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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1946

Page

8

Bride to be Sybil Free feted at garden tea

Miss Sybil Free, bride to be of Kenneth Swafford, honored at a garden tea Friday August 9 at the Swafford home. Attendees wore bright dresses, corsages, and the punch table featured Irish lace. Mrs. Everitt Chandler kept the guest book while gifts were displayed for the groom to be.

Sybil Free Kenneth Swafford Mys. T Dickey Jr Everitt Chandler Maryne Creel Floyd Free Cullman Tribune

Personal notices of travel and visits across states

Mr Carol Pearis returns from a three week Detroit visit with roommate Miss Eleanor Glover from Alabama College. Mrs J E Blair plans a Blount Springs Alabama visit. Mr and Mrs George Sletcher of Ypsilanti arrive Monday to visit their parents Mr and Mrs C A Moore. Mrs Claude Aycock and son Billy Joe spend two weeks in Albuquerque with relatives. Horace Levin and family Emma Sue Wright and Marie Garnett vacation at Savannah Beach Georgia. Dr and Mrs Louis A Neill return from Gatlinburg Monteagle Knoxville and Chattanooga Tennessee. Mr and Mrs Carl Gibson and son Carl Jr depart Monday for New Orleans for vacation with relatives. Roy Sewell, Porter Vaughan, and Jack Howell return from Daytona Beach and other points. Mrs T M Jones Jr and Mrs E N Penick will be at home after Monday at 603 East Vine Street. Mrs Ely Brandes left Saturday for two weeks with her parents in town.

Carol Pearis Detroit Mich Eleanor Glover Alabama College George Sletcher Ypsilanti, Mich C. A. Moore Horace Levin Julia and Billy Emma Sue Wright Marie Garnett Savannah Beach Georgia Carl Gibson Carl, Jr New Orleans Roy Sewell Porter Vaughan Jack Howell Daytona Beach, Fla

Weekend Visit Notes From Birmingham Socials

A Elier will stop over in Birmingham to be guest of Mrs. William Hudson and Miss Sue Hagler. She travels with her sister Carolyn Elmer who will visit her aunt Mrs. J. W. Crow for a week. Pauline Lamon left Birmingham for Newark to visit her sisters Miss Lucille Lamon and Mrs. Joseph Fortunato.

A. Elier Birmingham William Hudson Sue Hagler Carolyn Elmer J. W. Crow Pauline Lamon Pennsylvania Central Airlines Newark N. J Lucille Lamon Joseph Fortunato

Advice on selecting a husband from Dorothy Dix column

A Dorothy Dix column advises girls on choosing a good husband by focusing on a man's disposition, humor, appetite, and willingness to provide. It warns against marrying for money or reforming a man, and favors adults with steady aims, easy temper, and a love of eating who are amiable and capable providers.

Operetta By Children At Greenwood Park

About 50 youngsters present The Maid With the Golden Slipper at Greenwood park at 7 30 tonight. Charlotte Birdsong plays Cinderella Henry Walk is the prince. Mrs Thomas Harvey and Mrs L M Livingston direct.

Maid With the Golden Slipper Greenwood Park Cinderella Charlotte Birdsong Henry Walk Prince Thomas Harvey L. M. Livingston

Polio in Lauderdale County Shows Decline

Lauderdale county Alabama reports only two new polio cases this week and a falling incidence rate since late July. Since May 21 the county has recorded 106 cases with 17 patients remaining in the local clinic, four or five of whom are ready for dismissal.

Florence Ala Lauderdale County Alabama C. J. Fisher

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