Wednesday, March 17, 2010

1946 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Decatur

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--1946 DeKalb Theatre Ad for "Week-End At The Waldorf"--




Decatur, GA ----- Monday March 18, 1946
Mr. Maury F. Mable leads his 51st St. Patrick's Day Parade.
St. Patrick's Day fell on Sunday in 1946 and the parade was held
on Monday the 18th.
Research by D.G.Whitefield

IT'S THE IRISH IN 'IM
Mable Plans 51st Parade in Honor of Patron Saint

By William O. Key

The Irishest man in the world undoubledly is Mr. Maury F. Mable, of Decatur, GA
Mayflower upper-deckers and Plymouth Rock boasters may sing of their blue blood.
Folks who loudly trace their dubioud antecedents back to some whistle-stop
in Eastern Latvin that sounds like throat trouble, may howl about their red-blooded Americanism.

But when Mr. Mable nicks himself with his razor, the stuff he stanches must of course, be as green as your Aunt Minnie's imitation emeralds. For Mr. Mable is,at heart, as Irish as Paddys pig than which there are few things Irisher.

For the fifty-first year, Mr Mable Monday forenoon will stage his traditional St. Patrick's Day one man parade
out Decatur way. This year there will be quite a few trailing Mr. Mable, but since for all but three or four parades Mr. Mable has walked alone, it still is regarded as a One-Man Show - the screwiest on earth perhaps, but a serious business with Mr. Mable


This parade photo is from the Dekalb Historical Society.
Which is from the Maury Mable Family collection.
Maury Mable is leading the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Decatur.
The year is 1946, looking at the Dekalb Theatre marquee you can see the movie playing is "Week end at the Waldorf "(1945).
You can see F.W. Woolworth's next door and the Western Auto Store on the other side. the view is on East Ponce de Leon looking from Church St. toward Clairmont, east to west on Ponce de leon
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"Week-end at the Waldorf"
-- NOW PLAYING AT THE DEKALB THEATRE --

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Great photo. Thank you.