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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1936

Page

6

Christmas Parties And Pageants At Local Churches

Christmas gatherings include Westside Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society with 38 attendees at Mary D. Simpson Circle event, gifts, and snowman salad. First Presbyterian hosts a program Prepare Ye the Way with local participants and themes They Gave Themselves. Westside and First Methodist plan Christmas pageants The Three Wise Men at the Well and The Quest of the East with listed roles and casts.

Westside Presbyterian ‘Woman's Missionary Society Oman Mary D. Simpson Central Baptist Church Forrest Hosey Jeddy Ryan Harry Higdon Buchmier Cullman First Presbyterian Church Westside Presbyterian Church Three Wise Men Firs Methodist Church First Methodist Church Helen Christian Guy Byron Carroll Charles Green LeRoy McEntyre Herod the Great Noble Russel Paul Gene Hargrove Dick Still Mr. Timberlake David Alien Wiley George Homer Smith

Personal notes of holiday travel and visits

Local residents plan holiday departures and visits with relatives across states. Mrs. W J Coleman and children head to Jonesboro Ark, others visit Birmingham, Nashville, Courtland, and Memphis. extended family members travel for Christmas and Christmas season events.

W. J.coleman Jonesboro Ark Memphis Coleman James M. M. Wheeler Nashville, Tenn Phillip Gilchrist Wheeler Wheeler and Son Nashville H. A. Skeggs Mimi Jones GC. M. Kortrecht Bill Martin Birmingham Harold Vaughn Berea J. H. Vaughn

Santa Letters From Alabama Children 1936

A compilation of Christmas requests from Alabama children dated December 1936. Girls and boys from Decatur Athens Danville and Hillsboro ask for dolls trains toy stores bicycles and candy, mentioning families teachers hospitals and siblings in heartfelt pleas to Santa Claus.

E. Moulton St Decatur Santa Claus Sonny Houser Johnston St Allen Lee Jones Miss Houston Santa Betty Polly Deedie Billie Rhea Simmons Danville Ala Opal Hammond Grandma Grandpa Mary Johnson Athens Helen Johnson W. Church St Dorris Jean Hillsboro R. W. Waldrop

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