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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1956

Page

3

District Lawmen Nab 42 Arrests Over Bush Weekend

County officers in Limestone Cullman and Lawrence Counties arrested 42 people over the weekend. Limestone logged 18 arrests including assault and battery reckless driving public drunkenness and violations of the prohibition law. Cullman recorded 14 arrests mainly for public drunkenness and reckless driving. Lawrence posted 10 arrests for offenses such as lack of driver's license vagrancy public drunkenness and assault and battery.

Limestone Cullman Lawrence

Decatur Couple Has Three Daughters Due Degrees In One Week

Mr and Mrs C P Parker of Decatur attend three daughters graduation exercises within one week. Letha Nan Parker earns BA in radio and TV with history minor. Betty June Parker to receive MA at Peabody College with straight A’s in English. Jo Ann Parker to get BA from Birmingham Southern College with English major and music minor. Franklin Parker to earn EdD from Peabody later this summer.

C. P. Parker Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Decatur Letha Nan Parker Franklin Parker Betty June Parker Peabody College

County Dress Revue Slated At Hartselle

The Morgan County Home Demonstration Club will stage a dress revue Thursday at 1 30 pm at the Methodist Church with Mrs H M Betterton presiding. A county 4 H talent show precedes the revue and local clubs list their representatives.

Hartselle Morgan County Home Demonstration Club Methodist Church H. M. Betterton County Council John Lee Stephenson Bethel Club Hal Orr Jo Walker Madison County Home Clodessa Gordon Faye Nell Coney Reyceil Sanderson Athens Gum Pond Earl Cobbs Willie Smith Danville Hugh Lindsay Guy Smith Hopewell Sebren Garner Clara Battles North Hartselle Lewis Jones Luke Roberts Neel Robert McAbee J. D. Puckett Priceville Frank Collier Joe Lipscomb Southeast Decatur Tom Stanford J. H. Lemley Pleasant Hill Raymond Clark Cecil Tanner Eva Romas Neil J. M. Caver Center Point Paul Whitten D. E. Evans Austinville R. K

Massey HDC Elects Dress Revue Entries

Massey Home Demonstration Club selects two representatives for the county dress revue at 1 30 p.m. Thursday at Hartselle Methodist Church. The May meeting chose Mrs. Orbie Penn and Mrs. Emmett Steele who modeled a pink and white dress and a black linen dress respectively.

Ray Buckalew James Morris Vernell Bell Oscar Thomason H E. Owen Christ the Solid Rock

Center Springs MYF Elects Turney Proxy

Center Springs Methodist Church youth group elects Turney as proxy officer with Vester Winton as sponsor. A recent meeting featured Bible reading Patricia Sharp prayer Vester Winton readings Elaine Hardy Janice Lem mond Dorothy Dunaway and Ireta Turney story Jesus Sent Me.

Methodist Youth Fellowship Center Springs J. R. Heaps

Mt Hope Student Receives Arthur Pickens Scholarship

Mt Hope High School Thursday held graduation ceremonies where Thomas Burcham became the first Arthur and Russell Pickens scholarship recipient. M Sibley is slated to receive the scholarship. Maynard Layman presented the award, honoring Mr and Mrs Pickens for community service. The Pickens scholarship was started last August by the Mt Hope Soil Conservation Club. Also noted are U S farmers using 16 billion gallons of crude oil in 1955 and tuberculosis mortality figures from 1900 to 1954.

MT. Hope Thomas Burcham Arthur and Russell Pickens Mt. Hope High School M. Sibley Maynard Layman Decatur Daily Farm

County 4H Club Tea Hour Announced After Revue

Names of representatives from Roundtop Windes Bell Springs Ryan and Flint clubs were unavailable this morning. After the revue the county 4H Club Girls and Miss Mary Gore assistant county agent will serve during the tea hour.

Augusta Winfrey Roundtop Windes Bell Springs Ryan Flint Mary Gore

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