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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1959
Page
7
A humorous dialogue features Jasper Jones asking St. Peter for entry at heaven’s gate. The saint questions the visitor’s mode of ascent and the exchange ends with an unresolved line about acceptable arrival.
Cullman High School plans graduation for 182 seniors Friday at 8 o clock. Dr. Carence T Sharpton a 1929 graduate will deliver the address. Class valedictorian is Billie Joe Schmale and salutatorian Mary Joyce Fowler along with a long list of diploma recipients including Charlotte Adamson Barbara Almon Doris Barnett and many others.
Ed Howard of National Life and Accident Insurance Co. of Florence was to speak at a noon Decatur Association of Life Underwriters meeting at Tower House Restaurant to approve officers for next year. Officers listed include W. G. Hall as president Vaughan as vice president Henderson as program chairman and Lawrence Co. York as secretary treasurer. Gaius Asinus Pollio, Roman historian and orator, died in 5 A.D. at age 70.
The sentence notes that motor clubs in the United States originated roughly around 1900, marking the start of organized automobile enthusiast groups in the country. It highlights the historical emergence of these clubs as part of early motoring culture.
In the Tennessee ridges two mountaineers quarrel over a door and homesick mules. A fight ensues leaving one man dead and a neighbor rushing to the victim's cabin to inform his widow.
A neighbor delivers sad news to a woman seated at a table eating apple dumplings. She pauses with a dumpling midair, then eats it and warns she will react loudly once she finishes the dumpling. The scene mixes domestic humor with impending outburst.
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