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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
15
The Somerville news lists numerous local visits and gatherings. Shoppers, relatives, and students from Decatur Hartselle and nearby towns travel during Thanksgiving and holidays, with several families hosting in Somerville and surrounding routes. Key names include Barclift Mooneyham Turner Johnston Mikell and Hart alongside families and guests from Decatur and Pinson.
Archaeologists excavating the Roman town of Aguntum have unearthed a well preserved main street and a 2nd century tombstone. The finds shed light on urban planning and burial practices at the site.
Moscow reports Soviet civil aviation chief Pavel Zhigarev says direct air routes will link Moscow with Britain India France and the Netherlands. He will inaugurate service to Copenhagen and then visit London to press talks with Britain as similar arrangements proceed with India France and the Netherlands.
Miss Patsy Johnson spent Saturday night with Miss Alga Curtis of County Line. Mr. and Mrs. Kent visited in Huntsville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCaghren and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Parker were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCaghren of Columbus Georgia. Mrs. Wilbur Jackson and Mrs. Bob Wiley and Mrs. Max Wiley were in Birmingham on business Saturday. Mrs. Minnie Way of Five Points visited her mother Mrs. J. W. McCaghren Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Burden and Mrs. Robert Waldrop of Decatur called.
Peter DeVries gains dramatic rights to his upcoming novel Mackerel Plaza as the Theatre Guild picks up his work after successful stage adaptation of Tum, Their Aunt Mrs. J. W. McCaghren. The Guild plans a stage production once the novel is released next year.
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