Voss Owen Ballas Kavounis Tea and Circle News
Social notices reveal Linda Bess Owen wed Tidwell Rance Voss at Athens with few friends in attendance. Carey Kavounis married Eleftherios Ballas at Spartanburg South Carolina. Mrs Hunt hosts and attends numerous bridge teas for visiting guests from Talladega and Atlanta. Evelyn Green to wed John Harlan Giles with a tea tribute. Other church and W M S events detailed in community calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballas-Kavounis
George Kavounis
Carey
Eleftherios Ballas
Spartanburg
8. C
Ballas
Tallahassee
Florida
Decatur
Hunt
W. T. Allen
Talladega
Ala
Axson Smith
Atlanta
F. 8. Hunt
J. W. Clapton
Fourth Avenue
West
C. B. Bartee
Malcolm Link
Allen
Mrs. Smith
Bartee
Trinity Mountain
Phil Pointer
Will Wyker
Canal Street
Rauschenberg
Calvin
Evelyn Green
John Harlan Giles
Helen Rauschenberg
Earle Calvin, Jr
W. F. Rauschenberg
Danville Road
Personal notices fill Decatur page with family travel and illness
Local column lists residents receiving medical care including Suzanne Shelton after an operation for tonsils at Decatur clinic. Several families report visits, trips to Birmingham, Knoxville, and St Louis, plus travel to Pulaski and Washington, with updates on students returning from universities and relatives visiting from Florida and Kentucky.
Cloudy Weather Gals Embrace Playful Health Message
Advice to women across ages on balancing seriousness with play. Emphasizes laughter, outdoor life, and pets for happiness. Encourages daily warmups, deep breathing, good posture, and refreshing routines to greet the day with cheer.
BPW Club Supper Meeting Set for Friday Night
Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club will hold a supper meeting at Woodall's on Moulton Road Friday night starting at 7 00. All members have been requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club
Woodall’s
Moulton Road
Mrs A B Russell of Childers completes visit in Sylacauga
In Sylacauga Alabama on August 20 Mrs A B Russell of Childers visited local contacts and areas of interest. The report notes civic engagement and social connections during the trip with emphasis on community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Anne Adams Pattern 4520 Schooltime Bolero Dress Notice
Advertisement for Anne Adams pattern 4520 outlining a three piece school wardrobe. Describes a collarless bodice with plaid wool skirt and bolero, dress option with collar, and sleeve variations. Specifies sizes 6 through 14, yardage for fabrics, price Fifteen Cents for pattern, address for ordering from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Amart
Anne Adame
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
German envoy sails home from Los Angeles area
Dr. Gerhard A. Westrick trade counselor to the German embassy sailed home aboard the Nitta Maru from Wilmington with Mrs Westrick and their two sons and Baroness Irmgard von Wagenheim. He has been at the center of publicity for living in a Scarsdale mansion and entertaining prominent Americans. He declined to talk to reporters as he travels via Japan and Russia to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Calif
Gerhard A. Westrick
Washington
Westrick
Germany
Japan
Russia
Revival ends with six converts in Ebenezer
The Cullman County Ebenezer revival closed with six converts. Baptism was led by Rev. Virgil Sizemore. Community members shared visits, reunions, and a busy weekend of church activity including a singing school concert planned for Friday night at Ebenezer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Sandlin
C. E. Malone
John C. Cowell
Mark
Jesse Roberts
Bob Jones College
David Gibson
Grady Wilson
Mason Crow
Dorothy Brock
B. D. Wright
Howe
Southside Baptist W. M
Southside Baptist Church
Circle Two
J. C. Howell
Edgill
George Wells
Prince Jones
Edgil
Chambers
Margaret Fund
Will Spanobel
Virgil Sizemoore
Cecil Wilhite
Fred Barnette
Thelma Prader
Ethel Dean
Elnora Hendricks
Mra
Charley Cruce
Charles
Hollis Cruce
Barbara Dean
Cruce
Sardis
Jimmie Walker
A. C. Gibson
Bethsodie
Julia Clark
Hanceville
D. W. Clark
Attis Walker
Birmingham
Evelyn Tankersley
Florence
Roy. Swafford
Cleveland
Ohio
Alton Hyde
Wilhite
Corinth
Henry Thornton
Sherril Cagle
Stella Minter
Columbus Coley
Rev. Hootendasher
Powells Chapel
Ebernezer
Woman Recovering After Electrical Storm Causes Fatal Knockdown
Mrs. Russell sustains shock injuries while recovering at Syla Cauga hospital after a lightning bolt. Her dog was killed by the bolt and seven farm mules died on nearby properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Hart
Beatrice
Freeda
Fulmer
John M. Hart
Poplar Bluff
Burg
Sylacauga Hospital
Jefferson county tax board raises valuations for 1940 year
The Jefferson county tax equalization board announced it added 2,564,000 to tax valuations for 1940. In Birmingham area, about 7,000 cases were processed with 3,600 assessment increases and 1,200 reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Tax Equalization Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Voss
Owen
First Presbyterian Auxiliary
H. E. Jeffery
E. L. Jones
Mary Louise Garrett
W. E. Hall
Margaret Speake
Mesdames Jones
Jeffery
Miss Green
G. H. Nungester
Agatha Register
Louisa Barnett
Ruth and
Nell Johnston
Malcolm Austelle
Ben Bloodworth
Suzanne Shelton
Barrett Shelton
Decaturnic
Mrs
D. A. Draper
Gulf Coast
Ruby McCarley
West Moulton Street
Frank Lide
Harriett and
Rebecca
B. F. Gray
St. Louis
Girthie Fay
Gloria Dean Tucker
Westside
Gaines Stuart
Fred Ramsey
Mary Ann Catlett
Knoxville
Tenn
Zoe Stuart
Mary Ann
Charles Kivett
Dorothy Grace Finley
University of Alabama
Miss Finley
Rex Finley
The
Baugh Infirmary
W. K. McNeill
Billy McNeil
W. EB. Crawford
Annie Gus Murphy
Ponte’ Vedra Beach
Pla
Dawson H. Mullen
T. H. Mullen
A. A
W. J. Coyle
Hopkinsville, Ky
W. F. Jones
John W. Sandlin
Pulaski, Tenn
Bill Dunnavant
Mrs. Roy Grooms
Nancy
J. B. Fleming
Carter Dobbs
E. D. Whitman
Red Boiling Springs
Frances and
Mary Collier
Lottie Weinman
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
J. B. Pleming
Lynnville, Tenn
Arthur Deweese
Joe
William Crockett
William, Jr
Edward Earl McBride
Somerset, Ky
Raymond Brown
8. W. Surratt
Nel and
Ruth
Dade City
Forida
W. R. Campbell
J. A. Thornhill
Jane Todd
Billie Joe Thrasher
Joseph A. Thrasher
North Avenue
Fairview
Goidel’s
5Th Ave
Helen Follett
BPW Club
Bolt
Moye’s
Homi
Cullman County
Ebenezer
Imoroline
Collier’s
Johnston
Capitol
High Seas
Haushty Highbrows
Jane
Bowery
Ritzy
Park Avenue
Ero
Kent T
Beau Brummell
Carole Rayon
Ford
Carole King
Emporium
Second Avenue
Grant Street
Paris
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