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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
5
Miss Julia Leigh Lynne will host a Saturday bridge tea at 3 30 p m to entertain two out of town guests Miss Katherine Hardy of Bluefield West Virginia and Miss Almeda Crenshaw of Memphis Tennessee visiting Miss Ellen Hildreth and Miss Suzanne Jones respectively during an afternoon at their home.
Mrs Petty hosts a Y M C A gathering after a rainy afternoon. Guests, including many named attendees, enjoyed songs, stunts, contests, and treats with Mrs Pettey at the piano and punch served by Mrs John Garrison.
A fragment notes revelers dancing with abandon while the pianist played. the scene shifts as the sugar plum tree era is introduced, signaling a transition in the mood and actions of the gathering.
Mr and Mrs W T Jordan and son W T Jr return from visits to Chatom Mobile and other South Alabama sites. Miss Verceille Lassiter of Chatom Ala is guest. Jeanette Mitchell of Little Rock Ark visits Mr and Mrs R M Owen. Mrs P Burns Mrs Harvey Lee and Mrs Raymond Russell of Tuscumbia visit here. Ralph Poole plans Montgomery trip. Miss Josephine Murphy of Birmingham visits Mrs H T Cook. Mrs Fann Holland and daughter Lucille entertain guests Melville Tucker and Mrs Lawrence Marshall of Bellvidere Tenn with a Muscle Shoals trip.
A light tweed coat is a travel essential for summer journeys by car train or steamer. It is easily carried resists wrinkling and soil stays smart and warm when worn over a suit. The article notes styles that button along the front and cover the skirt and knees, plus travel tips and local notices of residents traveling and social visits.
A large group including Mr and Mrs H T Cook Mr and Mrs M W Holland Mrs Ernest Young Miss Josephine Murphy and many others enjoyed a picnic at Tuscumbia Springs.Several relatives plan visits, and travelers such as Fred Wright and E J Bryant were noted among those with long journeys.
Sacred Hearts Academy pupil Miss Mary Jane Dodd of Cullman plans to enter the Louisville conservatory of music this fall after graduating this year. She and her siblings are spending their vacation with their aunt, Mrs. J. W. Frahn, on Moulton Street.
Rev. Hugh H. Ellis pastor of the Hartselle Methodist church departed Thursday morning for a several weeks vacation at Winona Lake Indiana to attend a Bible conference now in session there.
Preparations are under way for a revival series at Hartselle Methodist Church starting August 21 led by Rev. E. P. White of Decatur Indiana.
The piece notes a shift in Paris millinery toward very low crown hats, with crowns only fractions above the head. Hat blockers trim crowns for midsummer while designers like Caroline Reboux alter brims to be three to four inches wider and cut away in scalloped shapes. Mae Mendly wears a black crochet straw hat with a V cut over the left eye and satin ribbon.
Readers are told to expect a fresh serialized tale in the Daily soon. The notice hints at an ongoing feature likely to run across multiple issues, inviting eager readers to follow the unfolding plot.
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