Weekend Gossip and Local Happenings Across Decatur
The column shares social notes from Decatur with names like Haglers and Duncans visiting for the Bama-Au game. Frank and Stewart Wilson plan to move to Huntsville for city job work. Huntsville friends, Decatur will miss them. The piece mentions hunting talk, pack trends, and a Guatemala trip by Kathleen McGlathery and Emmie Frances Wolfer. Gene Brindley Horton and Huntingdon College students attend a U N Seminar in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Stewart Wilson
Huntsville
City Electric Department
Decatur
Gene Brindley Horton
Hartselle
Huntingdon College
U.N
New York
YMCA
YWCA
Local social notes and club formation across town
Dr. Ed Hand visits sister Elizabeth while Fanny and C. B. Saunders miss wedding events in Nashville. The West Decatur Sunshine Club inspires an eastern town group of 17, meeting with Mary Harris to plan charitable work. A tip praises American Airlines Mercury Service carpeting as Acrilan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hand
New Orleans
Elizabeth
Jim Crow
Fanny
C. B. Saunders
Nashville
Jackie Johnson
Dick Peckman
West Decatur Sunshine Club
Mary Harris
Robert
American Airlines
Mercury
Thanksgiving Gathering at Leroy McEntires Home
The McEntire family hosted a Thanksgiving Day gathering with sisters and a brother, grandchildren, and relatives visiting from Montgomery and Hopkinsville. The senior McEntires anticipated attending the Bama Auburn game Saturday with family from Birmingham and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Spinnerette tip on paint coating practices
A line from Chemstrand's periodical advises never paint a lad unless to hide defects, suggesting a coat or two of linseed oil or a clear sealer as a remedy. The remark reflects vintage industrial attitudes toward finishing and quality control.
Returning locals set to move to Athens routine
Marylene Dun can Richardson and John Richardson with their children plan to relocate to Athens soon. John will travel by plane from Huntsville, restoring Atlanta area ties as more locals return. Lin Hume wears a Scottish wool tweed coat in gray and green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylene
Duncan
John Richardson
Athens
John
Huntsville
Lin “Hume
Four Way Stop Signs Backed By Neighborly Courtesy
Local column recalls friendly driving at fourway stops and notes growing community care. Mentions Frank Hood returning to work, Betty and John Brownlee visiting from Calhoun, Toscanini Forest memorial plan, and various holiday visits across Georgia and Tennessee.
Wesleyan Guilds Convene for Decatur District Meeting
An executive Wesleyan Service Guild gathering for the Decatur District met at Cornelian Court Hotel. Miss Sarah Phillips opened with devotion, roll call noted delegates from Moulton through Athens, a district meeting was planned for January 1958, and a nominating committee elected including Mrs. Cuthrell, Mrs. Porter, and Mrs. Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild of Methodist Churches
Decatur District
Cornelian Court Hotel
Sarah Phillips
Hartselle
Margaret ‘Ann Yarbrough
Moulton
Central Decatur
Memorial Drive
Decatur
Ninth Street Decatur
Athens First Church
D. L. Grizzard
W.S.C.S
Wesleyan Services Guild
Wesleyan Service Guild
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Guild
Margaret ,Cuthrell
George Porter
Athens
R. B. Ryan
Renowned Florence Orchestra to Perform Here Wednesday
The Symphony Orchestra of the Florence Festival of Italy will give a single local performance at 8 15 p m Wednesday in the Decatur High School Auditorium. Conductors Carlo Zecchi Franco Ferrara and Franco Mannino will share baton duties. Soloist Franco Mannino will perform Cesar Franck Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra. Community Concert members may attend by card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Florence
Italy
Europe
Maggio
Land of Opera
Corelli
Vivaldi
Cherubini
Florence Festival
Bach
Beethoven
Brahms
Vittorio Gui
Carlo Zecchi
Franco Ferrara
Franco Mannino
Creme rinses boost shine and color in hair care
Modern beauty research backs creme rinses as a booster for manageability and shine. Rinses restore wave when combing between settings and offer color tones to enhance gray, turning or white hair. Brushing daily preserves polished, dust-free tresses.
Miss Harrison Wins Ford Foundation Fellowship
Miss Joann Harrison daughter of Mrs Thomas Harrison of Brookmead Road and the late Mr Harrison has a Ford Foundation Fellowship at Peabody College Nashville. The fellowships train college teachers and Miss Harrison is one of four Peabody recipients. She has earned a Master’s degree and is continuing graduate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Harrison
Thomas Harrison
Brookmead Road
Mr. Harrison
Ford Foundation
Peabody College
Nashville
Miss Harrison
Peabody
Local Personalities and Travels Highlight Thanksgiving Week
Mr and Mrs Duncan and children visited her sister Mrs Osborn and family in Florence. John Mullican and son Tommy left for Tuscaloosa after Thanksgiving with relatives. Janice Phillips of Huntsville named one of six girls in Who's Who among American college students. Dr Leo Harris and wife in New Orleans for a thoracic surgery association meeting. Charles Wayne Legg Marion McAbee and Horace McAbee, APT freshmen, attended the Bama Auburn game in Birmingham. Mr and Mrs W F Whatley of McRae Ga visit niece Mrs Will David Lee and Mr Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mullican
Tommy
Tuscaloosa
Janice Phillips
Huntsville
Judson College
Charles Wayne Legg
Marion McAbee
Apt
Horace McAbee
Birmingham
Auburn
W. F. Whatley
McRae, Ga
Will David Lee
Lee
Fellowship Lets Student Teach English at Peabody
A recipient of the Ed.S. degree will teach English classes during the winter and spring quarter at Peabody as part of her fellowship work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Brushes Make Wonderful Gifts Store Ad
An old fashion ad promotes hair lash and lip brushes as gifts from Raineys at multiple locations with phone numbers. It ends with a playful line about someone who loses a romance in December gaining a vacuum cleaner in June.
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Fannie Richardson
Joe Haglers
Hilton
Molly Duncan
Judy
A. B. Terry
B’ham
Oise
Kenneth Wrights
Charles Smith
Bama
Arkansas
Benson
Watertown
S. C
Women's Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Kathleen McGlathery
Wayne Gate
Emmie Frances Wolfer
Mrs. Paul
Guatemala
Emmie Frances
Mexico
Shine Peebles Jr
Pickens County
Emmett Hildreth
Sterling
Gorham Sterling
Goran Strauine
Scotland
Frank Hood
Betty
John Brownlee
Calhoun, Ga
Lower
Galilee
Don
Charles Huber
Dayton
Ohio
Denver Mint
San Francisco
Charles. Tweedys
Jasper
Georgia Miller
Charles
Georgia
Vandy
Sam Malones Jr
Allison Baileys
Atlanta
Emma
A. C
Peg
Maynard Layman
Bob Amslers
Wall St. Journal
Gary
Indiana
Tim Taylor
Judy Callaham
Jimmy Adams
Harriet Hagen
Clay Callaham
Harriet
Frank Hazen
Saints and Sinners Orchestra
Nell’s
Second Ave. SE
Valentine
Edison Green Wallace
Peggy Sue Wallace
Gerald Dewane Reynolds
Leroy Reynolds
Austinville Methodist Church
Walker Studio
Phioto
Wesleyan Guilds
Phillips
Grizzard
Hallmark
Ira’s Book and
E. Moulton St
Joan’s
Corner of
Walnut Street
6Th Ave. North
Beauty
Harrison
Mrs. Duncan
Mrs. Osborn
Mr. Osborn
Leo Harris
Dr. Harris
Syroco
Rainey's
2Nd Ave
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