Society Notes From Local Churches Activities This Week
The Westside Presbyterian Women Missionary Society met at Mrs. W. H. Johnson’s home on Memorial Drive with prayers, reports, and papers on Christian service including Mother in Europe and the least of these. WSCS of First Methodist held a tea party after a basement redecorating, with flowers and refreshments. Young Ladies Missionary Circle met at Mrs. Reese Robertson’s home for a routine business meeting with a program by Mrs. Robert Ray and devotional by Mrs. Emmett McClary. Watermelon cutting planned by Lisa Edwards on Oak Street. Engagement announced for Sybil Francesco and Kenneth L Swafford with a September wedding. Visits and travels noted for several local families and friends as they move about Birmingham and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westside Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Society
W. H. Johnson
W. F. Busch
W. J. Tarpley
Ernest Taft
Lilla Mae Halfacre
Europe
D. H. Turner
Tracy Knight
L. J. Ramage
Young People’s Department
Ed Price
Young People's Counsellor
Margaret Peck
Eloise Reithmaier
Carolyn Finney
Mary Ann Catlett
Katherine Wiley
Carol. Jennings
Young Ladies Missionary Circle
The
First Christian Church
Reese Robertson
Carl Schuwachow
Robertson
Robert Ray
Emmett McClary
Gravel Voice Hardest Job: Commanding US Constabulary in Germany
Ernie Harmon known as Old Gravel Voice, chief of the mobile American constabulary, is tasked with building 30 000 troopers to police the American zone in Germany. He aims for a first rate outfit, demands efficiency, and leads by personal contact and bold morale building. Harmon, a 1924 Olympic pentathlete, styles his troops to be tough, fast, and capable in postwar duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle Bamberg
Germany
Sam
Ernie
Harmon
Goyms
Italy
Mobile
George S
Patton Jr
Reich
Porcupine
W. C. Fields
Paris
PARTY OR PLAYTIME Pattern 4564 by Anne Adams
Queen of fairyland in a story-book dress Mother pattern 4564 offered in two versions for parties and play. Includes sizes 6 8 10 with a flare sleeve frock using 11 8 to 15 8 yards fabric and a contrast yardage. Send twenty five cents for pattern to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Aeam Adams
A Life of the Party Turns Sour for a Spotlight Lover
A girl known for being lively and animated at parties can become a constant spotlighter. She rehearses lines and performs to draw attention, often arriving late to maximize an audience. Over time she tires hosts and guests, develops nerves, and ends evenings exhausted, yet she keeps playacting instead of listening.
Ardmore and Athens Social Roundup and Church Revival
J and Mrs Guy H Davidson visited Athens Saturday for shopping and friends. Concord Baptist revival began with Rev J Vernon Rich preaching. Mrs Velma Sloan moved from Decatur hospital to her father Andy Smith's Decatur home. Sunday dinner guests at J W Russell's included many Ardmore and nearby families. Ardmore Baptist church had services led by Rev Howard Jones. Marriages in Athens included Mary Ola White and William Jones Hyatt and Frank Davis Pugh with Becky Brooks, both at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy H. Davidson
Athens
Concord Baptist Revival
J. Vernon Rich
Huntsville
Velma Sloan
Powers Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur Hospital
Andy Smith
Randolph
Huston Russell
Hallee Russell
J. W. Russell
Wasn Jones
George Dutton
Corbin
Glen Brock
Tuscaloosa
Howard Jones
Warren
Seymour,Lena
Edoward Warren
Holland
Ardmore Baptist Church
M. H. Willingham
Cash Point
Mildred Henkle
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Eunice Broadway
Marcon
Mary Ola White
Lynnville
Tenn
William Jones Hyatt
Pulaski
McConnell
Frank Davis Pugh
Columbia
Becky Brooks
Harmon the Army’s top combat tank leader and friend to Ernie
The article profiles Harmon perceived as the Army’s most experienced combat tank commander. It highlights his role in defeating Rommel’s Afrika Korps in Tunisia, the Anzio breakout, the Siegfried Line breach, and the Battle of the Bulge. He recalls Safi Morocco air tension and notes his blunt humor and disdain for brass formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Russia
Harmon
Ernie
Rommel
Afrika Corps
Tunisia
Anzio
Celles
Belgium
Safi
Morocco
Gospel Meeting Closes Tonight at Memorial Drive Church
R D Underwood conducts a gospel meeting with the Memorial Drive Church of Christ and plans to close tonight. His final sermon is titled The Power of God and How It Saves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
R. D. Underwood
Government to probe hide and leather plants nationwide
The Civilian Production Administration orders 75 to 100 special investigators to search hide and leather plants in Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Kansas City for excess stocks. The move aims to prevent shortages and avoid price ceiling evasion as shoe plants warn of potential shutdowns without more leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Hide and Leather Producers
Civilian Production Administration
John R. Steelman
CPA
Justice Department
OPA
Steelman
John D. Small
Omaha
Kansas City
Annual Revival at Dancys Chapel Begins Friday
The annual revival at Dancys Chapel Church of Christ in Lawrence County begins Friday at 7 45 P M and runs through Tuesday August 13 Waldrop Johnson of Jacksonville Florida will conduct services A morning and evening service are planned for Sunday with dinner on the grounds Public is invited.
Revival sparks in Capshaw with Aug 11 service
Limestone County Capshaw notes revival begins Sunday August 11 with J H Shannon preaching. Local families attend boat races at Guntersville dam, visit neighbors, and join the Home Demonstration Club picnic. Names include Balch Throneberry Sanders Smith Pike Buffaloe Cole and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Shannon
Hester Smith
Russell Throneberry
George Sanders
Sarah Elizabeth Cole
Millard Sanderson
Harold Balch
Donald Balch
Guntersville Dam
Lula Smith
Arnold
Cildren
Will Worthey
Clayton
John Thomas
Homer Pike
Edward Burgreen
Jim Winston
Home Demonstration Club
Easy crochet medallion pattern 820 for home décor
Begin crochet project with a simple medallion pattern. Pattern 820 includes directions and stitches to create a lacy piece for cloth spreads. Send twenty cents to The Decatur Needlecraft, Eighth Avenue, New York, for the pattern and a 1946 Needlecraft Catalog with 112 illustrations of crochet knitting and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Dear Miss Dix on Mother Living with Her Daughter and Family
Dorothy Dix counsels a 65 year old widow with grown children about a daughter and family living in her big house. She urges selling the house to end tension and preserve the elder’s comfort and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Emily Post
Nix Vitamins Claim to Restore Gray Hair Color
Advertises Nix Vitamins promising to restore gray hair color. Claims include calcium pantothenate and vitamin G, used daily and non fattening. Says thousands use the product and that mail orders are not shipped.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westside Presbyterian Missionary Society
WS. C. S._of
Lisa Edwards
Oak Street
Free Swafford
Floyd Free
Sybil__Francesco
Kenneth L Swafford
Cullman and
Auburn
W. J. Swafford
Cullman
J. F. Graham
Kimball Jones
Ben Bloodworth
Jacksonville
Fla
Jimmy Bloodworth
Hugh Pattillo
W. Y. Pattillo
Hartselle
Camp Winataska
Bir‘mingham
Ralph Pattillo
Billy Roberts
Joe Roberts
Egg Hammond Jr
Frank Larin
Tom Wright
Tommy
Freddy Huber
Birmingham
Wright
George Kollar
Baltimore
W. A. Wright
Price Wright
Lillard Compton
Compton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dillehay
Grant
Lyons Electric Company
LYONS
Nd Ave
Goidel’s Drug Store
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston St
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
2Nd Ave
W. V. Pattillo
Rachael Pattillo
Hugh
J. H. Chitwood
University of Alabama
Mrs. W. V. Pattillo
Augusta Moore
Alexander City, Ala
Moye
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Don’s Floor Service
Don Williams
Enolam Blvd
Pat Kimbrough
Bill Humphrey
Athens, Ala
Helen Follett
Janice Grey
Limestone Countyardmore
Robert Broadway
Pauline Smith
Grant Street
Theo. Onnts
Ardmore 2
Sally
U.S
Limestone County Capshaw
Miss Balch
Dorothy DIX
Gell Syndicate
Dorothy
Second Ave
Louisianne Delicatessen
Caddell Drug CO
219 Johnston
Field & Stream
Dugger’s Book Store
E. M. Morrow Construction CO
Morrow
Davis St
Alabama
E. Moulton ST
Holloway
Creamery
E. G. Holloway
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