Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1949 — Page 14

■ t >A —< -to I J. J. NEWBERRY CO. -.- * FOR THE < \ / U V- m SEASON AND * I J k - 0U R BE S T WISHES FOR THE -4'X X \ * COM IN G NE W YEAR! Stewart’s Bakery / _- *\ y*■" - 00 *; h / \ // k r «J 1 ■' '" ilFl ’ ' * ITOrIJ on this / *>««’■ • r ,l,f f irll, < 1 Hun Uho gave hisj<f< that vc J Ull \jht heep the blessing of lovsanJ '\.J u»U " <’•" /,curLc cr/ j STEFFEN IMPLEMENT CO. » » -_- ■ v ’ <r- W ’■ -«wr' ■ s'" I ■ ffi. ■"' -**' , z * s \ k 3' '' 'J- ' -f" \ w.0- y x . * \ < ~• The merry twinkle s fa Santa's eye eon* ey< the spirit of our wish that Christmas Day be a happy one for all! Burke’s Standard Service

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