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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1948

Page

6

Flint Home Demonstration Club December Meeting

The Flint Home Demonstration Club held its December meeting and Christmas party at Mrs. Clyde Grantland's home. Officers, members, and two visitors attended as reports from Hartsville workshop participants were shared and a Christmas program with carols and readings followed.

Flint Flint Home Demonstration Club Clyde Grantland B. K. Wiggins Booth Shaneyfelt Jack Norris R. H. Hogan C. A. Poole Jr

Christmas carols sung after Mass in C Major

After the concert the group gathered in the conservatory foyer to share the world’s favorite carols. Miss Reeves, former voice pulpit of Mrs. Paul Eubanks, joined the Westminster Presbyterian choir on Sunday afternoon to sing Come Unto Him from Handel’s Messiah. She is described as a coloratura.

Conservatory Miss Reeves Paul Eubanks Westminster Presbyterian Choir

Christmas Visitors and Holidays Travel in Tennessee and Nearby States

Local personal notices list Dr and Mrs R T L Liston and family visiting Bristol cousins on the Austinville Flint road while Bobby Miller attends McCallie. families from Nashville Columbia and Birmingham prepare holiday visits. Cadets at Sewanee and Vanderbilt students return home for Christmas. several relatives travel from Florence New Orleans and Fort Belvoir for gatherings.

R. T. L. Liston and Sons Bobby Jonathan Miller Bristol Tennessee W. H. Long Austinville-Flint Road McCallie Military Academy Chattanooga Gore Mitchell Sewanee Military Academy Sewanee, Tennessee Mrs Howard Mitchell Moulton Road

Baptist Group Holds Session in Decatur Meeting

The Morgan County Missionary Baptist pastors met at First Baptist Church in Decatur at 10:00 am for their weekly conference and Bible study. Rev. Carl Roberts presided with Rev. Milford Walker recording, Rev. Bethea Steadham directing music, Dr. Jesse M. Rogers leading Romans study, and Rev. E. N. Chandler outlining Matthew 16 18.

First Baptist Church Decatur Carl Roberts Milford Walker Bethea Steadham Jesse M. Rogers E. N. Chandler Chandlers Jesus Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association

Lad Declares Santa Needs Haircut More Than He Does

In Montgomery on December 21 a three year old Victor LeCroy resisted a barber chair shouting I dont need haircut. His mother tried to calm him as he clung to his claim and refused further grooming. The anecdote contrasts a festive season figure with a stubborn child during a downtown barber visit.

Lad Santa Montgomery Ala Victor LeCroy Victor

Boy argues Santa Claus needs worse gift

A schoolyard exchange has a boy insisting Santa Claus needs a worse present, while his mother questions who he means. The child repeats that Santa Claus is the one who needs a worse gift, noting he does not see him there.

Santa Claus

Colonial Coffee Crowned by Local Homemaker and Experts

Huntsville homemaker Mrs Phillip Humphrey endorses Colonial Coffee after enjoying her first pound and praising its rich body and flavor. Experts in blind tests repeatedly select Colonial for superior quality, noting its Antigua origin. Colonial costs no more than common brands, offering better value.

Phillip Humphrey Antigua

Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog Ad Pattern 620

Laura Wheeler offers improved pattern 620 with transfer charts cutting guides and embroidery charts. Twenty cents, request 108 illustrations of crochet knitting embroidery toys dolls and more by sending PATTERN and ZONE to Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog in Brooklyn.

Laura Wheeler Sena Decatur Daily Flatbush Station Brooklyn N.Y Laura Wheele

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Boc Inc Ie Westminster Presbyterian Walter Johnson Westminster Presbyterian Church G. E. Stovall Alan Ashford Linda Schmidt Don Parks Hilton Hagler Carlton Kelley Dustin Dodd Bobby McWhorter Travis Hardwick Jean Aldrich Butch Devine Tim Taylor Kathy Kramer Jeff Troxler John Giles Sammy Hugh Frazier Chuck Sittason Charlie Major A. T. Hanson Decatur Junior High School East Vine Street Garnett Dement John Davis Imogene Dungy Hanson Louie Green Dement Davis W.S.C.S. Ninth "Street Woman's Society of Christian Service Ninth Street Methodist Church O. M. Lawrence E. W. Corley J. M. Smith R. J. Johnson John Butler E. B. McGahee W.S.C.S McGahee J. W. McCant Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Miss Sittason Mary Jean Sittason Naomi Glenn Glenndale Paul Glenn Young Married Peoples Department Central Baptist Church Henry Turner Hug Stanford Edison Reynolds Star Gazer Clay R. Pollan Aries Taurus Gemini Libra Scorpio Aquarius Pisces Wilbur Couch Evelyn Sivley Birmingham Mary Jo Reeves Musi Cians Chorus Conservatory Eall 8Th Avenue West Minnie McNeill Carr Birmingham Conservatory of Music Birmingh Hugh Thomas Benjamin Brittain Bach Jesus Christ Life Beethoven VIRGO Sagittarius Rainey Ee Core Kickernick Elec- Kickernick M. E. Thornton 4Th Avenue West Decatur General Hospital John L. Farris Johnnie Billy Nashville T. M. Jones Jr Thomas S. Fleming Columbia, Tennessee R. T. Liston Cora Draper Oak Street Mr. Fleming Flem Ing Mrs. Liston Grady Hanks Baltimore, Maryland John Wilks Florence Chester Boston Paul Christian Henry Hanson University of Alabama Tuscaloosa New Orleans Louisianna Paul Gene Hargrove Vanderbilt University E. E. Hargrove Sam Stephenson Sam W. C. Bailey Sam Anderson Louisville Kentucky Proctor Barnes Ferry Street Henry T. Cook Fort Belvoir, Virginia Charles McMeans M. J. Wooten Hanceville Helen Libby Peg Baptist Goidel Huntsville Bryson Studio Cyclamen Begonia Gladioli Tennessee Valley Greenhouse Wilson Avenue Merry Christmas
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