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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1969

Page

10

Thousands Receive Meals on Wheels for Christmas Season

In the Southeast and nationwide Meals on Wheels groups plan holiday meals for thousands of shut-ins and disabled seniors. In Nashville Gordon Memorial Church serves two meals daily at 75 cents each plus weekly fruit, with dietists and a nutrition student coordinating menus and color coded containers. The program relies on USDA Food and Nutrition Service aid and donations to feed elderly residents who cannot cook for themselves.

Meals On Wheels Nashville Tenn Gordon Memorial Church Henri Dixon USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Hints From Heloise Personalizes Organizing And Tricks

Readers share tips on keeping address books alphabetized with 3x5 loose leaf notebooks and plastic covers, clipping in stamps, storing change of addresses, and adding shopping notes. Other hints cover carafe cleaning, baby safety in novel spots, bird feeding, inexpensive Christmas decorating, pantry sifting, and a beef stroganoff shortcut.

Christmas Carols Then and Now Across Europe

Early carols featured varied themes including holly and ivy wassail and English traditions. Religious themes flourished in mystery plays and Nativity scenes. German French and Belgian carols often depicted the Magi while others told Bible stories or nature legends.

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