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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1955
Page
6
The Mothers Study Club announces a Christmas party Friday at 7 p.m. at the Lyons Hotel hosted by Mesdames Tom Whitman Frank Manker and E F Dixon.
The Rev and Mrs E M Weathers of Amarillo Texas announce the engagement of their daughter Nelda Weathers to Airman J L Hallmon stationed in Druex France. Hallmon is the son of Mr and Mrs W
The Decatur Mothers Club hosted its annual Christmas party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. John Chenault on Friday. Thirty-nine members and husbands attended the buffet dinner and festive décor featured Christmas trees, candles, and themed artwork while guests played bridge canasta and dominoes after dinner.
Decatur resident F Hallman will wed in Amarillo with the ceremony at the House of Weddings on 1002 Georgia Street. The event details include a December 20 wedding date.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kortrecht of Memphis returned home after visiting Mrs. Kortrecht’s niece Mrs. Barrett C. Shelton and Mr. Shelton. They attended several small parties during their brief stay. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Newell were in Phil Campbell Monday for the funeral of Mr. Newell’s uncle James Flippo.
MISS NANCY CAROLYN DEWS daughter of Ira Guy Dews and Mrs Dews of Guntersville and formerly of Decatur announced engagement to George Randolph Keech nephew of Mrs Julia Radcliffe Anniston. Both students at Jacksonville State Teachers College where she belongs to Kappa Delta Epsilon. The wedding is set for a holiday season simple ceremony November 25 in Iuka Mississippi.
Miss Josephine Legg and Cpl. Thurman Terry were married in a Mississippi ceremony. The couple’s wedding announcement notes the service and confirmation of their union.
The statement notes Andrew Jackson as the first U.S. President to travel by train marking a historic transportation milestone.
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