Wesleyan Guild to Meet and Social Notices
Several Decatur church groups schedule meetings and social events this week. The Wesleyan Service Guild of Memorial Drive Methodist meets Tuesday at 7:30 at Mrs Morris Minors home and the Central Wesleyan Guild gathers tonight at 7:30 in the church parlor for the regular meeting. The Decatur Civinette Club plans its annual picnic at Greenwood Park tonight at 6. Zone meetings for the District W S C S are set for Tuesday and Wednesday in Hanceville and Antioch. A house warming honors Mr and Mrs E W McLeod on Country Club Road with 85 guests. The Golden Circle Bible class meets tonight at 7:30 at Mrs George Murphy s home. Newcomers club will organize Tuesday at 3:30 at Westminster Presbyterian church with Mrs J O Colvard and Mrs E W Fisher assisting. Mrs J P Garnett will host an ice cream supper for Bible Lovers class members Thursday at 7:30.
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Memorial Drive
Wesleyan Service Guild
Central Methodist Church
Decatur Civinette Club
Greenwood Park
Decatur District
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Hanceville
Antioch
E. W. McLeod
Country Club Road
Golden Circle Bible Class
Central Baptist Church
George Murphy
Jackson Street
Decatur
J. O. Colvard
E. W. Fisher
Westminster Presbyterian Church
J. P. Garnett
Somerville Road
Bible Lovers
Notable Weekend Travel And Visits From Local Residents
Local couples and families spent weekends visiting relatives and touring nearby states. Notables include H B Raley and B A Bibb parties in Jackson Tennessee, McLeod returning from New York after ten days with parents, and Stewart Crow visiting Gatlinburg Cherokee and Fontana Dam. Several families vacationed in Chattanooga Princeton Alabama and Nashville while others joined trips to Panama City and the Smoky Mountains.
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Webster McLeod
New York City
Mrs
E. W. McLeod
Tom Stewart Jr
Mason Crow
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
Cherokee
Fontana Dam
North Carolina
Morgan Students To Receive Diplomas At Florence Tuesday
One hundred thirty Florence State Teachers College seniors will march in the commencement procession Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the college amphitheater. Joann Harrison of Decatur is expected to receive the A B degree. B S degree recipients include Mary County Bolding of Decatur Willie Foshee Howell Livingston Linell Orr Hazel Turney Estelle White of Hartselle James Walker of Somerville James Hawkins Caver Hadley of Falkville.
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Florence State Teachers College
Morgan County
Joann Harrison
Decatur
Mary County
Bolding
Willie W. Foshee
Helen Jackson Howell
Edith Livingston
Linell Orr
Hazel Cumi Turney
Estelle Gibson White
Hartselle
James Doyle Walker
Somerville
James H. Hawkins
Rudolph Caver Hadley
Falkville
Spectacles credited to early Arab astronomer Al Hazan
The article credits Al Hazan as the first to propose using spectacles to correct failing eyesight. It notes there are more Navajo Indians now than during the era of the Spanish Conquistadors. It mentions a weekend visit by Mrs. Richard Lewis and her children from Anniston to Mrs. B. B. Harper in Chicago and related family details.
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al Hazan
Richard Lewis
Anniston
B. B. Harper
12Th Avenue West
Fashion pattern ad for Anne Adams skirts and sizes
Get right into Fashion's charmed circle with a charming skirt pattern 4970 in waist sizes 24 to 32. Size 28 uses about 4 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Easy to use with complete illustrated instructions and tested fit. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams The Daily 45 Pattern Dept 243 West 17th St New York NY. Print name address zone size and style number. Many flattering fashions await in the Anne Adams Summer line.
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Anne Adams
Daily 45
West 17Th St
New York
Laura Wheeler Pattern Sale For Kitchen Towels
Advertisement offering Laura Wheeler improved pattern books with crochet and knitting motifs for kitchen towels. Instruction includes charts photos and concise directions. Send twenty cents per pattern and provide name address zone to The Daily Needlecraft Dept. Old Chelsea New York. Free pattern printed in the book.
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Laura Wheeler
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Baby Barbara Jean Franks Dies at 10 Months
Funeral services for Barbara Jean Franks, 10 months, are set for today at 3 30 P M at the Laundersville home with Rev Hood presiding. Interment will follow at Roden cemetery near Landersville. The infant died Sunday in Moulton hospital after four weeks of illness from whooping cough and pneumonia. Surviving are her parents Allen and Barbara Franks, one brother David, five sisters Mrs Melvin Barber of Priceville Mrs Edward Sutton and Mrs Elbert Pippen of Landersville and Misses Clara Nell and Mattie Sue Franks, plus grandfather Will Franks.
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Barbara Jean Franks
Laundersville
Hood
Roden Cemetery
Landersville
Tot
Moulton Hospital
Allen Franks
David
Melvin Barber
Priceville
Edward Sutton
Elbert Pippen
Clara Nell
Mattie Sue Franks
Will Franks
Eskimos Struggle to Stock Winter Food Supply
The nearly extinct Nunatagmiut Eskimos of Alaska seldom could store up a good winter food supply. The article notes their dwindling numbers and seasonal hardship affecting subsistence living and resilience in harsh conditions.
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Alaska
Pattern Book Offers Twenty Cents for Stylish Sewing
Pattern Book sale touts twenty cents more for a collection of smart styles that simplify sewing. Features include vacation ideas and directions for making two bath or beach sarongs for Mr. and Mrs. A compact advert touting accessible crafting items and summer wear guidance.
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Bath
Beach
Injured Flier Still In Serious Condition
Leslie C. King Jr. a 28 year old Gadsden real estate man remains unconscious in a Birmingham hospital after a hillside crash near the airport. He and parachute jumper Capt Eddie Allen flew from Gadsden to obtain loudspeakers for a Gadsden air show. Allen was not seriously hurt and returned to participate in the show.
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Birmingham
Ala
Leslie C. King Jr
Gadsden
King
Etowah County
Eddie Allen
Allen
Final rites set for 2 1 2 month baby Betty Jo Maples
Betty Jo Maples a 2 1 2 month old infant died Sunday at Hartselle clinic. Funeral at Johnson Chapel at 3 PM with Rev. R N Moore officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Peck directing. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs George Maples and grandparents Mr and Mrs William Bates and Mr and Mrs Bud Maples, all of Hartselle 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jo Maples
Johnson Chapel
R. N. Moore
Peck
Hartselle Clinic
George Maples
Hartselle
William Bates
Bud Maples
Mexico name origin tied to Aztec war god Mexitli
The term Mexico is traced to the Aztec god Mexitli, a national war deity, highlighting the linguistic link between the country’s name and its history.
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Mexico
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Forest Bernard
Marce
New Orleans
Louisiana
Harvey Bernard
Bruce Emeric
4Th Avenue West
Central Wesleyan Guild
Civinette
Greenwood
W.S.C.S
Golden Circle
Central Baptist
Bible Lovers OF
H. B. Raley
B. A. Bibb
Jackson, Tennessee
Mrs. Bibb
Bessie
Willie Buffaloe
A. B. Cathey
Morris Minor
Sandra
Harold Lowery
Jennifer Ann
Chattanooga
H. C. Prince
Billy
W. H. Barner and
Princeton
Alabama
Decatur General Hospital
Bernard
Carolyn Pearifoy
Jackson
B A. Bibb
Mooresville
Mary Kathryn Irick
Msgt
Mike Mitchell
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Mississippi
Marvin Yarbrough
Jim
Larry
Nashville
Mahlon Yarbrough
Sidney
Guy Matthews
Sterling Sams
Louis Caesar
Memphis
O. T. Buffaloe
Mabel Porter
Georgia
Savoy
Eddie Sandlin
Panama City, Florida
Joe Worthey
Jimmy
Belle Mina
The
Smoky Mountains
Lutie P. Shaw
Robert M. Hart
Montreat
North
Mac McCrary
James Savoy
Atlee Hoff
Atlanta
Augusta
Carolina
Carolinas
Dave Corum
Paul Verner
Sheffield
Florence
Malcolm Link
Rockmart
Rex Rankin
James Massey
Susan
Sarah
Trinity
Texas
J. S. Heggie, Jr
Jack
Rayburn Neville
Town Creek
Carl Eden
Barbara Lynn
R. F. Marsh
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Tom Lemay
Bain Studio
Courtland
Jerrell
Frigidaire
Gussie
Buttrey’s Balcony
Jean Gardner
Diane Harris
Ed Harris
Johnston Street
Miss Gardner
B. T. Gardner
Miss Harris
Morgan
Chicago
Illinois
Ars
wWilliam Francis Drake
M. F. Drake
Camp Winnataska
Vienna Webster
McCulloch Hill
Bowzer
Cain
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Elberta
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