Progressive Culture Club Christmas Luncheon Recap
The Progressive Culture Club held its annual Christmas luncheon at Mrs KE M Chapman’s home with co-hostesses Mrs J M Darrah and Mrs Robert Duff. Members exchanged white elephant gifts, enjoyed a three course meal, and filled a Christmas basket for a needy family. The Decatur Emblem Club met at the Elks Home to plan the December 23 Christmas dinner and baskets distribution. Westminster Presbyterian Auxiliary met for devotional and business, elected officers, and planned for school aid and year changes.
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Progressive Culture Club
KE. M. Chapman
J. M. Darrah
Robert Duff
Decatur Emblem Club
Elks
Harris
Newsome
James Wright
C. G. Sims
A. L. McCauley
Westminster ' Presbyterian Auxiliary
Hugh Mitchell
Westminster Presbyterian Auxiliary
Sarah Jane Wyatt
Harold Edwards
Robert McRight
Henry Hartung
W. S. Hunter
Swananoa
North Carolina
Robert Harris
John Patterson, Jr
W.C. McClung
E. G. Maples
Thomas Wal- Aorn
Eugene Chenault
J. O. Colvard
E. S. Loyd
Local Personal News Highlights From Thanksgiving Week
Mr and Mrs Harold Watkins have returned from Miami Florida where they attended the Alabama Miami football game. Mrs Lutie Russell returned from Birmingham after several days away. Friends of Mrs J W Roser regret her broken arm from a fall and note she is recovering at home. Fletcher Eddens a Auburn student returned to campus after Thanksgiving holidays with family.
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Harold Watkins
Miami
Florida
Lutie Russell
Birmingham
J. W. Roser
Fletcher Eddens
Auburn
Banker Ronald Ransom Dies in Atlanta at 65
Ronald Ransom, 65, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, died yesterday after an illness of nearly a year. He was a prominent figure in Georgia banking, having once led the Georgia Bankers Association and held senior roles in state banking circles.
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Atlanta
Ronald Ransom
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ransom Long
Georgia Bankers Association
Limestone County Caps Shaw and Miss Balch
Community notes from Limestone County mention Mrs. Henry Schrinsher’s accident, and visits and thanksgivings among local families. Bruce Balch and children visited Greenbrier relatives. Rudolph Pitts from Fayetteville stayed with J N Vasser grandparents. W H Martin Athens and Mack Towles families visited. George Sanders households spent time with S W Sanders. Coleman Smith and W E Smith connected.
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Henry Schrinsher
Bruce Balch
Howard Ray
Greenbrier
Rudolph Pitts
Fayetteville
W. E.smith
W.H. Martin
Athens
Mack Towles
Sylvia
Florence
Billy .Moore
Diane
Sylacauga
J. B. Coles
George Sanders
S. W. Sanders
Bride killed on way to wedding in Georgia crash
In Macon Georgia a 24 year old bride to be Mrs Elizbeth Shape died when a car plunged from a 30 foot bridge on the Jeffersonville Perry road during a wedding trip. Her 26 year old fiance T Sergeant Raymond Overby was injured. Another couple in the car William Denkowicz not Pa and Pat Land Macon were uninjured. They had plans to wed in Jeffersonville before the detour to Perry.
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Macon
Bibb County
C. H. Sauls
Elizabeth Shape
Raymond Overby
Dillard
Oklo
William Denkowicz
Reinerton
Pat Land
Jeffersonville
Perry Road
Sauls
Twiggs County
Perry
Labor strike shuts down Foremost Dairies plant
In Birmingham on December 3 a labor dispute between two unions halted operations at Foremost Dairies. About 100 drivers, helpers and plant workers were idle as wage talks stalled. A United Mine Workers official said dairy workers have not received higher pay in two years with the union seeking a 15 to 25 cent hourly rise, while management offered 10 cents.
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Birmingham
Dairies
Joe Morris
United Mine Workers of America
District 50
Korean political leader Chang Duk Soo shot dead outside home
Chang Duk Soo, 55, a conservative political leader in Seoul, was killed by two bullets in the back as he spoke with visitors outside his home. The Democratic Party blamed police. police denied the accusation. A woman told investigators three Koreans, one in police clothing, lured him to talk then shot him as he turned to reenter.
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Seoul
Korea
Chang Duk
Soo
Chang
Democratic Party
Teens Craft Hanging Christmas Cookies
A playful guide for teen bakers to create and decorate sugar cookies and ginger snaps. Cut out shapes from cardboard templates, bake until firm, punch hanging holes while warm, decorate with icing, sugar, candy, and color, then thread ribbon or wire to hang on the tree.
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Associated Press
Holiday Snowballs and Cookie Cutter Lore
A feature on Christmas treats cites Earl F Robacker’s booklet Pennsylvania German Cooky Cutters and Cookies with 600 designs and practical recipes. It includes a Snowball cookie recipe using margarine sugar flour pecans vanilla and water, baked 12 to 15 minutes and rolled in confectioners sugar.
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Pennsylvania
Earl F. Robacker
Milk production would fill a long river in the U S
The United States annually produces enough milk to fill a river about 3,000 miles long 40 feet wide and 3 feet deep, illustrating the scale of dairy output.
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United States
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