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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
7
Design G-50 for De sign 6-50 presents a center hall ranch with formal living and dining areas, a connected family room and kitchen, and a discreet rear stair to the garage. It features 1750 square feet of habitable space plus two recreation rooms in the basement, three bedrooms and two baths, and a 79 by 33 foot overall footprint.
A health note describes how rabies spreads from dogs and wild animals to humans, the progression in animals and people, and the importance of prompt medical care after a bite. It explains the virus, incubation period, hydrophobia symptoms, and serum treatment within three days to hinder brain infection.
Cullman High School graduate Miss Jenny Grissom is a junior at an unnamed college. The feature notes her pageant title and ongoing studies, highlighting local pride in Cullman.
FUN TIME The Chuckle Box May recounts a joke where May drops a glass on the floor but nothing spills since it was water. Sue explains her mother knitted three socks for her brother in the army because he wrote he had grown another foot, sparking playful banter among Joy and Sue.
An old drawing contest ad offers a Britannica World Atlas and Yearbook as prizes. It requires originality, and entrants must label drawings as Drawing, Tell Me Why, and provide name, age, address with zip code.
Norma Dossi of Oakland California is announced as today’s winner in the Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events feature. The item asks readers to submit riddles and jokes to the column and share their ZIP code.
Building Editor instruction shows 50 cents plus 3 cents sales tax for a design G-50. The form requests printed name street city state and an illegible signature, indicating a small local transaction or order intake in Decatur.
Auburn University student Miss Grissom was selected from 12 contestants as Miss Yellowstone National Park. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Grissom of 215 Birmingham Ave and had previously won a contest at Old Faithful Lodge where she works registering guests.
Misses Daisey and Elsie Crawford visited sister Mrs Elbert Holmes in Cullman Monday. Sunday Mr and Mrs Dennis NeSmith visited the Mayor in Cullman and their cousin plus other relatives in Hartselle.
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