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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1947

Page

7

Decoration at Enon Brings Local Residents Together

Several from here attended the decoration at Enon Sunday. Families and neighbors visited, with Glad Way of Speaker and Mer lineie of Oakville staying with Jessie McCaghren. Farmers report rain and early cotton chopping as seasonal activity increases.

Enon Glad Way Speaker Merlineie Oakville Jessie McCaghren Willie Owens Mud Tavern M. A. Owens Watkins Birmingham P. E.wery Wery Theo Thompson Emmett Owens

Dr Anderson to Visit Deer Springs Court For Two More Weeks

Although open all day May 24 25 at the Deer Springs Tourist Court on the Hartselle highway six miles south of Decatur Dr Anderson will limit his time. Those seeking advice on past present or future troubles should see him soon as he stays only about two weeks longer.

Anderson Deer Springs Hartselle Highway Decatur

OFFICE CAT TRACE ARN ROSE By Junius

A Decatur first grade teacher tells a humorous story about a bright pupil named Johnny who answers two arithmetic questions with seven, claiming he has two cents in his pocket. The tale unfolds as the class nears term end.

Junius Decatur Johnny John

Jokes and anecdotes on everyday life and manners

A column of humorous vignettes and punchlines from midcentury social scenes. It recalls party line miscommunications about beans burning and telephone gossips, classroom quips about math, family banter, and era caricatures like the Gay Nineties and Roaring Twenties contrasted with modern slang.

Athletes seek weight loss and fashion on the farm

The fragment describes a gym effort and disappointment with weight loss leading to stiff joints. It mentions Mrs Vashti Vaden and Jim Tallorn amid a rural scene where Farmer Clark dresses stylishly and scarecrows wear evening clothes. Pete, hungry after a broke spell, offers to kill flies in exchange for a meal. The restaurant owner agrees. Pete finishes and the proprietor asks him another question.

Pete

Rotary and church groups hold meetings in Hartselle

Hartselle Rotary Club met at the Methodist church with Edwin Price presiding. Lib Peck and Joe Hall spoke as Morgan County High School students about the teacherage project. The program featured D. W. McNeill as Who Am I and a Volunteer Service bouquet to Miss Lizzie Reed Penn.

Hartselle Rotary Club Methodist Church Edwin Price Doyce Mitchell Lib Peck Joe Hall Morgan County High School D. W. McNeill Vocational Service Committee Lizzie Reed Penn Morgan County B. G. Hall

Humour and Banter Vignette With Quips and Puns

A light comic fragment features Pete bracing for flies and a bantering exchange about a stomach ailment. A doctor questions a patient about water intake while Pat recounts struggles with a timed regimen. The piece concludes with a cheerful Norman song-like quip about smiling.

Morgan County Social News Highlights Local Visits

Boyd Puryear of Tuscumbia visits his parents E B and L Puryear. Jimmie Adams and family and Dell Dobbs from Decatur weekend with Robert Adams family. Funeral of Cleve Williams attended by locals. buried at Ethic cemetery. Dracula Winnell Ozbolt Clara Dobbs and Lilla May Ryan visit relatives here and in Gum Pond. Mary Stewart of Winchester Tennessee visits Robert Adams and friends.

Boyd Puryear Tuscumbia E. B. Puryear Jimmie Adams Dell Dobson Decatur Robert Adams Cleve Williams Dracula Winnell, Ozbolt Clara Dobbs Lilla May Ryan Gum Pond Mary Stewart Winchester Tenn

Local residents honor late husband and father amid service

Mrs Cleve Williams and family express thanks to friends for kindness during illness and death. Visitors noted include Carless Bennett and daughters of Bessemer, Comer Livingston and daughters, and Mr and Mrs Brooks Lindler with Comer Livingston and daughters.

Cleve Williams Carless Bennett Bessemer Comer Livingston rMs Johnnie Woodruff Union Hill Brooks Lindler

Bethel Decorati on Sunday and Local Visits

Short report notes Sunday events at Bethel during the decorati event. Miss Monte Rice Ryan visited sister Mrs Junior Childers in Lewisburg. Kenneth Cobbs improves at home while Mr and Mrs L B Wright of Decatur visit Byron Vann. Mrs Rayborn Douglas and family hosted K P Morris and children.

Opal C. Stewart Stalyne Hardwick Jasper R. E. Branscomb Charles Dwayne Smith Atlanta Paul Garmon Garmon Tenn Arthur Holder Douglas McRae New Orleans H. C. McRee Ann McRee Frank T. Smith Huntsville Ruth Thompson Bethel K. P. Morris Rayborn Douglas

U S Federal Park System Covers Vast Acreage

The federal park system spans more than 21,500,000 acres nationwide. The figure highlights the scale of national parks and historic sites managed by the federal government across multiple states.

U. S. Federal Park System

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