The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-14
BIG AMUSEMENT PARK PLANNED
 IN TWIN-CITIES
Athletic Field And Swim. ming Pool Will Be
 Included
:, (TENNEssEE VALLEY BUREAU)

\ ALBANY-DECATUR, 1Ala.,, Feb. 13. l-An amusement park, including one of the best athletic fields in the south, will be erected on West Moulton street immediately, E. l.. Malone, prominent business man, Announced today. Work of leveling 21 acre tract bought by Malone for the park now IS under way.
 He estimated that 60 days will be re- quired to finish up the athletic field. The entire tract will be enclosed at once and handsome entrance will be erected on the west side.
 \ Space will be provided for two or more stores and the entrance itself will be featured by an enormous arch. A swimming pool will be built Sn one of the grounds. Plans also, call for several tennis courts, basketball court and places for other outdoor games. Plans for other amusement enterprises are indefinite as yet, Malone stated. The tract is immediately west of the Home Oil Mill and the Church Hill compress and has, "a frontage of S32 feet on Moul- ton street and. is approximately 1900 feet in depth. It is planned to seek to obtain a number of big football games this fall. a Il Lawrence Gets Road 4 zens passed through here today en route home after attending a meeting of the lstate highway commission in Mont gomery, where they were informed the commission would go ahead with the lwork of constructing the Courtland- lMOultOn pike. The state will put up |lapproximate1y $50,0OO for the road with the agreement that the people Iof Lawrence county are to provide similar amount.
 Roads Bad Difficulty in getting over muddy highways to rural schools were de- Iscribed here today by Dr. H. 0. Me Rec and Miss Ella Dale. health nurse, on their return from Johnson Chapel. One automobile was disabled in the at- tempt and it was necessary for mule Ito haul another out of the mud, Flowing Begun. Morgan county farmers are taking advantage of the fair weather this week to begin early blowing. Every blow has been pressed into service on Knights Island, large tract of land in the Tennessee river several miles down stream from here.
 Woman Improves ID %AhS' Gtoyu k<dhSy WuO was DFOuSHG to the hospital hero for treatment for gun shot wounds alleged to have been inflicted by her husband, continued to Improve today.
 Dig Oil We'll. Castings at oil mill No. 1, a well being sunk near here by the Albany Decatur Oil and Gas company, now is being placed, it was announced today. The well is 5000 feet deep. Homo Damaged The home of J. T. Van Arsdale, Johnston street, caught fire Tuesday morning from a defective grate. The damage was slight. To Name Officers The nominating committee, named by Chairman l.. P. Troup, will report hext Sunday afternoon on officers for the ensuing year for the Protestant council.
 Mrs. M. J. BoIes , Funeral services were held Wednes- Hay at Chattanooga for Mrs. Mary J. Boles, 73 years of age, who died Mon lay at her late residence near Decatur.
 Mrs. ID. P. McGlathery
 News was received here Monday of
 he death in Falkville of Mrs. D. P. Me-
 ilathery. Funeral services were held "Wednesday near Gandy's Cove.
 J. w. Hodges
 Funeral services were held Monday Afternoon for J. W. Hodges at the Central Baptist church, Dr. W. P. Reeves conducting the services