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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
5
Winifred Black sketches a scene of California Hikers marching in uniform with Reno on their sleeves and jokes about quick divorces there. She contrasts a pretty bride who never works with a serious husband chasing achievement.
Mrs FE N Penick and Mrs T M Jones Jr host a Saturday afternoon bridge at Mrs Penick's Johnston Street home honoring Mrs John Cooper Adams of Fort Sill Oklahoma. guests include Mrs Adams and Mrs Louis Simmons Stickney of Laredo Texas accompanying her mother Mrs D W Speake for the summer. Community Welfare Board reports strong attendance and plans for September. Vagabond Card Club entertained with wins for Miss Carolyn Worley and Miss Billy Money. Eastern Star O E S No 306 and families picnic at Swan Lake. a late night swim at Crystal Plunge followed by a feast for a long list of attendees. dinner hosted by Mesdames Ward at Sixth Avenue South honors Mr and Mrs G C Odom Waxahachie Texas with guests from Decatur and Albertville. evening music and dancing concludes the social roundup.
Fashion notes link Savoy blue to a rising star sapphire vogue in jewelry and dress. The pale grayish blue gem catches light to form a star pattern and pairs with Savoy blue, white, pink, navy, and black outfits.
Mrs Ingold V Timberlake and three children will motor Friday to Stevenson to spend the weekend with relatives. Mr and Mrs Cecil Julian have returned from a visit to their parents in Joppa Alabama. Mr and Mrs J E Hightower visited relatives in Tuscumbia this week. William Watson with the Tennessee Highway Department will spend the weekend with his wife who is visiting her mother this summer.
A reader asks about feeling no love after many proposals at age twenty two. The reply says she is introspective and should focus on others, take up a hobby or social work, enjoy healthy companionship, and participate in athletics to brighten her personality and find happiness.
A moral advice piece discusses male folly in romance and divorce as a risky, scarful process. It notes warnings about men with dangerous habits and the impact on wives. The column mentions Helen Rowland and local social notices about the Fortner family naming a daughter Dorothea Evelyn and Mrs Walters visiting.
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