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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
4
A cache of handwritten holiday letters from Somerville and nearby towns includes children from Ridge to Parkville detailing their Christmas wish lists. Requests include dolls, toy furniture, trains, firearms, bikes, baking sets, and fruit with notes praising teachers and family.
In Montgomery Alabama officials warn that drivers with foreign license tags may be required to show receipt proving tag legality in another state and evidence of residency in that state. Mobile county owners are urged to buy Alabama state tags and abandon out of state tags.
A child writes to Santa at 621 Sherman Street listing wants including a doll and dresses, a set of dishes, an iron, a ball, a red car, and a victrola. The note ends with a plea to remember all little girls and boys and to bring gifts, showing a hopeful holiday appeal.
Five motor bus operators cited by the Alabama Public Service Commission to appear December 18 and show cause why their certificates should not be revoked for alleged failure to pay inspection and supervision fees. The Wilson Company J. A. Cates and Son Cherokee Motor Coach Company J. H. Ricks and J. P. Warren operate lines statewide.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Johnson's Chapel for Mrs. Sallie Woodall a 69 year old resident of Hartselle route 2 who died at her residence.
Riverside High School announces the first and second honor roll for the second six weeks ending Nov 30 1928. First Honors include Kendall Garrett Wade Raven Willis Armour Bingham Beech Garren Hurst Irwin Irwin Car lysle. Second Honors list Davis Freeze Fuller Chandler Frazier Wert Hildreth Sims Dover Gilley Smith Bingham Jones Bailey Himes Collier and Wednesday. Interment noted in chapel cemetery with Priest directing. Better lighted streets and beautified business districts cited as Decatur slogans.
Meta Marie Keller ten month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank B Keller of ill owes her life to modern surgery. Born joined at the abdomen the twins shared a blood stream. An operation separated Meta from her sister but the sibling died in the procedure.
Bolivian actions calm nerves as volunteers may enlist by signing their names in a war register. Hotels, restaurants and theatres pledge six days of net receipts to a war fund. The Pan American conference awaits Iberatona results shaping policy.
An all-day meeting is planned for Sunday December 16 at New Canaan at Missionary.
The article argues that sufficient playground facilities reduce juvenile crime rates by providing constructive outlets. It cites studies linking safe, well-maintained play spaces to fewer youth offenses and greater community well being.
Home Office ginned 30 bales on Wednesday and worked late to meet demand. Officials say total ginning is ahead of last year as more farmers from Hanceville Tanner Somerville Harris Danville Moulton Cullman Vinemont participate. Decatur reports over thirty eight miles of paved streets.
A Southern Baptist appeal asks Baptists to fund a Christmas bank offering. Generous gifts from laymen in multiple states seed a $150,000 total, with proceeds shared among foreign and home missions, relief, education, seminaries, and a hospital. Dr. L. R. Scarborough will speak for the effort on KWKH.
Abele argues that milk quality depends on care and attention rather than the cow. He notes commercial dairy output rising over 50 percent in five years and states many towns have adopted ordinances standardizing grades so Grade A milk is uniform across the state.
Gadsden Alabama December 13 plans are under way to establish a county health unit for Etowah county in the Seventh district. Etowah already employs a full time health officer nurse secretary and meat inspector as part of its public health program.
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