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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1957
Page
15
Dear Dorothy Dix discusses a dispute in a new development where a mother hoards toys, preventing her child from playing with others. The two neighboring mothers argue, but the columnist suggests their selfish stance harms the child and urges shared access to playthings.
Readers weigh in on moral rights and sharing while a seventeen year old falls for her uncle and faces pregnancy. Dorothy Dix advises telling the father and letting him handle the reprobate, urging timely disclosure and responsibility in a cautionary hometown column.
The weekly feature lists popular titles including Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens Rally Round the Flag Boys by Max Shulman Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain On the Beach by Nevil Shute and nonfiction works Baruch My Own Story by Bernard Baruch The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard Where Did You Go Out by Robert Paul Smith The New Class by Milovan Djilas The Age of Revolution by Winston Churchill.
A man barges into the Norman Chamber of Commerce office and tells City Manager John Malone he is late for a meeting. He then reveals the supposed gathering was at the Baptist Church, realizing the mix up and leaving promptly.
Brandon General Hospital received a money order for 23.75 dollars to settle an overdue bill that had been due since October 1910.
In Columbus Ohio a local dust devil swept a 90-pound boat over a backyard fence and dropped it 80 feet away. Bob Burwell of the Columbus Weather Bureau notes the gusty phenomenon and its heating driven formation.
Mrs Otis Kirby hosted Wesleyan Service Guild Number Two of Central Methodist Church. Mrs M G Smith led a brief session welcoming new members Mrs Roberta Whitmire and Mrs Jeanette Blanchard. Mrs Cottingham spoke on missionaries work in Hawaii.
The Flint Home Demonstration Club met for a Thanksgiving luncheon at Mrs. Ferguson's home. Mrs. T. V. Day presided, devotion by Mrs. Howard Smallwood, and decorations featured flowers fruits and vegetables. Twelve stuffed toys were given to TB sanatorium children.
Mrs. W. J. Duncan of Clinton South Carolina spends the winter with her daughter Mrs. Ellisor Adams. Mrs. Tom Wear of Mt. Hope spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Free and family.
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