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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1940

Page

5

Local Society News Highlights Weddings and Club Meetings

Mrs Julia Mc Laurin Muller and Stuart R Burke wed at her sister Roberta McLaurin s home with Rev Marshall Steel officiating. Beatrice Roberts and Walter Emitt Roberts marry in Decatur with reception at 215 Davis St. Marion Awbery Barefield and John Franklin Barefield wed in Birmingham with Montgomery home plans. Ollie Syberts wed Lewis Ward celebrated by Oak Ridge and Hartselle families. Lois Cosper to wed Edmund Ewing Jr of Atlanta. Birmingham ties noted. Club meetings include Ccocoa Literary and Saturday Culture Club with reviews and portraits.

Julia McLaurin Muller Stuart R. Burke Roberta McLaurin Palo Pinto Marshall Steel Nell O'Connell Roberts-Coffey T. W. Coffey Beatrice Walter Emitt Roberts Decatur Homer F. Britton Central Baptist Church Roberts Davis Street Mr Roberts Sterchi Bros Barefield-Bingham Marion Scheusler Bingham Montgomery Marion Awbery John Franklin Barefield Anniston Birmingham Alabama Cosper-Ewing Jesse Oliver Cosper Lois Edmund Ewing, Jr Atlanta Norwood Methodist Church Jennie. Malone Florence Mitchell Malone Pickens DeJarnette Cosper Sheffield Miss Cosper Cosper John Leroy Hood Birmingham-Southern College Duke University Ewing Edmund Ewing Tuscaloosa John Ewing United States Republic of Honduras Helen Toulmin Mobile Katherine Fowler Albertville Katherine Ewing University of Alabama Delta Chi Travelers Insurance Company Birmingham News S. H. Malone Miss. Casper

Personal notices from Decatur area residents

Local social notes list visits and travels among residents. Mrs. L. T. Pride of Pride Alabama visits daughter Mrs. H. D. Greer. Miss Inez Mitchell ill at home. Homecoming trips to the University of Alabama. several families visiting relatives in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee. others planning moves and returns from trips.

H. D. Barnum Sallye Mary Emily University of Alabama Paul Burnum Denson Burnum John McGehee Betty McGehee University of Tennessee Knoxville

Freckles and Beauty Routines for Women

A columnist argues freckles are a charming but fickle feature. Advice ranges from protecting skin and using cold cream to avoiding strong bleaches and embracing periodic beauty makeovers. The piece urges experimentation with cosmetics, hairstyles, and expert beauty services to stay youthful.

Geraldine

Be Cozy and Glamorous in Laura Wheeler Slippers

Practical slippers in single crochet with contrasting edge and Bermantown angora mules with petal edge. Pattern 2719 provides directions for sizes, illustrations, stitches, and materials. Send ten cents for the pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. at 82 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY.

Bermantown Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York Anne Anne Adams Pattern Department West Lita &T

Versatile Bolero Ensemble Pattern 4556 by Anne Adams

Advertises Pattern 4556 for misses and women in sizes 12 through 40, offering a bolero and dress with high necklines and two front panels. Describes optional accessories like belts and sashes and notes fabric and ribbon yardage for size 16. Includes ordering details and mentions Anne Adams Style Book and combined offers.

Anne Adams Annie Adams

Defense costs to soar again as military orders surge

Washington reports that large scale buying of motor vehicles clothing and housing facilities is planned before defense purchasing concludes. Army and Navy obligations exceed $9.7 billion with millions more in housing contracts shaping the drive for 186 000 trucks 8 900 planes and extensive camp construction as shortages bite and allocations rise.

Wallington Army Navy Congress Defense Industries War Department Tts The Air Corps Ad Ordnance Division Quartermaster Corps

Cold spreads to new areas across the nation

Sharply colder weather invaded the Dakotas, northeast and southeast as more snow swirled over northern border states. North Dakota froze at Devils Lake to 18 below zero, while Bismarck dropped to 4 below. Readings fell in South Dakota and New England with mobile Alabama down to 39 as temperatures tumbled across regions.

Dakotas Montana Great Lakes North Dakota Devil's Lake Bismarck Willston South Dakota New England New York State Mobile Ala

MOTH PROOF Your home for as littl as $1.00

Fumigant approved by U S Dept of Agriculture offered by St John’s Episcopal Guild. Simple to use and sold via phone 906 M or 784 W.

U. S. Dept. of Agr St. John’s Episcopal Guild

Weather Drops Across Cities From Knoxville to Texas

Cold spell grips the Southeast and South with lower readings in Knox ville 28 19 Birmingham 30 21 Montgomery 4 14 Atlanta 39 12 Syracuse N 23 Boston 16 4 New York City 21 10 Little Rock 27 13 Texas and parts of the Carolinas and central Georgia report significant chills. Macon tied a 39 morning low down 8 degrees from yesterday Savannah at 42 degrees. In the Carolinas and Texas the drop nears ten degrees.

Knoxvile Birmingham Montgomery Atlanta Ees Syracuse Boston New York City Little Rock Texas Carolinas Georgia Macon Savannah

Elks Plan Charity Football Game At Benson Field

Decatur Elks Lodge organizes a charity football game at Benson Field for Decatur Athens High School alumni. Uniforms will be issued at Senior High School tonight at 7. Players should contact Quinnie Puckett or Elks officials. Proceeds aid Morgan County Crippled Children's Society.

Decatur Elks Lodge Benson Field Decatur @ Athens Quinnie Puckett the Elks Morgan County Crippled Children's Society

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Muller Stuart BR. Burke Bob Syberts Oak Ridge W. E. Ward Hartselle Route Two Edith West Jack Orr Mrs. Kemp R. D. Kemp Cotaco Literary Club East Moulton Street Saturday Culture Club Ben Britnell Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn Malcolm Link Roy Wyatt William Wilder Enojam Oaks E. D. Bailey, Jr Silk Stocking Club Julian Bibb Inez Mitchell An Lineas Mary Stuart Terrell Muriel Thomas Monroe Newell Lawrenceburg Tenn Mr. Newell T. A. Newell Robert Blackwell R. H. Ellis Memephis, Tenn C. B. Osborne Tampa Fla Athens Thomas A. Caddell Country Club W. P. Russell Marion Russell Nina Hodges Cullman Ed Howard Tyson Cole Pu- Yaski Suray M. FE. Hodges John A. Garrett Kitty Walter C. R. Crowder Henry Davidson Shelbyville Prospect Drive Slioseph Goidel’s Drug Store Move’s Beauty Shop Helen Follett Rita Johnson Laura Wheeler Slippers COPR Needlecraft Service, Inc Associated Press Capitol Girl From God's Country Chester Morris Charles Bickford Jane Wyatt Nisley Jane Russell van Nuys Cal Billy the Kid Roseville Pottery SAM Frank & Moore ELKS Griffin Allen’s Beauty Shoppe Brown’s Office Supply CO Bank St Second Linda Darnell Basil Gale Sondergaard Eugene Pallette J. Edward Bromberg Montagu Love Janet Beecher Robert Lowery Chris-Pin Martin
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