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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1930

Page

5

Birthday Party for Little Miss Lanier

Bettye Crawford Lanier celebrated her third birthday at home on Sixth Avenue South with a 3 PM party. Friends plus a cake and pink candles joined in a dining room celebration before prizes of mini balloons. Attending were Bettye and her sister and many neighborhood children. The event was hosted by Mrs Charner Lanier with assistance from Mrs B B Rainey and Mrs Hoyt H Kelley.

Miss Lanier Bettye Crawford Lanier Sixth Avenue South Dorothy Christine Stovall Evelyn Bowen Virginia Foxx Dorothy McClure Mary McClure John Milton Kent Mary Helen Kent Dorothy Louise Kelley Peggy Joyce Rainey Marion Rainey Bettye June Thomas Wayne Thomas Nellie C.ry Avery Roan, Jr Mary Sue Ryan Ella Mae Glover Marie Ryan Emerson McCullouch Montgomery W. B. McCulloch Gertrude Scruggs

Most Attractive Sewing Circle Meeting Postponed

Reading the schedule for Decatur events shows the Mary Lou Dancy Chapter Sewing Circle postponing its Tuesday meet to January. The piece notes related club activities including the Juvenile Music Study Club hosting and Central P T A meeting details.

Mary Lou Dancy

Miss Ellice Mitchell Hosts Friends in Athens College Visit

Local society notes list Miss Ellice Mitchell and friends visiting in Athens College. Several residents report weekend visits from Birmingham, Montgomery, Danville and elsewhere, with updates on illnesses, moves, and hospital recoveries.

Ellice Mitchell Athens Colege

Decatur Stores Rush to Christmas Shopping Days

Christmas shopping in Decatur moves faster as fourteen days remain before December 24. Stores report heavy crowds Saturday, with many shops decorated and many gifts already laid away for delivery on Christmas Eve.

Decatur

Community Notes From Mooresville Belle Mina Social Line

Social items recount visits and gatherings across Mooresville and Belle Mina Alabama. Residents host card clubs dinners and weekend guests from Birmingham Huntsville Decatur Nashville and Athens while travelers visit relatives in Montgomery Florence and Florence noting high score trophies and dinner guests.

Peta Oak Frank Richardson Mollie Smith Frederic Dicate Birmingham Don Sugg Huntsville Garren Decatur John Henry Peebles Helen Hayes Holmes Mooresville Stuart Peebles Mary White Carolyn—Zeitler Emily Anne Peebles Gene Giles Rg.cortner Wilbourn B. Smith Louis Hardage Nashville H. B. Zeitler Bradley Bibb Zeneailey Annie Peebles Richardson Louis Bradley Chattanooga Belle Mina W. F. Dukes James Rankin Merian Rankin Athens Gre K. Bartlett Tur Carolyn Zeitler Ben Lee Bibb Mary Augusta Bibb Belle Mina Hall James Samuel Smith Jack Smith EB. P. Garrett Joan H. Peebles Julia Smith Richard Hundley James Hill

Distinctive cape collar dress in wool crepe pattern 1814

A jaunty day dress features a divided cape collar, flared skirt with front podets, and tailored bows. Made in wool crepe marocain canton crepe or velvet in brown black green or dull red sizes 14 through 40. Size 16 uses 2 3 4 yards of 54 inch fabric.

FIFTEEN CENTS in Our Name Address Style Request

Interested party seeks item labeled FIFTEEN CENTS in the listing under the address style with full street and city details. Specify exact size wanted and confirm current availability and price.

Winter Fashion Book and Transfer Patterns Ad

A Decatur DailyPattern Department ad offers an affordable winter fashion book for adults and children. Includes transfer patterns and stamped novelties ideal as gifts. Price fifteen cents, book with pattern twenty five cents. Mail orders to West 11th Street New York.

Decatur Daily Pattern Department West 11Th Street New York, Y

Riverside Hi-Y coats drive supports charity

Riverside Hi Y club collected coat hangers Saturday and will sell them with proceeds to charity. Anyone who still has hangers and did not visit Saturday should notify officials to arrange pickup. The note also lists local residents visiting or mingling in Decatur and nearby areas.

Riverside Hi

Drug Habit Cure Is Believed Found

A Cornell University chemistry team reports a compound showing promise to cure drug habits. The cure is not yet for humans and remains in laboratory animal testing under development by Dr. Wilder D. Bancroft and Dr. G. H. Richter. Details are withheld pending publication.

Howard Blakeslee Associated Press Ithaca, N. Y Cornell University Wilder D. Bancroft G. H. Richter

French President names new labor minister in Cabinet reshuffle

Paris December 8 President Doumergue proposes Pierre Lay er senator and labor minister to succeed M dieu who resigned Thursday the 25 in a cabinet reshuffle indication of government leadership changes amid ongoing political tensions.

Paris Doumergue Pierre Layer Layer M.dieu

Earthquake Kills Four in Tokyo Area

Rengo News Agency reports a severe quake in the Southwestern Formosan region caused four deaths and 253 houses to collapse. The tremor struck at 3 50 p.m. and lasted thirteen minutes.

Tokyo Rengo Trainan Formosan

Many Nuisances Abated In Month

County sanitary inspector L. Parham reports Morgan county had thirty six nuisances abated and twenty two sewer connections made in November. Private and public premises inspections totaled nearly fifty.

L. Parham Morgan County

Football Banquet Set For Tuesday At Central High

The annual football banquet presented by the Parent-Teacher Association honors Central High School grid squad. It will be held Tuesday evening and supper will be served in the school car.

Central P.T. A Central High School Parent-Teachers Association Grid

Classifieds Highlight Advantageous Gift Offers Today

Readers are urged to scan today's classified section to spot multiple advantageous gift offers. The page promises savings, limited-time deals, and a range of items suitable for holidays and special occasions.

Christmas Gift Suggestions in Classified Section

A concise package of small gift ideas from the classified pages presents festive options. Each item hints at satisfaction for varied tastes with practical picks and approachable prices.

Moulton Banquet Honoring Lawrence County Football Team

In Moulton Alabama on December 9, members of the Lawrence county school football team, coached by Vernon L Sr, gathered for a banquet with teachers and economics class girls assisting. Captains Harris Hardin and Lovie Montgomery were honored alongside team members and alternates, with awards and letters presented for the season despite a 3–4–? record and several tied games.

Moulton Ala Bers Lawrence County Vernon L. Sr Johnne Harris Hardin Emmett Gwin Shelton Ernest “Red” Ander Porter Waldrep Montgomery Lovie Montgomery Joe Clark Young Raymond Stephenson Herschel Moody Hal Pickens Ander Raymond Stephene

Births in the family of Mr and Mrs Joe Motherway

Mr and Mrs Joe Motherway announce the birth of a daughter named Mary Jane on December 4. Mr and Mrs Ire Day report a daughter born on November 30.

Pirie Guyton J. T. Guyton Anne Sophia Guyton William Edward Pirie Athens Ala Decatur Sam Arvidson and Frank Morrow Mrs Joe Motherway Anounce Ee Nee A Clifford Ah Seman Mrs. Ire Day Mary Jane

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Easy Ace Club 8. W. Irwin Canal Street Mrs. Ballas Canal Street Bock Club John Ballas Jean Huie Juvenile Music Study Club Evelyn McMillah Third Avenue, West Alabama Decatur Federated Hotel Lyons Extension Department University of Alabama 8S. J. Hocking University of Alabama Extension Moore Morgan County Committee Washington, D.C Decatur Federated Women's Clubs B. E. Preuit Carnegie Library Margaret Ballard Montgomery, Ala The Women’s College of Alabama Elii Walshe 8. H. Paul E. A. Paul West James A. Nelson East Vine Street E. K. Henson Baugh’s Infirmary Martin Whitt Anna Jean and Marjory Athens, Ala Fifth Avenue James Norwood, Jr Eighth Avenue, West Miss Vivien Louise Riddle Mrs. It Long Danville Sam Austin Florida Havana Cuba Austin L. & N. Road Howard Haygood Robert Long Jimmy Bloodworth H. O S. T. Rollo Warner Bros. Present Posinett Wwe Angi’ Ark tSaber Dorothy Mackain Lewis Stone Marx Brothers Virginia Will Hays Motion’ Picture United States Mrs. James Statesman Hot Springs Bellemina Kathleen R. Peebles Edmond Garrett Willis Hill Fred Young Timmionsville S. CC Fannie Hundley Jackson Eaton Julia Roberts Ida Roberts Will Roberts Garner Pride Sam Kay Samuel Kay, Jr Ernett Stockton Emily Ann Peebles W. H. Hayes Anne Adams Ecatur’s Sary Gary Arantz Ao Riverside W. E. Howell Westminster Presbyterian Church Bonanza Quartette WBRC F. A. Garrett Town Creek WRS Tom L. Pike Lacey's Spring Ethel Thompson City J. R. Cornell Hartselle J. B. Aycock Earth Shock Laura Pope Day Harvard James “Red” Barrett Joseph P. Day New York Moyes Beauty Parlor Peggy Hamilton Los Angeles Moulton Banque Lovie Montgomery Ig Grove Sof Drug Store Grove’s
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