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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
5
Crosby Mississippi wedding and society items cover an Episcopal ceremony at St. Timothy's Woodville, the Cox family, and a motor trip afterward. A tea for Miss Sallie Mae Hames precedes Zetomen Club and Rhoda Dimpie Kindergarten Christmas events. Staff party, home visits, and community gatherings fill the rest with church notices, school events, and holiday merrymaking.
Julius Arigi, Austrian World War I ace, says he piloted the Pitne plane that flew over the castle grounds of Baron De Rothschild and dropped Austrian, British, and Rothschild flags as a token of respect to Edward, Duke of Windsor.
Authorities restrained an aviator who proposed dropping a large wreath near Edward, after police discouraged the sentimental gesture and advised against the act.
Local families report holiday visits and homecomings with Archie Hill and Mrs J H Calvin at home in Sweetwater. Miss Christine Hinds of Birmingham spends weekend with the Hinds family. Joe Nyeiy returns to be with his mother Mrs J H Calvin as Christmas approaches. Several other guests travel to see kin including Bess Speake from Boyles Alabama and Cecilia Alexander visiting Nashville. Hermitage Hotel dance hosts out of town visitor Miss Orshine tomorrow night. Mr Gorman Jones family from Sheffield to spend Christmas weekend with Lem Jones’s household. Margaret Ingram of Florence visits Jane Crawford in town for Christmas.
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