Washburn Named Trustee At Means School
Washburn, a leading farmer, is appointed as a trustee of the Means School. The announcement names Washburn as a key community figure.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1933
Page
6
Washburn, a leading farmer, is appointed as a trustee of the Means School. The announcement names Washburn as a key community figure.
A commemorative sketch recalls Teve Farrell, veteran sprinter and coach, linking him to Mike Murphy Johnny Mack Bill Donovan and Keene Fitzpatrick. It highlights his fire brigade races Caledonian runs including a 110 foot standing back jump and York to Buffalo tours, circus races, and coaching at Yale Maine Ohio State Michigan.
Cleet, who last Tuesday tossed Lon Chaney from the ring, will face bruising battler Frank Buersch next Tuesday evening. Buersch weighs in several pounds more and aims to stop Cleet’s rough run, while Rex Mobley returns to face Dude Chick in the other main bout. Bouts start at 8 15.
Probate Judge B. L. Malone has returned from a business trip to Montgomery. The article notes his travel and return without detailing additional duties or outcomes.
In four weeks of football Alabama and teams like Auburn Birmingham Southern and Spring Hill play out of state games. The Alabama Tennessee rivalry in Knoxville, Auburn in Washington DC, and Dixie Conference battles spotlight a season rich with travel and intrigue as experts weigh Tennessee’s edge and Alabama’s bid to regain form.
Gabby Street, former Huntsville figure and ex manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, signs to lead the San Francisco Missions in the Pacific Coast League, marking a new chapter in his managerial career.
Filmer Bussey of Austinville donates timber to relief agencies. Twenty R F C workers clear a 20 acre tract on Somerville road, cutting timber to be stored on a Fourth Avenue city lot and then distributed as firewood to needy families for winter.
Rev Ross G Ninness delivered an impressive message on The Lord For The Body. Plans are under way for a missionary party to meet at the Tabernacle next Wednesday and continue through the week. Ninness preaches tonight on Foreign Missions at seven.
A mixed feature lists questions and clues on a woman pictured, with surrounding entries for vocabulary, geography, and terminology. It echoes a puzzle page style with multiple brief prompts including astronomy, plant names, and common phrases.
Notices sent to county teachers and trustees that schools reopen Monday October 30. Prof George T Woodruff says the Negro teachers institute shifts to November 4 at the Negro high school in Decatur. The county teachers institute meets at Morgan County High School Hartselle on Saturday October 28 at 9 a.m. Negro schools of the county will
The chamber of commerce board meeting was not held on Thursday afternoon due to many board members being absent from the city.
The Alabama Tennessee game this Saturday draws top grid writers led by Grantland Rice. He will cover the contest for a syndicate and report from the field.
A large crowd from the area will travel to Knoxville Saturday to attend the Alabama Tennessee game. Named among the group are Polly Maxwell Douglas Dodd Otis Jeffries Bob Chandler and Freddie Shores.
Undaunted by injuries and slim prospects, Decatur High students held an energetic pep meeting last night to boost the team ahead of today’s clash with the Cullman Bearcats.
CONTINUES ILL Mrs. Frank Price of the Daily staff remains ill at her home on Fourth avenue.
A fragmented grocery list shows items and prices for meats such as beef chuck roast pork shoulder roast veal chops veal chuck roast spare ribs swift’s bacon roiling meat lard and butter along with staples like saltore soda sugar oleo oats and related quantities. This OCR fragment suggests a midcentury shopkeeper ad with varying weights and per pound prices.
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