Engagement of Dorothy Jean Doss to Thomas Todd
Society notes from Ninth Street and Trinity Methodists detail W S C S meetings with prayers and talks on stewardship. Dorothy Jean Doss and Thomas Emory Todd announce their engagement and September 21 wedding date. Trinity group plans gift for departing Miss Weston and social hour follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Doss
MR. Todd
I. C. Doss
Dorothy Jean
Thomas Emory Todd
Walter Harris Todd
Trinity Methodist
Methodist Church
Trinity
G. O. Maner
First Street
Charles Emens
Ann Wheat to have ton silectomy Friday morning
Personal notes list Ann Wheat undergoing a ton silectomy at the Decatur Clinic Friday morning. The item forms part of a series of social notices detailing visits and travels of locals, including trips to Birmingham Daytona Beach and Virginia.
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Ann Wheat
Decatur Clinic
T. M. Wiley
Tom Wiley
Birmingham
Frank Wiley
Kathryn Ann Wiley
Daytona Beach
Fla. Pascagoula
Biloxi
Kellogg's All-Bran touted as daily constipation cure
An unsolicited testimonial from A A Schaeffer of Portland Oregon claims daily All Bran use for four months yielded regular bowel movements at age 74. The ad urges ten days trial with water, promises double money back if unsatisfied, and notes All Bran is made from outer wheat layers and sold in grocery stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Schaeffer
82Nd Ave
Portland
Oregon
Kellogg’s
Kellogge
Nate Creek
Michigan
Kellogg'’S
World Outlook program closes W S C S meeting
Mrs W W Dinsmore offered a prayer as routine business was transacted. Mrs W R Duncan spoke on the World Outlook program and Mrs H L Spencer dismissed with prayer. Circle Two met with Mrs N L Kelley as hostess and a hymn followed by prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street
Ninth Street Methodist Church
O. S. Gamble
Jim Smith
Rolfe Smith
W. W. Dinsmore
W. R. Duncan
H. L. Spencer
N. L. Kelley
Circle Two
C.D. Patterson
W. H. Day
World Mission of the Church
Parental example outweighs lectures in shaping children
Dorothy Dix argues children measure parents by actions not words. If parents show integrity and fair living, kids follow that standard. hypocrisy undermines lessons and leads to imitation of bad behavior. The piece stresses consistent conduct over verbal preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mom
Dad
Darling Marying
Travel Still Sets Records in Peacetime America
James Marlow reports peacetime travel surges as Americans drive, rail, and vacation coast to coast. Hotels and resorts report near record occupancy with Labor Day extending resort season in many regions while railroads project 1946 as a peak peacetime travel year with about 68 billion passenger miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Canada
Mexico
The
American Hotel Association
Hotel Association
Association of American Railroads
Association
National Parks See Record Visitors in 1946 Through July
Interior Department reports park travel through July 31 1946 surpassing 1941 record with over 14.471 million visitors versus 12.5 million in the same period 1941. A A A estimates 60 million travelers in cars and about 6 billion dollars spent on vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Parks
Interior Department
Department
American Automoble Association
Mexico
Canada
State finance to present examiners’ oral increase analysis
Survey completed in Montgomery on August 27 discusses whether state employees will receive an oral pay increase. Examiners of the finance department prepared the analysis and will forward it to State Finance Director Hayse Tucker who offered no comment until it is presented to the Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Finance Department
Hayse Tucker
Tucker
Revival talk and temptations from Rev Porter Barrington
A large crowd heard Rev Porter Barrington discuss Could Jesus Have Sinned? He argued Jesus could not sin and could not be tempted to evil while noting tempt means both to entice and to test. The sermon urged recognizing weakness and seeking God's escape, with references to Jesus facing the devil after fasting. A separate item reports a robbery confession by an automobile agency employee who admitted diverting funds to his brother and another youth, with buried cash found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Barrington
Jesus
God
Galilee
Temptation Theme Sermon on Heaven Tonight
The evening sermon centers on the topic Heaven and explores how Jesus faced the devil's temptations to do the right thing in the wrong way. The talk weighs spiritual obedience and proper method in pursuing righteousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
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Methodist
Albert Peck
John Driver Jr
Erie, Pa
L. B. Hendon
W. P. Hollomon
Jan
Mounds
Elton Reeves
Mr. Hollomon
Reeves
Leon Reeves
Joan
Marjory Reeves
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Leon Jr
Veterans Hospital
Annie Orr
D. M. Carr
Jack D. Carr
Pacific
Ed Berry
Brenda Jo McElroy
Gadsden
Leon Jones
Boyd McElroy
Watson Carlisle
Daytona Beach, Fla
Ann Blair Garner
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Foster H. Pointer
Montevallo
Ala
Alabama College
A. J. Newman
Pascagoula, Miss
Mrs
Patsy Patterson
Cedartown
Julia Ann Morgan
Thomas Flemming
Columbia, Tenn
Jean Liston
Louisville, Ky
R. T. Liston
W. P. Baugh
Monteagle
Tennessee
T. G. Morrow
Mary Robertson
Albert Danforth
Little Rock
Arkansas
E. W. Kelly
Robert Hunter
New England
Dawson Ransome
Riverton
New Jersey
Charles Schofield
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Harry Carpenter
Gloucester
Mass
V. W. B. Strong
Edd Garrett
Decatur General Hospital
Moye’'S Shop
Goidel’s
Kellogg's
Battie Creek
Omaha
Belk’s Bargain Basement
Oxford Cloth
Eureka
2Nd Ave
Gene Aker
Skeeters
Skeeter
Dorothy DIX
Gell Syndicate
Johnny Don
Mama
Papa
Heaven
Hallmark
Greeting Cards
City Park Flower Shop
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston St
NEW JR
Saar Uae
J. R. Daniels
Nsurance and Financing
W. Wainst St
Hartselle
Belk Hudson
Second Ave
E. Vine St
Gehind
Chong Shop
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Ruby Blagburn
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Fayette’s
Fayette’s Designers
Sherrow's
Encidentals
Ole Mel Lane
BROWN
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