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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1945
Page
6
The Business and Professional Women's Club hosted a tea Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 at the Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall to mark club founding. About sixty members and guests attended, including sixteen from Huntsville and Athens clubs, with a formal receiving line and tea service.
The EL Alpha Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will hold its first official meeting at 7:30 PM Monday in the Carnegie Library. Miss Marie Ryan and Miss Myrl Hambrick will lead the program and all members are urged to attend.
A King Features Syndicate health column explains that chronic running ear in children often responds to a powder of iodine and boric acid blown into the ear. In cases with scar tissue or small tumors, treatment may require silver nitrate or surgery, with prior 12 weeks of powder use recommended.
The Adult Department of the First Baptist Sunday school will host a social in the recreational building Tuesday at 7:30 PM. All adult members are invited to attend.
Miss Eleanor Mitchell of Cullman and the University of Alabama hosted the first pre nuptial party for bride elect Miss Babye Bess Beatty. The luncheon at the Cornelian Hotel featured peach gladioli and ferns as centerpieces, with miniature bride place cards marking seats. Beatty wore a black satin gown with rhinestone clips, a small black hat and veil, black accessories, and a purple orchid corsage.
A dated health column urges hygiene for B O and nervous women, describing sweat glands and skin cleansing. It advises daily baths, brushing, and powders, then deodorants under armpits, plus ample water, diet changes, and outdoor activity to curb body odor and social stigma.
Delightful to sew frock with shoulder yokes curved neck and wide embroidered belt to create a slim waist. Pattern 4600 offered in sizes 14 through 42 with yardage and belt details. Send twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept for order. also ad for Anne Adams Fall Winter pattern book at fifteen cents with eight accessories.
The piece lists guests at a Florence event with sequin trim and lace, notes a four course menu, and names many local and university attendees. It also reports personal notices including servicemen William C. Guthrie S 1c and Robert E. Catlett Jr. S 1c, with travels, duty in the Pacific, and upcoming reassignments.
Dorothy Dix answers a reader about dealing with heartbreak after a man vows not to remarry and plans to wed another. The advice urges accepting the hurt with a smile, bluffing about ending the affair, and refreshing one’s image with style to attract a new partner, then questions why women tolerate secret courtships.
A reader seeks guidance on an impossible love affair with a married man who cannot divorce for religious reasons. The couple work together, face constant proximity, and wonder what action will end the complications.
A worried girl is urged to abandon her situation and remove herself from temptation. The guidance emphasizes that it is better to lose a good job than to risk a ruined name. The tone reflects moral caution and social pressures about personal conduct.
Your saved kitchen fats are crucial to the soap supply chain. Reducing your fat recycling could cut soap availability for your dealer and the community.
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