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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1940

Page

6

Sunday Bridge Dinner Club hosts at Ala high school campus

Mr and Mrs John W Wilson Jr entertain their bridge dinner club at their home on the school campus. Guests include George Johnson Baylis High tower Mary Martin and others with high score prizes won by Mrs Hightower and Dr Hill. Christmas decor and bingo contest noted.

AMED John W. Wilson, Jr George ©. Johnson Jack Tanner Mary Martin D. K. Wilson Baylis Hightower Mary Lillian Feigiey Fred Martin David L. Rosenau, Jr W. C. Chambers Elizabeth Malone John P. Still William Wilson Hightower Dr. Hill Rosenau Miss Malone

PTA Minutes Highlight Marching Club Achievements

PTA members praised the group as minutes were read and approved. Awards went to Lucille Russell for best attendance and Oscar Napps for top attendance banner. The next meeting shifts to January's second Thursday due to holidays with sixty one members present.

Lucille Russell Oscar Napps PTA

Prize winner Ervin Wyatt tops home economics averages

Ervin Wyatt from Hialeah Florida a sophomore at the University of Alabama has the highest scholastic average in the school of home economics a field typically dominated by women students.

Ervin Wyatt University of Alabama ,Sophometre Hialeah Fla Home Economics

Tap Dancing For Weight Loss And Hair Care Tips

An advice piece promotes tap dancing for women to slim thighs calves and ankles while offering quick easy lessons and benefits to circulation and posture. It also gives home hair care tips to keep curls and scalp clean and neat between shampoos.

Steel production remains at capacity in Alabama next week

Alabama steel and iron output will stay at 100 percent of capacity next week as domestic demand has tapered since November. Shipments keep pace with new business, but backlogs linger for most products. Holiday output expected steady with a shutdown on Christmas Day for non continuous operations.

Ala Methodist Woman'sty of Christian Service First Methodist Church Joe Gentry Lila Coleman Mra. N. RR Nichols, Jr Mra. W Garth Athens Lord Earth Mary Martha Jesus God Atures Syndicate, Inc Alabama W. A. Burt Trinity Birmingham

Butler Becomes Chief Of Police In Gadsden

Hoyt L. Butler, prominent Gadsden businessman and former coroner, today assumed the office of chief of police, succeeding S. L. OBannon who retires after 49 years on the force.

Gadsden Ala Hoyt L. Butler S. L. O Bannon

Miss. and are at home now in Greenville Miss

A fragment notes that individuals or parties are currently at home in Greenville Mississippi. No further contextual details are provided in the readable text.

Miss Greenville, Miss

O Bannon Plans Retirement Under City Pension Act

O Bannon, aged 72, will retire and draw a pension under the city’s pension and retirement act.

O Bannon

Riverside High School Senior Class Play False Fronts Tonight

The Riverside High School senior class presents False Fronts a three act comedy to Decatur citizens tonight at Riverside auditorium starting eight o clock. Stage roles listed include Truman Hal brooks as stage manager Lucile Caudill property manager and Johnnie Hanigan William Britnell publicity managers with Edgar Self in charge of publicity. Cast features Emma Bixby Betty Dodson Ellen Marie Massengale Dan Verner Julia Weaver Howard Hovis Carl Frederick Conley Yvonne Crawford Charrles Miller Alma Ray Harris Tucker and other performers in a Hotel Restful Inn setting with acts at the Restful Inn and a Sunday morning scene.

Riverside High School Decatur Riverside Auditorium Truman Halbrooks Lucile Caudill Johnnie Hanigan William Britnell Edgar Self Restful Inn Annelle—McCulloch Kenneth Hennessy James Couch Ben Hillis Charles Abbot Sally Lucienhardt Raymon Baker R. T. Hagen Virginia Prince Calvin Emma Bixby Betty Dodson Eve Hardison Ellen Marie Massengale Lefty Smith Anna Hodges Dan Verner Jenny Williams Julia Weaver Clarence Bixby Bixby Howard Hovis Bob Hope Carl Frederick Conley Ruth Walsh Yvonne Crawford Jimmy Taggart Charrles Miller Sari Laritza Alma Ray G. H. Barber Will H. Pearce Mimi Labrun Margaret Perry Henry Rhodes Harris Tucker

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