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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1933

Page

5

Society Misses Morsbach And Brown Honored At Jackson Street Party

Reid Sherard Jr hosted a refined gathering at his parents home on Jackson street. Guests included Miss Isa Morsbach of Cincinnati and Miss Betty Brown of Belton both resting there, with Edith Puscell Charles Malone Bennie Malone Leo Wright and others as party guests assisted by Mrs. Roland Gray and Frances Mason. Invitations extended for a Decatur tea at Central Baptist church on Thursday at 4 oclock with Welfare Pilot Garden Civic Literary and Music clubs expected to attend.

Morsbach Brown Reid Sherard, Jr Jackson Street Isa. Morsbach Cincinnati Ohio Betty Brown Belton Edith Puscell and Meesers Charles Bennie Malone Leo Wright Tommy Lee Billy Wyker Malcolm Austelle Charlies Matthews, Jr Roland Gray Frances Mason Decatur Central Baptist Church Seneca Burr N. R. A. Tgo Kipling Mary D. Simpson Master Withers Peebles, Jr Withers G. Peebles Mooresville

Texas Missing in New York Tea and Wedding Plans

A society page item notes a tea hosted by the League of Women Voters and other groups to discuss the National Recovery Act campaign. It also details Miss Evelyn Price and Mr Thomas Walker Jr set to wed September 2 at First Methodist Church with a large wedding party and music plans. A Central Methodist Sunday school class hosts a watermelon cutting.

League of Women Voters Eastern Star Chapters American Legion Auxiliary Central Methodist Sunday School L. B. Smith Evelyn Price W. F. Price Thomas R. Walker, Jr Boston Mass First Methodist Church Lois Green Birmingham Kenneth Griffith Ida Bell Price J. J. Swenson Charles Dill Pensacola Fla Mamie Lowe Walker Kitty Bacon New Orleans, la Martha Hagan Birming

Personal notices from Athens and nearby cities

A string of local social items notes travels and visits. Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Lloyd and Miss Mary Jervis, with Mrs Ann Lovelace, depart for the Century of Progress in Chicago. Several families visit relatives in South Carolina and Alabama while others host houseguests in Athens. Ponsonby Kyle at Dothan is ill. Wires report slight improvement. William Horace Levin and Mrs. Horace Levin announce the birth of a son August 23.

Ponsonby Kyle State Laboratory Dothan Ala Horace Levin William Horace

Edward G. Robinson in The Little Giant at Princess

The Little Giant stars Edward G. Robinson as a gangster who tries high society life turning to tea dances and polo. Mary Astor co stars as the leading woman in this comedy about a bootleg boss who discovers he has been trimmed.

Underworld Edward G. Robinson United States Little Giant Robinson Hollywood Mary Astor

Nashville Visitors Spend Time With Hamiltons

Nashville visitors Mrs J H Head and her children James Jr and Rosemary are staying with Judge and Mrs F M Hamilton for a few days.

J. H. Head James, Jr Rosemary Nashville F. M. Hamilton

1500 Farmers at Annual Meeting Study Crop Plan

The Alabama agricultural meeting discussed soil strata and station work from Auburn to the Gulf as the state expands its experimental system. Dean Funchess cited under consumption and advised livestock farming in the Black Belt to replace risky cotton, urging cost reductions to preserve profits amid rising production. Goode praised the state department of agriculture for farmer protection and services.

Alabama Auburn Tennessee Valley Belle Mina Tennessee Line Gulf Satsumas Black Belt Dean Funchess Goode State Department of Agriculture

Tomatoes Take Center Plate In Home Cooked Meals

Readers are advised to use ripe home grown tomatoes as a vitamin rich substitute when citrus is scarce. The article offers serving ideas from breakfast to dinner, including stuffed tomatoes, tomato juice cocktails, and tomato based sauces, with detailed stuffing and baking tips.

Territorial Farm Meeting Voices Support in Limestone County

In Alabama a farm demonstration program drew county agents and farmers including John Finley of Florence and Milton Grissom of Limestone. Judge Baynard L. Malone endorsed the state experiment system, praising the Tennessee Valley Valley and urging continued support. A near unanimous vote favored holding a similar gathering next year at the farm grounds.

Alabama Mississippi River John Finley Florence Milton Grissom Limestone Baynard L. Malone Decatur Tennessee River

Publisher's Body Found in River near Coshocton

In Coshocton Ohio a 61 year old paper publisher Fred Wallace was found bound and weighted down in the river near the city. The coroner and prosecutor opened an inquiry into the publisher's disappearance with no clear theory of death or suspects. Wallace was the chief editor of the Coshocton paper.

Coshocton Ohio Fred Wallace

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