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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1955
Page
15
An article notes a new hands free feature in early telephones with a dist talking housing and three small buttons for volume off and on. A loudspeaker can sit near the phone, and all new sets include bell ringer control.
Dr W W Bauer discusses migrant workers' housing health and education needs. He argues decent housing schools sanitation and safety are shared community responsibilities and that welcoming migrants benefits towns and public health rather than harming them.
Local residents record visits from relatives from Indiana Arkansas Kentucky Texas Florida Michigan and Canada with church outings meals and family gatherings. The Home Demonstration Club hosts its annual family picnic at Roan Spring on Monday night July 11. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
In a gift shop near the Adirondacks a sign reads reserved for husbands whose wives are shopping. Joan Blondell recalls her son Norman, who calmly declares he is a mouse rather than afraid of the dark. A joke ends with a Paris duel setup interrupted by a note from Louis.
Anecdotes include a Willamette University president emeritus recounting a misdirected visitor confusing the state hospital with the university, a joke about Russia elections, a mountain man admiring asphalt streets, cucumber vines climbing an apple tree, and Faith Baldwin recalling a librarian tale about Fanny Hurst.
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