Young People's Banquet at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
The Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Young People's Department held a Sunday school banquet in the church basement on Monday. Tables were red and white with bells and candles. Guests enjoyed carols and Christmas songs including White Christmas and It Came Upon A Midnight Clear. Reverend E N Chandler sang a solo and Miss Elizabeth Dunaway was honored at another dinner party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's NT
Sixteenth Baptist
Young People’s Department
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Santa Claus
Elizabeth Dunaway
James Howard Proctor
Greystone Cafe
Geraldine Shipp
Louyn Summerford
Harry Puckett
Jean” Hill
Milton Haynes
Frances Rodgers
Bobby Gilchrist
Patsy Shipp
Junior Summerford
Edna Weinman
Edward Hunter
Bush Gilchrist
Betty Lou Clemons
Dee Proctor
Mary Allen
Lewis Thomason
Howard Proctor
Miss Dunaway
Dashing Junior Miss Dress Pattern 4846 Ad
Advertises pattern 4846 for Junior Miss sizes 11 to 17 with full skirt dress and gay shoulder charm. Includes yardage for size 13 and 54 inch fabric, illustrations, and easy to sew instructions. Send twenty five cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. for pattern and order Anne Adams Winter Pattern Book for fifteen cents more.
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Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
Anne Adams
Christmas Party Honors Curtis Claborne and Mrs. Cecil Julian
Gifts were given from a beautifully lighted Christmas tree. Hostesses with Mrs. C P. Aday served refreshments with a Christmas motif to nineteen members and one visitor, Mrs. E W Corley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Claborne
Cecil Julian
C P. Aday
E. W. Corley
Personal Notices Show Old Friends Gather for Holidays
Bob Conner and Bob Freeman spend several days in Birmingham this week to be honored at Christmas parties. C. P. Aday and family visit Montgomery relatives for the holiday weekend. Mrs. Lewis C. Henkel travels to West Liberty Ohio for extended visit with sister and friends. Dorothy Jo Hardeman of Birmingham plans Christmas with B. Wiggins at their Decatur Route One home. Albert L. Johnson returns from Omaha business trip. Paul Hardeman and family arrive to spend holidays with B. K. Wiggins on Decatur Route One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Conner
Bob Freeman
Birmingham
Lewis C. Henkel
West Liberty
Ohio
Joe Craig
Dorothy Jo Hardeman
Mrs. B. Wiggins
Decatur
Paul Hardeman
Winfieht
Tennessee
B. K.wiggins
Murray Defies Hoffman Subpoena In Washington Hearing
Rep. Hoffman said CIO President Philip Murray refused to obey a subpoena and did not appear before his one man labor subcommittee. Murray warned the Justice Department he would not attend and Hoffman said he would refer the matter to Attorney General Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoffman
Mich
Justice Department
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
House Labor
Clark
Congressional
Shakespeare
Kalamazoo
United Steelworkers
State Income Tax levies show signs of leveling off
Montgomery reports that Alabama income tax collections remain about 18 percent ahead of 1947 with a total of 12,822,311 for the calendar year. Assistant revenue director J. A. Stephens says higher salaries and profits boosted receipts but the rate of increase is slowing, suggesting wages and profits may be normalizing after postwar peaks. 1946 receipts were 6,842,291.
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Montgomery
Alabama
J. A. Stephens
Stephens
Revenue Department
Klansmen Present Radio to Aged Negro at Talladega Cabin
At Talladega Alabama on December 22 Ku Klux Klan members visited Jack Riddle a 107 year old ex slave to gift him a radio so he could hear preachers. They arrived in several cars one member dressed as Santa Claus and called his wife Josey 86 to the porch.
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Talladega
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Jack Riddle
Riddle
Santa Claus
Jack
Josey
More Tax Funds Are Sent Out by Briscoe
A distribution list shows $35,768.50 in ad valorem taxes collected on December 18. Allocations: State of Alabama $6,334.80. Morgan County $8,318.84. C. L. Allgood custodian $4,250.26. J. T. McMullin treasurer $2,517.63. City of Decatur $13,414.25. City of Trinity $61.40. Sim L. Howell Chairman Morgan Board of Revenue and Control $871.32.
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Alv Briscoe
State of Alabama
Morgan
C. L. Allgood
J. T. McMullin
City of
Decatur
City of Trinity
Sim L. Howell
Morgan Board of Revenue and Control
Old Noel Rules New Yule Cards
Vivian Brown notes that traditional Noel designs dominate Christmas cards with nearly 200 million featuring roses mistletoe holly and poinsettia. Outdoor snowy scenes follow while religious cards reach about 150 million showing nativity shepherds and wise men.
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Vivian Brown
UP News
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
Joel R. Poinsett
U. S
Designer Builds 1949 Ideal Girl From 12 Beauties
Murray Lange a dress designer claims to have created a perfect 1949 ideal girl by assembling a plaster mannikin from the bone structures and attributes of 12 reigning beauties. He lists Pamela Curran Wendy Russellips Elaine Bassett Pat Ryan Marlene Dietrich Lana Turner Constance Bennett Jo Cagle Arlene Dahl and Lady Sylvia Ashley among the sources, noting a six month process and a detached ladylike look with various hairdos and a measured set of dimensions for the ash-blonde figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Brown
Samuel
Murray Lange
Pamela Curran
Wendy Russellips
Elaine Bassett
Pat Ryan
Marlene Dietrich
Lanae Turner
Constance Bennett
Jo Cagle
Community Notes From Morgan County Corinth
Several attended Sunday school and the Sunday night singing was excellent. Oma Bryant improves as Glen Willight recovers from illness. Partains move to Birmingham. Partain farm sold to Hoogie Williams. Turrentines plan Christmas visit from Birmingham. Cordin McClellan visits J D Bonds. Edd Bryant ill but improves at daughter Grady Morgan’s home. Earl Turrentine visits with Upshaw relatives. Yorks and McClellans to spend Christmas with family in Upshaw.
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Oma Bryant
Glen Willight
Edd Bryant
Grady Morgan
Earl Turrentine
Slaten
Upshaw
Robert York
Birmingham
Carl York
Wallace McClellan
Lace dinner cloth pattern sale offer
You can have it. The least expensive way to own a lace dinner cloth is by pattern 988. Laura Wheeler improved pat tern makes needlework simple with charts, photos, and directions. Send twenty cents for pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. P O Box 13 Flatbush Brooklyn NY.
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Laura’ Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept. P. O
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Laura Wheeler
Needlecraft Caleog
Measurements include waist to knee and neck to back
The notes specify a waist to knee length of 28 1 2 inches and a center neck to center back measurement of 18 inches.
Christmas Party Enjoyed by Troop 61 at Ninth Street Church
Members of Troop 61 held a Christmas party at the Ninth Street Methodist church with 32 scouts. An investiture ceremony welcomed Donald Johns Howard Julian and Billy Allred. Scouts competed in two word- writing contests and a Santa Claus challenge. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served.
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Bill Horn
Ninth Street
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Anne
7Th Avenue East
Raymond Nichols
Horn
Marvin Yarbrough
Huie Wright
Matthew
Troop 61
Donald Johns
Howard Julian
Billy Allred
Foundations report Diane Warren in Alabama in poor condition
New Orleans December 22 foundation hospitals report that seven year old Diane Warren of Andalusia Alabama is no better. The child has been a patient with critical illness since early this week and is under care at a regional medical facility.
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New Orleans
Foundation Hospitals
Diane Warren
Andalusia
Ala
Child at Foundation Hospital Fades Under Pain
A young patient with cancer at Foundation hospital near Andalusia is near death after a month of declining health. The girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs W O Warren of Andalusia, spends most of her time asleep under strong pain relief and may die at any time.
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Foundation Hospital
W. O. Warren
Andalusia
En Wave
Speed conversion note for moving objects
A moving object at 60 miles per hour covers 88 feet each second. This basic conversion links mph to feet per second for quick calculations in motion contexts.
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District 14 State Nurses Association
District Fourteen
Alabama State Nurses Association
Hazel McCaghren
Ruby Sandlin
Dorothy Akers
Bowden Davis
East Gordon Drive
Paul Buchanan
Imogene Murphree
Fred Inglis
Elizabeth Lamon
Paul Mitchell
James West
Hezel McCaghren
Bill Martin
Sarah McCaghren
Ben McLain
Lavonia Ross
Wynelle Gargus
Bill Baldwin
Mrs. C. P. Aday
Sarah Ruth and
Pat
Albert L. Johnson
Omaha
Nebraska
Talladega Cabin
Briscoe
Shaleen
Sone
Noel
Pamela Curran Society
Elaine
Wendy Russel
Lana Turner
Hips Jo Cagle
Arlene Dahl
Lady Sylvia Ashley
Skp
Morgan County Corinth
J. D. Bonds
Moo
Vane We
9Th St. Church
Wer Pe
Sherrows
Sullivan
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