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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1939
Page
5
The Wetley Country Club event honored Miss Mary Katherine Cook of Talladega as guest of Mrs. E. N. Penick. A midnight intermission featured punch and cake, with hostesses including Mrs. T. M. Jones Jr and others assisting.
An Anne Adams pattern 4321 offers a vende of bustle effects with two back shirt panels and a detachable bustle formed by sash ends. It features a curved front girdle, a neat skirt panel, and a choice of necklines from high to square V, suitable for misses and women sizes up to 46. Order instructions include size name and address with fifteen cents for the pattern.
At Auburn Mrs J B Stone and family hosted Thanksgiving visitors from Birmingham and the local area. Guests included Carolyn Morgan Geral dine Kennedy and Bebe Stone with plans for Homecoming. Mrs W D True returned from Tennessee to stay with Mr and Mrs T B Rogers for the winter. Thomas Bailey to spend weekend in Nashville with Charles Darrah for the AT O Formal.
Grace Leigh Scott, field secretary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was slated as principal speaker at the Alabama Temperance Alliance annual meeting in Montgomery. Secretary Earl Hotalen said Dr. W F Calhoun would preside if Dr L L Gwaltney, the Birmingham president, could not attend. Dr Gwaltney reportedly been ill for two weeks.
The Moulton Heights Baptist Church, led by Rev. W. Wey, reports 18 souls saved in November. The church fills Sundays with strong services and a thriving Sunday school as the pastor delivers meaningful messages.
J. J. Reynolds Jr once left the New York Stock Exchange to labor at Bessemer Alabama saying he could not sleep at night thinking about making money that way. Reynolds, who had earned about 27.70 dollars a week, described his decision in a candid remark.
Mr and Mrs J R Daniels and family returned from a holiday visit to Mary Esther Florida and Montgomery with a Florida leg. Elsie Windsor a commercial teacher returned from Kentucky Tennessee games in Lexington and Louisville.Mrs H F Sherrod returned from Tuscaloosa with daughter Estelle at the University of Alabama sorority house. Bob Adams home from A P I Auburn for the term. John D Grimes returned to Auburn from a visit with his parents. Mrs Henry Hartung visited Huntsville with Burns Kelley and returned home.
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