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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1948
Page
8
Western Berliners joke about two circulating tales in beer halls one claiming miner Hennicke earned a 500 percent production reward and the other about a fatal accident when a salary sack toppled him The Kremlin telephone joke ends with Molotov misreporting a reply to Stalin as yes revealing the USSR’s humorous irony.
Mrs. Wilson Kirby and Gracie Sawyer of Decatur visited Mrs. Reba Sparkman. Birmingham guests Anne and John Jackson come for a two week holiday. Local families plan Christmas travel and activities. The 4 H Club held a Christmas party at Austinville School with decorations gifts and refreshments.
George K Smith and Mrs Smith relate a pheasant hunt ending with a bird crashing through a living room window. Mrs Smith pockets the bird, and the family reports a $9.85 window replacement as the cost of the damaged pane.
School turned out Friday for holidays. Miss Berta Callahan spent last week with her sister in Birmingham. Miss Evelyn Edwards is spending the holidays with her parents. 32 year old Waynesburg, Pa. resident smiles in Montefiore hospital Pittsburgh recovering from a nerve operation ending a 299 day siege by crushing her phrenic nerves.
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