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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1932
Page
2
The note reports Mrs. Luther Wales remains sick and that many friends would rejoice at her recovery. The message conveys communal concern and hopeful wishes from her acquaintances.
Mr and Mrs J A Stewart hosted guests with relatives from Birmingham Eva and Hill visiting their kin. Dottie Lamon from Eva and Floyd Napps from Decatur traveled to joins gatherings with the Stewart and Puller families over the weekend.
Several from this community attended a decoration at Jones Goodwin for Mr. and Mrs. BE Goodwin. Miss Erina Cross visited near J W Morrow and relatives. J J Weems and Miss Billy June visited George Edmund Cross Saturday. Mrs Everett Smith and children from Courtland were week end guests of G W Cross and G B Cross. Jim Blaxton made a business trip to Moulton Monday.
Decatur buyers place orders for turnips cabbage sprouts fresh spinach and more. Several locals and visitors are noted in this page of social and travel updates including Auburn students Miss Kathleen Howell Miss Lillian Sample and Roy Price the missionary speaker at the Methodist church.
Mrs A W Walker and Almon plan to travel to Birmingham for an operation with hopes of a swift recovery. George Sanders a University of Alabama student visits with his parents Dr and Mrs R Sanders before returning to campus for summer term. Harvey Simms and Gwyn Shel?
Miss Mavis Wade spent Saturday night with her grandfather Rev J P Wade and Aunt Miss Edna Wade. Mrs Price Brown spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs D B Bullard and daughter Bertha and Vergie. Miss Lois Wade spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Ruby Hill. Exie and Azzie Hill Bertha Casteel and Addie and Azzie Hill attended the funeral of Paul Faylor at his Moulton route 2 home. Several children are confined to their homes with whooping cough. Misses Mavis Wade Bertha and Vergie Bullard were luncheon guests of Miss Ruby Hill.
Union Grove and nearby communities report visitors and social visits from Decatur Guntersville Arab Baileyton Munford Knoxville and Knoxville bound Miss Alma Leigh Moore spent the weekend with Loretta Edwards and others. Decoration at Union Grove cemetery was made by friends. Several residents suffer injuries from a shoe nail. Multiple short visits and family gatherings noted across town with neighbors and relatives in attendance.
Today's market report lists carload receipts at Birmingham including hay corn feed flour oranges tomatoes onions potatoes with unit prices for Johnson hay Timothy and Alfalfa, grain prices for bulk corn oats and related market comments. It also covers poultry eggs fruit vegetables and cotton quotations with steady spot middling at 51 4 cents.
Guns will boom here Friday night May 27 as part of a mammoth demonstration by the 69th Coast Artillery. Proceeds will be shared by the Annis ton Fort McClellan Community Chests and the army relief fund for widows and orphans.
The state will study growth habits of saplings on a 5000 acre tract in western Geneva County. Jackson Lumber Co donated the land for demonstration and forestry research. The area has been logged over and holds young growth ready for study.
An old advertisement touts Little Liver Pills as a morning energy aid. The copy urges avoiding Calomel and promises quick relief by cleansing the liver and bile, with a bold red-labeled bottle and a 25 cent price line.
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