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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1937

Page

5

Engagement Notice and Society Roundup in Huntsville

Mrs J B Eliott of Falkville announces the engagement of her daughter Alice to Walter Edgar Buckner of Birmingham. The holiday wedding is planned. The Harvey Circle of Westminster Church meets Monday at 3 PM. Musicians from the Decatur Womans Music Study Club perform for Huntsville Music Club with a tea hosted by Mrs Yarbrough. Various church and social club activities fill the season with programs, teas, and festive meals.

Elliot-Buckner J. B. Eliott Falkville Alice Walter Edgar Buckner Birmingham Harvey Westminster Presbyterian Church J. T. Munn Ville Decatur Womans Music Study Club Huntsville Huntsville Music Club Yarbrough Walter Byrne Decaturites Paul Griffin Fritz Schubert T. Rollo Charles Malone, Jr T. A. Wilson Methodist Society Womans Missionary Society Central Methodist Church L. R. Nash H. O. Troup Music Club Womans Music Study Club Leila Cantwell Seton Hall Birmingham Music Club Memore Coterie Club Garrold Nungester Stars and Violets Mabel Ann Hanson Helen Pischer East Vine Street

Speedy Ladybird Auxiliary Meet Next Monday Session

Speedy Ladybird Woman's Auxiliary holds an afternoon gathering at 3 p.m. in the annex with a combined circle and inspirational program. Separate circle sessions proceed before a shared inspirational program.

Personal notices from Huntsville area

Mrs. W B Edmundson returns home after visiting Colonel Edmundson who is in a Huntsville infirmary following eye surgery. Several locals plan weekend or holiday visits, including teachers and students, with mention of upcoming arrivals and a December 6 birth of James Keith Bennett.

W. B. Edmundson Huntsville Colonel W. B. Edmundson

Mimi and Jerry vow to pursue love amid Ball plans

Mimi admits unsure love for Jerry while dreaming of a shared future as they plan, amid family tension and Mimi's social obligations at the Veiled Prophet's Ball. Jerry finishes a play draft, seeks an agent, and faces money worries as Lionel weighs card games and Bernice.

Bernice’s Lionel Bernice Lion Jerry Jack Jill

Positions Open in the Regular Army

Ed J. Rainey of Decatur has been accepted for service in the Regular Army. With vacancies across many branches, the Army seeks men 18 to 35, single, with good character, to enlist at Fort McClellan Fort Benning Fort Oglethorpe the Hawaiian Islands or the Panama Canal. Interested individuals may visit or write the U S Army Recruiting Station Decatur.

Ed J. Rainey Grant St. Decatur Sam Hawaiian Islands Regular Army Young Rainey Infantry North Alabama Fort McClellan Ala Fort Benning Fort Oglethorpe Hawaiian Ands Panama Canal U. S. Army Recruiting Station Post Office Decatur

Divorce Granted to Mrs Helen English of Mrs English and Woody English

Mrs Helen Alice Golan English 27 obtains divorce from Brooklyn Dodger shortstop George Elwood English 30. She accuses desertion on Oct 18 1936. They wed in Crown Point Indiana on Dec 12 1930. Judge Finnegan orders $150 monthly alimony and transfer of insurance policies with premiums paid by English.

Chicago Helen Alice Golan English George Elwood Woody) English Brooklyn Dodger Crown Point Ind Phillip Finnegan English

Largest US bombing plane takes off from Shreveport

The largest bombing plane ever built in the United States departed Shreveport at 10 a.m. on the final leg of its delivery from Seattle to Wright Field Dayton Ohio. Pilot Major John D. Corkille said the four engine bomber would reach Dayton by 2 p.m. after a nonstop hop at easy speeds.

Shreveport United States Seattle Wash Wright Field Dayton John D. Corkille

Singers Invited to Sunday Community Service

All singers of this section have been invited to attend a community sing Sunday afternoon at 1 30 o'clock at Ninth Street Methodist church. An unusually good program featuring leading local singers has been arranged by leaders.

Ninth Street Methodist Church

Nourishing Food and Exercise Shape Her Figure

A Gladys column urges balanced dieting and regular exercise for women to gain or maintain curves. It warns against extremes, promotes nourishing foods, and notes that proper exercise sculpts the body, with practical tips on meals and treats while stressing moderation.

Senate panel debates farm bill amid amendments and cost limit

The Senate considers an agriculture bill tied to the ever normal granary concept with quotas, price supports, and payment incentives. House amendments to strip quotas are rejected as talks continue between chambers about funding and administration.

Balleau Jones Agriculture Department House Senate White House Rep Warren Wallace Congress Roosevelt

Make This Model At Home Pattern 4663 by Anne Adams

Promote home sewing with Pattern 4663 a neat tidy frock for stay at home matrons. Features dotted fabric puff sleeves and belted waist with bias trimmed panel and ric rac accents. Sizes 16 through 46 with fabric and trim estimates and order instructions from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.

Anne Adams Accries Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th St New York

Singer Ethel Merman Injured In Studio Ice Spill

Hollywood reports a four way spill on slick studio ice hurts Ethel Merman. The New York musical comedy star, now in films, is confined to her home with painful injuries. Sonja Henie, champion skater, also suffered a fall two weeks earlier.

Studio Ice Hollywood Ethel Merman New York Sonja Henie Champion Reskater

Coach Mylin Named All America Coach for 1937

Edward E B Hooks Mylin, in his first year at Lafayette, guided an unbeaten untied football team and was chosen as the all America coach of 1937 by the New York World Telegram.

New York Edward EB Hooks) Mylin LaPayette New York World-Telegram

Court Session Opens Monday in Morgan County Circuit Court

The Morgan county circuit court non-jury civil docket will begin Monday at 8 30 a m with Judge W W Callahan presiding. Twenty six cases have been docketed for the two day session.

Morgan County Circuit Court Court House W. W. Callahan

Three Die in Kansas Barroom Shootout

In Kansas early today a bar-room incident left Eddie Crocker 42 among the dead after robbers and bar patrons exchanged shots. Details describe a fatal exchange at a local premises with multiple casualties.

Kansas Eddie Crocker

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Leroy McEntire Skeggs Crawford First W.W. M. S First Baptist Mos First Presbyterian Speedy Ladybird American Legion Auxiliary New Armory Fort Stephen Decatur Armory Jane Topping Detroit Louise Watkins Morgan County Mrs Z. P. Watkins Constance Peerson Florence Jennie Davidson J K. Brockman E. E. Peden N. K. Bitting, Sr Athens A. W. Hill H. H. May Thomas A. Wilson Mrs. Mitchell University of North Carolina Miss Wilson C. N. Wiggins E. D. Bailey, Jr Mr. Wiggins L. & N. Railroad Company W. E. Kimbrough Ann Alan Wallace Garner Pride Earl Bennefield James Keith Andy Mimi Mother God St. Louis Bill Washington Organized Labor Vous Fingers American Federation of Labor United Automobile Workers of America I. O Dent A. F. of L Justice de Texas Schick Goidel’s Store American Cleaners Dodger Gladys Glad America Hilda Miss Glad Marjorie Weaver the Daily Coxes Wilder
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