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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1952

Page

6

West Decatur PTA to hold regular meeting Thursday

The West Decatur Parent Teacher Association scheduled its regular meeting for Thursday evening at seven thirty in the school auditorium. The West Decatur School will present a holiday program and members are urged to attend.

West Decatur .T.A West Decatur Parent Teacher Association West Decatur P.T.A Decatur Garden Club Billy Glenn Joe Wheeler Decatur Mother’s Club Mizpah Chapter No. 19 Order of the Eastern Star Decatur Masonic Temple Business and Professional Women’s Club Lyons

Personal notices of holiday gatherings and illness

Mrs. Nellie P. Holland is confined to her home at 1408 Beech Street with flu. Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Tom Deason and Mrs. Gertrude Swygent from Gadsden who attended a holiday party at Robin Thomas’s home. Other relatives and friends traveled to Memphis for the funeral of Mrs. W. H. Motes. John Thomas Sheats, 421 Memorial Drive North West, is resting comfortably at Decatur General Hospital as a patient.

Decatur Mother’s Club Walter Jackson Sherman Street Decatur Zeromen_ Bible Club Tom Edgil Edgil R. A. Frazi Roy Hendrix J. H. Branum David McKinney Aubrey R. McKinney Lone Oak Jackson Street Jesus David Jimmy Wilson Judy Peeples Nova Scotia Ceval Rider Ronnie Jones Harold Jones Joe Peeples Hovie Wynn Wenddal Wynn Camellia Nell Finchum James Wilson Nancy Kitchens Mike Jemison Mays Jemison Bonnie McKinney Oakes Gloria Swanson W. J. Duncan, Jr J. W. Wyker, Jr John Henry Jones Nora Strength Harry Jonas Sam Pruett Joe Hagler Thomas J. Hendrix James Johnson Jo Ann Oakes Nellie P. Holland Beech Street Tom Deason Gertrude Swygent Gadsden Robin Thomas Memphis Tennessee W. H. Motes Robert Blackwell Floyd Harris Bob Blackwell R. E. Ellis R. E. Ellis, Jr Mae Masterson Percy Sharp Farris Duke Priceville Robert Anthony Columbia John Thomas Sheats Memorial Drive North West Decatur General Hospital

Paralyzed Groom Marries In 90-Second Hospital Ceremony

In Point Pleasant New Jersey a 20 year old Ohio man paralyzed from a December 1 water tank fall wed his childhood sweetheart in a 90 second hospital ceremony. John Breece of Deshler Ohio and Janet Deerwester of McComb Ohio were joined by Magistrate Fred W Poser as the groom, unable to speak clearly, barely repeated his name.

Point Pleasant N. J Ohio John Breece Deshler Janet Deerwester McComb Fred W. Poser Point Pleasant Hospital

Planes Drop Toys And Candy On Holiday Mission

Southern Natural Gas Co. pilots run a weekly gasline inspection tour dropping 1000 toy and candy-filled bags from two planes. One crew routes through Jackson Mississippi to the west, the other toward Atlanta to the east. Each plane bears a Merry Xmas mark and wing loudspeakers to wish children a holiday.

Birmingham Southern Natural Gas Co Santa Claus Texas Georgia George Guthrie Wes Wess Jackson Miss Calvin Hardy Jim Best Atlanta

Couple Advances Christmas Wedding After Rescue Failure

The Pennsylvania couple postponed a Christmas church wedding in Ohio as Breece, repairing a 160 foot water tank, fell inside and broke his neck. A Navy helicopter from Lakehurst Naval Air Station flew in to lift him from the tank in a dramatic rescue.

Ohio Breece Navy Lakehurst Naval Air Station

Tourism in Germany Draws 200000 Americans in 1952

The 1952 estimate places about 200000 American tourists visiting Germany, reflecting postwar travel rebound and growing transatlantic leisure exchange.

Germany

New Zealand Marks 100 Years Of Constitutional Government

In June 1952 New Zealand observed the centennial of its constitutional government with ceremonies and formal commemorations reflecting a century of parliamentary rule and the evolving status of the Crown in the country's governance.

New Zealand

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