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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1959

Page

20

Thurber to star in TV adaptation as literary Wyatt Earp

James Thurber, blind to TV yet excited by a Goodyear Theater portrayal, discusses the Goodyear Theater script based on Thurber stories for The Manhattanite. He recalls early New Yorker days, Edison interview triumphs, and his editors role while noting why many youths misstate history.

New York James Thurber Lincoln Grover Cleveland United States Bat Masterson Thurber Altonquin Arthur O'Connell NBC Christabel Manhattanite The New Yorker Tim Costello Ohio State Arthur Schlesinger Sr Spencer Tale Screen Gems Helen Goldstone William S. Hart Jules C. Goldstone Melville Shavelson O'Connell Wyatt Earp Roosevelt Harold Ross Ross New York Post Evening Post Post Thomas Alva Edison New Jersey Edison Mie

Watchtower Representative Completes Bible School Training

Michelle Wargo, a Jehovah's Witnesses representative in the area, finished a 24 day Watchtower Bible School of Gilead course in South Lansing New York. The program trains 25 students from 14 states in Bible doctrine organization and ministry with all tuition paid by the Watchtower Society.

Michelle Wargo Watchtower Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Bible School Gilead South Lansing N.Y Wargo Decatur Watchtower Society Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Brooklyn

Recreation Center For Older Persons Planned By Chamber

The Chamber of Commerce recreation committee proposes a civic center with programs and equipment for older adults with potential to serve all groups. Redus Collier chairs the panel with Dr. Tom Bingham as co chair. They consider building anew or repurposing existing space. James McGaughey is secretary and Eddie Self leads financing efforts along with Mrs. Norman Sidebotham studying YWCA options.

Chamber of Commerce Redus Collier Tom Bingham Collier James McGaughey Eddie Self

Sign Promotes Prayer Conditioned Visit

Comic Henry Youngman quips about amnesia while sipping a fifth martini. The sign reads Come in We're Prayer Conditioned, reflecting a playful era humor line from 1959.

Henry Youngman Earl the Hall Syndicate, Inc

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