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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1955

Page

10

Dorothy Dix Advice on a Sister’s Uncertain Love

A 25 year old sister dates a man since age 20. Family fears he will not marry and urges respect toward her. The writer notes her sister is popular and could find other suitors, while Dorothy Dix warns she accepts crumbs instead of cake in love.

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Running Back To Home Often Happier Than Running Away

HAL BOYLE writes that returning home after a long weekend yields a tired family but a safe harbor. Parents quarrel, children soothe, and the familiar house settles into peace as the holiday ends. The piece ends with a reflection on reincarnation beliefs among world peoples.

TO Boyle Hal Boyle New York

Health for Today Column Highlights Youth Ills and School Antics

Health for Today recounts a boy labeled Fatty who nearly starved then gained weight under medical care. A private school pupil fled after peers mocked his asymmetric eye color. The columnist recalls gymnastic clubs and an incident of vibrant schoolyard bullying.

Teasing Kids and the Balance of Humor in Society

A discussion on teasing from children to adults, highlighting harms of persecuting behavior toward sensitive kids. It urges restraint, respect for appearance, and self control, noting teasing can deter undesired acts if kept fair. A father's advice echoes the rule that fun requires mutual participation. OL OF ATOMIC RAYS

The Ideal Husband leaflet request guidance

A detached instruction urges including household chores in a child’s duties, arguing upbringing to expect chores prevents later struggles. It advises reducing tasks done for youngsters unless they reciprocate and directs sending a free leaflet by mail to Dorothy Dix care of the newspaper with a stamped self addressed envelope.

Dorothy DIX

Radio and TV Listings and a Charity Note

A dense listing of radio and television schedules across stations WMSL TV WABT TV WSERC TV detailing hourly programs from morning to late evening with multiple shows, news, music, and specials. A closing editorial note mentions that only iron nickel and cobalt have magnetic properties among pure metals and that about half of private charity in the U S goes to charity rackets per the Twentieth Century Fund.

United States Twentieth Century Fund

Probe Underway In Bridge Crash

Dist. Sol. Thad D. Bryson Jr. of Bryson City to confer with law enforcement and Indian reservation officials over a swinging bridge collapse in Cherokee North Carolina. Fifty people fell into the Oconaluftee River and two women died before the structure freed from its moorings. Bryson seeks to determine if there was any criminal possibility and may call the State Bureau of Investigation.

Cherokee N.C Thad D. Bryson Jr Bryson City Swinging Bridge Oconaluftee Bryson State Bureau of Investigation

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