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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1939

Page

5

DECEMBER CIRCLE MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Society notes from First Presby and Methodist groups highlight Circle One to discuss The Church of the Open Door with Mrs T G Morrow and Mrs H D Barnum hosting. Harvest Day program at First Methodist features Rev McNutt address and social hour. Decatur Garden Club to meet at president’s home. Evening party honors Peggy Ann Crutcher on 13th birthday with Athens guests. Hospital board meets Wednesday. Central Baptist Euzelian class Christmas party Thursday. New Year Dance set for January First at Valley Country Club with club members and guests.

H. D. Barnum Harriett Irwin T.G. Morrow G . Pride N Bynum W. E. Hall Christian Education and First Methodist Womans Missionary Society Yarmade- Y McNutt Westminister Presbyterian Circle One Raphael Sartor Morday R. R. Thomas George Harvey Circle Two Gil Crane Henry Hartung T. B. Rogers Mary Keenan Decatur Garden Club Thomas J. Hendrix Spotswood Apartments William Crutcher Canal Street Peggy Ann Charlotte Spence Anna Gale Nelson Jack McFarland Athens Anna Gale Crutcher Leroy Murphree Central Baptist Euzelian Valley Country Club

Anne Adams Pattern 4326 For Spring Ladies Fashions

Anne Adams announces pattern 4326 for home dresses with scalloped yokes and puffed sleeves. Available in sizes 34 to 48, size 36 requires about 4 1/4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Price is fifteen cents per pattern and book, twenty five cents when ordered together. Orders go to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily 11Th St New York N. Y

Personal News From Corinth and Nearby Miss

Mrs. Jones A Pryor and Mrs Bessie East of Corinth Miss were guests Monday of Mrs W W Callahan. Mr and Mrs C H Winston and daughter Helen returned from a week in Gainesville Ala. Several locals went to Birmingham for the day. W F Rauschenberg is ill at home on Danville Road. Pearl Lee is ill with flu. Billy Duncan will visit from Auburn for Christmas. Jack Tankersley and John D Grimes to return Friday for Christmas. Frances Rauschenberg, senior at Florence State Teachers College, will visit over Yuletide.

Jones A. Pryor Bessie,East Corinth Miss W.W. Callahan Pearl Lee Billy Duncan Arrivatur Auburn Joe Duncan Jack Tankersley John ‘D. Grimes Olks Frances ‘Rauschenberg State Teachers College At Florence W. F. Rauschenberg

Local Misses Plan Holiday Homecoming Trips

Miss Elmore Sheppard of Verbena Alabama will visit en route to her home after attending State Teachers College at Florence. Miss Marion Boswell will return this weekend to spend holidays with her father W F Boswell. Mrs Bluette Walace and other residents were driven to Birmingham to enjoy the season.

Elmore Sheppard Verbena, Ala Marion Boswell W. F. Bos Bluette Walace Thomas J. Hendrix Mary Dryden J. R. Daniels Birmingham

Sartorial Rhythm and Domestic Advice for Women

Helen Follett urges fashionable care with clothes that flatter body shape and movement. She warns against overdressing and argues attire should serve the wearer, not dominate. She notes scarves belts and draperies as key tools and links diet to complexion and vitality.

Funeral services held for Posey infant in Lawrence County

Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Christopher C Posey of Russellville Route 4 were held at 2 pm Tuesday at Gorgas cemetery Lawrence County. Rev Leonard Isbell officiated and burial was by Drinkard of Decatur. The baby died Monday night with survivors including the parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Posey Mr and Mrs George Isbell all of Russellville Route 4.

Christopher C. Posey Russellville

Orphanage Car Arrives Safely with Winter Storage

Rev L Smallwood announces a Baptist orphans home car from the county Baptists arrived safely with contents stored for winter use valued at 598.45. Several local residents and visitors are noted in holiday and family travel mentions from Auburn to Clanton and Athens.

L. Smallwood Baptist Orphans’ Home Colley Smallwood

Artist William Bixler to return for Wednesday chalk talk

Chalk artist William A. Bixler drew big crowds at the Church of God Sunday night and will return Wednesday evening at 7:00. He talks, sings, and rapidly completes color pictures under lights. Mrs. Bixler accompanies him. The free program, enjoyed by children and adults, highlights his school and college work and a prior visit to Decatur.

Phe—Riley William A. Bixler Church of God Bixler América Decatur

Ickes Defends Roosevelt Third Term Policy in Newark

Secretary Ickes urged a third term for President Roosevelt as the preservation of democracy at a Newark town hall. He spoke to 3,500 people defending the move against Republican rivals while General Hugh Johnson called the idea a Roosevelt dynasty in the White House.

Newark N. J Ickes Roosevelt Secretary of the Interior Hugh Johnson White House

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