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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1940

Page

5

Neel Home Demonstration Club Meets For Dress Review

The Neel Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mi a Bogar's home with 15 members present. Miss Rowe led a cotton dress judging and vegetable seed contest while Jewel Brooks Evie White and Dessie Puckett won county contest entries and pictures were taken. The group adjourned to meet with Dessie Puckett in June.

Neel Home Demonstration Club Ds'e Viola Johnson Amber Glasgow Miss Rowe Hartselle Jewel Brooks Evie White Dessie Puckett Elsie McAbee

Long Hard Mileage and Savings For International Trucks

Satisfactory performance is common in new trucks but not all stay trouble free for long. International Trucks prove value with lasting stamina in a steady procession of ten miles delivered over years. Come in and see these trucks from Half Ton pickups to Six-Wheelers on First Avenue.

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B-Line Highway Murphey Tanner Alabama M-22 Peete FE

Walter Mur phree Tanner Alabama M 22 Peete FE is noted in a brief entry about a local roadway event or update. The fragment references names and a state route, implying a public notice or notice-like item typical of classifieds or municipal notices.

Walter Murphree Ala

4-H Girl Nell Wallace Raises Beef Calf in Morgan County

In Morgan County 4-H Club girls under Miss Erien Rowe show strong livestock interest. Nell Wallace of Moulton Heights, 12, kept a beef calf named Irvin, bought at three months for 23 dollars, fed on crushed corn and rye pasture, sold at six months for 65 dollars, earning a 14.45 profit after feeding costs of 27.55. She spends about an hour daily with the calf, plans a purebred Hereford, and also works on a bedroom project dressing table while recording time and money spent on her projects.

Morgan County Erien Rowe Nell Wallace Moulton Heights Nell J. E. Wallace Decatur Route 1 Nel Irvin Betty Jean

Rain Changes Outlook for Farmers and Hog Market

In Decatur area, recent rains accelerate cotton and grains, while dairy farmers seek profitable whey use. A government hog report explains that low hog prices stem from strong corn crops, high meat production, and weaker pork demand, with pig crop declines likely in 1940 and 1941.

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Jersey bulls enter Morgan County dairy program

Morgan County farmers will place production bred Jersey bulls in all forty two community centers over the next months. Six bulls have been placed in ten months with three since the Becatur cheese plant opened May 1. Local business and cattle groups aided with placements in Danville and Falkville communities.

Morgan County B. G. Hall Becatur Hartselle Danville Urman Sandlin Co C. Glenn and Sons J. W. Clapton Decatur Kiwanis Club Claude Stephenson Department of Vocational Agriculture Falkville C. O Blackwell Palkville W. E. Ryan Lee Hornbuckle Union Grove M. M. Wheeler Talucah Nashville John W. Painter Wheeler

Clanton Touted as Possible Air Training Base

Montgomery May 29 The War Department weighs Clanton Alabama as an aviation training center similar to the Tuscaloosa site where the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics trains 320 cadets annually in preliminary aviation.

Montgomery Ala Clanton War Department Asa Rountree State Air Fields Tuscaloosa Alabama Institute of Aeronautics

Profit From Hens Shown In Morgan County Report

Morgan County poultry records for March show eight keepers averaged 8.13 dollars profit per farm with 110 hens per farm. Eggs cost 11 cents per dozen to produce and sold for 16 cents. top performers were A. C. Lee Danville Route 1 for most eggs and highest return above feed. J. P. Hawkins for highest farm return, and E. B. Compton Union Grove Route 2 for lowest feed cost. The group averaged 112 dozen eggs per hen and return above feed cost per 100 hens per year around 84 dollars. Demonstrators listed include FE M Dobbs Mrs Levi McKee Cecil Tanner Eva Route 1 J H Hawkins Eva A C Lee Danville Route 1 E B Compton Union Grove Route 2 J L McDaniel Joppa Route 1 H S Fowler Somerville Route 2.

Morgan County B. G. Hall J. P. Hawkins E. B. Compton Union Grove Route 2 FE. M. Dobbs Levi McKee Cecil Tanner

Pre-election expense reports due in Alabama runoff

Alabama Secretary of State John Brandon announced that campaign expense accounts for the June 4 runoff must be filed by Thursday under the corrupt practices act.

Montgomery Ala John Brandon

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