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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
8
Local residents report weekend visits among the Speake families and kin in Decatur Hartselle and Cullman. Farmers mention second cotton planting and a hoped for rain to boost crops and gardens. Illnesses and family updates accompany social notes across Lawrence County including Eton Sherine Speake and the McCaghren family.
Sunday church events planned with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11 led by Rev. Davis. Youth Fellowship at 6:30 and evening preaching at 7:30. Monday W S C S meets at 3:00. Community ladies invited to attend. Numerous family visits and relations noted across Birmingham, Pratt City, Macedonia, Hart selle, Brooksville, Johnson Chapel, and other nearby towns.
Ad promotes 858 Tonic claiming to increase gastric juice flow for non organic stomach disturbances and anemia. It asserts medical tests prove effectiveness and urges readers to buy at drug stores to improve appetite sleep energy and overall wellbeing.
Everette Smart a telegraph editor from Joplin Missouri proves a man can sew. He learned to use a sewing machine studied patterns and created shirts coats and a dress for his daughter. His sewing cut the family budget and won neighbors praise.
Miss Francis Cole and Miss Irene Melson spent Saturday night with G H Melson Jr in Pin Hook. A large crowd attended a musical at Miss Eunice Parker’s home. Families from Hartselle and surrounding areas visited Mary Rodgers and others. Community members plan Sunday singing and note cotton chopping activity underway.
Local residents report weekend visits among families including the Hardins in Birmingham and the Hensleys. A baby girl blessed Edsel Hardin. Funeral decorum continues as the Second Sunday in June is set to decorate the cemetery.
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The notice invites all to a burial site at Pine Grove with emphasis on relatives buried there. It notes Myrtle Hardin staying Sunday night with Minnie Tucker and lists several social visits including Birmingham to the Shelton home and Fay Alfred’s Monday night with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tucker.
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