Decatur Mothers Club Holiday Meeting and WSCS Honors
Decatur Mothers Club will host a December 2 gathering at Mrs. Sam Pruitt’s Sherman Street home at 3 PM with Mrs. E W Fisher assisting. The WSCS Decatur District honors list includes many societies for the September to November period, noting 1,949 members and 43 organized societies with secretaries. Josh Thompson of Moulton Route Two marked his 74th birthday with a large noon dinner attended by relatives and neighbors from multiple towns. Le Club Entree Meres plans a six thirty PM supper December 2 at the American Legion with husbands as guests. Oak Ridge WSCS met with prayers and a study from Women of Scripture, 16 members and 2 visitors present. Westminster Clara Cortier class honored teacher Mrs. T G Crane with a surprise birthday party and house warming at her Grant Street home, with gifts and refreshments for attendees.
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Decatur Mother's Club
Sam Pruitt
Sherman Street
Decatur Mothers Club
E. W. Fisher
Josh Thompson
Moulton
Everett
Jimmie Weinman
Earl Hampton
LE Club Entre Meres
le Club Entrée
Merés
American Legion
Bank Street
Oak Ridge W.S.C.S
Oak Ridge
Olen Cooper
Ruba West
Earl Legg
Lottie Mae Wynn
T. G. Crane
Clara Cortier
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Grant Street
Crane
Aileen West
Elmer Loyd
John Troxler
Irene Blackwell
Williams Wilder
William Hunter
E. L. Morgan
Q. S. Hagerman
Roy Wyatt
J. L. Appling
Mitchell
Thanksgiving Visits Span Florida and Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Jones and daughter Barbara Ann join Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Jones and Orval Sparkman for Thanksgiving at the McKenseys in St. Petersburg Florida. The group toured Tarpon Springs Clearwater Tampa Ocala Silver Springs Daytona Beach and St. Augustine visiting Ross Allen’s Reptile Institute in Silver Springs and other Georgia sites on the return. J H Thompson and family return from Eatonton Georgia where they visited Mrs. Thompson’s brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. W A Lewis who marked their golden anniversary November 24. Claude McMillan returns from Mobile with Evelyn Hocking and children Sam and Molly and Fort Morgan sightseeing. James R Dobbs Jr returns to Callahan Florida after visiting his mother Mrs. Altie Cooper Dobbs.
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Doc Jones
Barbara Ann
Lucian Jones
Orval Sparkman
Paul McKensey
St. Petersburg
Florida
Tarpon Springs
Clearwater
Tampa
Ocala
Silver Springs
Daytona Beach
St. Augustine
Ross Allen
Reptile Institute
Georgia
J. H. Thompson
Eatonton
Claude McMillan
Mobile
Evelyn Hocking
Sam
Molly
Fort Morgan
J. T. Tucker
Montgomery
Danville
Danny
Clara Key
J. T
James Hood
Robin
Hartselle
Kenneth Lindsey
J. W. Kelsoe
Barbara
Chalmus McLemore
Bill Wiley
Eldon Montgomery
Valley Grove Baptist Church
Charles Speake
Sallie Gibson
Howard Gibson
Ted
Bud
George Lindsey
Ray
West Huntsville
Huntsville
J. W. Dutton
Rupert Waites
Jimmie
Johnnie
Latverne Hawkins
Brian Lowery
Lera
Jack Owens
Navy Blue Shoes Trend and Goody Two-Shoes Picks
Style notes cover comfort and fashion in shoes from Goody Two-Shoes who shops leather cases and footwear while stressing toe wiggle room and flexible soles. Navy blue flats and open-toe sling pumps with leather soles, lacework, and gun metal piping are highlighted as chic options for holiday events.
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Goody
Speake Family Celebrates Birthdays and Local News
Sunday dinner honored Mrs. James Tucker for her husband’s 42nd and son Billy Joe’s 16th birthdays. Attendees included relatives from McKay, Smith, and Tucker families, plus visitors from Danville and Hartselle. Other notes mention church activities, a 102 year old death, deer hunting trips, and local visits.
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James Tucker
Billy Joe
C.C. McKay
Ermine McKay
John McKay
Mary
Melba
Annie Smith
Danville
Jim Smith
Hartselle
Jimmie Tucker
Jimmy Tucker
Willard
Fay McKay
Bob Johnson
Morgan County Ebenezer Daily Update
Forest Bates shows marked improvement and Mr Johnson is also praised for recovery. Reverend Esmond Pointer and Reverend W L Lindsey schedule services at Union Hill Saturday night and Sunday with Finis Thomas. Morris Brown and family plan to move to Ebenezer this week. Kathereen Lindsey suffers a cold. Charlie McIntire of Decatur visits D B Holmes at Lacon Route One.
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Forest Bates
Esmond Pointer
Mr. Johnson
W. L. Lindsey
Union Hill
Finis Thomas
Morris Brown
Ebenezer
Kathereen Lindsey
Charlie McIntire
Decatur
D. B. Holmes
Lacon
Route One
Thanksgiving season notes from Morgan County community
Community tidings from Corinth and Upshaw detail visits among local families including Bonds Alexander Guthrie and Turrentine. Thanksgiving activities featured square dances, music by Alvin Holland and Jerhome Cooper, and a hospital update on Louis Cooper. An electrical line extension from Suttons farm is noted.
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Leonard Alexander
Royal Fairbanks
Piney Grove
Dad Bonds
Mr. Smith
Eva
J. D. Bonds
Albert Holland
Memphis
Laura Cooper
Carl York
Upshaw
Minnie Seagers
Randolph Seagers
Sardis
W. W. Guthrie
Alvin Holland
Jerhome Cooper
Louis Cooper
Captain Ralph Reed Leads Sewanee Football Team 1950
Sewanee Tenn Dec 1 Ralph Bulldog Reed of Albertville Alabama was chosen captain for 1950 at the annual banquet. Tommy Lamb of Beaumont Texas was elected alternate captain. About 75 attended the dinner where football letters were presented to 25 players and the manager.
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Sewanee
Tenn
Ralph (Bulldog) Reed
Albertville
Ala
Tommy Lamb
Beaumont
Texas
Love in High School From Dorothy Dix
A Dorothy Dix column answers readers on teen romance and courtship in high school. It argues that love distracts students from studies, warns of early marriage risks, and urges couples to grow together with shared interests while noting the impracticality of teen marriage in modern society.
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Miss Dix
Dear Miss Dix Letters on a faltering marriage
A letter asks for guidance in a long married couple where the wife has cooled and the husband, still youthful in spirit, longs for interest from a younger partner. The reader seeks compassionate, practical advice to navigate aging, compatibility, and rekindling connection.
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Miss Dix
Dears Miss Dix Radios Loud All Day In Neighborhood
A reader appeals to Miss Dix for help with neighbors who play radios at high volume all day. The noise drowns out other sounds and unsettles everyone nearby, prompting a request for guidance or action.
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Miss Dix
Dorothy Dix Column Explains General Interest Problems
Dorothy Dix explains how she handles reader inquiries, noting she cannot respond personally but will address problems of broad concern through her advice column.
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Dorothy Dix
Armstrong Superheterodyne Formula Drives Radio Era
Basis of most modern radio receiving sets, including television, rests on a circuit invented by Major H. Armstrong known as the super heterodyne.
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Major H. Armstrong
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C. J. Johnson
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Lawrence Kelsoe
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Rip Turrentine
Detroit
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Monroe Buren
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Mt. Vernon
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Clad] Smith
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Joe Smith
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Norman Laag
Jasper
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