Birthday Party for Joe Motherway Hosted by Hudson and Milligan
A birthday party for Master Joe Motherway was hosted Monday 2 to 4 PM at Mrs. Hudson's Ninth Avenue home. A peanut hunt on the lawn yielded a candy prize. pink and white decorations highlighted the dining room with a cut glass fruit bowl and embossed cake. Guests included Joe Motherway Jr and many friends. hostesses were Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Motherway with Mrs. R. E. Wright and Mrs. D. K. Motherway assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Motherway
T. B. Hudson
O. Milligan
Hudson
Ninth Avenue
Sonny Wright
Joe Aldridge
Ralph Murphy
Exie Nell Campbell
Jerry Prince
Clarence Preston Aday
Sonny Boy Wright
Anna Marie Chastain
Elizabeth Motes
Robert
Anita Sellers
Betty Fay Julian
Peggy Joyce
Grady Butler Hanks
Martha and
Neal Alexander
Joe Motherway, Jr
R. E. Wright
D. K. Motherway
Fashion pattern details and local social notes spill over
The excerpt lists a sewing pattern No. 6347x with yardage for various sizes and fabrics, plus a mail request to Julia Boyd in New York for pattern and patterning details. It also reports on social club events, Legion Auxiliary meeting plans, Christmas charity efforts, and local visits from residents and guests across Decatur and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
New York
N. Y
D A R Meeting At Mrs Hunt Home In Canal Street
Stephens Chapter D A R met at Mrs F 8 Hunt s Canal street home with hostesses Mrs Hunt and Mrs Wyker. The group studied the critical post Revolutionary period and discussed Manufacturing Trade in the United States 1790 and Political Conditions 1780 1790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Canal Street
Stephens
Sam Stephenson
Local residents attend Birmingham Pilot Club ceremony
Miss Inez Thombs Mrs. Charles Johnson and Miss Ruby Jones travel to Birmingham Saturday for the cash award honoring the Pilot Club at the Tutwiler Hotel with Miss Margaret Ormond Selma state president presenting. Others report illnesses visits travels and recoveries including chicken pox tonsillitis malaria and recent improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Thombs
Charles Johnson
Ruby Jones
Birmingham
Gibson Returns From Kentucky Business Trip
J. N. Gibson, manager of the Holland Blow Stave company, has returned from a business trip to Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Gibson
Kentucky
Arbuckle Returns Home From Decatur Business Trip
Co C Arbuckle of Birmingham has returned home after a business trip to Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. Arbuckle
Birmingham
Decatur
Miss Thombs to Represent Decatur Pilot Club at Birmingham Charter
Miss Inez Thombs, governor of the North Alabama district of Pilot Clubs, will travel Saturday to Birmingham for the Birmingham Pilot Club charter meeting and banquet at the Tutwiler hotel. Three international officers will attend. The Decatur club met Monday for a supper and a business session. Plans covered beautifying the Oak and Lafayette park area and pursuing CWA funds for playground equipment, plus a December 18 Christmas party to be held at a designated site. Mrs. Charles Johnson renewed her membership after leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Thombs
North Alabama
CWA
Charles Johnson
Optimistic Over PWA Loan Chance for Morgan County Jail
Judge Baynard Malone returns from Montgomery confident Morgan County will obtain Public Works Administration funds for a new jail. Estimated total cost ranges from seventy five to one hundred thousand dollars to be repaid over thirty years with 70 percent to be repaid and 30 percent as a gift per the PWA plan. The state PWA advisory committee has approved the application and awaited word from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baynard Malone
Montgomery
Morgan County
Public Works Administration
PWA
Washington
Christmas Mail Slow to Start at Albany Post Office
Attaches at the Albany station report holiday mail is slow to begin with. Few packages have been processed so far, most for distant points. One parcel went to England, the farthest destination yet mailed from the station.
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Albany
England
Christmas Trees Plentiful This Year Says Local handlers
Several tree handlers report a plentiful supply of Christmas trees. They note ample numbers of young cedars this season and unusually good quality.
Holland-Blow Stave Company Feeds Barrel Supply
Holland-Blow Stave company furnishes a limited supply of staves for making liquor barrels as Decatur industry feels the effects of prohibition repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Holland-Blow Stave Company
Wallace Speaks in Magic City
Henry Wallace, secretary of the U S department of agriculture, will speak at the Birmingham city auditorium on December 16 at 1 PM. W H Gregory, county farm agent, says Morgan's quota is 200 farmers and business men and plans no prior assembly. He notes Wallace will discuss the 1834 cotton plan Bak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
U. S. Department of Agriculture
City Auditorium
Birmingham
W. H. Gregory
Morgan
Wallace
Mr. Gregory
Mooresville Man Sam Smith Visits Decatur on Business
Sam Smith of Mooresville was in Decatur today on a business mission as he conducted local engagements and met with contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Smith
Mooresville
Decatur
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The
Valley Country Club
Imogene Burle
Stephenson
E. C. Shaw
Leroy McEmtire
J.,y. Hamil
James T. Stewart
Hopkinsville
John W. Jones
Hamil
Alan Wallace
Legigon Auxiliary
Martin Arena
Federation
Decatur Federation of Women’s Clubs
Louis A. Neil
Morgan County National Bank
Joseph Woods
Kellar Memorial Bridge
W. B. Smith
Phillip Gilchrist
West Moulton Street
D. C. Adams
Frank Ragin King
Mrs
Carlton King
New Orleans
Malcolm Adams
Henry Binford
Athens
Adams
Annapolis
Ethel Harrison
Madison
Bob Cain
Annie Sue Cain
Misses Ann
Jacqueline Johnson
John Young
Hopkinsville, Ky
George W. Young
Minneapolis, Minn
George Young
Goidel
Florida
Friers
Chappell’s
Sarah Neville
Martha Frances Rauschenberg
Marion Boswell
Martha Frances Pettey
Tommy Gephart
F. R. Benson
Henry Hanson
A. T. Hanson
Hunteville
Virginia Reynolds
Fayetteville, Tenn
Annie Kate Harrison
Jean Harbert
F. L. Weaver
Lisa Edwards
Johnston Street
Eddie Beard
E. E. Beard
Kathryn Timberlake
East Cherry Street
Little Sue Bitting Lawrence
Mr. and
George Lawrence
J. L. Echols
Mrs. Neill
Nashville
T. A. Bowles
R. G. Cortner
Friinds
Henry Zeitler
Don Juan
Sky Ride
Wynekoop
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Chicago
Mary Gerkem
Wyfekoop
Ink
Flo Conley
Trip
New Forest
Government Forest Service
Ferdinand A. Silcox
New York Employing Printers Association
Robert Y. Stuart
Decatur Daily Passtion Bureau
New York, N. Y
Miss Thombs
Decatur Pilot Club
Magic City
Derichin’ Wallace
VICKS
Weller Pottery
Sam Frank
MOORE
Princess
Mildred Harris
Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood
Leroy and Mack
Famous Dance Team
California
Hamven
Frankie Darro
Rochelle Hudson
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