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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1936

Page

5

Garden Club Plans Old Fashion Garden Display

Decatur Garden Club members gathered at Mrs. F S Hunt Sr home to discuss planting an old fashion garden at Leila Cantwell Seton Hall. Watermelon pink crepe myrtle was chosen for inside curves with iris plantings to begin now.

Decatur Garden Club F. 8. Hunt Leila Cantwell Seton Hall W. M. Voorhies J. T. Jones Louis A. Neill Lamar Penney E.S. Morrow

Personal notices of travels and visits reach across several states

Mrs H O Goidel and Aldah return from New Orleans. J H Crow and Panny Bess depart for Hot Springs Arkansas for a several week vacation. Z K Goode and family return from a Stuttgart Arkansas motor trip. M J Goode and son from Detroit expected to visit Z K Goode. F L Byrd of 1011 Wadsworth announces Elizabeth Davis visiting for two weeks from Washington DC. Mrs Louis A Neill to visit Birmingham friends. Bob Murdock returns to Pulaski after visiting here. Walter Durham and family return from Texas visit via Shreveport and Vicksburg. F N Brown leaves for Birmingham. Stuart Peebles of Mooresville arrives to visit F D Peebles. Mrs Harold Hildreth and son visit her sisters S A Lynne and D S Echols. Katherine Davis of Athens GA to return home after visiting Hoyt Kelley. Withers Peebles of Mooresville visits Birmingham Friday. Mrs Dunaway of Sixth Ave South leaves to visit her brother in Athens GA. Mrs R H Wolcott spends day in Birmingham. Mrs Frank Eyman of Dallas arrives for a visit to sister H O Troup. Mrs C Maulsby to return home Sunday from Chattanooga.

Katherine Davis Athens, Ga

Gospel Spreads Beyond Color Line in Philip and Ethiopian

Weekly Sunday School lesson highlights Philip's led mission to the Ethiopian official. An inward call sends Philip to the desert. there he explains Isaiah and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The Ethiopian seeks baptism showing gospel power transcends race and place.

Philip Jerusalem Gaza Candace Jesus

Lemon Bath Promoted For Full Body Bleaching Benefits

Gladys touts a lemon bath as a safe mild bleaching treatment for the entire body. She describes preparing a bath with juice from three to four lemons, soaking, washing with lemon soap, then drying with a Turkish towel for a fresh, lightened complexion.

Gladys

Tenn families plan moves and visits across states

Mrs Ellwood Tarpley will leave on the 15th to join Mr Tarpley in Muncie Indiana where they will make their future home. Mrs Ed Rainey and Peggy Joyce after two weeks visit to Blanche Tennessee have returned home. Mr and Mrs J D Ligon have returned home after visiting Galveston Houston Fort Worth Dallas Texas and Chickasha Oklahoma.

Ellwood Tarpley Mr Tarpley Muncie Indiana Peggy Joyce Blanche, Tenn Galveston Houston Fort Worth Dallas Texas Chickasha Oklahoma

Make This Model at Home Perky Frock With Matching Panties

An Anne Adams pattern 4062 for a girl’s pantie frock in gingham or percale with Peter Pan collar pleats puffed sleeves and option for dotted swiss. Sizes 2 4 6 8 10 cost 15 cents pattern 4062 23.8 yards required for size 6 includes illustrated instructions. Order from Decatur Dady rtment 243 West 17th.

Anne Adams

Beauty Culture booklet guides youthful skin care

Helga presents a Beauty Culture booklet with strategies to prevent and erase freckles pimples blackheads and enlarged pores. It includes makeup tips double chin eradication and a liver spot treatment using hyposulphite of soda and water.

Helga

Francis Rites Held Today in City

The remains of Howard Francis aged 36 who died Wednesday in a Detroit hospital arrived by rail and were taken to his father in law W Compton on Danville road for funeral rites at 3 pm conducted by Rev W C Downs. Burial at City cemetery directed by Brown. He leaves a widow two children his father Jack Francis Decatur a brother J W California four sisters Mrs Free Mrs Fred Smith Mrs Bernard Floyd Decatur and Mrs John Livingston New York City. Pallbearers listed as Jack Davis.

Howard Francis Detroit Danville Road W. Compton W. C. Downs City Cemetery Brown Jack Francis Decatur J. W. California Free Fred Smith Bernard Floyd John Livingston New York City Jack Davis

Sherman Journal Names Local Figures in Brief Notice

A concise local item lists Sherman residents Bert Roberts Carl Pg Edward King and V oly with unclear roles in a brief community notice.

Sherman Bert Roberts Carl Pg Edward King and V Oly

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O. BE. S Masonic Hall Business Women’s Circle The Business Women’s Circle of Central Methodist Church Health Department Central Missionary Society Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church Missionary Society First Christian Woman's Ry Society City Guidel Mrs. Luna McKelvy Lady Lillian Nainsook Union H. O. Goidel Aldah New Orleans J. H. Crow Panny Bess Hot Springs Ark Z. K. Goode Addie Goode J. R. Allen Stuttgart Arkansas M. J. Goode and Son Detroit, Mich F. L. Byrd Wadsworth Street Elizabeth. Davis Washington, D. C Mrs Hartwell Davis Birmingham Bob Murdock Pulaski,Tenn Walter Durham Mons Walter, Jr Wilson Shreveport Vicksburg Miss F. N. Brown Stuart Peebles Mooresville F. D. Peebles Harold Hildreth and Son Tuscaloosa A. Lynne D. 8. Echols Mrs. Withers Peebles Mrs. Dunaway Sixth Avenue, South Athens R. H. Wolcott Frank Eyman H. O. Troup 8. C. Maulsby Chattanooga WM. E. Gilroy D. D Advance the Daily At 46 Daily Gladys Glady America Ida Lupino Tenn Ed Rainey Penney’s Come By Penney’s LACE Wisard, Jr Incorpo
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