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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
5
Henry J. Taylor recounts a 1945 Christmas Eve broadcast recalling a boyhood visit from Uncle Ned and a home marked by hospitality integrity and devotion. He contrasts past simple living with modern advances while urging readers to remember the Christ Child’s birthday.
The State Vocational Trade School Auxiliary will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the club room for the regular monthly gathering. Members are reminded that Christmas gifts will be exchanged at this meeting. WANT ADS GET RESULTS
Mr and Mrs Foster Bailey entertained Friday night at their home with Brunswick stew and an informal bridge party. Christmas ornaments and greens highlighted the season. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Minton Mr and Mrs J B Snider Mr and Mrs T M Jones III Mr and Mrs Daren Easter Mr and Mrs Jerry Comer. Charles Minton was high scorer among the men and Daren Easter won the men’s consolation. Mrs Minton led the women and Mrs Comer the women’s consolation.
The Business and Professional Women's Club will host Captain Webster Lodge of Fort Meade Maryland on December 6 at 7 30 p m. His talk titled Aim High focuses on leadership and national security in the Nuclear Age with emphasis on 1956 57.
The 1790 census marked the first national population tally in the United States listing 3 929 214 residents across the new nation. It established baseline figures for state populations and set precedent for regular decennial censuses.
The marriage of Mrs Dona Mae Martin and Hansell Grubbs King was solemnized Saturday afternoon at St Johns Episcopal Church with Rev James O Bodley officiating. Parents are the late Mr and Mrs O L King of Chattanooga and Emmett Coleman Callahan of Decatur. The bride wore a misty blue Rochambeau two piece suit with white accessories and white carnation corsage. The couple left for a wedding trip to Florida and Cuba and will reside in Decatur.
Mrs Henry Sigman returns from Nashville after a luncheon hosted by Mrs C B Saunders. Lloyd Nelson comes back from Memphis on business. Mr and Mrs H D Barnum return from New York Washington and Philadelphia visiting daughter Mrs Barney Gerhardt in Delanco. Herbert F Gardner and family announce the birth of Mary Katherine at Hamill Clinic. Mrs Hebert Spiller travels to Arkansas for her father's illness. Mr and Mrs John Mullican and son Tommy and Mr and Mrs Charles Griffin return to Tuscaloosa from Decatur weekend. Tweedy Jr visits Courtland and Mrs Ludie Carey in Decatur. Mr and Mrs Tom Burgess return from Gulf Shores where she recuperated from illness. Miss Judy Douthit and Mrs Robert Tweedy III spend December month with the Roberts in Decatur.
KEM playing cards titled The Lasting Gift featured at IRA'S Book and Gift Shop located on 222 East Moulton Street with a large selection of Congress Bridge playing cards.
Decatur social notes list weekend visitors and travel. Miss Sarah Frances Sherard hosts a guest. Clyde Hendrix Jr of New Orleans plans a visit to his father Clyde Hendrix. Local residents seen in Birmingham include B. M. Cornell Ed Cornell John Caddell and sons Hank and Jack Paul Brown Jr James King and others.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beall of Nashville, guests last weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Tidwell Semmes, were entertained Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis Jr. with a buffet supper. Dried arrangements and colorful fruits complemented by white and yellow candies. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Mid Semmes, and the honorees.
A report notes a weekend visit in Chicago where Mrs Loosier stayed with her daughter, Miss Willie Royce Collier, who resides in Los Angeles. The fragment highlights social travel and family connections.
A New York report touts Bio-Dyne, a healing substance claimed to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. The product Preparation H, available as suppository or ointment, is said to produce decrease in swelling with strong patient testimonials and a money back guarantee.
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