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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1923
Page
4
Paris now numbers about 2,906,000, ranking third worldwide after New York and London. Official French statistics note a small ten year rise from 2,888,000 in 1910 amid acute housing shortages and congested streets.
A notice announces a 7:30 pm meeting of Lodge 491 A F and A M to transact business. All master Masons are invited. J KaGUNTER is Worshipful Master and J I CHRISSINGER secures the attestations with Adyt.
Calendar day listed events from Baptist and M E churches with missionary society activities at Westminster and Central locations. Bridge parties hosted by Mrs. Jesse Thombs and Ruth Banks noted along Ferry Street. Tuesday clubs and music study announced with hostesses, Friday and Saturday social engagements and a ninth birthday luncheon for Jacqueline Smiley with guest classmates listed and place cards.
The Music Study Club will meet Wednesday at 3 PM with Mrs Atlee H Hoff hosting at her Jackson street residence along with Mrs Herman Whaley as joint hostess. The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club will be entertained this week at the home of Mrs J Chris singer by Mrs J S Sheets.
The League of Women Voters will meet Friday at 2 30 p m at the YMCA to elect officers and discuss work. Miss Virginia Carswell resumes duties at Howard College after Thanksgiving. Plenty of social notes and visits among local residents are listed.
A double wedding was held last evening at the Highland Park home of Mrs. R. L. Price for brides Lucile Price Bailey and Muldred Price to Milton Roger Lamon and William Grant Foster. The Rev. M. E. Davis officiated as families and friends watched a candlelit altar set with palms and white flowers.
Betty returned Sunday from a visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell in Sheffield. Mrs J D Wallace came home last week in frail health after months in a Birmingham infirmary. Mrs Ernest Harlan and children returned to Mt. Pleasant Tennessee after visiting Rev J D Wallace. Mrs R L Mauty and sister Mrs A C Aldrich visit relatives in Mobile and New Orleans. Mrs W E Skeggs, ill recently, shows improvement. Mrs M A Hewlett of Deposit Alabama visits her sister Mrs J J Rose.
Charles Matheny of Knoxville Tenn visits his niece Mrs Warren Gardner. Ice Cream Manufacturers congress in Little Rock draws attendees including W W Clapton. Several locals travel for business and family visits, with many returning home after weekends. Notables include Judge Jere Murphy Huntsville Florence court, Henry Norton to Sheffield, and Midshipman Tooney Buttrey U S N to spend Christmas with his father.
Somerville reports visitors and local residents note a week of travel and gatherings. Cliff Almon and Wooster Stinson of Albany hunted with John Guyer and returned with game. Mrs Pen Lyle of Birmingham visits relatives, Etoile Gilchrist leaves for Nashville, Felton Lyle and children stay with Kittie Johnston, Frank Abbott and Ida Rice shop in Hartselle, Cecil Sheehan and baby visit Albany connections, James Wade of Albany spends Thanksgiving with kin, Ruby Waugh shows partial recovery.
Born to Mr and Mrs Paul Everett Terry a son named Melvin Lee on December first.
Athens Kiwanis drew full attendance at a Tuesday luncheon featuring a Thanksgiving expression with readings on the President's proclamation. Prof. James Cannon and Dr. J Williams delivered remarks. The club plans a refined clubhouse at Market and Houston street, aiming for a premier meeting place in North Alabama. Crowds attended a Thanksgiving service at First Methodist Church despite rain and heard messages from Baptist praise and future hope. Limestone County Tuberculosis Association held a Wednesday meeting to plan Red Cross Christmas seals sales and a countywide Health for All educational drive.
The Junior Order of American Mechanics has bought a large United States flag to present to the community. The item will be showcased and likely donated or displayed in a public venue, highlighting civic pride and patriotic spirit.
Plarns plan to hold a public ceremony soon. Another organization may present State flags to adorn the building ends. Geo F Rudder and Mrs Beanie Jenkins of West Limestone married Dr J O Williams in Athens after a rainy day drive. Rudder is a prominent local farmer and Mrs Rudder well known in the community. Johnson and Chambers Lumber Company, hit by a fire last week, is rushing to resume most of its building program with the mill back in service within ten days.
Alabama map and education officials report Limestone ranks second to Jefferson in school property. The state has just granted its first appropriation for repairing teachers' homes under the bill passed September 29 1923.
Col. M. Ki. Clements and Superintendent educe neLime headline a reform board including Dr. M. W. pre and W. E. Willis. The group, with W. 8. Christopher and W. W. Price, is described as taking actions for the children.
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