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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
3
Westside Presbyterian Church departs from its usual tree for the children and asks all attendees to bring gifts for the poor. Rev S P Pryor cites unemployment and hardship in Decatur as reasons to collect food toys money or other items to spread Christmas cheer and aid the needy.
A Westside church urges communal giving to outpace Rotary and Kiwanis in generosity. Members are asked to bring gifts Sunday evening at 7 o clock, aiming to set aside denominational differences and share abundantly with those in need.
Committees from Decatur Athens Limestone county plan to discuss completing the Bee Line highway between Athens and Decatur. The meeting at Hotel Lyons gathers civic units and reps from two strong counties to influence state highway builders.
St. John's Epis- Digudonne Costes, French aviator, and the Boy's club of St. John's plan to disclose contributor names. A record flight by Costes on a closed circuit lasted 62 hours 24 minutes covering 4760 miles.
The St Johns boys of Decatur will give gifts to twenty five children this Christmas. They accepted discarded broken toys from the public, repaired and repainted them for distribution on Christmas Eve. More donations are still welcome as they prepare a public list of contributors after collecting and sorting the toys.
Brown's ambulance was summoned to Cottrell's Cafe this morning to convey Miss Elsie Drinkard to the hospital for an operation due to appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miler will entertain the junior boys and girls of the Pairview Baptist church at their home in Soe at 6 o'clock.
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