Social notes and club gatherings highlight Athens listings
Athens society pages recount a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. James E Beasley Jr with a large guest list and prize winners. Other items note engagements, church and club meetings, Christmas programs, P T A events, U D C and culture club gatherings, and planned charitable activities in December.
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Athens
Ala
James E. Beasley, Jr
Pierce Hunter
Lonnie Cribbs
Mesdames
David A. Smith
Baylis Hightower
van Gilbert
Harry Taft
A. D. Powerson Roseman, Jr
Grant Wilson
David Patton
R. M. Reaves
Walter J. Bailey
Winston Legg
Harold Lovvorn
John W. Wilson, Jr
George c. Johnson
J. N. Anderson
Roy Thomas
C. H. Long
William Keeble
Joe Gentry
Horton Lewis
Mary K. Roper
William C Armstrong
Thomas
Bailey
Smith
Hightower
Local Social Roundup Spreads Visits and Travels
Miss Gwendolyn Holmes of Ry an vacationed with Miss Gladys Crawford at the Leeman home in Austinville Warren Sherrow. Charles Murphy from Chillicothe Business College spends holidays with his parents at 301 East Church. Several couples toured Birmingham for a weekend jaunt. Mrs S M Thompson recovers at home after illness. Mrs W P Baugh travels to Memphis.
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Austinville
Ninth Street Methodist Sunday School
W. H. Dickson
Seventh Avenue South
L. G. Smith
W. H. Curl
Gwendolyn Holmes
Ryan
Gladys Crawford
H. R. Leeman
Warren, Sherrow
Marion, Ala
H. R. Sherrow
Charles Murphy
Chillicothe Business College
Chillicothe, Mo
Mrs. C. H. Murphy
East Church Street
Commerce Unit Work Committees Named For Decatur Meeting
President Joe Duncan of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced committee appointments for the annual meeting and the nominating committee for the board election. Barrett Shelton is chairman of the annual meeting with John Patterson, Roland Gray, and John Caddell on the panel. date is pending. T. J. Cottingham chairs the nominating committee with E. W. McLeod, Harry Higdon, T. H. Fitzpatrick, Homer Jones, Billy Wyker and Loyd Lively serving.
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Joe Duncan
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Barrett Shelton
John Patterson
Roland Gray
John Caddell
T. J. Cottingham
E. W. McLeod
Harry Higdon
T. H. Fitzpatrick
Homer Jones
Billy Wyker
Loyd Lively
Army trucks move through city en route to Georgia
Seventy army trucks from the 48th Field Artillery pass through Decatur on their route from Fort Knox, Kentucky, to Fort Benning, Georgia. The column paused for lunch beside the highway during the journey.
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United States Army
Decatur
Ft. Knox
Ft.Benning
48Th Field Artillery
Glazed Complexion Beauty Ritual Promises Fresh Look
A beauty column offers a step by step method for achieving a glazed complexion. It begins with cleansing oil and tissues, then foundation, powder, and rouge. The routine includes a palm massage, neck up, and cautions about hot water and aging. Regular hand care and lotions complete the regimen.
Truck Car Crash Injures Rogersville Man
Thomas Nipper of Rogersville was slightly injured in a Sunday morning crash on the north Bee Line in front of the Gilbert White home. A truck driven by John Sandy of Tanner and a car driven by O C Greer of Rogersville collided, causing considerable damage to both vehicles.
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Thomas Nipper
Rogersville
Decatur
Highway Patrol
North Bee Line
Gilbert White
John Sandy
Tanner
O. C. Greer
Engineer Burned in Birmingham Train Incident
In Birmingham on December 9 a railroad engineer, Joseph M. Shackelford, 40, sustained burns in a train incident. Details indicate the accident occurred during routine locomotive operations with no immediate report of fatalities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joseph M. Shackelford
Engineer Fatally Burned In Tennessee Coal Couch Incident
An engineer for the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. died yesterday after a cigarette ignited a couch where he was sleeping. Fire officials investigated the accidental blaze, noting the man succumbed to severe burns at the scene.
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Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Asa Rountree Urges Action on Local Airfield Plans
Asa Rountree Jr director of Alabama aviation urges Decatur and Morgan County to establish airfield facilities. He visited Decatur over the weekend stayed with Mrs W B Edmundson at Wilder Place and leaves for Montgomery then Washington. He has cooperated for years but no definite plans exist as yet.
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Asa Rountree, Jr
Department of Aviation
Alabama
Decatur
Morgan County
Rountree
W. B. Edmundson
Wilder Place
Montgomery
Washington
Britain Faces Invasion Risk as War Worsens
The article traces Britain's struggle against a heavy German air assault on London and ongoing submarine and bombing threats to Allied shipping. It notes potential spring invasion attempts, Britain's need to free naval forces from the Mediterranean, and Franco-British colonial dynamics in Africa while reporting Greek advances against Italy in the Italo Greek conflict and Petrograd’s shifting posture.
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London
Berlin
England
Britain
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Hitler
Fairhope Distributes Over $8,000 in Christmas Savings
Fairhope business reported a record Christmas savings distribution of over $8,000 during the past weekend, marking the largest payout in several years. The funds were allocated to local shoppers and contributes to the holiday season economy in Fairhope, Alabama.
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Fairhope
Ala
Government may pay students to attend college
Mississippi State President G D Humphrey said the government may subsidize students while in college to prevent talents from leaving classrooms for higher wages if defense industry wages rise. He warned wages may pull students from study as defense work expands.
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Memphis
Tenn
G. D. Humphrey
Mississippi State
Humphrey
Sterchi Hitting High Ground in November 1940 Sales
Total company net sales of Chi Bros. Stores Inc for November 1940 reached 548,701 dollars, up 10.64 percent from November 1939. For the eleven months ended November 30, 1940 sales totaled 5,538,917 dollars, up 317 percent from 1939. The company runs 34 furniture stores in the southern states.
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Chi Bros. Stores, Inc
Birmingham to Add 25 Coke Ovens Boosting Output
Birmingham reports 25 coke ovens to be built immediately under J W Porter Alabama By-Products, increasing annual production by 120000 tons. Total output after construction expected near 700000 tons annually.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. W. Porter
Oa Bama By
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Edna Marie
Merrell
Bateman Wear
Lindsay Allen
Grant Street Church of Christ
Maggie Stricklin
Horace Sheats
Mary Blankenship
Rachael Pattillo
Miss Pattillo
Hart
Third Ward
Womans Music Study Club
First Baptist Church
Wesleyan Guild
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George Godwin
Joe Wheeler
W. L. Grimes
Fred Tidwell
J. D. Bush
Rev. Curl
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W. M. Griffin
W. A. Burt
Trinity
D. L. Mixson
J. B. Bradford
J. B. Wiley
Alabama Day
Elizabeth Houston
Howard Weeden
Miss Weeden
FE. D. Bailey, Jr
Aileen Pope
Harry Malone
Kate Lile
Tennis Tidwell
Sam Lile
Rayburn Neville
Dawson Lile
EB. Patterson
Patsy
Mack Elam
Tullahoma, Tenn
S. M. Thompson
Grant Street
W. P. Baugh
Goidel’s Drug Store
Brown’s Office Supply CO
Bank St
Aim
Ae . Jewelry
Stinson Bros. Jewelers
Optician
Rainey’s
Beauty Shop
Second Avenue
China
SAM Frank & Moore
Capitol
MURA
Universal News and Serial
Canova
ALAN
Mowbray Ford
Helen Follett
Alice Frost
Jan Paderewski
Marjorie . Lawrence
Metropolitan Opera
N. Y
St. Louis
Sir Roderick Blue
Asa Rountree
France
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Greece
Argirocastro
Allen
Grant St
Athens Nursery Company
Pfitver
Berckman’s
Athens, Ala
Leroy Robison
Mgr
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Sterchi
Moy L
City Park Flower Shop
Mme. Rubinoff
Marie Markham
Rubinoff
Evelyn
Speake
Warren & Ratliff
Alexander
Alice Faye
Betty Grable
Oakie Joen Payne
Allen Jenkins
Esther Ralston
Nicholas Others
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