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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1956
Page
9
For sale a seven room modern brick residence with two baths on about acres near Highway 6. Priced at $25,000. Listings at 1105 and 1107 Oak Street. Concrete block store at St. Sl Br. Contact Buck Rogers at John Patterson Co. 109 S E Johnston St. Phone 25.
Classified notice for Hubert Lynch Real Estate lists two screened 3 bedroom houses with prices 19000 and 11000 plus a new 3 bedroom home under construction on 15th Ave priced at 11000 on Trinity Mountain site. Call Hubert Lynch at 603 Bank St Decatur for details.
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was reported in good condition at Walter Reed Hospital after an operation. He entered the hospital a week ago and the nature of the ailment was not disclosed. He is expected to return to duty within two weeks at Redstone.
A Brooklyn teacher asks Joey to use bewitches in a sentence. He answers with a joking line about bewitching. Includes a humorous etymology joke about egotist and a parachute jumper quip from a Gettysburg reader.
A humorous exchange in a restaurant shows a meek man confusing another's overcoat with Mr Smith of New Other Man. The scene ends with a quip about prejudice and convictions and temper.
In a small country town a boastful lawyer recounts a fable about a calf that fed from two cows. The more it fed, the larger it grew, illustrating vanity and its odd consequences in rural life.
A nervous office boy reports a call for the boss as the troupe faces financial strain. A rookie replaces a quitter and the manager urges bold audience work while a harsh comment about a child’s music lingers, revealing tension and humor in a struggling company.
In Yellow Springs Ohio Dr Stanley M Garn of Antioch College using an X ray body fat method under a U S Air Force grant studies 100 students and notes subcutaneous fat varies greatly among individuals including several professional football players rejected for World War II Army service due to tissue fat differences.
The article identifies Huntsville Alabama as the center of the U S Army missile production program citing the Arsenal facilities and related defense work.
Dor othy Dix column recounts past marriage, infidelity, blackmail threat, and choosing truth over payoffs. It advises talking with the husband and his priest, gaining forgiveness, and seeking peace. Other letters cover delaying marriage for a service lover and repairing a drifting marriage with humility.
W J Rice of Santa Clara California asked Jersey Is tame W Township clerk for a buffalo census of the United States and Canada. A spot check found no live buffalo in the area since Navesink Indians. Rice said I dont wish to overlook anyone. Want ads get results.
A crossword style clue list appears with entries like Scalelike English author and Comical warbles among seats. Attitudinizes and Weavers reeds hint at wordplay on common prefixes and ed reeds used in weaving.
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