.

Bowles Highway Patrol

Graduation Night Promises Classic First Class Ahead

Morgan County High School at Hartselle prepares to graduate an excellent class next Friday at 8 p.m. in Riddle Auditorium. The program features a processional, remarks by leaders, and diplomas with a PTA reception to follow for graduates and parents.

Morgan County High Morgan County High School Hartselle Riddle Auditorium Mary Nell Groover Elizabeth Mitchell Sam Houston Carl B. Allen van White Ruby Eubanks Pilgrim’s Chorus Kenneth Roan John C. Harding June Long the Prophet PTA

Roundtable Leaders Map Valley Forge Jamboree Plans

Morgan district Roundtable at Central Methodist Church focused on the national jamboree at Valley Forge from June 30 to July 6. Forty thousand Boy Scouts and leaders from the U S and abroad will attend. thirty one Morgan county boys and three leaders will join. Floyd Harris noted tours to New York Washington and Philadelphia and special swapping of articles with donations from Reynolds Metal Co and Ed Price.

Morgan District Central Methodist Church Valley Forge United States Morgan County Tracy Knight Marvin Yarbrough J. P. Sims Floyd Harris New York Washington, D. C Philadelphia Scout Reynolds Metal Co Ed Price Westmoreland Decatur Cub Scouts den Mothers Cub Scout Roundtable

Farm Meeting Dates Listed

Sam McClendon and Floyd Stephenson announced a schedule of farm meetings for June. Meetings are set for Town Creek Hillsboro Midway Chaleybeate Mt Hope Hatton Speake Moulton with 7 30 p.m. start times on respective dates.

Sam. McClendon Lawrence County Floyd Stephenson Town Creek Hillsboro Midway Chaleybeate Mt. Hope Hatton Moulton

Vacation Bible School Set To Run At Town Creek

A vacation Bible school begins Monday at the Methodist church and runs through May 27. Classes cover beginners to intermediates and are led by a team of volunteers including Mrs. J. R. Rush and Rev. J. R. Rush with assistance from Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Houston, and others. All children aged three to 15 are invited.

Town Creek J. R. Rush Charles Dill Thelma Forbes Celia Martin Ruth Anderson Kyle Berryman Gwendolyn Streater Porter Kimbrel Kerr Houston

Nashville Students Tour Decatur on Valley Field Trip

A 40 student group from Jere Baxter School Nashville completed a Central Tennessee Valley loop visiting Wilson and Wheeler dams Gen Joe Wheeler home and James K Polk home. The tour began about 6 am and ended in Nashville around 7 pm with a picnic lunch at Wheeler Dam and remarks on regional scenery.

Decatur Nashville Tennessee Valley Jere Baxter Wilson and Wheeler Dams Columbia Gen Joe Wheeler Billie Rutherroe Wheeler Dam James K. Polk Frye

Quiet centers open for artists in Israel

Israel's education and culture ministry will establish artist centers in Northern Safed Ein Harod in the Galilee Jerusalem and the Southern Negev to provide small hostels where painters and sculptors can stay and concentrate on their work.

Jerusalem Israel Ministry of Education and Culture Safad Ein Harod Gaililee Negev

Roundtable Participants Set for June 15 at Central Methodist

Mrs Lilborne Hall and others attended Boy Scout roundtable sessions with Floyd Harris Jud son Hawthorne and J P Sims among participants. Lilborne Hall served as field executive and kept the meetings moving. The next roundtable is scheduled for June 15 at the Central Methodist church.

Lilborne Hall Marguerite Weatherford Raymond Rochelle James Newlin L. A. Warren John Gannaway Paul Stroud Floyd Harris Judson Hawthorne J. P. Sims Marvin Yarbrough Central Methodist Church

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