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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1944
Page
9
A collection of lighthearted vignettes and one liners from a Decatur audience. Jokes cover everyday family, work, love, and small mishaps with clean punchlines and gentle humor. Notable gags include a Christmas gift, a nose cut, a thread label, and traffic officer banter.
A daily crossword puzzle with across and down clues plus a Cryptoquote puzzle and its yesterday's answer. The cryptogram sentence is shown: IT IS A STRANGE DESIRE TO SEEK POWER AND LOSE LIBERTY.
Records show numerous marriage licenses and deeds across Decatur and nearby towns including pairs such as Arthur White and Margaret Johnson, Quinton Alexander and Lula Mae Jones, with properties changing hands from Cullman Co. to Decatur Gardens Inc. and other local entities. Notable names include James Timmons Sharp, Venice Kathleen Horton, and Arnold Cunningham, with several real estate transfers ranging from $80 to $11,000 and multiple licenses filed by area residents and institutions.
Health note says consuming the orange whole preserves more vitamin C than extracting juice. Eating the fruit provides fiber and slows sugar absorption, compared with drinking juice which can reduce nutrient intake efficiency.
Decatur youths and adult advisors organized a busy week of social events at Tumble Inn. Plans for a Christmas party and formal dance were outlined and executed with decorating by the art committee. Members, guests in evening dress, joined in carols and gifts as Mary Allen Spencer played piano. A Farmer and Farmerette barn dance followed with square dancing led by Floyd Terry and his band the Younguns.
Funeral services for John Henry Parker 65 who died Friday at Decatur General Hospital after a brief illness were set for Sunday at 2 PM at Jones Chapel with Rev. Jim Phillips presiding. Interment followed under Mutual Service direction. He formerly lived in Vinemont 3 and is survived by his wife and three sons Felton Lee and Bilton Parker.
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