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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1956
Page
21
Multiple properties offered including 1604 Buena Vista Circle a 3 bedroom with electric heat for 3500 assumed loan price 12 000 and other listings 1105 1107 6th Ave SE a 2 bedroom house and concrete block store building at 10000 Wilt finance 1404 Beech St SE an eight room brick house Buck Rogers ad at Johnston St phone 25
Real estate ad describes multiple homes for sale with tile bath living rooms dining rooms and kitchens. Highlights include a 9500 price option on one home near a main street and garden features while promoting pets and children friendly settings and a 13000 to 14500 range for other properties with terms and low down payments. Contact Pettey Realty Co at 4398 Princess Theatre Building for details.
Listings describe a 3 bed home at 1505 Somerville SE with 1 bath electric heat and built in appliances priced at 18500 and a 3 bedroom 1409 9th Ave with tile bath dining kitchen and partial features priced at 13000.
Lot for sale on Danville Road in the western section priced to sell. 25 percent and flexible terms offered. Carl M Murphre Mooresville 2001.
Real estate listing at 105 W Market St advertises a four room house with two baths and trade options. Contact Tony Shapeats for details and the buyer’s information.
Listings show 1501 Somerville Rd SE with 3 rooms and utility areas, a near new Yale Wrens home, 918 Carridale St with carport, and 1220 Jackson Street rental with a garage apartment. The Briscoe Agency Insurance and Real Estate at 252 Grant Street offers contact.
A real estate ad from ENN promotes repairs or improvements for homeowners with a monthly payment plan. It lists 226 Grant St and phone numbers 766 and 4967 for details and contact.
Readable text shows a for sale notice featuring specials on electronic gear and parts with trade-in values of $10 or more. Contact Lytton C. Walker at 612 Oak St, phone 834 for details. The entry appears fragmentary but indicates a sale event and trade-in options.
Real estate note describes a prime business site near 1403 Sth Ave SE with 5 to 6 acres, listed around 4 500. Features include drive in space, gas heat, and multiple rooms. Location hinted in an unclear Sanne ork area with references to Boston like terms.
Cecil L Huskey on Highway 31 No Hortselle advertises a 12 foot plywood boat with a new trailer and a 6 horsepower motor offering a trade for a 14 foot boat with a 10 horsepower motor.
Advertisement lists sale prices for furniture and appliances. Five piece Picknicker Table Set at 24.95, five piece breakfast room suite with new top at 29.50, two piece bedroom suite 89.50, cabinet sink 39.50, 20 inch two speed window fan 39.95, 12 inch three speed oscillating fan 21.95, 10 inch oscillating fan 14.95, 12 inch utility fan 19.95.
Section notes bargain basement items with prices for chairs washers linoleum rolls poster walnut chest furniture and room suites. Listings show down payments and varying prices including beds platform rockers chests chifferobes and bedroom suites with prices ranging from about 2 to 149 dollars and special offers.
Advertiser lists a 42 inch attic fan for sale described as like new and priced cheap. Location at 1604 7th Street Southeast and contact at STERCHIS 307 13 2nd Ave SE Phone 151.
Bargains at Allied Sales offer new and used items including window fans oscillating fans and equipment. Also advertised are dairy and kitchen appliances tools and repair services with locations listed in Decatur Alabama and a phone number.
Rome report says David E. Lilienthal and Gordon R. Clapp, ex TVA chairmen, have been invited to review Italy’s decade long program for the South. They established the Development and Resources Corp. last year as a private management and advisory firm.
DUMMY FOR COLLEGE BROKEN BOW OKLA James Wallis 17 a high school junior hopes to earn college expenses with a ventriloquist dummy They and the dummy have performed at nearly 100 banquets benefit shows and other events In addition to the act Wallis also impersonates about six major singers.
Charles E. Clifton seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs William H Clifton of Decatur to return to San Diego July 1 aboard destroyer USS Kidd after a six month Western Pacific cruise. Julian R Bailey airman PD apprentice USN reported for duty at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station May 21, son of Mr and Mrs Winfred C Bailey and husband of Marine Wilson. Arthur D Farrer Jr fireman USNR son of Decatur residents undergoing naval training and refrigeration school. Robert B Silvey Naval Reserve lieutenant son of Mrs J M Silvey and husband of Helen Leonard scheduled to return to New Orleans aboard USS Pascagoula after two week Caribbean cruise. Rufus K Cole chief store keeper USN son of W C Cole and Clara Crow of Main St noted in Argentia Newfoundland assignment.
Mrs Evelyn Verizzi collected a five dollar bounty after running over a fox on a Hartford street. The incident occurred on the outskirts of Connecticut's largest city. Other items note Cullman reporting for duty at Argentina Newfoundland and Lt Ronald K Owen entering the Army last February after graduation from Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Captain Emmett F Proctor, pilot instructor in Germany, is connected to Venita of Youngwood Pa and Athens College.
A crossword listing across and down clues from a newspaper, including hair on and various wordplay items. Clues cover rivers, names, pronouns, verbs, objects, instruments and geographic terms with referenced answers.
Yesterday's Answer 35. Weblike (anat.) Knocks gen 37. Russian mountains 39. Old measure 40. Cry, as a cow. Daily Cryptoquote explains substitution code with example LONGFELLOW and hints. The puzzle shows encoded line RIT FEFT EHL FELZEHR PEZLTH and a decoded quotation ABOUT WEAR HEART UPON SLEEVE.
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