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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1957
Page
11
County health officer Dr L R Murphree warned vaccines will be limited after February 15 1958 and outlined a partial Morgan County shot schedule starting Monday He urged parents to send notes to schools and outlined dose guidance for one two or three shots with specific site times and locations across the county in December and January
Post offices offer special parcel post and stamp windows this afternoon from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bank Street post office and Albany Station branch. Postmaster I E Self noted local workers are just beginning to handle the holiday rush.
Second grade students in Millington Tennessee copied sentences on a chalkboard. They circled the correct word in sentences like milk colors, with one boy marking white and brown to indicate chocolate milk.
The post office reports last week lighter than expected but Christmas mailing quickened Friday and is expected to be in full swing this week with heavy volume and service demand.
Sen. Walter Givhan and Rep. Pete Gilmer of Selma urged approval of Amendment No.5 for a 4% million bond to fund the Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Agriculture. They warned without funds the overcrowded program may lose top agriprofessionals after Auburn engineering campus accreditation loss. They cited a jammed API classroom and shared facilities issues observed on a campus visit.
Four year old Linda Ricketts daughter of Mr and Mrs James Ricketts of 423 Eleventh Ave SW died Saturday morning at home. Services set for 2 p m Monday at Dancys Chapel with Rev Dennis Tucker officiating and burial in the church cemetery. She is survived by her parents a brother Gerald a sister Margaret and both maternal and paternal grandparents Lela Dodson Hillsboro I and Mr and Mrs Leonard Ricketts Hillsboro I.
Postage stamps use a glue blend of cassava and hybrid corn. The mixture is described as tasty and nutritious in the source text.
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