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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1972

Page

5

Baked Goodies For Bryce Hospital Ward Party

Baptist Women from First Baptist Church load a station wagon with homemade treats for a ward party at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa. In the car are Mrs. W. H. Blankenship Adelle Sherman Mrs. W. W. Wats Mrs. Ruby McSween Mrs. Arthur Swope Mrs. Robert Sullivan and Lisa Wats.

Bryce Hospital Tuscaloosa W. H. Blankenship Adelle Sherman W. W. Wats Ruby McSween Arthur Swope Robert Sullivan First Baptist Church Lisa Wats

Hartselle Church Plans Revival and Homecoming

Revival services run Monday through Sunday at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with homecoming on June 4 led by Ernest Tucker and featured speakers Rev. Norman Hester and Rev. Reuben Teague. The pastor’s fifth anniversary is June 4. services begin nightly at 7 30 p.m.

Hartselle Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Ernest Tucker A. E. Tucker Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Milky Johnny Tucker Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Thomasville Margaret Glenn Calhoun Junior College Norman Hester Courtland Baptist Church Reuben Lucky) Teague

McMurtrie Called Here By Southside Baptist Church

Southside Baptist Church has called Jim McMurtrie as minister of music and youth. A Decatur native and Florence State University alum, he will begin ministry here Wednesday. He earned a Master of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude McMurtrie of Decatur and is married to the former.

Southside Baptist Church Jim McMurtrie Decatur Decatur High School Florence State University Tabernacle Baptist Church Louisville McMurtrie Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Claude McMurtrie

Joseph rises to power in Egypt during famine

The Bible describes Joseph gaining authority from Pharaoh, becoming ruler of Egypt at age 30, and overseeing storage during seven years of plenty to prepare for a global famine. He marries Asenath and has two sons. Egypt stores grain as nations seek corn in famine.

Pharaoh Joseph Egypt Asenath

Rick Ingle Speaks Here at Shoal Creek Baptist

Evangelist Rick Ingle former Philadelphia gang leader begins revival at Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Priceville Alabama with services nightly at 7 30 through June 4 He will share his life story From A Ghetto Gang To The Pulpit and Rev C C Reding notes his 250 plus campaigns across America and 7000 public decisions last year including over 2000 teenagers Headquartered in Denton Texas Ingle is a graduate of Eastern Baptist College and Southwestern Baptist Seminary.

Rick Ingle Philadelphia Shoal Creek Baptist Church C. C. Reding Ingle America Reding Denton Tex Eastern Baptist College Southwestern Baptist Seminary Alabama 67 Priceville Shoal Creek Rd

Fraud Goes Remote in Swaziland as Police Form Squad

In Mbabane Swaziland police establish a Fraud and Vice Squad to tackle crime in the remote mountain kingdom. The initiative aims to curb deception and illicit activity amid changing social conditions. Effie Curtis McNutt reports from the region.

Mbabane Swaziland

Higginbotham Florence Family Note Mentions Two Children

Donna Higginbotham Florence and her family are mentioned with two children in the notice. Todd and Kimberly are listed as part of the family. The snippet references immediate kinship and living relations.

Donna Higginbotham Florence Todd and Kimberly

Banned Books Reported In South Africa Estimated

A spokesman for a British paperback publisher says about 30 percent of titles published in Britain are banned in South Africa. The estimate underscores censorship concerns in the region and highlights tensions between publishing freedom and local restrictions.

Joburg Johannesburg South Africa Tuin

Stolen Nixon autographed bill tied to Lujan home case

A ten dollar bill signed by President Nixon was taken from U S Representative Manuel Lujan Jr.’s Cheverly Maryland residence. Lujan says Nixon presented the bill on March 10 1971 and joked it was illegal after autographing it for the state opening Babe Ruth World Series ticket in Albuquerque.

Washington Nixon Cheverly U.S Manuel Lujan Jr M. Lujan Albuquerque John Nidecker Lujan

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