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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1949

Page

9

Yeager 85th Birthday Picnic Honored At Deer Springs

The 85th birthday of E. W. Yeager was celebrated with a Sunday picnic lunch at Deer Springs. Relatives from Thompson Station Birmingham Cullman Boaz Hartselle and nearby areas attended along with many grandchildren and friends. The event featured barbecue, photo sessions, and reminiscences of past years.

Yeager E. W. Yeager Deer Springs Mr. Yeager Mr Yeager Dewny Yeager Thompson Station Tennessee Zellie Yeager J. *M. Bonner Henry Walker Barbara Birmingham Geo. Brindley Hugh Brindley Ray Buchmann Cullman Ed Brindley Boaz Frank Reeves Ferrell White John L. Bean Frank Bean Becky Joe E. Wright Margie Slate Betty V. Cook Hartselle

Trade Battle Seen in Senate Trade Battle Seen in Senate

Washington September 1 A full scale battle over international trade policy looms as the Senate returns from a vacation. President Truman ordered Democratic leaders to fight out the renewal of the reciprocal trade act. Debate could last days or weeks with divisions over tariff cutting powers and restraining provisions. The House already approved a version close to Truman’s wishes.

Washington Senate Truman Congress Taft Ohio Milliken R-Colp George D-Ga Lucas Illinois White House Federal Tariff Commission House

Tax collections in Alabama exceed prior year figures

Montgomery reports Alabama tax collections for the first 11 months of the fiscal year total $85,203,779, $5,113,362 more than the prior year’s $80,090,417. Last month brought in $6,503,417, down from $6,683,221 in August 1948, per Revenue Department officials.

Montgomery Alabama Revenue Department

Local social notes from Morgan County and surrounding areas

Social items mention Mrs. Adda Thompson and family hosting visits from Fayetteville and Madison, church services led by Reverend Eaton Stephenson and Reverend G Morris, and several families from Decatur Austinville and Hartselle visiting over the weekend. Cotton picking begins and a fall memorial singing is announced for the Baptist church third Sunday in September.

Erwin Griffin Fayetteville Tennessee Lee Singleton Adda Thompson Clint Thompson Martha Puckett W. T. Long Austinville A. S. Holt Erwin Terry Flint Charlie Long Reba Rachel Williams Hopewell Edgar Callahan Rock Springs John Dupriest Eaton Stephenson Methodist Church Vercy Ellis Walker Bynum Madison Bynum First Baptist Church of Moss Chapel Rosa Breasselie Dustin Spring W. D.singleton Decatur Homer Johnson Albert Clark Morris Ronnie Morris Texas Mariah Roper Guy Daniel Laddie McDonald Hartselle Leon Wallace Johnson Chapel Holis Long Betty Wallace Forrest Chapel Pollie Wallace G. Morris Baptist Church The Burley Lane Paducah Kentucky

Hospital wedding marks first at Veterans Administration unit

William Charles Knight of Auburn and Leonelle Jenkins of Columbus were married yesterday at the Veterans Administration hospital in Montgomery. Knight, an Alabama Polytechnic Institute professor, is recovering from injuries from an automobile accident. This ceremony was the first ever to be performed in the hospital.

Montgomery Alabama Polytechnic Institute Columbus Gabriee Veterans Administration Hospital William Charles Knight Auburn Leonelle Jenkins Knight

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