Miss Elam Honored With Weekend Society Parties
Tuscaloosa Alabama socialite Miss Betsy Jane Elam arrives to visit Rex and Jessie Poll and to wed Horace Dryden later this month. Friends host luncheon teas and showers at Cornelian Hotel Hotel Lyons Finley Island and Mrs Sara Jeffries home as plans unfold for early fall nuptials. The couple’s wedding party and postnuptial events are announced with hostesses named.
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Betsy Jane Elam
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Rex_C. Poll
Horace Dryden
Elam
Mack Elam
Annie Miller McEntire
Cornelian Hotel
Miss Elam
New Discovery Ice Cream Uses Less Sugar Version
A 1950s style ad announces a new way to make rennet custard ice cream with half sugar replaced by corn syrup. It describes ingredients such as Junket Rennet Tablet light cream sugar corn syrup vanilla and options to substitute corn syrup with sugar condensed milk or honey. It offers a free trial and instructions to freeze churn and finish the mixture.
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Rennet Taciet
Sally's Allies Plan Choir Picnic At Day Home
Sally's Allies met Tuesday night at Mrs. W. H. Day's home with James Layton presiding. Dr. G. M. Davenport led the opening prayer and plans were made for a choir picnic with a committee of Mrs. Leonard McMillan, Mrs. H. W. Head, Mrs. W. H. Day and Miss Sally McCall. The social hour followed with refreshments and a lesson on The Parables.
Personal notices of Miss Mary Keenan and many travelers
Mrs. Oscar Napps improves and will visit in Union Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Shively of Alabama visit their Russellville sisters. Emens family returns from Crowley and Shreveport. Orr and Barrett Shelton families spent day in Birmingham. Purser family heads to California. Betty June Parker attends Hartselle Camp Meeting. Bobby McGwier returns from Courtland. Mittwede family from Fulton visits. Lila and Ann Pritchett return from St Petersburg. Tom Collier returns to Montgomery. Louise Collier visits Washington DC. Smiley family plans Birmingham and Merton trip. Gillie Key and sons visit Smiley. Mr Key to join weekend. Walter Jackson and family attend wedding in Oak Ridge. Marsdens visit Rochester. Chapmans to return early Sept. Betty Cavender visits Fort Worth. Chappell Price friends note daughter born July 23 in Memphis. Margaret Stickney from Louisville to Gasaway-Thomason wedding and visit.
Real beauty goes beyond glamour and cosmetic tricks
Dorothy Dix argues that beauty is rooted in character and intellect rather than cosmetic fixes. She notes beauty depends on a kind heart, good temper, humor, and education, claiming brains outlast youth in defining lasting attractiveness and criticizing reliance on diet and cosmetics.
Veteran Service Life Insurance Week Endorsed by Officials
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the Decatur Association of Life Underwriters, with Gov. Chauncey Sparks, endorse National Service Life Insurance Week at the Veterans Administration campaign. The program urges veterans to maintain or reinstate NSLI coverage, running through Aug. 12. Samuel Slaton, VA representative, notes strong support from local groups and officials.
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National Service Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Association of Life Underwriters
Chauncey Sparks
The
National Service Life Insurance Week
Samuel Slaton
Australian Taipan Feared For Deadly Bite Speed
The taipan, a highly venomous Australian snake, is believed to kill horses within about four minutes of a bite, highlighting its extreme danger.
The Brooding Mother Look in Her Eyes
A critic contrasts beauty with character, arguing a woman's looks flow from a generous soul. The piece laments hard selfish women and praises those whose souls shine, predicting real beauty emerges from good deeds.
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Falkville
Alabama
Frank Fitzgerald
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Mary Mason
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TRE Peveresl
Tastl
Bregeriens
Second Ave
Odels
Bank ST
JFG
Aage
Sally
Dana Pearce
Memorial Drive
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
M. A. Pettus
Yancey Vaughan
John Woodruff
Zettie Sheats
J. B. Sheats
Richard Sharp
Hamilton
Third Avenue East
Central Methodist
Central Methodist Church
Mary Anne Bagley
Dorothy Ann Creel
Mobile
George Godwin
Betty Higdon
Knoxville
Tenn
Martha Jean Higdon
Oscar Napps
Richard Shively
Union Springs
Mary Keenan
Henry Hartung
L. K. Gorman
J. Y. Robb
Eleanor
Russellville
W. A. Gresham
Wilson Orr
Barrett Shelton
Birmingham
J. H. Purser
California
Mimi Jones
Betty Ware Wyatt
Betty June Parker
Hartselle
Bobby McGwier
Courtland
Ernest Mittwede
Miriam
Marilyn
Fulton, Mo
Walter J. Mittwede
Lila and
Ann_ Pritchett
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tom Collier
Montgomery
Mrs
E. W. Collier
Louise Collier
Washington, D. C
J R. Smiley
A. H. Hoff
Lewis Henke
Gillie Key
Gillie Jr
John Smiley
Key
Bowling—Green, Ky
Walter Jackson
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Martha Jackson
Donald Ross
E. Marsden
Chapman
Rochester
N. Y
Betty Cavender
Fort Worth, Texas
T. J. Jones
Margaret Stickney
Louisville
Gasaway-Thomason
Chromium
Dorothy DIX
Mary
Gray
West Vine Street
Field & Stream
Dugger’s Book Store
Johnsten
Caddell Drug CO
E. Moulton ST
Moye
Goidel’s
Jo An
Southern Shoe
Decatur
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Womens
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