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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
7
Hartselle reports a Christmas party hosted by Miss Miller and Miss Dobson at the Payne home with blue and silver decorations and carols. A White Christmas Service is planned at First Methodist with a cantata and a Christmas offering for the Selma orphanage.
Fashion notes praise the return of hair ornaments and accessories after the bob, including metallic tissue blooms, shells, and old jewelry. It also urges dental hygiene, previews Christmas travels of locals from Pensacola, Auburn, Tulane, Duke, and Snead Junior College, and mentions holiday plans with family members and friends.
Miss Annie Brown and Harriet Godfrey hosted a Christmas party at their Birmingham home to celebrate the birth of Linda Kay on December 13. Rotary Club guests included Rev. Frank T. Smith and several members as the year closes. A Christmas festival in Courtland features a turkey trot and a fountain of coins, with Santa riding Main Street at four p.m. Nell Gilchrist, Auburn student, returns for a Columbia wedding and holidays.
Mr. W. E. Turner of Mobile Alabama credits Gly-Cas with remarkable relief from long standing health issues. He describes improved digestion regular bowels and relief from pains and insomnia after use and praising Loyd's Drug Store and local grocers.
Governor Frank Dixon lifted tolls on the O'Neal Bridge over the Tennessee River in Muscle Shoals Alabama declaring the span free at midnight after a day of celebration. The ceremony featured mayors Hoyt Greer Florence Sheffield W S Collier and John C Gelae among attendees.
Colonel F. A. Prince announces that trade schools for all mechanical trades and for bakers and cooks are open in Alabama and Tennessee. He emphasizes this unique prior opportunity as the Army uses winter to send men to school so they gain months of experience and can serve in key roles in the spring. Apply through the nearest army recruiting agent.
A first free automobile passage was recorded as the party followed Dixon across the bridge at 12 01 a m The state authorized toll removal via a constitutional amendment issuing 868000 in state bonds to retire the bridge obligations completed in October This reflects a landmark move to eliminate tolls on the span.
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