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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1950

Page

13

Town Creek Community News and A Cold Creek Tale

Town Creek reports a Wesleyan Guild meeting with devotions by Mrs. Nita Carter and a Bible study by Mrs. Mildred Houston. The Hazlewood Band is set for public appearances and PTA plans to feature band performances. In town, floods disrupted events, and the Civitans held a January meeting with plans for a January 19 ministry. News covers church, school attendance, local marriages, hospital updates, and local visits.

J. R. Rush Wesleyan Guild Nita Carter Mildred Houston Johnnie Kerr Ruth’ Anderson Carter Houston Marie Lee Thelma Forbes Emily Mitchell Hazlewood Yerby Miller Abrams Platt Masonic Hall Civitans Ministre L. L. Abrams L. W. Roberts L. W. Sanderson B. T. Etheredge Hearne Gibson Price Carter J. E. Edmonds Bob Neal Edward Weems Pig” Roberson Pie” Brackin S. J. Anderson Thomas Pritchett Abner Berryman Robert Berryman Fred Adkins Henry Howard Paul Houston Wesley Davis Tom Mitchell G. C. Cockes J.R. Rush Anderson Woods Town Creek Woods The Baptist Church Annie Hampton Leighton Waller G. A Leighton H. T Birmingham Roy Mae Brackin Lucille Frost Town Ex

Daily Crossword Across and Cryptogram Puzzle Snippet

Crossword clues list with across and down entries, several garbled words, and a cryptogram note. It references a Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote feature with example solution hints and a Macaulay quotation as yesterday’s cryptoquote.

Best Man Pig Fee Punchline From Tennessee Woods Tale

A Northern visitor in a Tennessee backwoods town impressed a farm lad with city talk and offered to act as best man at the wedding. The groom joked and refused the preacher’s fee, revealing he planned to fatten a pig for the minister. Also includes a sequence of jokes and maxims about sleep, habit, and honesty.

Tennessee

Barber Shop Dialog Reflects Tense Exchange

An exchange unfolds at a barber shop as a policeman with a club arrives and asks about a dog, while a customer dismisses fear and jokes about weather and a boxing match, ending with the barber urging to proceed.

Wave trap explained to curb unwanted signals

A radio term wave trap described as a device to prevent unwanted signals from reaching the receiver. The note outlines its purpose and function in maintaining clearer radio reception.

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