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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1941

Page

7

Christmas Party Glows at Hunter Home on Danville Road

Betty Hunter and Mary Rountree led a Junior High crowd at a festive Christmas party hosted by Mrs. J R Hunter. The home featured lights on the lawn porch and living room with dancing, candies, cookies, and iced drinks.

RTY Roup Betty Hunter Maryine Rountree Eresses J. R. Hunter Danville Road Patsy Patterson Marie Bruett Lois Town Nancy Jernigan Charlyeen Garnett Edith Irwin Quinn Rusbye Sandlin Kathryn Ann Wiley Bebe Scroggins Joan Harrison Jean Coleman Nancy Ann Thomason Wanda Zel Petty Clarke Rountree John Sandhin

Hail the Guy's All Here 2 Upside Down Paper

A reader notes a man across the way staring as the paper was printed upside down. The odd sight draws attention to a quirky moment on a quiet day.

Dear Santa letters from Alabama children urge gifts

A collection of handwritten Santa letters from children in Alabama requests include a desk and chair, dolls, doll furniture, Tinker Toys, air rifles, a bicycle, a scooter, a football, a typewriter, books, color books, a pocketbook, and fruit, nuts, and candy. Names and towns such as Nettye Jean Brown of Decatur and Martha Ann Moss of Hartselle appear alongside ages and school notes.

Santa Nettye Jean Brown 9Th Ave East Decatur Ala Miss Kracke Alaska Martha Ann Moss Hartselle

Officers to Meet Here to Plan Traffic Emergency

Alabama law enforcements officers will meet January 7 to outline steps in response to the Roosevelt Dixon traffic emergency proclamation. A Census Bureau study finds many deaths listed as heart disease actually due to serious infectious diseases in state death certificates.

Ala Alabama Jew Enforcements Roosevelt Dixon Census Bureau Agee

Christmas visiting in the area from several families

Mr. and Mrs Holt Hardin of Moulton and Mr. and Mrs T E McGee with son John of Florence arrive Christmas morning to visit relatives. W M Chenault and Miss Emily Jones of Tuscaloosa expected Friday as guests. Lampkin Guy will attend the Florence Christmas Ball tonight. C M Scales family in Mississippi for Christmas with relatives. L L Beebe of La Porte Minnesota visiting Fred Williamson over the holidays. Sam Nelson of Danville Illinois to holiday with S O Nelson family. C C Robinson of Hartselle visiting siblings S O Nelson family for Christmas.

Valley Country Club Auburn Knights Jacqueline Johnson Horace Dryden Mary Stuart Terrell Ed Garrett Mooresville Clyta Gray Pitts Lynn Lumsden Shirley Bragg Charles Pyster Martha Scales Ed Purser Ann McIntire Rex Rankin Peggy Wilds Robert Pettey Sallye Barnum al Jones Sarah Coleman Billy Steed Jr Beverly Hodges Carey Cockrell Lillian Houser Maurice Jones Bonnie Parks John D. Sherrill Martha Ann Gregg Earl Jones Juanita _Nunh Pam Kyle Ann Hunter Martha Nash Charles Scales Wugenia Latady Schuyler Pryor Muriel Thomas W. ©. Hunter Marguerite Jernigan Buddy Garrett Martha Dinsmore Billy Jones Nelle Frank Moore Maurice Grief Nashville Esther Morris Foster Bailey William Rex Sittason Holt Hardin Moulton T. E. McGee John Florence W. M. Chenault Emily Jones Tuscaloosa Lampkin Guy L. L. Beebe Laporte, Minn Fred Williamson Sam Nelson Danville, Ill S. O. Nelson C. C. Robinson Hartselle 8. O. Nelson

Tuberculosis Tops Death Toll in Early Census Figures

Census figures show tuberculosis kills more people than any other disease and accounts for about 4 percent of deaths. It also causes roughly 1 percent of deaths among persons aged 25 to 44.

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PARTY Coca-Cola Coca- Cola Gaines Stuart Oak Street L. R. Nash H. K. Tankersley Bud Lee Paul Milam Mildred Nicholson Christma Evelyn’s Beauty Shop Pheosir Over Speake Warren & Ratliff's Merry Christmas Fleischer's Fashion Shoppe Pleeze-U Gercia Powell Bertha Mae Tribble Dorothy Black Alice Church Kate Goree Beauty Shop Second Avenue Iates THE Best Sherwin-Williams Johnstone Sherwin-Williams Paints You Cornelian Court E. H. Barnett Barbara Atanwyck Dana Andrews Aaron Frost Santa Claus Dear Santa Claus Greer Chunn Gene Erskine Hendon 6Th Ave W. Decatur Samuel Frost Madgalene Frost m*Kene Snape Baltimore West Vine Street Taylor’s Beauty Shop Grant St MAS Jeanne Marion Freda Sears Order Wilson Bank Street Buttrey’s Department Store
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