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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1954
Page
9
A mixed page features a daily crossword with numbered clues across and down covering animals, objects, and Latin and colloquial terms. It also includes a Cryptoquote puzzle with a Henry Longfellow quotation and a separate Goldsmith quotation, plus a mortgage foreclosure notice from Morgan County Alabama detailing sale of land and a gin outfit to satisfy debt.
Authorized by the undersigned candidates for the Democratic Primary Runoff on June 1. JI Himmie Collier of Decatur Alabama seeks voter support for sheriff of Morgan County.
Notice lists Morgan County Alabama candidate Lawson M Lynn seeking vote for place No 2 in the House of Representatives Somerville Alabama. Also includes mortgagee attorneys and probate court guardianship notice for Julia W Harris non resident property guardian appointment docket 2338 with May to June 1954 dates.
Julia W Harris declared unsound minded and confined at Westbrook Sanitarium Virginia. Petition seeks guardian of her Morgan County Alabama property and guardian for her affairs. Judge T C Almon sets June 17 1954 for hearing. LeRoy McEntire Jr named guardian ad litem. May 24 31 and June 7 1954 notices.
The City Board of Education of Decatur Alabama will accept sealed proposals in duplicate at the Office of the City Superintendent of Schools Riverside School building until 2 PM June 7 1954 for the painting of Joba The Riverside School.
The Southern Presbyterian Church delegates approved opening all higher education to all races with a strong call for synods to adopt the change. One elder warned that allowing integration could disrupt the church and questioned how to handle financial impacts.
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