For Sale Items From Local Advertisements
Several classified notices list for sale items including a five burner oil stove in Decatur Alabama from Mrs J x Standridge Route 1 phone 294 a Farmall tractor with attachments from C C Foshee Route 3 Decatur Alabama a herd of fourteen pureblooded i o i pigs offered by A C Sample located twelve miles east of Hartselie Route 2 Somerville and a sixty gallon rare model water heater made in Alabama from A Sample Route 2 Somerville east of Hartselie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirestone Radio
J. T. ‘Holmes
Lacon
Ae Rae Beag
Frances
Hartselie
Farmall
C. Cc
Foshee
Route 3
Decatur
Route 2
Hartselle
Cotton Plan Advocated to Boost Bale Prices
County Agent B G Hall urges careful handling by growers and pickers to raise cotton grades and secure higher premiums. He endorses four National Cotton Council and War Food Administration practices: pick dry, keep trash out, pick before weather damage, and keep good cotton separate from bad to avoid lowering overall bale prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Hall
War Department
National Cotton Council
War Food Administration
Germans Over 464000 Captured Since D-Day Across Allied Forces
London reports 464 346 German prisoners captured since June 6 landings in France. Total excludes Brest and Boulogne. Lt Gen Ramacke may add about 12 000 from Brest. Counts by army: U S First 180 000, Third 86 000, Seventh 82 000, Ninth 20 000, 21st Army Group plus British Second and Canadian First over 73 000, Canadians 52 971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Brest
Tottering Boulogne
Hermann Ramacke
U. S. First Army
U. S. Third Army
U. S. Seventh Army
Quiet Talbot Nurse Wanted For Elderly Mrs Reynolds
In Talbot a reticent eighty year old widow Mrs Reynolds contemplates spring and independence as she considers hiring a practical nurse. A young woman from New York arrives seeking quiet life and a modest wage while avoiding uniforms and modern distractions. The two strike a wary, promising rapport as their future unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Weston
Talbot
Chesapeake Bay
Morris Street
New York
Oystermen
County farms show steady income from livestock and crops
D. D. Marshall reports 12 Unit Test Demonstration Farms in the county averaged 29.46 dollars per open acre with 63.3 percent from livestock and 36.7 from crops while expenses ran 18.51 per acre yielding a net cash for labor investment of 10.95. Ewell C. Smith harvests a fishpond dam for family food and recreation as part of the Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District program. L. C. McAnally seeded 1600 pounds of vetch for winter legumes, enabling home seed production and pasture improvement. E. E. Brasswell leads a Farm Bureau leaders training in Hart selle to aid 1944 45 expansion campaigns. J. B E. B and James Gurley plan selective timber cutting on 300 acres with Morgan County Extension Service support. Ernest S. Thompson milks five cows earning about 30 dollars a month while gathering feed on 35 acres and planning 400 bushels of corn on 15 acres to sustain year round farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Marshall
Ewell C. Smith
Hulaco
Smith
Nho
Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District
L. C. McAnally
Somerville 2
Mr. McAnally
Ernest S. Thompson
Hartseller
E. P. Garrett
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Limestone County News Notes and Social Visits
The column reports busy farming scenes with cotton picking hay saving and fall crop planting. It notes Mrs Charlie Jones of Wheeler in Powers hospital with a broken hip from a fall. Local visits include Mrs Cora McMeans of Rogersville visiting her mother Mrs Nannie Grubbs and several neighbors stopping by to see friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Jones
Wheeler
Powers Hospital
William Grubbs
Near Athens
Richard Grubbs
Cora McMeans
Rogersville
Nannie Grubbs
John Evans
Lawrence County Red Hill Social News Summary
Dick West plans to start ginning cotton after repairing his gin. Pvt. Willie Owens on leave from New York visits family. reunions honor him. Mr. and Mrs. Shortie Archie host Tennessee relatives. Reeves, Archie, and McCaghren families visit H. B. Way. Edna Archie and others attend church events and local errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick West
Willie Owens
New York
Mose Owens
Shortie Archie
Tennessee
Belle Archie
Will Reeves
Union Grove
Edna Archie
Jessie Merline
Wanda McCaghren
H. B. Way
Biddie Johnson
Moulton
W. W. Parker
Enon Pay
Edwin Lowery
Five Point
Aia Cao See
Lowery
New York Cotton Exchange Eyes Export Futures Plan
The New York cotton exchange proposes an export cotton futures contract to move government stock into world markets via regular trade channels. A pending law would authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell government cotton abroad at world prices. The plan aims to prevent price distortion while disposing of surplus stocks over three to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
South
Memphis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Morgan County Notes From Rocky Ford
Miss Nell Lake of Neel visited Miss Kathryn eater. Decatur residents Aunt Haze and others visited local friends. Higdon family and extended kin attended gatherings at Higdon and Hensley homes. Local service members Beamon Forst on furlough from Fort Leonard Wood visited family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Lake
Neel
Kathryn Eater
Miss Haze
Decatur Spen
Rortian Higdon
Hartseller
Mary Higdon
Aulton Blankenship
Georgie Segars
Cresca
Ralph and Gurney
T. G. Segars
Veline Harris
Wilda Faye
Wanda Lee
Doris
Delois Garnett
Bobby Nell
Lidge Hensley
Lillie Hensley
Gertie Griffin
Hill Woodruff
D. D. Lake
L. F. Singleton
Leo Posey
Frank Garrison
Marcus Wallace
William Patterson
Wallace
William Wallace
Pvt
Beamon Forst
Fort Leonard Wood
Bertha Garrison
Coy Breedlove
Community Notices From Limestone County And Nearby Towns
Local social notes record visits and illnesses across Limestone County Oak Grove Ardmore Ath ens and Elkmont. Highlights include Mrs Will Broadway’s sister seriously ill in Nashville Mrs Ka Hill, Bay Britton returning to Wyandotte Michigan, and Miss Ruby Brooks turning eighteen with a family dinner. Mr and Mrs E T Brooks hosted a birthday gathering for their daughter. Sir Malcolm Colwell on leave from Camp Peary received guests as Ardmore area youths contributed music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Griffin
Earl Griffin
Paul Griffin
Bertha M. Black
Sardis Springs
Will Broadway
Ka Hill
Nashvil
Bay
E. T. Brooks
Ruby Brooks
Kate Clark
Ardmore
Athens
Elkmont
Malcolm Colwell
Camp Peary
Spring Miss Mavis Randolph Obvious Social Round
Busy in harvest weather as Lawrence County residents visit kin and neighbors. Names mentioned include Rev and Mrs Irvin Hagood Mr and Mrs J M Randelph and son James Mr and Mrs Riley Steaderman of Loretto Tennessee Malcolm Hurst with family Mr and Mrs Wilburn Hurst Miss Mavis Randolph Miss Vera Bradford and guests Miss Betty Sue Sunday with Lorence Halbrooks Mrs Edward Bradford and baby reside with Frank Hagood household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin, Hagood
J. M. Ranendolph
James
Riley Steademer
Loretto
Tenn
Malcolm Hurst
U.S
Larry
Wilburn Hurst
J C. Wood
Ott Smith
Mavis Randolph
Briedell Hagood
Vera Bradford
Mae James Kidd
Harrison Roberts
NeSmith
Winford Hagood
Baby
Ester B. Retherford
John Ee Tanden
Betty Sue
Lorence
Eunie Halbrooks
Edward Bradford
Frank Hagood
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Farmers Exchange
Erin
Danville
Eee
Fred Murphree
J. R. Hall
Houston
William Lindsey
Mary F. Sewell
Route 1
W. W. Day
Bomérville
Henley H. Watson
Elmore
Grant
Lloyd Sparkman
Arenas Nesinneninennenciem Neeniabain
Bee Line
W. O. Simmons
Hart Belle
Hartseelie
Maytag Washin
L. C. Alexander
Waerm
Carl Murphree
Hairy Vetch
T. A. Gandy
Joe
C. C. Glenn
Wheeler Highway
Meadows
Ute
Vinemont
Eva
E. P. Ders
Hudson Car
Rogers
Talucah
Otis Williams
W. Eli Howard
Cullman
Oliver Walking Cultivator
Virgie Bailey
John Deere
L. M. Sandlin
Silvertone Phonograph
Apex Washing Machine
Jessie McCaghren
Five Points
Josephine Francis
Oute
Lowell Standridge
J. H. Free
Landersville
W . Day
Somerville
Route
J. A. Templeton
Evelyn Crowe
My Place
Veto
Alabama
Old State Line Road
George Daly
Sim N
Falkville
Hastings
Marsh
Madison
H. P
C. W. Bedingfield
Harley Davison
Hadley
Ala
Wilhite Railroad
Lawrence Cove
Jack Parker
W. R. Long
Austinville Place
Hutson Fowler
Russell Peck
Gomer
Oo! Inc
Poland
Chins
Russell Pee Peck
Apex Waning Machine
Virginis Sandlin
Hester
Mon Haynes
Wheeler Lake
Ducks
8Th Ave
J. A. Love
U. G. Dukes
Dukes
Dan
Florence
Henkle Lespedeza
Anaes
Ein
Farm Exchange
Butler
Just
Paul C. Davis
Bank St
Corner Church
Mr. Farmer Turner
Oregon
Austrian
Asia
Checkerboard Store
Moulton Street
Earl Glenn
Grant St
Presb
Green Patrick
Nout
Kirpaute Hartselie
Cedar Cove Ra
Swan Creek
Dogwood
Floyd A. Hill
Modie Day
Aarteelle
T. EB. Waddell
C. M. Crow
H. Farmall Tractor
J. W. Guire
John W
Sandlin
Td Ave
Warren Howard
King Features Syndicate
Eunice Reynolds
Mrs. Reynolds
T. V. A. Forestry Service
Morgan County Agriculture Council
E. E. Brasswell
Morgan County Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
E. E. Hale
Brasswell
Tfarmer
Messrs
J. B
E. B
James Gurley
Morgan County Extension Service
Limestone County
Blackburn
Lovice Evans
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Paul Robinson
Morgan County
Miss Ozell MC Nutt
Oak Grove
Robert Broadway
Winston Terry
Farmers Gin Co
Canal Street
Wilson Avenue
Fenmneve
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