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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1956
Page
9
New heavy duty sewing machines and parts with repairs. Bee and up Motors and Pfaff models. Hendersons Pfaff 4 1310 6th Ave S E Decatur Ala. Phone 5042.
New and used window fans oscillators and all types listed. Auditioners adding machines typewriters electric equipment dairy can ers pumps coolers and more priced from $90 to $5000. Used living room suites from $5.00 and an eight foot meat display case offered.
Bargain basement ad lists furniture items with 1.00 down and deep discounts. Includes bedroom suites Davenport beds mirrors chifforobe vanities and benches. dressers chests and tables. sofas rockers and breakfast room sets with prices ranging from about 9.50 to 189.00 and lower. Also features linoleum rolls and enamel finishes with various discount prices.
Sale notice from 23 Church St N W invites buyers to view bunk beds maple switch mattresses and maple beds from Smith Furniture Co at half price. Also offers modern table lamps and pictures from a salvage dealer with a contact phone 1073.
Advertising copy touts sewing machines for sale used and new with guaranteed repairs and parts for all makes. Trade-in valued at ten dollars or more on Lone Seeger Mem. Easy terms offered.
Complainant Mary Ann Pike alleges Donald Ira Pike is over 21 and resides in Morgan County Alabama. The affidavit states a bill may be confessed if not answered by June 9, 1956 or within thirty days. Clerk Bryan McAfee notes case details and filing date.
Letters testamentary were granted on the last will and testament of Walter M Jackson on May 8 1956 by Hon T C Almon Morgan County Alabama. Creditors must present claims within the legal period or be barred. Anna Bell S Jackson Morgan County Alabama. Bryon McAfee May 8 1956. Publication in Decatur Daily four weeks.
Mor gan Count Center Springs lists visits and services including Rev J R Heaps filling appointment at Antioch. Families from Athens visit, W A Hardiman and Maudie Whitten noted with Peter Whitten and Beatrice Henderson also mentioned in Friday gatherings. The Soo locks will remain despite rumor of a bridge.
A collection of humorous snippets includes a quip about multiple Robert E Lees in Atlanta, a misdirected note on eggs detailing date and breed, and a farmer who fires his longtime hired man who proved reluctant to serve as secretary to hens.
A jumble of brief exchanges and quick anecdotes appears from a railway setting. A man complains of a five dollar eye injury caused by a cinder and is told the railroad will do nothing. Other sketched scenes include a seasick husband, a boy with a slingshot, and a passenger letter about bedbugs with a corrective reply.
Mr and Mrs Raymond West and family of Decatur visited his parents Mr and Mrs Bevie West Sunday afternoon. Will Sybert of Arkansas spent the night with Mr and Mrs Robert Wallace and sons. Mrs Gene Jones spent a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs E C. Wallace. Mrs Annie Wallace visited Lawerence County relatives.
A Rockford incident reports a motorist obstructing traffic and being tagged by police officer James F. Vesely after a confrontation during a traffic stop.
A Bostonian on his first steamboat trip asked a fellow traveler about alligators seen from the lower deck. An unusually large specimen raised the Bostonian onlookers question and the other replied with a humorous but blunt warning that the alligator would bite.
At a staff dinner Green delivers a light speech drawing humor from paintings and women colleagues. He coins a gag about painting beauties versus real beauties at the table and completes with a street wise quip about a pessimist woman driver and an optimist.
Readers seek guidance on pastoral counsel and personal conflicts. The column extols pastors aiding troubled parishioners, warns against pride in seeking help, and advises taking problems to God with a spiritual advisor. Other letters mock a lazy college suitor and advise safety in romantic pins.
Four unrelated Smith individuals sat in a San Diego legal office waiting room with Gerry Smith, a legal secretary, present during the visit.
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