Christmas Club Meetings Across Local Auxiliaries
Local society pages list December gatherings by groups including First Presbyterian Auxiliary Circles One Two and Three at various homes and times. St John’s Episcopal Auxiliary Unit Two shifts to December 17 while Units Three and Four meet for Christmas events. Berean Club hosts Mrs Roan with Blind Made Goods sale, and Zeto men Club holds December meeting at Mrs Cottingham’s home with Mrs Brown assisting.
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First Presbyterian Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Woman’s Auxiliary
T. M. Guyton
Circle
A. L. Johnson
Circle Two
Eighth Avenue East
Circle Three
F. S. Hunt Sr
ST. John’s Episcopal
Ber
Unit Three
Eugene M. Chapman
Unit Four
Sara Jeffries
Berean Club
Zetomen Club
T. J. Cottingham
S. W. Brown
Personal Notices From Auburn Residents Reach Readers
Miss Ruth Lee Morrow visits over weekend with uncle E. M. Morrow recently returned from armed forces service. Louis Bell of Pepsi-Cola attends convention in Long Island New York while Mrs Bob Harris visits Birmingham. Mr and Mrs JF Graham and Mack return from Birmingham. The Jones family arrive to visit their mother as Mr Jones plans to enroll at University of Alabama. Higdon sisters recuperate at home from flu along Danville Road. G C Kirkpatrick and Charlotte Orr ill with flu at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lee Morrow
Auburn
E. M. Morrow
Armed Forces
Louis Bell
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
New York
Pepsi-Cola
Long Island
N. Y
Home To Mother dramatics class first play at Decatur High
The Decatur senior high dramatics class presented its first one act play, Home To Mother, in the school chapel Friday morning directed by Dan Weatherly. Cast includes John Wingate, Albert Brewer, Betty, Barbara Hale, Nancy, Nancy Wilson, Grace, Mary Jo Reeves, Billy Wright, Hollie. Crew notes Colleen Moore, Lewis West, Roland Wright, Patsy Frahn, Dean Moore, Jimmy Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Senior High School
Dan Weatherly
John Wingate
Albert Brewer
Betty
Barbara Hale
Nancy
Nancy Wilson
Grace
Mary Jo Reeves
Mr. Billings
Billy Wright
Hollie
Tula Templeton
Colleen Moore
Lewis West
Roland Wright
Patsy Frahn
Dean Moore
Jimmy Johns
Australia urges UN HQ in United States for San Francisco
Australia urged the United Nations headquarters be set in the United States and named San Francisco as the preferred city. The UNO preparatory commission adjourned for the weekend without taking definite action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Australia
United Nations
United States
San Francisco
UNO Preparatory Commission
Teeny Christmas Craft Ideas and Snowy Fun
Holiday craft ideas from a teenager’s perspective describe snow making for possible skiing, roast parties, and making peanut Christmas decorations plus Santa figures. The piece includes peanut people, Santa, gingerbread pin ups, and knitted mitts with a short recipe for pin up boys and notes on using old wrappings for outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Trust to Luck in Marriage Says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues marriages fail not from fate but from lack of effort. She cites doctors and lawyers as proof of toil and study, urging spouses to improve communication, compatibility, and care. Without work, she says, even long unions show strain and potential divorce.
Surplus Plant List Grows for Army and Air Forces
Washington reports an added list of 194 government owned plants declared surplus, raising total surplus plants to 252 plus 194. The investment totals to 3.265 billion dollars, with 138 units tied to Air Forces production and 56 to Army service forces. The War Department notes some plants may have already been leased or disposed, and lists plant names with WD identifiers. The record includes Coosa River Ordnance in Talladega and Gadsden, Goslin Birmingham Manufacturing, Rheem in Birmingham, plus Army Air Forces sites like Bethel McCone modification center near Birmingham and Reynolds-Ailes in Sheffield.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Plancor
Office of Defense
Coosa River
Talladega
Ala
Gadsden
Goslin- Birmingham Manufacturing Company
8Th Ave
North
Birmingham
Rheem, Manufacturing Company
35Th Ave
Army Air Forces
Bethel- McCone
Parsons’ Corporation
Woodlawn Road
50Th Street
Reynolds. Aileys .Company
Listerhill
Sheffield
Courts could shut up shop and hang crepe on doors
The passage argues that courts may close operations and marriages fail due to lack of effort. It notes ironies: people invest energy into saving a peanut stand more than preserving their marriages, implying marriages often collapse despite potential remedies if both spouses do not work hard.
Athens News Items On Heat Loss and Holidays Disrupt Athens
Athens residents faced power outages and hazardous roads as limestone county and city schools closed Wednesday and Thursday due to lack of heat. Discharges brought many home from Lawson Field and Florence Road. The football banquet was postponed to December 11. Local families including Nichols Lipscomb Blackburn Calvin Tidwell and Johnson arrangements noted with visits and travel to Nashville Roanoke and South Highland infirmary for treatment and funerals.
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Nick Nichols Sr
Arthur Lipscomb
Huntsville
Edward Blackburn Jr
Edward Blackburn Sr
Florence Road
Lawson Field
Limestone County
Athens
Athens High School
Edward. Calvin
Theo Calvin
South Highland Infirmary
Edward
Sidney Johnson
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T. My Guyton
W4ll
Oak Street
Central Garden Club
Ibut IR Department Store
Bob Harris
J.F. Graham
Mack
T. M. Jones III
T. M. Jones Jr
Uotil
Tuscaloosa
Jones
University of Alabama
Martha Jean
Harriett Lee Higdon
Danville Road
G. C. Kirkpatrick
East Church Street
Charlotte Orr
Dramatics
U. 8
Michigan
Thompson's Drug Store
Deondi
Vivian
Vivian Brown
Charles Thomas Swatzell
Bertha Bell Lamon
S. H. Lamon
Decatur
C. T. Swatzell
Dorothy
Dix
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Kay Beyant
Massey Grammar School
Studen
A” T
Danville
Brice M. Bryant
Loyd’s Drug Store
Feers Anesee Coad
Athens News
Hallmark
Norcross
Sunshine
Dugger’s Book Store
Johnston St
Wweiwa
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