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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1939
Page
5
Beauty column urges a strict single chin standard and gives at home methods to tone beneath the jaw. The page also lists reader inquiries and social notes from Texas, Nashville, Birmingham, Huntsville, Athens and Dallas as visitors and families converge for Thanksgiving events.
Anne Adams Pattern 4359 features a jaunty dress with wide bias skirt and a sleeveless jerkin worn over sweaters or blouses. Joins suede cloth or velvet jerkin with bold color, contrast bodice, and optional jacket. Pattern available in junior miss sizes with yardage guidance.
Decatur residents visit relatives and friends across the area during Thanksgiving week. Ensemble of small gatherings includes Harold Waugh and William Winton families with Mary Norma, Ethridge Mason visits John Miller at New Center, Jane Wade from Somerville stays with Jane McDaniel, and Jo Peck with the Vincent household. Granddaughter June Rita joins W. R. Jones in Lawrence's Cove.
Miss Mabdieann Hanson who attended Homecoming at Auburn will be the Sunday guest of her brother and sister Mr and Mrs Taplin Hanson at Fairfax before returning home. Miss June Polk of Buford Tenn visits her cousin Miss Mary Ellen Smith. Mr and Mrs Norm Hary were in Birmingham on Friday for a professional mission. Mr and Mrs C M Davis visit relatives in South Alabama over the weekend. Mrs Paul E McKee left Friday night for her Fort Worth home.
The editor prints a reader message urging church members to spend at least 60 minutes in worship weekly. The note quotes biblical lines and invites attendees to join the 9:30 to 10:30 time slot, signed by The Attendance Committee.
Charlie Wyatt of Thomasville Georgia and Davidson College, a sophomore, failed to buy a used physics text on campus and ordered one from a Chicago firm he found on a fly leaf bearing the name Charles Hines, last year’s senior and fraternity brother, who lived next door in a dormitory.
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