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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
11
Dorothy Dix advises a mother about her 21 year old daughter Muriel Nissen who dates several servicemen. The columnist says the girl should not be pressured to settle before she meets the right person and that delaying a promise of marriage is common and acceptable.
TVA transfers 353 acres in 19 parcels to Knox County Tennessee for public lake access group camps and parks. The largest parcel covers 83 acres and the land will be developed for recreation and outdoor use along Fort Loudoun Lake.
Local families including the Baileys and Robberts visit relatives in Morgan County. Dewey Bowen remains hospitalized in Birmingham with plans to return home soon. A Christmas tree event is planned at the church for Sunday School and guests.
TVA estimates show 1952 eleven month river traffic reached 5,345,200 tons and 757,264,400 ton miles, up 42 percent in tonnage and 30 percent in ton miles from 1951. Petroleum leads ton miles with 328,800,000. long hauls include Texas Louisiana petroleum to Knoxville and Louisiana asphalt to Chattanooga.
J C Rapp and A W Ramsey expand a small Iowa radio station operation into Perfex manufacturing after acquiring Voight's struggling business in 1940. They push sales via radio ads and dealer networks while using Edith Hansen to promote the product across KMA's 5000 watt signals and four midwest states.
Four hundred twelve persons visited TVA facilities last month for study. They joined about 500000 monthly visitors to TVA dams. Of the 412 visitors, 203 were U.S. citizens and the remainder came from 29 other countries.
Mr and Mrs Joe Cahela Bes semer and relatives of Chalybeate were visited by Mr and Mrs J J Moon. Ellis Terry Austinville joined Mr and Mrs B J Cahela. Fred Gillespie visiting relatives. Chalybeate church held a Christmas program. Miss Dorris Voss plans return for holidays. J W Dinsmore visited Blair Dinsmore. Bro Hagood preached at Chalybeate. School dismissed for Christmas holidays.
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