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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1958
Page
8
A San Diego home features a weather vane crowned by a replica of the Explorer satellite named PATIENCE CALENICO. The sign outside a nearby shop advertises 24- hours.
Pete Sherron found a 9 inch Jim Bowie type blade buried in ground while hunting for wood. The handle was rotted but the blade preserved with a coat of tallow. markings suggest the knife is over 60 years old.
The note mentions a procedure for issuing fishing licenses with a garbled remark about ringing a bell and keeping clothes on until pants are on, indicating a mistaken or out of context quote. No clear person, organization, or event is identified in readable form.
The record outlines a prominent Alabama educator and administrator with roles at City Schools of Gadsden since 1951 and previous posts including Director at the University of Alabama Center in Birmingham and State Personnel Director. He served as past president of ASCA and SSA, held positions with NEA AEA AASA and Boy Scouts, and sat on multiple advisory and trustee boards. He is listed in Who's Who in American Education and Who's Who in the South. Paid Political Ad by J J Browder, Gadsden Alabama.
The star reader warns late hours may favorably affect affairs in May and after December 7th. It advises caution in personal and business relations in forenoon periods and September sales, with June as a domestic and romantic month and October through early July offering notable financial activity.
A reader asks whether to break an engagement due to suspected infidelity and how to handle social pressure. Dorothy Dix advises breaking engagement if doubt persists after a serious talk, and to keep a teddy bear but return a diamond if a break is made.
In San Clemente a car dealership displayed a sign reading New Car Prices Born Here and Raised Elsewhere. The cheeky message drew attention from shoppers and local residents highlighting pricing strategies in the auto market.
Donald R. Toppel of Fort Lee N J declines offers of 2500 for a Newark junk shop find a rare Paterson Colt revolver he paid 5 for. He is vice president of the Fort Lee Arms Collectors Club and keeps the gun despite high bids. In Utah a cat climbs 45 feet to a tree top and must be rescued again by Walter R Van Moorlebem after his return home.
Roanoke Valley Citizens' Traffic Safety Council hosts a display titled A Story of Empty Shoes featuring 31 pairs of shoes mounted on a board to represent 31 local traffic fatalities.
The Richard E Byrd Library located in Springfield Virginia holds the polar explorer's books and memen toes, preserving the memory of the noted explorer.
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