Letters to the Editor oppose Decatur tax bond issue
Decatur readers debate a proposed one cent sales tax bond issue set for December 16 1952. Robin L Thomas contends twenty years is too long and schools would receive too little of the revenue while city officials would control most funds. He argues rural shoppers will go elsewhere and urges deferral pending higher court rulings on school funding.
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Decatur
Athens
Huntsville
Moulton
Hartselle
Robin L
Lawrence County Links via Thanksgiving Visits
E. D. Sain of Decatur visited on Monday. Numerous local families hosted Thanksgiving guests including Hartsel ee and Anniston visitors with Pruitt and Yancey households. James Wiley stationed in Miami, Wesley Speake families, and revival at Lebanon church ended.
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E. D. Sain
Decatur
Floyd Blizzard
Susie Hill
Bettie
Hartselle
Charles Yancey
Anniston
Robert Pruitt
Kenneth McLemore
James Wiley
Miami
Florida
Marine Corps
Benneth Wiley
Deford Melson
James Gilbert Speake
Florence State Teacher’s College
Marshal Singleton
Steve
Marcella
Marietta
Georgia
Eaton Stephenson
Hoyt
South Carolina
Ulric
Mary Elizabeth
Virgil McDaniel
John Smith
Lebanon
Lebanon Church
Church of God
Jim Rushing
J. S. Pearce
Allen
Sara Lou
Martha
Betty Hampton
Marie Hampton
Hollis McCaghren
John McCaghren
Paul Terry
Lawrence Kelsoe
J. W. Dutton
Tampa
Hawkins
Larry Free
Falkville
Joe McCaghren
Charles McCaghren
Hoyt Legg
Huntsville
Jimmie Tucker
Billie Joe
Chicago
Bertha Wiley
Matisse to Design Tokyo Ginza Lamp Posts
Tokyo papers report artist Matisse will design new lamp posts for the Ginza district and note plans to install 200 flower beds to brighten the shopping area. The announcements reflect ongoing efforts to spruce up the capital with cultural and decorative enhancements.
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Tokyo
Matisse
Ginza
Glass Blowing One Of Oldest Arts Says Ritschman
Russell A. Ritschman a scientific glass blower at The Chemstrand Corporation details glass blowing as an ancient craft. He describes training in New Jersey, later work in California and at Stanford before Chemstrand, and explains three specialties including hand blowing precision glass grinding and tooling.
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Russell A. Ritschman
Chemstrand Corporation
New Jersey
Germany
Chemstrand
Egypt
Rome
America
Rischman
California
Stanford University
Electronics Research Laboratory
Tourist record set in Tokyo by chemist’s glass device
A Japanese travel feature profiles Ritschman, a Paterson native and licensed amateur radio operator in Decatur. It notes his exact, graceful craft of shaping glass into a new chemical device for Chemstrand researchers and his side hobby of blowing glass animals for home display.
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Chemstrand
Ritschman
Paterson
New Jersey
Kathryn
Lth
Avenue East
Decatur
Community Notes From Pine Grove and Surrounding Area
Mrs Flora Allred hosted guests with Savannah Tucker visiting Clyde Tucker and family in Montgomery. Leonard Hill and Danville relations visited W A Tucker’s family. A large crowd attended the Bill Monroe show at Midway school. Mrs Gladys Shelton visited Mrs Lois Hamilton. Hal Fergurson and Sandra moved from Decatur. Opal Tucker visited her sister Clifford Reeves in Moulton. Dennis Tucker visited W A Tucker. Walde Borden made a Leighton trip. Carolyn Howard of Flint visited for Thanksgiving. Bobby Borden improves after serious illness. Emmitt Alfreds building a new home.
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Savannah Tucker
Clyde Tucker
Betty
Jim
Becky
Montgomery
Leonard Hill
Danville
W. A. Tucker
Bill Monroe
Midway School
Gladys Shelton
Lois Hamilton
Hal Fergurson
Sandra
Decatur
Opal Tucker
Clifford Reeves
Moulton
Dennis Tucker
Walde Borden
Leighton
Carolyn Howard
Flint
Bobby Borden
Emmitt Alfred
Japan Tourism Forecaster Sees Record 1952 Travel
The Bureau predicts 72,000 tourists will visit Japan by year end, based on current figures, surpassing the prewar record of 42,000 tourists.
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Daily Decatur
Lawrence County
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Russell A. Rischman
Chemstrand Corp. Research Laboratories
SW &R
Aber
Manhattan
Saturday Evening Post
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The
Japan Travel
Pine Grove
Flora Allred
B. W. Mixon
WHOS
Fred Smith Furniture Go
Malcolm H. Smith
Your State Farm Mutual
2Nd Ave
Lee’s
Anual
Parker
Walgreen Agency
Johnston St
North Alabama
Kee St
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