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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1944
Page
3
A medical officer and a nurse prepare a quiet room as wounded push forward from the fighting. They secure charts and beds while German guns approach, overrun a hospital and threaten to halt patient moves, leaving frightened medics awaiting fresh casualties.
Several residents are ill with flu at this writing. Nearby families visit relatives across Lawrence County including the McLemores, McCaghrens, and Lowerys. Irven Gwens shows improvement after a pneumonia attack.
Hartselle hosts feature Juvenile Music Study Club at L. H. Houston home with festive decor and a varied program including songs piano solos and Wagner opera stories. Rotary Club luncheon guests include Brazil’s Dr Eudes Pinto and Camp Miles Standish local dignitaries as year end reports debutt and church services plan True Christmas Story and a White Christmas program.
The Culture Club held its annual Christmas luncheon at Mrs A E Jackson's home with co hosts Mrs J B Orr and Mrs L N Whitman. Holiday decor featured holly smilax potted plants and red candles as officers dined at the main table and members at smaller tables in the dining rooms.
A number of students from area colleges spend the Christmas holidays with family. Virginia Bailey of Howard College, Jean Freeman of Tuscaloosa high, and Jessie Lee Mirpi Groover and Sarah Jo Putnam from Alabama College are home for Christmas. Edward Stephenson of A P I visits family. Ralph Lauderdale recovers on furlough from government hospitals in Cork, Virginia, and Asheville North Carolina.
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