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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1940
Page
8
Mary Elizabeth Plummer reports a midsummer peak in New York's garment trade as Miss Tinker and Miss Depp arrive with thousands of buyers and kin. The influx fills mirrored rooms of wholesale houses amid the bustling city fashion scene.
The piece describes fashion buyers from many cities flocking to New York's Seventh Avenue Garment Center and part of West 47th Street to view fall fashions. It notes their expert eye for value, social habits, and the broad reach of their influence from Laredo to Valley City, highlighting their age range and cosmopolitan taste.
Henry J. Ackroyd of Boston Common tourist information humorously counters a Canadian visitor who boasted owning one of the guns captured at Bunker Hill. Ackroyd retorts that the hill itself remains in American hands.
The revival meeting at Forrest Chapel in Morgan County began on Sunday with a large attendance. Rev. O. B. Lansbury is among the preachers. Local families and friends visited and teased health news includes Miss Othello Rodgers ill and Mrs. J. P. Roberts and others visiting relatives.
Rain refreshed crops across Lawrence County while residents share visits and church services. Jacksonville resident Mrs Girthal Smith stays with her parents as others report illnesses and family gatherings. About 50 residents enjoyed a Pool Bridge picnic with a basket lunch on Wednesday.
Justices of the peace will gather in Montgomery on August 27 to form a statewide group under the Alabama League of Municipalities. League secretary Ed EB Reid announced the plan today.
Health of this community is good at this writing. Local residents visit relatives in Moulton Cullman Decatur and here with multiple families sharing news of births and church attendance. A revival at the Baptist church is planned to begin on the fourth Sunday in August with all invited.
Adjutant Longino and Mrs Longino entertained Lions at the Lyons hotel with trombone and accordion selections. Longino gave a work portrayal of Decatur from a Salvation Army social work view and outlined Red Shield boys club plans. President McMaster called a special meeting for Aug 19 at city hall to discuss important club matters.
Sunday absence of W O Pessnell due to illness noted. Miss Flora Lawrence of Woodland visited Miss Susie Lipscomb last week. The Kent couple of Hartselle route three called on the Dentons. Dudley Winfrey returned from Hartsel. Red Armstrong and Vernon Nunley of Huntsville visited over the weekend. Johnnie Hamer and Grady Womack toured Guntersville last week. Russell Peck of Pines visited Mrs. Lipscomb. Mrs. Eugene Terrell and daughter Jean visited the Fields. Karl Hough from Ten Mile Tennessee came on business. A baby girl born to Omer Elders on Friday August 9. mother and child doing well. Daisy Kay visited Hartsel last week. Hershell Speake of Scottsboro vacationing here. Zera Lipscomb and Ida Dunn visited Waldermosa Tuesday. Bob Morrow and Bob Elder hosted guests Saturday night. Mary Davis Hornbuckle visiting relatives at Rescue.
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