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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1936

Page

5

Woman's Music Study Club Meeting Notice

Society notice announces a Tuesday 4 oclock meeting at Mrs Rut ledge Thomas home. Engagement announced for Ada Sue Powers to Joseph Grady Kennemer with a fall wedding planned. Mary Alexander and Eleanor Mc Rae visit with hosts Margaret Louise and Martha Nash entertaining Monday night.

Woman's Music Study Club Rutledge Thomas EB. B. Powers Ada Sue Joseph Grady Kennemer Mary Alexander Eleanor McRae Corinth Margaret Louise Martha Nash Corinth, Miss

Local Personal Notes Highlight Community Travelers

Miss Emily Neville returns from summer at the University of Alabama. Families and friends—Malone, Pointer, Buchanan, Edmundson, and Jones—vacationed or hosted relatives in Birmingham, Huntsville, Nashville, and other towns. Several residents visit relatives, attend events, or relocate briefly, including Mayo Clinic trips and church postings.

Local Gossip Notes From Pulaski And Nearby Towns

Daily social items describe visits among residents of Pulaski Tenn. and nearby communities. Mrs Bob Hunter hosts. Frances Nungester returns from Peabody College Nashville. W R Rackley ill in Pulaski. Nash sisters visit. Other travelers plan Sept departures for Alabama colleges and Tennessee towns.

Homecoming Set at Moulton Church

Moulton Alabama August 24 Special A homecoming services will be held at Moulton Methodist church on September 6 with dinner served after the services. Committees named for invitation arrangements drinks plates cups reception and music are listed with member volunteers. W L Spearman praised cooperative effort of all members.

Moulton Ala Moulton Methodist Church A. W. Walker Pearl Stewart L. PF. Howell R. M. Byars 8. R. Sanders W. L. Spearman

Lawrence County HS Names Faculty for New Term

Lawrence County High School at Moulton announces its 14 member teaching staff for the coming term led by J. Kirk Howell as principal. Assignments include John Comer in vocational agriculture Tom Teel in mathematics J. W. Waller Jr as coach and social science and several language science and home economics instructors. The term is expected to begin in late August or early September.

Moulton Ala Lawrence County High School of J. Kirk Howell J. K. Howell John Comer Tom C. Teel J. W. Waller, Jr Su Sie Lee Ward Doris Patrick Loraine Cribbs Leila Handley Sara Blair Marjorie Burge Haffner Alice Hardin Windham Stewart

Baseball Tourney Opens Friday in Talladega

The first tournament by the Association of Alabama baseball leagues begins Friday in Talladega home of the Beniston Cats. Play starts at 1:45 pm with Birmingham Paper Company facing Champion Mines. Lay Dam of Clanton meets Tuscaloosa, and Beniston meets the Tuscaloosa Lay Dam winner. The championship is Sunday at 3 pm.

Birmingham Ala Association of Alabama Baseball Leagues Talladega Beniston Cats Birmingham Paper Company Champion Ore Mines Lay Dam Clanton Tuscaloosa Cullman County Beniston Tuscaloosa-Lay

Putsch fears mount in Vienna as storm troops advised alert

Vienna reports indicate police and Chancellor Schuschniger’s Catholic storm troops were ordered to hold a state of alarm. Rumors say anti Nazi elements fear a new putsch after Major Emil Fey’s bid to reclaim leadership of the Heimwehr, which gathered 36 000 signatures for the petition to Starhemberg.

Vienna Kurt Schuschniger Catholic Storm Troops Emil Fey Heimwehr Ernest von Starhemberg Fey

Local notices on teaching duties and visits

Mrs J M Jacks of Sheffield will assume teaching duties in the schools there. She is visiting her son and daughter Mr and Mrs L R Jacks, who return today from Biloxi Mississippi after a three week stay. Miss Elizabeth Peer returns home after twelve weeks at the University of Alabama summer school.

Joe. Duncan Mrs. Duncan South Carolina Mr. Duncan Marcia Billard Athens 18. M. Thompson Mary Louise Garrett Clapton Monteagle Tenn J. M. Jacks Sheffield Mrs. L. R. Jacks Biloxi Miss Elizabeth Peer University of Alabama

Visit Highlights Dallas Centennial Guest from Decatur

Miss Mildred Nicholson of Decatur visits Dallas during the Texas Centennial Exposition. She stays with her aunt Mrs. H. H. McConnell along with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James R. Nicholson and relatives Jenny Davidson and James R. Nicholson Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama.

Dallas Mildred Nicholson Decatur H. H. McConnell James R. Nicholson Caias Jenny Davidson Montgomery McConnell Nicholson Davidson

Paris fashions demand well rounded bust lines in fall gowns

A Paris fashion cable reports designers plan tightly fitted evening gowns with well defined bust lines. It notes many girls lack the required bust and may struggle with the new styles. Trainer June Travis advocates exercises to develop and round bust contours to suit the look.

Globe Paris

America's Most Famous Beauty profile by Gladys Glad

Gladys Glad profiles a famed beauty across cultures noting how geography shapes beauty standards. She contrasts Chinese ideals favoring flat chests with New Guinea preferences for a larger bust, highlighting cultural variation in physical norms.

Gladys Glad America China New Guinea

Household guidance on posture and massage routines

The article lists daily exercises and a cocoa butter massage method from a New Figure booklet. It describes kneeling with head back and hands clasped, then returning to position, and a posture drill with arms raised and fists pressed apart to resist.

Efe Albows

Answers to Queries on Figure and Beauty Remedies

A reader asks about slimming while firming the bust and reducing waist hips abdomen buttocks and thighs. The reply references a New Figure booklet with a general reducing routine claiming eight to ten pounds in two weeks. It also notes a Beauty Culture booklet on hot oil care for permanents and salt water hair treatments. It suggests nightly eyelash care with plain vaseline or odorless castor oil and nightly olive oil for brittle nails.

Miss Glad Beauty Pamphlets Available by Mail

Miss Glad offers pamphlets on The New Figure and Beauty Culture via mail through this paper. Readers should send a self addressed stamped envelope and ten cents for printing costs, plus two cents for Care of the Hands and Nails and Care of the Feet and Legs, with a stamped envelope. Personal questions will be answered in her daily column.

Glad Bach

Pattern 4045 Anne Adams frock for little sisters

Button front frock pattern 4045 by Anne Adams offers easy sewing for two to ten year olds. Sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with simple cutting and bloomers included. Send 15 cents for pattern or 25 cents for pattern book to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department West 17Th St New York

European Circle Seals Star Mia engagement to Fon da

A social circle in New York reveals Mia soprano Love interest Henry Fon da and film star George T. Brokaw connected to Mia. The engagement between Mia and Fon da was announced today.

New York Mia George T. Brokaw Henry Fonda

Also Mentioned on This Page

Emily Neville The University of Alamo Mrs.s. H. Malone Vincago Emma Pointer W.M. Bailey Nashville Roy Buchanan and Baby Huntsville R. M. Buchanan W. B. Edmundson Niles, Mich Tap Richardson Jacklyn Smiley Gilbert’ Keyes Helen Stoltz San Antonio Texas J. D. Truss St. Fleetwood M. T. Solar Sebring Fla Walter Perry Bill Perry Bainbridge, Ga T. M. Jones Sinpes R. C. Berry Hartselle Vdtid Harriett Rebecca Lide Nancy. Worth Caroline Jones Air Dave Buchanan Dorothy Fayetteville, Tenn Marvin Yarbrough Luther Sell Ruby Robinson Mt. Hope T. G. Counts Homer Stovall Frank Lide John W Jones Rochester, Minn Mayo Brothers EB. J. Polhill W. EB. Kimbrough Birming Lougene Clemis Elkmont Bob Johnson J. H Mrs. Young Mack Brown Mr. Young First Christian Church C. H. St. John Alma Wilkey Ham Mrs Bob Hunter Frances Nungester Peabody College L. L. Frazier Ned W. R. Rackley Pulaski Rackley Billy Lumsden Len Bob Murdock Pulaski, Tenn 8. M. Thompson Blount Clopton Bessie Daniels Alabama College Montevallo Mabel Poer Northport Tuscaloosa County Dorothy Frazier Chattanooga Heim Prince Wales Zada Cy Goidel Lawrence County HS Austria June Travis Hanna YMC Fontain’s Dewey B. Fontain Fauin Esse UU LL Chevrolet Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Philco Ford LEE Street Mane Adams Sprunge Marc Connelly Warner Broa Wm. Keighley
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