Central Baptist W M meets in regular monthly session
The Central Baptist W M met Monday afternoon for a standard business session with hymn唱 and a devotional on Lydia led by Mrs Elbert Weaver. President Mrs John Green presided and reports on work and City Mission Board activities were shared with praise for Rev Pat Brock at the Community Center.
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Central Baptist
W. M
Central Baptist W. M
Lydia
Elbert Weaver
H. S. Roberts
Junior Miss Frock Pattern Ad and Local Notices
An Anne Adams pattern feature describes pattern 4577 for a junior miss frock with a date-bait design, sizes 11 to 17, fabric and hat yardage, plus a 32 page summer pattern book offer. The page also lists local military and travel notices, visits, and family news including service members in Alaska Georgia and New Orleans with related travels and deaths in the community.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Personal News Highlights From Decatur Area
Mrs Claude McMillan plans a Thursday departure to visit relatives in Fairfax. Miss Mary Virginia Bingham daughter of Mr and Mrs M S Bingham Montgomery formerly Decatur residents will finish studies at Auburn this month. Mrs W T Barnes visits her uncle Frank McMillan near Moulton this week. A C Arthur A Jones Jr transferred from Sumter South Carolina to Montgomery Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Edwards, Jr
Booneville
Miss
Frank Barefield
Alaska
Canada
Joe Duncan
Maryleen
Jeisy
South Carolina
Newark
Claude McMillan
Fairfex
Mary Virginia Bingham
M. S. Bingham
Montgomery
Decatur
Auburn
Arthur A. Jones Jr
Sumter
S. C
Montgomery, Ala
Virginia Hower
Winnsboro, la
Washington, D. C
Arlington, Va
Army Air Corps Training at Maxwell Field Mentioned
Local notes record individuals headed for training at Maxwell Field and later assignments. Aunt and family travel plans involve Birmingham and Hartville, Ohio, with several relatives visiting Huntsville area and Florence. Names include Miss Austine Taylor, Mrs. Floyd Chapman, Ro nald Eddens, Jimmy Green, Mrs. Green, Mrs. J. A. Buttrey, Robert J. Bell Jr., E. A. Edwards, James P. Edwards, Cecil Vantreese, E. G. Milam, Thomas Dendy, Albert Beckham, Carl and Linda Beckham, Lola Redding, Virginia Hower, C C Johnson, Jack Bryant.
Morgan County Center Grove
Mrs. Sallie Ratliff learns of her brother in law Judge George W. Humphries of Bay Minette died August 1. He was half brother of the late M. W. Ratliff and Mrs. Henry Barcley and a former Morgan county resident. Various visitors and relatives hosted and traveled between Arab Birmingham Snow Hill Gadsden and Green Briar Cove areas in recent days. Pete Taylor of the U S Army and families from New Mexico and other local towns spent time at home and on trips to Hartselle and other points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Ratliff
George W. Humphries
Bay Minette
M. W. Ratliff
Henry Barcley
Morgan County
Bernie Rice
Arab
Clyde Crawford
Crawford
Hawk
Mary Lynn Wissinger
Birmingham
Mary Hamilton
Ora Humphries
Gadsden
John Enterkin
J. D. L. Byers
Glen Burch
Snow Hill
J. W. Enterkin
Pete Taylor
U. S. Army
South Carolina
Ollie Brown
New Mexico
Press Canady
Estus
Bertville
G . Estus
E. P. Couch Jr
E. P. Couch Sr
Green Briar Cove
J. W. Entérkin
Hartselle Tuesay
How's Your Report Card In School of Good Looks
By Helen Follett a feature on beauty and charm over looks. It argues that brains character and poise outrank mere appearance and offers tips on dress posture and attitude to cultivate personality rather than rely on looks.
Community News From Morgan County and Surrounding Areas
Mor gan County residents share visits with family near Danville and Leighton. Therman Praytor recovers after an operation in England. Irwin Kilpatrick visits from Bainbridge Georgia with his U S Army unit. Obituary notes Pfe Raphael Parker died July 9 in Italy after being wounded that day.
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Clarence Tanner
Shelba Jean
Jim Tanner
Danville
Therman Praytor
England
Irwin Kilpatrick
Bainbridge
Georgia
U. S. Army
Buell - Kilpatrick
Falkville
C. E. Howse
Perry Howse
Sallie Patterson
Martha Ellen Howse
Randolph Sandlin
Jim Morris
Pfe Raphael Parker
Italy
Jack Spangler
Inez McCall
Hazel Morrow
Decatur
Thomas Teague
Bobbie Faye
Berta Teague
Roy Jones
Leighton
Jack Bryant
Emaily Minter
Bong tops Pacific ace with 27 planes in training finish
Major Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin completed training today in deflection gunnery on the Matagorda Peninsula training range. He already leads Pacific fliers with 27 dive and target laps credited in aerial gunnery.
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Matagorda Peninsula
Tex
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Limestone County Notes and Local Visits
The Wheeler Home Demonstration Club cancels its third Tuesday meeting for vacation. Local residents and visitors attend church revivals and visit relatives in Athens Huntsville Tanner Sardis Spring and Chattanooga. Letters from Pvt Ralph Jones and Pvt Charles Lucas report a joint meeting in New Guinea amid thousands of soldiers.
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Wheeler Home Demonstration Club
Eddie Pressnell
Earl McAdams
Adz Jones
T. F. Ormand
Athens
William Elmore
Tanner
Hagan Sanderson
Henry Goff
Raymond Montgomery
Sardis Spring
Louis Hargraves
Chattanooga
Douglas Fudge
Harris Miles
Arthur Sanderson
Huntsville
Helen Lamon
Helen Swanner
Vaughn McKee
Harold McKee
James Dougherty
C. R. Jones
Ear
Shirley
Walter Daniel
Ralph Jones
Charles Lucas
New Guinea
Ray Loggins
Rommel Injured in Air Raid. Danish Doctor Then Cleared
Reports from Copenhagen say Danish brain specialist Prof Edward Busch removed a shrapnel splinter from Rommels head but refused any fee. The Berlin account notes Rommel was injured in an air raid on July 17 and FCC monitors recorded the British radio broadcast.
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New York
Copenhagen
Edward Busch
Rommel
FCC
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Lend Lease Aid Totals Deep in World War II Britain
Washington reports the United States furnished Britain about 2 billion dollars in foodstuffs during 3.25 years of lend lease. Total shipments to all nations reached 17.195 billion, with 7.306 billion going to the United Kingdom. Readjustment of civilian supplies will begin after Germany’s defeat, with Britain kept supplied during the war against Japan.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Japan
British Isles
Germany
United Kingdom
Departing Sailor Walter Wade Honored at Somerville Party
Mr and Mrs W T Wade hosted a watermelon cutting for their son Walter before he leaves for the U S Navy. Red white and blue decor set the scene as about thirty guests enjoyed games, a lawn watermelon cut, punch and cookies served by Mrs Wade and S T Goree.
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W. T. Wade
Walter
U. S. Navy
Somerville
Walter Wade
Revival Ends Thursday Night at Austinville United Methodist
Rev. J A Gann of the Huntsville district leads the Austinville Methodist revival through Thursday night. Services are at 10 30 AM and 8 15 PM daily with a young people session first. New members join. tonight Gann speaks on The Long Home and tomorrow night's sermon is The Midnight Experiences of Life.
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Austinville Methodist Church
J. A Gann
Huntsville
H. Weston
Toay
Bath Springs as Center of Roman Resort City
The springs at Bath England were the focus of a Roman resort city developed through the first four centuries A D.
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Bath
England
Knit and purl purses pattern 945 sold for 15¢
Today’s Needlecraft offers Pattern 945 with directions for stockinette stitch purses and an illustration of stitches. Send fifteen cents to Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. Include name and address and pattern number. A 32 page catalog can be obtained for fifteen more cents.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Dorothy Dix column on marriage and advice
Dorothy Dix offers guidance on wife’s loyalty amid a husband’s flirtation, urging patience and avoidance of blame. She also covers children’s duties to parents and siblings, then advises a young man to avoid remarriage and divorce, suggesting he is not husband material.
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Miss DIX
Dorothy DIX
John T
Typewriter stolen from school office in burglary
City police reported a theft of an Underwood typewriter from the Rehabilitation and Crippled Children’s vice office in the junior high basement. Entry was gained Monday night through a transom. a second break-in via a window Tuesday night yielded no loss.
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Rehabition and Crippled Childrens
Flight Officer Nebrig Injured Returning Home
Flight Officer Donald A. Nebrig, recently winged at Marfa Texas, is hospitalized in Memphis with a broken collar bone from a car crash while en route to Decatur to visit family. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Nebrig of this city.
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Donald A. Nebrig
Marfa
Texas
Memphis
Decatur
Nebrig
Robert Nebrig
City
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Mizpah
O. E
Delano Park
Cadet Wives’ Club
of Southern Airways
Fourth Averue East
Richard G. Willis
Samuel QO. Perry Jr
A. J. Zilnicar Jr
G. H. Goodemore
P. J. Nee
R. Oe Barron
C. Yee
P. H. Harris
T. J. Ryan
R .B. Powell
J.cluen
E. S. Morrow
R. L. Francis
Mesdames Willis
Perry
Grosclose
Frock
Navy
John Bryant
St. Simon's Island
Daytona Beach
Fred L. King, Jr
New Orleans, la
Mrs
Fred L. King, Sr
Stanley Harrison
Bryan Air Field
Bryan
Tennessee
Martha Jean
Harriett Lee Higdon
W. F. Boswell, Jr
Billy
Sam J. Hocking
Points
Florida
M. M. Wheeler
Nashville, Tenn
Phillip Gilchrist
West Moulton Street
Cecil Richardson
Horace Dryden
Austin
Rex Poll
Jack Coolidge
Judy
A. S. Darnell
C. C. Johnson
Sandersville
By Meira Wheeler
Goidel's
Moye
Goidel
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston St
Army Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Austine Taylor
Floyd Chapman
Hartville
Ohio
Malvern
Quince Eddens
Ronald
Jimmy Green
Green
J. A. Buttrey
Jackson
Robert J. Bell
Hempstead
Long Island
Robert J. Jr
Bell
E. A. Edwards
James P. Edwards
Huntsville Hospital
Cecil Vantreese
E. G. Milam
Thomas Dendy
Corregidor
Albert Beckham
Carl
Linda
Florence
Wallace Blackwell
Lola Redding
U. 8
Belk’s Linen Department
Riverside
Morgan County Center
Kathleen Horton
Helen Follett
Linda Darnell
Morgan County Massey
Pauline Morris
Sally
U.S
Patent Office
Limestone County
Wheeler
Effie Marks
Evelyn'’S Beauty Shop
Over Speake
Dorothy
The
Bell Syndicate
L. E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carmen
Orange
PEKOE
Aed
Bank
Paul
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