Informal party and club meetings in local society notes
Mrs C Cottingham hosted a small afternoon gathering at her Finley’s Island home. The Austinville Culture Club set a Thursday 3 PM meeting at the elementary school. Memorial Drive Methodist W S C Circle One met at Mrs E B Hames with prayers and talks on We Shall Be Witnesses Laborers For Peace World Mission of the Church. Circle Two held a Monday picnic at Mr and Mrs L L Mc Culloch with husbands and children as guests and readings on Christian Fellowship Through the Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Cottingham
Finley's Island
Austinville Culture Club
Memorial Drive
Methodist
E. B. Hames
Robert Holloman
C. P. Parker
World Outlook
M. A. Pettey
Personal notices chronicle visits and travel of Birmingham area residents
Miss Eva Fennell and Mrs Ed Warren of Birmingham left for a short visit. Numerous locals visited Birmingham on Tuesday and family visits span Panama City to Florence to Delanco and Philadelphia. Addresses include 602 East Walnut Street and Johns Hopkins Infirmary in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Fennell
Ed Warren
Birmingham
Lucy Bell
Baltimore
Johns- Hopkins Infirmary
Johns-Hopkins Infirmary
Thayer One
How Pale Face Becomes Rosy
A beauty advice piece describes a no cream facial nipping treatment to awaken circulation. It instructs daily outdoor exposure to breathe oxygen, perform gentle jaw and cheek manipulation, then apply heavy cream before an ice friction and rest, promising a rosy morning look.
Hogland Lad Hooks 25 Catfish In 80 Minutes
Nine year old Wilburn Hogland of Decatur caught 25 catfish in 80 minutes in TVA backwaters near Decatur. The fish averaged about half a pound each. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A B Hogland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogland Lad
Wilburn Hogland
Decature
Wilburn
TVA
Decatur 2
A. B. Hogland
Crochet a Small Medallion Pattern for Quick Projects
Advertises Laura Wheeler crochet patterns and a small medallion design in easy petal stitch. Includes pattern 831 directions and a mail order offer for twenty cents plus extra for a 1946 Needlecraft Catalog with 112 illustrated designs. Recipient: The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Rules Cited On Car Sales
A Washington report outlines OPA ceilings on new and used car prices and penalties for overcharging. It lists violations such as side payments trade-in mispricing upgrading and forced financing. It explains as-is and warranty ceilings with required warranties and repair limits for dealer sales and private-party transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Price Control Board
Jones
His Leap Paves Way for Lad's Marriage
In Covington Kentucky 17-year-old Billy Allen leapt 80 feet from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge into the Ohio River to win parental consent for his marriage to 16-year-old Ella Lindley. Billy agreed to wed on November 10 his eighteenth birthday after recovery. Ella's grandfather Clarence Lindley stated the couple would marry with family approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Billy Allen
Ella Lindley
Billy
Ohio River
Ella
Clarence C. Lindley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Dear Miss Dix Advice Columns on Family Strife and Infidelity
Dorothy Dix counsels a 16-year-old girl to avoid running away and try understanding her parents after four years of conflict. The second letter asks how a wife should handle a husband who boasted of overseas affairs and teases about other women, with guidance to ignore his stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Dorothy DIX
Mom
Ross
Gretchen
Missionary Will Speak at Memorial Drive Program
Alvin Hobby of Namchanga Mission Northern Rhodesia South Africa will show slides tonight at 7 30 describing scenes towns wildlife life work homes villages and customs of the natives. Hobby recently returned from eight years in South Africa where he helped translate the New Testament into Tonga and built a six inch telescope used in science classes. He plans to return to mission work in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hobby
Namchanga Mission
Northern Rhodesia
South Africa
Hobby
Rhodesia
Namwianga Mission
Kalomo
Mr. Hobby
Furslough
United States
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B. M. Bloodworth
St. Joseph
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hallmark
City Park
Second Ave
E. Vine
State National Bank
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston
Arthur A. Jones
Barrett Shelton
al Jones
Richard Parr
John W. Jones
Tommy Sears
Albert Pinkston
Panama City, Fla
Sally Kimbrough
Mary Kathryn Doss
Florence
Wanda Harris
Old Hickory
Tenn
Evansville
Ind
Albion, Ill
Miss Harris
Mary Emily Barnum
Bernard Gerhardt
Delanco
N. J
Philadelphia
New York City
W. H. Lumsden
Elam-Dryden
Tuscaloosa
Peter M. Dennis
Bedford, Ind
Atlee Hoff
H. K. Whisenant
East Walnut Street
Georgie Miller
Law Lamar
Selma
John L. Farris
Johnny
T. M. Jones Jr
East Vine Street
David L. Hume
Ee Okla
Ana
Ds. Sasings
Thomas Fleming
Columbia, Tenn
R. T. Liston
Decatur General Hospital
Jackson Edwards
Atlanta
J. N. Gibson
H. D. Greer
E. S. Loyd
George Wallace
John C. Bragg
Huntsville
Betty
Charles Parker
C. E. Pitt
Lawrence County
Helen
Ruth Pruitt
H. R. Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Cornelian Hotel
Mr. Davis
Hot Springs
Ark
T. F. Kirkpatrick
Tupelo
Joe
W. T. Graham
Talladega, Ala
J. F. Graham
Wilburn R. McClucky
Armed Forces
W. R. McClusky
Montgomery
Jacksonville
U. S. Engineers
Iiow Ambulance
Just
RosBinson Furniture
Decatur
Helen Follett
Goidel’s Drug Store
Sonn
Lad
Diana Lynn
Gail Russell
Emily
Cornelia
Paramount
The
Princess
Brian Donlevy
Gell Syndicate Tno
Moye
Caddell's
Dell Drug CO
Fayette’s
Fayette’s Designers
Sherrow
Hartselle
Belk Hudson
Dillehay
Grant
Lyons Electric Company
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
2Nd Ave
Buttreys Department Store
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