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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1950

Page

6

Birthday Party Honors Miss Myrna McBride

Mrs Carl McBride hosted a Monday birthday party for daughter Myrna McBride turning thirteen with games and cake. Guests included Janie Sue Craft Glenda Mec Rae Deann Edwards Jo Ann Montgomery Betty Lee Nation Ann Hamrick Jean Rogers and others.

Carl McBride Myrna McBride Betty Lee Nation Ann Hamrick Jean Rogers Leo Wright Jr Billy Wise Billy Ray Landers Mike Seibert Bobby Kirkpatrick

Personal notices from Athens area residents update social calendar

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Andrews name daughter Debra Lee born August 18 in Athens. Jo Ann Byars of Decatur is the former Mrs. Andrews. Decatur and Madison residents visit Birmingham and Gatlinburg area. relatives travel to Gulf Coast and Durango. Mr. and Mrs. Eddens return from wedding trip. residents in Memphis welcome guests and plan visits.

Decatur Garden Club Jack Higgenbotham L. A. Staab E. W. Corley Higgenbotham L. L. McCulloch George Sims Marvin Yarbrough Tom Edgil Scotland England Edgil H. C Sonny” Andrews Athens Debra Lee Andrews Jo Ann Byars Decatur Ernest Dobbs Beverly Yvonne Evans Wally Evans Birmingham G. E. Marks Edward Ada Evans W. L. King Mrs. Fletcher Eddens Biloxi Mississippi Gulf Coast Sheridan Apartments W. W. Sherwood Macon Georgia H. P. Abel West Moulton Street Pvt W. J. Sherwood Memphis Tennessee U. S. Marine Corp Mr. Sherwood Abel Pvt. Sherwood St. Bernard Cullman Helen Jervis R. H. Jervis Helen Cason W. E. Cason Miami Florida Ann Malone Charles Malone Montgomery Mobile Ralph Whitaker Ralph, Jr Tommy Marilyn

Dear Miss Dix Confids Restlessness After Marriage

A 24-year-old newlywed seeks guidance about restlessness after leaving steady steno work for home life. Dorothy Dix urges viewing housework as a profession, suggests motherhood as a remedy to idle feelings, and encourages turning home making into skillful, creative work.

Miss DIX Dorothy DIX

Dear Miss Dix Love and ambition meet in a self- questioning suitor

A young man writes he is of average intelligence yet ambitious and in love. He fears he cannot provide sacrifice and requests Miss Dix’s advice on whether he should pursue marriage given his self doubt and potential limits. The columnist begins to answer the self critical query.

Miss DIX

Dear Miss Dix: Daughter letter on father’s silver wedding

A quartet of daughters asks if they should honor their father on his twenty fifth wedding anniversary after their mother’s death. The adviser says the anniversary can bring thanksgiving for the marriage despite its end and suggests a fitting celebration.

Miss DIX

Hasty Marriage leaflet by Dorothy Dix discussed

Dorothy Dix states she cannot answer personal mail while warning of risks in marrying too soon in leaflet D-8. To obtain a copy, readers must send 5 cents and a stamped self addressed envelope to Miss Dix c/o this newspaper P. O. Box 98 Times Square Station New York 18 NY.

Dorothy DIX

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