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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
3
A campaign urges cotton growers to harvest with minimal trash, dry bolls, and early picking to produce Strict Middling or better grade. High grades earn about 30 dollars more per bale and support war needs. open bolls risk discoloration and reduced quality.
A large crowd attended the singing Sunday. Myrtle Shelton and daughter Louise of Memphis visited Collis Shelton. Oscar Julian is convalescing at his parents home. Ewell Briscoe of Decatur visited his parents. Quinton Bagwell of Camp Van Dorn is home on leave. Aileen McKelvy of Decatur visited her parents. Funeral attendances for Bro Graves and Sam Bolding occurred locally. Gussie and Nell Julian of Birmingham visited family. Grady Stanley of Decatur visited Daisy and Elsie Crawford. Gus Shelton of Summit visited Collis Shelton. Harry Edward and son from Tuscaloosa spent time with his mother Molly Edwards.
The annual sing at Lebanon church four miles west of Falkville will be held Sunday. Committee man Arthur Lee expects a good day with plenty of singing and invites all attendees.
Store building with 8000 dollars stock of groceries and equipment all going cheap for cash. L M Morris Danville. Wanted several at work hands for 1045 part traps and day work some new houses pasture for cow plenty of wood Fred Murphree Route 3 Danville. Wanted to buy a farm 80 to 140 acres well located with good buildings Land that can be worked with tractor H Owen Route 3 Falkville Phone 3111 nee sey. FOR SALE nine piece dining room suite one three piece bedroom suite one iron bed with mattress one floor lamp large Heatrola stove one oil brooder Mrs CG Ormond Route 2 Athens.
Judith and Matthew argue over balancing work and marriage as Elizabeth and Peter attend their home life. Judith seeks a baby and questions Matthew about sharing, while Matthew resists changing their settled routine. The pair clash over nursing staff, friendship, and future plans as their relationship tests its boundaries.
A Moulton reader argues that postwar peace requires decisive, just action by nations and individuals. He contends that enduring peace cannot be enforced and that true peace rests in the kingdom of God as taught by Jesus, urging courageous decisions and moral clarity.
Oak Ridge neighbors Olen Cooper and Dennis Wallace seeded 18 acres of oats. Lloyd Kyle demonstrated poultry culling with county agent help. Alabama officials note new lumber and meat handling rules and promote synthetic manure as a farm fertilizer option.
Misses Dimple and Nina Drake and Miss Catherine Alver visited Mrs. James Ransom and daughter Margaret Sue Ransom. Mrs. Albert Thomas is visiting her son in Tennessee. Mrs. Tucker is visiting relatives in Morgan City. Ernest Bromette and children from near Hartselle are visiting relatives here. Gwendolyn Holmes of Eva was a business visitor last week, S. O. Manor of Decatur was a business visitor in the Valdermosa community recently. Mr. and Mrs. Lessie Watson and son were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Grantland. Mrs. Ollie Edwards and daughter ...
Auburn area’s John King Hall Jr and Stevenson’s Mabel Fare win Alabama’s health contest. They earn free trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago after scoring 98.6 and 99.5 respectively. Hall cites milk vegetables fruit sunshine and exercise as key health factors while Fare notes library drives war effort and Bible gifts alongside poultry garden and conservation projects.
Rebecca Faye ter and another relative are visiting their husband and father Rvt. Ollie Edwards of South Carolina.
Heat wave grips the Southeast with Augusta reporting 102 degrees the hottest spot. Columbus and Columbia hit 100 while Jacksonville Charleston and Savannah touched 99. Tallahassee and Brunswick also high. Eastern and Southern regions see nineties. cooler in West Tennessee and Asheville at 80. Temperature map shows widespread heat.
Gov. Sparks conferred with Army and state officials in Montgomery on V Day celebrations in Alabama. He forecast Germany’s likely collapse soon. Attending were Col. Walter Thompson of the fourth service command, Brig. Gen. George Cicere, State Adjutant General, State Guard commandant, State Highway Patrol Chief Van B. Gilbert, Hayswood Paterson, state civilian defense director, and E. W. Gunn, state beverage control administrator.
A reader advocates for God’s just kingdom as the sole government and hope for humanity, claiming universal resurrection and lasting peace. The Decatur Daily publishes thanks from Rev. Jno T Nolen of Bono Ninth Street Methodist Church for publicity aiding a revival campaign that closed last Sunday evening.
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