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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
6
Miss Muriel Thomas and companions Anne Gray Esther Morris Geraldine Masterson and Martha Scales enjoyed an overnight camp Wednesday at Seneca Springs. They were chaperoned by Miss Virginia Brock.
Miss Wyatt served as organist at St John’s Episcopal Church for the summer. Numerous residents and relatives travel between Birmingham Birmingham and nearby towns visiting family, attending events, or planning study at Alabama College Montevallo.
Mrs J H Calvin and son Joe return from California to Indian River with Mrs Jackson Calvin and Bernice of Santa Monica as guests for a few days. The Calvins plan to make Indian River their future home. Mr and Mrs E D Bailey Jr and daughter Martha Porter return from Miami. Mrs S H Malone undergoing treatment in Birmingham expected home soon. Mrs Leo Wright and Mrs Thomas White visit Birmingham for the day. Miss Dorothy Powers has tonsillectomy at Baugh Infirmary. Mr and Mrs W P Thomas and son Billy of Washington DC visit siblings Mrs J A Yarbrough and Eb Ashford. Mr Lester Edwards to become manager of A P Stores in Lawrenceburg Tenn and relocate. Miss Mary Ann Catlett returning tonight from Louisville.
The passage notes a Kentucky visit with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Hubert McGee and Miss Elsie Windsor. Sammy Stephenson of Birmingham is the grandparents Cr and Mrs Wiley. Miss Eva Love Wyatt leaves Monday for Montevallo to begin her senior year at Alabama College.
In Boston on August 31 at the 40th annual VFW convention, resolutions urged pensions for World War I veterans equal to those granted to Spanish American War veterans.
The article extols graceful passive hands resting in laps and on chair arms, pitting them against nervous fidgeting. It advises hand care routines including lotions, massage, egg white masks, and a brisk postcare tapping, concluding with a Beauty Box Editor offer for reader inquiries.
Final rites were held for Edna Rich eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Rich who died after a lightning strike while playing in the New Hope yard. The service was at Moon Cemetery with Rev R B Stone officiating. Survivors include her parents a brother and three sisters and grandparents Mr and Mrs W A Rich and Mr and Mrs Dan Hall of Chattanooga.
Hartford August 31. 4 H Club fair offers prizes for hits with a rolling pin at a dummy man target said by Agent William L. Harris Jr. The playful contest invites wives to showcase kitchen skill.
Newport News August 31 The Maritime Commission launches a new 17 million dollar liner led by Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt and features a message from the president about reestablishing a dominant U S merchant fleet to support national defense and world commerce during tense international times.
The New York arrival of the United States liner Washington sparks a Roosevelt family reunion. Mrs. Sara Roosevelt greets the president’s mother and son and daughter-in-law. Also aboard are Charles M. Schwab ill with coronary thrombosis and actor Edward G. Robinson with his wife and child.
Three men died and several were seriously injured in last night's North Alabama accidents. William Archer 18 and Robert Burns Jr 20 of Tuscumbia were killed near Sheffield in a multi car crash that injured four others. J T Tarver 70 was killed near Hartselle after being struck by a vehicle.
Final rites for 34 year old Mrs. Elsie Legg were held at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church near Flint. She died at 11:20 last night at her home Hartselle route 2. Burial followed at Friendship cemetery Winston county. She was ill several weeks. Survived by husband Oscar Legg and children Palmer Cecil and J D Legg plus four daughters.
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