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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1948

Page

13

Tacky Party Huge Success At Lebanon Church Meeting

Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of Lebanon church in Danville 2 recall last week's tacky party during their regular Tuesday gathering. Thirty six attendees joined games under Grace Hogan, with Rev S M Stabler and Barbara Ann Lindsey winning vases for tackiest dress.

Methodist Youth Fellowship of Lebanon Danville 2 Grace Hogan Ruby Hembree James Hogan Amos Hogan John McKay Ermine McKay S. M. Stabler Barbara Ann Lindsey Icy Mae Kelsoe Houston Kelsoe Lyle Kelsoe Pv.fp Donald Hogan Elaine Kelsoe

Second Session of School Will Begin

The second six weeks session of summer school starts at 8 A M Monday at Riverside junior high. Principal W T Jordan announced that all junior and senior high students interested in taking courses should report then.

W. T. Jordan Riverside High

Traffic, death, and jokes in a Decatur humor column

A string of quips and sketches from a Decatur page features a minister on commandments and courts, a jailbreak alert, a measles joke, a sun orbit rock, aged men on death, a police warning on traffic costs, a car race excuse, a joke about the bachelor life, and a fishing wife note.

Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Update

A compact listing of a crossword with across and down clues covering animals crafts and geography plus a cryptogram quote puzzle. It includes the LONGFELLOW cipher example and hints for solving the daily code with a sample quote credited to Publilius Syrus.

Longfellow

Slow drivers blamed for most highway accidents

A newspaper fragment notes that accidents on wide highways are more often caused by slow drivers than fast ones and that authorities may reprimand or summon slow motorists to court in some states. It also includes unrelated jokes about romance and attire.

United States

Prominent Prometheus Joke Sparks NYC Banter

Two visitors at Rockefeller Center joking about Prometheus spark witty chatter. A bride and groom quip about marriage during a flight, while a dentist visit brings a light note of relief amid daily troubles.

Rockefeller Center New York Prometheus

Luke Morris Rites To Be Held Today

Funeral services for Luke C. Morris 71 of Florence will be at Wesley chapel on the Savannah highway today at 1 30 p m. He died Friday at 10 30 p m at Coffe Memorial hospital after several days illness. He is survived by his widow four sons and five daughters with several grandchildren and great grandchildren listed.

Luke C. Morris Florence Charles M. Morris Canal Street Wesley Chapel Savannah Highway Morris Coffe. Memorial Hospital Charles Decatur Walie F Bill Wayne Petersville Melvin Hannah

Valley Veterans Aid Inquiries On Disability Benefits

A Decatur Daily service column answers veterans questions about entitlements. Topics include disability compensation for blind veterans with guide dogs, government funding for private medical exams with prior authorization, and education/training time limits under GI Bill and Vocational Rehabilitation Act rules.

Veterans Administration Ae Administration Decatur Daily

Veterans Affairs extends rehab period guidance

The Veterans Administration may extend the rehabilitation period for disabled veterans when warranted by case factors. Veterans seeking more information about benefits may direct inquiries to the nearest VA office. A wartime krypton lamp is noted as having pierced dense fog to extraordinary depths.

Veterans Administration VA al

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