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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
8
AP reports that silicone water repellents penetrate brick and concrete pores to permanently seal against moisture while allowing drying. The article notes silicone applications from brick walls to baby pants, leather jackets, and cosmetics, and asserts easy application by spray or brush.
In December 1955 at Gordon Bible School in Decatur Alabama third graders Danny Howell and Ronnie Lowery write to Santa. They ask for gifts including a Davy Crockett set and a hande set while requesting remembrance for family and friends.
A 1955 letter collection from Decatur Alabama students names Larry Lovelady and Robby Hale requests gifts for Christmas. They mention Gordon Bible School and teacher Mrs White, and ask for items like an electric train a bicycle and guns. They also ask to remember family members and friends.
Betty Jo Atkins, a third grader at Gordon Bible School, requests a doll. She describes her teacher Mrs White as very nice and notes her address at 914 5 Ave SE.
Daily Records lists deeds including Wilson Bolden to Nathan Bil lions for 5300 dollars F B Bowling to Lynn Bowling for 3000 Gilbert M Cox receives 1300 from Thomas D Brothers Chestnut Court Apts transfers to Cecil C Turner for 12200 and G W Nickelson to Florence R Nickelson for 1.0? The fragment ends with 1.
George F. Yates 67 of Falkville to Nova Hyde 64 of Vine mont. Gerald Lee Miller 21 of Hartselle to Mary Louise Bradshaw 16 of Decatur. Herman Joseph Bailey 31 of Decatur to Mary Wilma Newby 32 of Athens. Roy William Howell Jr 20 of Decatur to Beverly Mae Jones 17 of Decatur.
A disorderly conduct case against C. L. Beale a reserve policeman accused of roughing reporter Steve Lesher during the Montgomery bus boycott was postponed to next Monday. Beale allegedly grabbed Lesher tore his shirt and ripped a religious medal after Lesher refused to omit a reserve captain's name from a story. The incident ties to the race boycott that led Montgomery City Lines to halt or limit service.
A fire gutted a five room home in Earlington killing Willard Fox 46 and his grandson Stevie Rodgers 4 in the living room and Beatrice Fox 40 with Kayla Rodgers 5 in the kitchen. Coroner S T Harris said the girl and grandmother had minor burns and all appeared to have suffocated from smoke while escaping. Neighbor Vernon McGar said he awoke to a flickering light and called the fire department despite the 15 degree cold. The Rodgers parents also lived nearby and the children were staying with the grandparents while their mother worked in Hopkinsville.
Pronghorn antelope can run at 20 to 30 miles per hour with ease. There are about 1 917 heart attacks a day among American citizens.
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