Decatur Marriage and Community Notes Feature
RICE H W Rice announces the engagement of her daughter Toney to A Raley. The ceremony, conducted by Rev A H at the Elkton Tennessee Methodist Church on May 17, united the couple. The article also covers a Athens wedding in July, social guild meetings, girl scout camp, dances, bridge club, and local visits. It lists out-of-town guests and local residents with various social activities and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
H. W. Rice
Toney
A. Raley
A. H
Methodist
Elkton
Tenn
Raley
Decatur
Athens
Metht Rhurch
C. “Godbey
Florence
White evening gowns feature ruffled capes and tulle
Lisbeth highlights white gowns by Molyneux Maggy Rouff and Lucile Paray with ruffled capes and tulle overlays. Designers revive pre war sheath silhouettes Agnes Drecoll shows velvets satins and back veils while Agnes Paray uses pannier hip draperies and shiny paillettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbeth
Molyneux
Maggy Rouff
Agnes Drecoll
Lucile Paray
Local Personal Notices Mention Visits And Travels
Mrs. P. P. Bull visits daughter in Mont eagle Tennessee. Master Bob Baugh to attend boys camp near Birmingham. Mrs. Sam Frank visits brother and Mr and Mrs H. Frank on Signal Mountain Chattanooga. Aldridge and Denbo motor to Idaho Wyoming Montana, plan Chicago World Fair. Miss Martha Aldridge visits sister and uncle in Haleyville and Bridgeport. Miss Elizabeth Schulman to visit Moore Goree households in Nashville and New Albany. Bryant family on vacation in Birmingham Calera and southern Alabama towns. Master Billy Bowden sick at home Fourth Street. Mrs. Huddleston visiting in Sheffield. Wallace Burt indisposed in West Side. Mrs. R. W. Gracey visiting relatives in Dixon Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Frank
H. Frank
Signal Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
A. C. Aldridge
B. Denbo
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Chicago
Ill
Martha Aldridge
Selma
Oscar Hames
Rev
F. L. Aldridge
Aldridge
Haleyville
Louise Martin
Bridgeport
Ala
Reginald Goree
Gayle
New Albany
Ind
H. R. Davis
Jane Davis
Athens unit of Alabama National Guard in camp at Anniston
Sixty local youths forming the Athens unit are in training this week at Camp McClellan in Anniston. Capt. T. E. Hatchett commands the local company during the camp period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Camp
Make This Model At Home Frock With Jacket Pattern 1939
A 1939 Anne Adams pattern presents a frock designed to look like a frock and jacket, saving time. It features slimming jabots at the sides and works in cotton or silk, with step by step sewing instructions. Sizes 34 to 44, fabric 39 inch, 334 yards for size 36. Pattern 1939 costs 15 cents. book and pattern together 25 cents. Orders to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
College Faculty Is Announced Today
Athens College lists its incoming year faculty led by Dr. BE Naylor as president. The lineup includes E R Naylor religion education K L Rudolph Bible J S Ragdale psychology education Esther Long foreign language Kathrene Wyant mathematics Laura Davis English Allene Jeans science and more across social studies arts home economics and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
BE. R. Naylor
Athens College
E.R. Naylor
K. Ll. Rudolph
J. 8
Ragsdale
Esther Long
Kathrene Wyant
Laura Davis
Allene Jeans
J. B. Sellers
Bees Prefer Straight Nectar, Study Finds
A Department of Agriculture study shows bees move between flowers not by whim but by nectar concentration. Bees favor blossoms with undiluted nectar and avoid those watered by rain or dew, indicating a planned foraging pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Widow dissents in Hightower will in Limestone County
In Athens Alabama on August 9 the widow filed a challenge to the will of L C Hightower the reputed Limestone County magnate who died wealthy. She claims her rightful share is the property she would have received without the will provisions. The estate valued at over a million dollars is at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
L. C. Hightower
Limestone County
Hightower
Birth of John Edgar to Mr and Mrs E Jour ney
A son weighing 12 pounds was born on August 8 to Mr and Mrs E Jour ney. The couple named the child John Edgar and celebrate the arrival at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe T. Brown
Carolyn Barbara
Clifford Bailey
Journey
John Edgar
Amos 6:1 10 15 21 34 Laments Oppression Yet Calls For Justice
An extensive sermon on Amos condemns wealthier classes for extortion and bribery. It urges seeking good, establishing judgment in the gate, and repentance to restore justice and righteousness amid societal corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Amos
Kingdom
Secon Ae
Tekoa
Jerusalem
Israel
Bethel
Righ
Joseph
Ssrael
Jackson Family Near Miss as Home Burns
Jasper notified authorities and arrived in Decatur with her daughter and son in law to fight a blaze that began at a West Vine Street filling station. Fire crews diverted to Sherman trees and back to prevent spread, with estimated losses at about 50 percent and most household goods destroyed.
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Vine Street
Sherman A
Toining
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margie
Kathrine Houston
Joe Falldhere
Russel Pruit
Elizabeth Taliaferro
James Carter
R. B. Taliaferro, Jr
Gunter McCullough
Evelyn Knight
H. B. Houston
Joe Taliaferro
O. P. Egglestone
W. L. Houston
Annie King
John Minor Lyle
I. P. Thorton
Leighton
Lizzie Smith
A. T. Putteet
J. F. Furgerson
Jessie Hill
A. W. Darby
J. C. Burny
J. N. Hughes
Mary Houston
Tuscumbia
John Shiry
St. John’s Guild
J. R. Hunter
Danville Pike
Burleson Mountain
Mary Anne Coolidge
Eugenia Hodges
Misses Marston
Charles. Cornforth
The
Valley Country Club
Eleanor and
Adelaide Marston
Mobile
Earle Calvin
Bridge Club
E. Russell
Hundreth Bridge Club
Fourth Street
West
Kendricks
8. C
Teddy Stout
E. B. Polytinsky
William Alexander
Peebles
Boothton
G. Peter
Montevallo
C. 8. Peter
Florida
Jewell Harwell
Jackson Street
Lola Gillespie
New York
Hugh Curry
New York City
A. Moore
Nell Frank
Birmingham
Howard Tidwell
Gene
Little Gene
Mattie Young
J. N. Gibson
Mrs. Jackson Edwards
Kathryn
Atlanta Ga
E. Ballinger
Vicksburg Miss
J. F. Butler
8. H. Malone
Elizabeth
Cecil. Carey
Oklahoma City
W. M. Belley
KE. Lyons
Billy McNelill, Jr
Mrs. Davis
Los Angeles
Calif
Helen Bynum
Courtland
B. P. Wallace
Mary Vernon Dix
Raleigh
N. C
Princess Leee
F. & M. Producing Co
Follies
George Murray
Breadway
Eveevele
Oe Geeguren Ae Soktns Ffecis
Springtin
Henry
Otto Kruger
CY Carrol EL Bruce
Angel
Nell
Pally O'Neill
Dorothy
Capitol
Rosemary Ames
John Boles
Victor Jory
Commercial Printing Department
P. Bull
Monteagle, Tenn
Bob Baugh
Winnastaska
Elizabethi’ Schulman
Nashville, Tenn
J. C. Bryant
Calera
Points
Billy Bowden
Weat
Mrs. Huddleston
Sheffield
Westside
Wallace Burt
Seventh Avenue
R. W. Gracey
Dixon, Tenn
Ef, L. Scott
Decature Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
Goidel
Biab
Jackson
Strand Theatre Garteeue
George Bancroft
Elmer & Elsie
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