Author Reveals St. Nicholas Poem Origin and Grief Motive
Athens author T Clement Moore details that his great ancestor Clement Clarke Moore penned A Visit From St. Nicholas to comfort his grief over a pony’s death of his son in 1822. He notes the poem’s lack of copyright despite its later inclusion in a collection before his death in 1863.
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Athens
St. Nicholas
T. Clement Moore
Clement Clarke Moore
Troy N. Y
Benjamin Moore
Episcopal Church
New York State
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Hamilton
Moore
Burr
George Washington
America
New York
Washington
New York City
New
York
No Special Election Planned for One-Cent Education Tax
Lawrence County commissioners will not call a special election for a proposed one cent education tax for the time being. Chairman W. J. Lee said the plan was cancelled after consulting Birmingham bond attorney Judge Lee and Supt. Silas Cross, who advised the tax could be put to a public vote, but further action is paused.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Court of Commissioners
W. J. Lee
Lee
Birmingham
Silas Cross
Board of Education
Bord
Alfred Rose
Firm To Open Office Here In Decatur By Howard Weil
Howard Weil Labouisse Friedrichs and Company will open a branch at 251 Johnston St Suite 307 Decatur led by Charles T Finney former CourT s and Company manager The New Orleans firm is on the New York and American stock exchanges with 17 offices nationwide The report also notes a county bond proposal for education was postponed due to statutory limits on interest costs and ADA capital distribution rules.
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Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs and Company
New Orleans
Decatur
Johnston St
Suite 307
Charles T. Finney
Courts and Company
Finney
Taylor and Finney of
Shipper and Finney, Inc
Florence
Flagg Utica Corp
Nashville
Tenn
George Peabody College
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
New York and American Stock Exchanges
Christmas Eve Services and Music Programs Announced
Calendar item notes Joint Christmas Eve services with First Presbyterian and Covenant Presbyterian at 5 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Regents of Huntsville will present inspirational music at McKendree Methodist Church at Massey at 6 p.m. public invited.
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First Presbyterian
Covenant Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Regents of Huntsville
McKendree Methodist Church
Massey
40 Hour Police Work Week Starts January 1
Decatur councilman Bill Dukes announced a five day work week for city police starting January 1 with rotating off days so each officer gains an off weekend about every five weeks. The shift rework aims to maintain staffing, raise morale, and aid recruiting amid a police manpower shortage. Mayor Guntharp noted past gains from extra days off. Dukes expects hiring and possible further staffing changes after new city hall facilities open next year.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur
Bill Dukes
Dukes
Charles Guntharp
Alabama
City Hall
Santa Visits Waller Boys After Tragic Year
In Athens, the Waller brothers Eddie 11 Ray 10 and Robert 6 await Santa tonight after surviving the Star Texas crash that killed their parents and five siblings. Funds from a nationwide outpouring helped bury the family and support the grandmother Mrs. Howard Kyle who raises them with checks and hospital visits overseen by the Department of Pensions and Security.
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Star
Tex
Bob Walker
Eddie
Ray
Robert Waller
Santa Claus
Robert
Birmingham
Howard Kyle
Wallers
Waller
M. W. Evans
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenal
Limastone
Department of Pensions and Security
Athens
Jere C. Trent
Jimmy E. Alexander
Kyle
Thomas Waller
Tanner School
Buddyevans
River navigation boosts Decatur area port facilities survey
Ohio Valley Improvement Association releases a survey showing 15 commercial port facilities in the Decatur area handling gasoline, crude oil, coal, sand and gravel, farm products, molasses and other cargo, plus barge construction and repair. Major firms named include Chemstrand, Ingalls Shipbuilding, the Texas Company and Gulf Oil.
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Decatur
Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Inc
Chemstrand
Ingalls Shipbuilding
The
Texas Company
Gulf Oil
OVIA
Ohio Valley Basin
Three Injured Deer Killed In Tuesday Accidents
Three people were injured and a deer killed in traffic accidents Tuesday in Morgar and Lawrence counties. Judy S. Harvell, 18, of Decatur, sustained injuries in a two car crash with a tractor trailer driven by Gordon Thompson, 4, of Russellville.
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Morgar
Lawrence
Highway Patrol
Judy S. Harvell
Decatur
Gordon Thompson
Russellville
Thompson
C. L. McCullar
Abner
Berr
Garland Jo
Town Creek
Nes
Moulton
Hall-Lane
Rex Jeffreys
Us. 31
Falkville
Gene K. Thompson
Nashville
M. L. Pridmore
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Charles Finney
Miramar Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Christopher Lee Hunter
John Robert Hunter, Jr
John Robert Hunter
Vista
Bernard C. Schmidtke
Lawrenceburg
Floyd Curtis
Kirk Bentley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Waller Boys
Santa
DAILY
Phoenix
Ariz
Floyd Mann
Mann
Michael Neal Covington
California
Covington
Perry and Son
French Mill
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