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CommunitySherry Digmon

In memory
For many area residents, lighting a candle is a tradition during the holidays. Each year, the staffs of Johnson Quimby Funeral Home and Atmore Memorial Chapel hold a Candlelight Memorial Service during which the public is invited to come by Johnson Quimby and light a candle in memory of someone who passed away this year or in a previous year. This year’s service was held Tuesday, December 12. Shown, Gail…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
‘Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps. DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some…
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Santa on Main
Santa gave up his sleigh for a carriage Thursday evening, December 14, as he arrived in Atmore for the Santa on Main event. Downtown was alive (much as in “the old days”) with activity. Maybe not hustle and bustle, but shopping, visiting, refreshments, and more. Santa was in the North Main alley, all settled down for pictures with the many children who stopped by. Shops were open, and folks were…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
YLA holds Day of Service
By OLIVIA SIMMONS Special to Atmore News On December 7, Youth Leadership Atmore held their Day of Service session and made a few stops throughout Atmore. To start the day, the class delivered coffee and donuts to first responders at the Atmore Police Department and Atmore Fire Station. This was a small token of appreciation for protecting and serving our city. On that chilly day, the warm coffee was much…
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Christmas trivia and superstitions
By Nina Keenam Did you know that: Popular cowboy singing star of the 1940s through the 1960s, Gene Autry wrote and recorded “Here Comes Santa Claus,” his first Christmas release. He followed it with recordings of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty the Snowman.” The lyrics of the Christmas carol, “I heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” are from a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as an expression of…
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