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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1952
Page
10
The Waldermosa Springs Home Demonstration club changes its meeting from September 15 to September 29 to ensure Miss Hawkins can attend with Mrs. Ruby Jennings hosting.
Early observers of the moon misinterpreted the dark patches as oceans marking a historical belief about lunar geography. The idea reflected a common primitive astronomy view that mapped seas onto the lunar surface.
On U S 72 east of Athens a school bus carrying children was rear-ended by an ice cream truck loaded with 1000 gallons of ice cream. Several children were slightly injured and the vehicles suffered about 1400 dollars in damage. Bus driver Robert Oscar Kelly, 63, of Tanner, was stopping when struck by John Thomas Tucker, the ice cream truck driver.
The notice lists attendees from Texas Tennessee Kentucky and Alabama visiting D A Roan and Mamie Livingston over the weekend. It mentions birthday dinner for Edward Smith of Joppa and visits by Irmel Smith Goin Smith and family and by Malinda Lewis to Decatur. A. B. Bradford and family from Hanceville were weekend guests of William and Mrs. Lewis.
Fennell Garnett will receive the God and Country medal at Central Baptist church Wednesday at 7 30 P M. The award honors intensive study and service in collaboration with a Scout master and pastor. The Decatur district ceremony will include local church officials and Scouters.
Ada Pope visits her brother Luther Hampton and his wife. After this week school closes for harvest help. Mr and Mrs Jim Dover and grandson were in a Kentucky accident. all hospitalized. Families moved to Hartselle and local attendances include funeral guests for Mrs Charlie Young. Community reports include church services, holiday visits by relatives and a note on early Jamestown slavery and the 1899 Hague Convention.
The article notes that the United States produced its first synthetic yarn in 1910 signaling an early step in modern fiber development.
Nashville police report Tucker arrested for reckless driving. He told officers that truck brakes failed as he tried to stop. Patton estimated total damage to both vehicles at 1400 dollars.
City maintenance man Joe Mazza reports a stop sign found fitted with a ladies girdle. The note describes the girdle as two way stretch removed and estimates the size about 38, suggesting it may have been smaller when new.
In medieval England the taking of interest on money lent by Christians was illegal. The rule reflected Church doctrine influencing secular law during the Middle Ages.
Principal D A Cox announces that every Eva High School teacher now holds at least a bachelor’s degree and six of ten have master’s degrees. The faculty includes D A Cox B A and MA, Mrs D A Cox B A MA, R L Lamon B A MA, Mrs R L Lamon B S MA, L G McDonald B S MS, and others with B S or B A degrees.
Coast Guard Auxiliary members meet aboard their barge in Decatur harbor and plan a flotilla cruise to Lock 8 departing Sept 18 and returning the afternoon of Sept 21. They also assign time in the off season to training to improve seafaring qualifications.
Chinese Communists report spring rice and wheat crops in Southern China for 1952 exceeded the previous year by 5 to 20 percent, though no tonnage figures were provided. The claim appeared in a New China News Agency dispatch, following earlier Peiping complaints of erroneous crop reports in some areas.
The text notes manufactured gas contains carbon monoxide making it more poisonous than natural gas. It also mentions Bobcats as secretive and rarely seen by people even where many reside, highlighting their stealthy movements.
The word museum comes from a Greek term meaning a temple of the Muses. Scholars note the origin links to study and the arts in ancient culture.
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