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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1952
Page
3
Cuban health officials urge mothers to send children to school by September 15 after a polio outbreak. The Ministry of Education set a later nationwide date of October 1 for public schools to reopen due to pleas from private schools.
The Union Hill high school PTA will present a "Womanless Wedding" on Friday night September 12 at 7 30. Cast includes bride Roy Henderson bridegroom E B Gurley best man Charlie Hill minister Delmar Bagwell mother of bride Buster Owen shotgun tot ing father of bride and other relatives with flower girls and ushers listed. A group of bathing beauties will be judged after the ceremony with Arlen Henderson and Dewey Stead hams among the participants. Everyone is invited.
Robert N. Walker, director of child study and guidance in Akron public schools, says most youngsters want to go back to school. He notes 85 percent enjoy school and teachers, while 15 percent worry about returning.
Agatha Stewart of Memphis suffered a slight neck injury when her 1939 Plymouth coupe, driven by James B. Stewart, collided with a 1941 Plymouth sedan driven by Benjamin W. Ashford of Decatur. The crash occurred at Sixth Avenue and Gordon Drive SE at 4 08 p m. The rear of the coupe and front of the sedan were damaged. the sedan had stopped for a red light. Police investigated.
Neva Jane Langley a 19-year-old music student from Georgia won the 1953 Miss America title at Atlantic City earning a $5,000 scholarship. She plans to tour, continue music studies, and later attend Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon. The pageant highlighted talent and beauty with Langley also securing a double win in preliminary rounds.
In Birmingham a Black man, James Washington, is hunted after grabbing Patrolman Buckner’s pistol and shooting him in the stomach during a disturbance on a boat. Buckner, 26, was reported in serious condition after the weapon was wrested from him in a house assault.
Pi A 58 year old Railway Express driver George F Endlich donated his 80th pint to the Red Cross. He has given blood for 15 years. His son George Jr a Navy veteran contributed his 11th pint the same day. In England the radiator ornament on an automobile is called the mascot.
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