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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a roster of individuals including Charlotte Reeves Ruby Best Marie Clayton Kathleen Dendy Bertha June Bpeegie Elizabeth Best Izell Haynes Lula Pearl Spiegle Marie Hart Viola Fuller Marie Argend Virginia Pax Jack Bradford Lloyd Johnston Louis Spiegle James Argend.
An important community welfare board meeting is set for Friday at 9 30 at the home of chairman Mrs W Ritter all members urged to attend The report also notes an intermediate class of the Catholic Church enjoyed an all day outing Monday at Swan Lake with hiking boating and chaperones Miss Mabel Allen and Miss Clayton accompanying participants Louise Argend and Virginia Chand among others
Miss Mabel Eubanks returns to Nashville after six weeks in Texas Oklahoma and ten days in Decatur with her parents on West Moulton street. Miss Cora Love and Miss Mary Frances Matthews visit Birmingham this week. Mrs. Lamar Penney visits East Tennessee. Dorothy Grace Finley returns from Biloxi Mississippi. Mrs. W. T. Nesbitt ill. Eleanor Ramage visits her parents in Atlanta. Travis Callahan returns from Kentucky. Mr and Mrs John S. Stone now at home in Cornelian Court. Stone in TVA legal department. Joe Matt and baby of Pulaski TN visit Frasier residence. J A Buttrey goes to New York for fall fashion openings. Jane Blackwell visiting Memphis. Vivian Blackwell guest of Robert Blackwell in Birmingham. Ruth Bolling and Anne Blackwell visit sister Robert Anthony in Columbus GA. Robert Blackwell and family weekend guests of relatives.
Earl Depoister, a resident of Decatur, died when a machine crashed. He had previously survived a rock-throw eye injury that ended his high school studies but planned to attend Vanderbilt after summer school. Funeral at 3 p.m. Friday at his home with City Cemetery burial and pallbearers named. Survived by father Walter and brother Willard.
Paris reports Paul Poiret once the French dress designer of wealth now subsists on a 70 cent daily unemployment dole. He waits in line with many penniless people to get his card punched. He still lives in a penthouse though unsure how long. A nearby charity restaurant and friends provide clothing.
Brief chatter from Montgomery notes illnesses home visits and travel the column lists Mrs Will Elkins ill at home Miss Emmett Hundley returns to Dallas Miss Gerda Tidwell in Chicago Miss Opal Sparkman ill and Tara Whitten spending the week with Annie Kate Harrison. The piece also mentions a man famed for cruises and his decline after 1929 selling assets then planning a comeback cutting dresses.
The feature displays three costumes suited for both campus and practical wear. A rabbit hair wool crepe two piece frock with brown skirt and soft blue bodice, a gray tweed suit lined with Kelly green, and a satin and crepe afternoon dress with a fringed look. An evening taffeta gown shows dramatic ruffles and gardenia accents.
Mrs Kenan Timberlake of Stevenson is visiting relatives here for a few days.
Mrs Elmer Bussey and her daughter Jane will return Saturday morning to their Austinville home after visiting relatives in Morganfield Kentucky.
Three offenders appeared in police court today on drunkenness charges. The proceedings centered on public intoxication and minor disorderly conduct related to vehicle and street incidents.
A lively Warner Bros. comedy based on Robert Lord's story about philandering husbands and married life in Reno. Starring Margaret Lindsay and Donald Woods with Glenda Farrell Eloise the dog and a comic supporting cast as divorce schemes unfold in the famed Nevada town.
A Sunday school lesson by W. N. Dark of Town Creek Ala analyzes Amos 6 1 7 11 14. It laments prosperous Israel and Judah succumbing to luxury self indulgence and lax morality while warning that both upper and lower classes face divine punishment.
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