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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1956
Page
23
Classifieds announce a 2 bedroom house with bath hot water heater sink cabinets and closets at a low price on 317 12th Ager N.W. Also offered is 5 acres of land joining Wheeler Lake near the Tennessee River for a permanent home priced at $2 000. Call John Stair at 2572 Town Creek between 7 am and 5 pm.
Several houses listed for sale with prices from 8 500 to 13 500 and payments varying from about 51 to 65 monthly. Showings by appointment with Howard Proctor or Frank Chenault. contact numbers provided.
Santa grants reader letters for affordable houses on Danville Road and River View Avenue, including a five room near Goodyear Mills and a six room near Flint School. The Petty Realty Company will handle incoming letters and assign homes within budget.
Chandelier with 181 prisms for eight by eight foot ceilings or larger in solid brass. Also paper shell pecans 35 cents per pound or 3 pounds for a dollar. Upright piano in good condition. Used dryer automatic washer range and refrigerator. Lionel electric train with transformer and extras. Handmade Xmas gifts baskets woodenware shellcraft and more at 1324 9th Ave SE. Registered Duroc pigs with service boars bred sows ads from Herb Adcock. Pool table for sale at $100. Contact details listed.
Allied Sales Bargain Headquarters advertises radios new and used from 12.50 up and used televisions from 5000 up. Ford car for sale or trade in good shape. Living room suites 1000 up. Clothes line and electric fence wire in various lengths. Milk cans car trailer 3500, 12 ft vegetable display case, Wied and cool heaters 1000 up. Gas heaters 1000 up, reworked machines 3995 up, electric ranges 3950 up, guaranteed 4950 up. Core equipment counters stools booths warmers show cases store counters 50 gal wood barrels scales and typewriters. Decatur Alabama.
The ad lists gift suggestions with prices for vacuum cleaners at 59.50 and 69.50, children’s rock maple and mahogany radios, electric blankets, 8-Pc Kneehole desks, platform rockers, TV snack trays, chairs and tables, rocking horse, and related sets with multiple price points. The catalog emphasizes affordable home gifts and seasonal convenience.
Donnie Ingram died Tuesday at his Decatur residence. Funeral services began at noon from Spring Creek Baptist Church with interment in Hampton cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Melba Johnson Chicago and Mrs. Eudora Ayers Decatur. a step daughter Mrs. Ida Bibbs Decatur. four sons Brice Ingram Cedar Lake James Thomas Hartselle John L. Ingram Guntersville Willie B. Ingram Milwaukee. a brother Sol Wheeler. three nephews four nieces and eight grandchildren.
The Kappa Alpha fraternity at Mississippi State College organized a Forest Fire Fighting Brigade to assist county firefighters in combating out-of-control woods fires in the timber area.
A Morgan County lunchroom workers meeting at Cotaco School will feature demonstrations on yellow cake with vanilla cream frosting and fruit salad. Attendees include Laura Johnson Ona Johnson Dorothy Fowler Ruth Compton and Ida Eubanks with Merle B. Donaldson Mabel Beasley Lorene Dutton leading devotion and talks on commodities menus and Christmas ideas.
Public hearing scheduled for 7 p m Monday before the Decatur city council on a boundary change rezoning Residence C on 6th Ave SE to Light Industrial. Also a review of updated city code and possible city employee insurance policy discussed as bids from major firms are in.
A cryptic prompt lists phrases like Soviet News agency and Disembark among scattered clues. The entry ends with a Cryptoquote attributing George Orwell and a reflection on equality versus privilege.
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