Society Notes Highlight Visits and Guest Guests
Mrs. Thrasher’s mother Mrs. Charlie Headrick. Vernon McGwier returns from New York and other points. Gail and Martha Lee Williams visit Birmingham relatives. G Williams hosts with Martha Lee and Gail. Mrs. W. G. Carter of Greeneville Tenn. visits J. W. Wyker Jr. and Mrs. Wyker. The Holmquist of Birmingham visit Harry Wyatt’s family. Roy Wyatt Jr. returns from Germany, due home this week. Pie ce Heath Hartselle and Miss Blackburn plus Miss Stickney in town as guests of Miss Betty Ware Wyatt. Gene Towns of Huntsville visits Tennis Tidwell. Chief Petty Officer M. K. Bell and Kenny visit from Pensacola. Mrs. Sheats and Lydia host. Scarce discharge aftermath for Sheats’ ordnance unit. Carl Jones returns from Hot Springs. Nancy Clara Malone recovering from appendectomy at Decatur General Hospital. J. F. E. Hightower and sisters return after Birmingham hospital stay with late Mrs. Hightower. John McGehee and Atlanta guests board plane in Atlanta after visit in Birmingham. Mrs. E. Frazier of Paint Rock visits Melvin Hutson. Mrs. R. E. Chandler to Tuscaloosa with son David, a Univ. of Alabama student.
Election Called in Alberta City and Adjacent Areas
State Highway Patrol summary shows yearly and year to date figures for accidents injuries and fatalities with estimated property damage. Probate Judge Chester Walker has called an election for September 17 for residents of Alberta City and nearby territories to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Chester Walker
Alberta City
Territories
Dyeing for Grey Hair Requires Skill and Care
The piece notes the psychology of dyeing hair to conceal grey roots and warns that changing to a new shade is a serious, ongoing investment. It emphasizes an expert's knowledge of chemical effects, precise timing, and avoiding overlap with prior applications, with regular touch ups every six weeks to two months.
Quiet Swedesboro front ends with tavern brawl closed
Swedesboro police chief J H Eastlack says the Saturday tavern brawl is a closed affair aside from the arrest of those in the shouting crowd who hit him and stole his revolver. About 200 gathered after an argument between a tavern patron and a migratory farm worker. Ten state troopers aided Swedesboro police in dispersing the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedesboro
N. J
J. H. Eastlack
Eastlack
Frm
Engineer Killed In Norfolk Train Derailment Near Hamlet
Engineer M. N. Kirkland of the Seaboard Air Line train Robert E. Lee was fatally injured and Fireman M. Clark seriously hurt when their locomotive and four express cars derailed seven miles north of Hamlet North Carolina at 7:50 a.m. today. No passengers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
M. N. Kirkland
Seaboard Air Line
Robert E. Lee
M. €. Clark
Hamlet
N. C
Annexation Question for Tuscaloosa Territory Debate
A proposal to annex the specified territory to the City of Tuscaloosa drew public sentiment. Citizens weighed benefits and concerns as officials prepared to review the proposal and its implications for local governance and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Back to School Jumper Pattern 4659 For Teens
Anne Adams promotes a teen jumper and blouse pattern 4659 in sizes 10 through 16 with fabric estimates. Send twenty five cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept for Pattern 4659 and include size name address and style number. Also offers the Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book for fifteen cents with free directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Dolly's Cuddly Needlecraft Pattern Ad
A 1940s style ad promotes pattern 666 for a soft baby doll with clothes transfers. It invites twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept in New York for pattern NUMa and buyer details, plus fifteen cents for a 1946 Needlecraft Catalog with 112 illustrations and a free cuddle toy pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Tent Revival At Central Arena Highlights Spiritual Death
Evangelist Porter Barrington speaks on life and death from a biblical view, explaining that death separates man from God and referencing Genesis and Revelation. He cautions that eternal separation awaits beyond hell’s portals, with audiences of large crowds attending the gospel tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Porter Barrington
Garden of Eden
Hell
Lima bean valued as soil nitrogen and nutrient rich food
The lima bean provides soil nitrogen and serves as a nutrient rich food for people. It delivers vitamin B complex, high protein content, fats and minerals important for a balanced diet.
Vitamins For China By ADELAIDE KERR
Min Hsien Yang Kaing leads nutrition work in China addressing malnutrition with pamphlets articles and lectures. She highlights poor and rich share bad meals focusing on unpolished rice calcium meat and fruit juice. Her work spans National Institute of Health UNRRA and nutrition education for schools and camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Kerrap
Min Hsien Yang Kaing
China
Kiang
National Institute of Health
Yenching University
Peiping Union Medical College
National Health Administration
Kuomintang
UNRRA
Shanghai
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column Excerpt
A 19 year old seeks guidance after an Army fiancé breaks off the engagement and urges moving on with a new romance. A 16 year old asks about runaway or old maid fate under strict parental rules. A long divorced couple questions securing another Florida divorce amid repeated remarriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Supb
Miss DIX
Florida
Untold cautionary note on youth education and obedience
A stern admonition emphasizes explaining to parents and girl children the value of education for self support. It warns an runaway would be treated as a delinquent by police and have nowhere safe to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Spherical Earth Idea Traced to Pythagoreans in 500 B.C.
The article notes that the doctrine of a spherical Earth traces to the Pythagorean school of Greek philosophy around 500 B.C. indicating early scientific thinking.
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. M. Bloodworth
Masonic Temple Pilth
Mrs. Thrasher
Charlie Headrick
Vernon McGwier
New York City
Gail
Martha Lee Williams
Birmingham
Mrs. G. Williams
Wettlester
Martha Lee
Gail Williams
W. G. Carter
Greeneville, Tenn
J. W. Wyker Jr
Mrs. Wyker
R. W. Holmquist
Harry Wyatt
Roy Wyatt Jr
Germany
States
Pie
Ce Heath Hartselle
Concord
Betty Blackburn
Simpsonville
S. C
Margaret Stickney
Louisville
Betty Ware Wyatt
Blackburn
Hartselle
Wyatt
Converse College
South Carolina
Gene Towns
Huntsville
Tennis Tidwell
M. K. Bell
Kenny
Naval Air Base
Pensacola, Fla
H. M. Sheats
Lydia
Mr. Sheats
Chief Bell
Carl Jones
Hot Springs
Ark
Nancy Clara Malone
Charles E. Malone Jr
Decatur General Hospital
J. FE. Hightower
J. E. Hightower
John McGehee
Betty McGehee
Atlanta
Mrs. E. Frazier
Paint Rock, Ala
Mrs
Melvin Hutson
R. E. Chandler
David
University of
J. E. Thrasher
Duncan, Okla
Chloe Marr
Singing Waters
Bell Timson
Dugger’s Book Store
219 Johnston
Belk Hudson
Danita Hosiery, Mfg. Co., Inc
Jasper, Alabama
Second Ave
E. Vine ST
State National Bank
CEHOP
Chow
Perex
Ted
Alabama
Goidel’s Drug Store
Helen *Ollett
Worgan
Polly East
Jersey
Ivan IV
Czar
Russia
Elizabeth
England
For
Home Service
A. C. Mann
Decatur Cleaners
Johnstes St
Vanity & Table
U.N
Orient
MODEST /MAIDENS
U. S
the Geli Syndicate
Tno
Sally
Baby
McCullough
East Main St
Moye
Ayds
Andy
Wayne
Caddell Drug Co
2Nd Ave
du Pont
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Moulten St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
Laundey
America
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