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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1933
Page
8
The First Presbyterian Church hosts a masked Halloween party Friday at 7:30 pm for youths in the Sunday school with an invitation extended to friends. A musical tea on November 4 features a visiting artist at Central Methodist church.
Dr. J. E. Baugh remains very ill at his Elkton Tennessee home as friends in the area extend sympathy. In Chicago this week, Mrs. Bill Barner, Tom Holland, Miss Alberta Holland and Miss Irene Sheats attend the Century of Progress exposition.
Fevers and illnesses noted as residents rest at home on Ninth avenue south. Several families travel to Birmingham and Gadsden to visit relatives while others recover from malaria, sinus infection, appendectomy or chicken pox. Local moves include Tommy Woodard joining Sterchi Bros store and trips to Maryville College and J 5 Vegas Colorado.
The Athens grand jury heard criticisms of reckless driving and intoxicated road use. Judge W. W. Callahan presides over a three week term with criminal and civil cases mixed. Thomas G. Williamson of Decatur named grand jury foreman.
HARTSELLE resident and well known farmer R L McDonald was in Decatur on business this morning.
Announcement states no choir practice tonight at Central Methodist Church due to Sunday school teachers study course in progress led by Mrs. Davis Cooper Jr of Montgomery. Choir members urged to attend both morning and evening services.
In Montgomery on October 25 1933 automobile dealers from 11 counties formed the Central Alabama Auto Dealers Association to enforce the automotive industry code for used cars. Tom McGough was elected president with Nash Carr as vice president and Frank R Broadway as secretary treasurer. The group plans to monitor compliance and even deploy “police” funded by the association to inspect terms of the code.
An all day home coming service is planned at Moss Chapel Church two miles north of Hartselle on Sunday October 29. R L McDonald announced the event inviting former pastors and members to attend. Visiting speakers will join the regular service and dinner will be served at noon. Rev R F McDonald is the church pastor.
A small Boston bulldog answering to Midget went missing Saturday around 6 30 PM on Second Avenue. Call Tinsley Yarbrough at 293 W.
Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts star in Her First Mate opening at the Princess in Decatur for today and tomorrow. The Universal feature, adapted from Salt Water, features Una Merkel Warren Hymer Berton Churchill Jocelyn Lee and George Marion in a tale of a Hudson River candy butcher whose ploy to charm his wife ends in a ferry boat capsize. Carl Laemmle Jr assigns director William Wyler to the project signaling its importance.
In a 1825 correspondence the author urged earnest effort toward canal connections from the Shoals to the Alabama River. He proposed joint commissioners to coordinate a cooperative plan and noted U. S. engineers and a forthcoming government examination of the canal. The June 6 1825 letter from Tennessee governor prompted the reply.
An advertisement urges treating sluggish children with California syrup of figs. It claims fig syrup cleanses the colon, improves appetite, digestion, weight, and complexion, and notes not to dose with salts. Advises a regimen of dosing and cautions against substitutes.
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