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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1933
Page
4
Embers of the First Christian Church of East Moulton Street and friends enjoyed a seve re picnic at Green Gables on Thursday with over 100 attendees traveling by car in the afternoon. A bountiful meal, games, and social time followed amid trees, concluding a pleasant day.
Mrs. Pearle Jennings of Boston plans a winter in Memphis. Several travelers visit or return home for winter stays, including Frances Burt from Los Angeles and J. H. Carpenter en route to Chicago Worlds Fair. Multiple families from Pulaski Birmingham and Decatur host or visit relatives during journeys and holidays.
Dr John R McLure of the University of Alabama will speak to Riverside High at 9 a m on Monday September 18 and to Central High at 10 a m. He will discuss Senior High Schools at Riverside and Junior High Schools at Central. Officials arranged the talks to maximize patron attendance.
Police hold three chickens at Johnston Street City Hall awaiting owner ID. A man arrested on Second Avenue claimed he stole the birds from a tree and was unfamiliar with the area. He also had a raincoat and two sample cases containing macaroni and spaghetti, said to be stolen from a salesman’s car.
W. H. Jones of the work relief division of the Alabama Relief Administration was in Decatur today conferring with child welfare officers. His supervisory visit aimed to diversify work projects in Morgan County.
In Belfast Maine on September 8 Adrian Jones, described as deranged, went on a killing spree in the business district. He killed three men Herbert Ellis W Blaisdell and Raymond Blaisdell and critically wounded R B Stanhope a veterinarian who died later.
Ennis Castell has accepted a position with the Morgan County Motor Company local Ford dealers in the clerical department.
Dr. Arthur Morgan chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority urged fixed careers for public office holders to reduce political and administrative confusion in a Birmingham speech at Howard College. He planned to outline the Valley program before addressing the Chamber of Commerce and touring the industrial district.
The U P L of St Johns Episcopal church will meet for the year’s work Sunday night at 7 in the parish house. Leader Miss Wanda Harris asks all members and those wishing to join to attend.
Mr and Mrs W B Cole announce the marriage of their daughter Mary to Edward A Eslick of Pulaski Tennessee The ceremony was held in Cullman Alabama on Sunday August 6 The newlyweds reside in Pulaski where Eslick is in business.
Rainfall here measured .07 of an inch for the 24-hour period ending at seven o clock. The figure records a light shower total and contributes to the month’s moisture statistics.
Reverend Charles Parkhurst aged 91 died in Ventnor New Jersey after a fall at his home. Police said he had been walking in his sleep recently which is believed to have caused the accident. Parkhurst gained national fame in the 1890s as a militant foe of Tammany Hall in New York.
Albany Council No. 22 Jr. C. C. A. M. will meet tonight in the fraternal hall on Second Avenue. Full attendance of the memberships desired as business of importance is to be transacted.
Mrs J D Garren re-enters the teaching staff at St. John's Episcopal church school and will teach a class Sunday. Atlee H Hoff is superintendent with Louis Hoff as secretary, Mrs F Tidwell as pianist and Mrs E E Graves as organist.
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