Christmas club meetings fill Alabama town with cheer
A string of society notes details Christmas gatherings across Decatur. Juvenile Music Study Club hosts a 2:30 pm session at David Allen Gibbons home on Gordon Drive West with Gordon Drive host assistance. Various P T A clubs, Berean groups, Zetomen Club, and Blind Made Goods sale wrap up with decorations, programs, and charitable gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Allen Gibson
Gordon Drive
Ray Frederick
David Allen
Berean Study Club
W. A. Burt
Trinity
Maynard Layman
Sewell
John Banks Sewell
Berean Club
T. G. Morrow
East Walnut Street
Eugene R. Guy
Alabama
Guy
J. D. Bush
W. F. Rauschenberg
Marion Schimmel
Schimmel
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
Morrow
Claudie Shumake
FE. M. Morrow
Douglas Sheats
Cadre Jarvis
A. J. Coleman
Hartwell Bailey
Shelbyville, Ky
Quimb Sewell
Miss Shumake
Zetomen Club
Lethel Smith
R. L. Archibald
Smith
W. A. Brittain
Elmer Bussey
Red Cross
W. H. Day
Brittain
P. H. Sandlin
H. O. Troup
Decatur Federation of Women’s Clubs
Grant's
Second Avenue
Miss Thresa Liston Visits Kin In Tennessee
Local personals note Miss Thresa Liston of Ville Tennessee arrived Wednesday to spend about two weeks with Rev and Mrs K T Liston. Several residents, including Mrs J R Daniell and Mrs E S Morrow traveled to Birmingham for visits and a song in Chattanooga. Others returned from Memphis and Hernando while attendees at E E Clem funeral included I Waggoner and G B Waggoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thresa Liston
Ofville
Tenn
K. T. Liston
J. R. Daniell
E. 8. Morrow
Harry Carpenter
J. Y. Hamil
Birmingham
W. P. Batgh
Memphis
Fashion and beauty advice in a playful 1920s style
The column mocks and analyzes women footwear fashion and beauty trends. It warns about proper shoe fit to avoid foot deformities and criticizes high heels. It describes a popular coiffure and offers beauty guidance through the newspaper Beauty Box Editor with responses by mail.
Make This Model At Home Soft Slim Afternoon Dress Pattern
Anne Adams pattern 4628 offers a flowing one piece skirt with center bodice, slimming darts at the waist, and decorative curved side seams. Optional revers and bow trim or collarless V-neck with lace edging. Sizes 36 to 48. fabric 39 inches per size 358 yards for size 36. Pattern 15 cents. book 15 cents. book and pattern 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
West 17Th
New York
N.Y
Local Residents Gather in Birmingham and Alabama Locations
Louisville residents and Alabama neighbors including Mrs. H Lane of Birmingham Mrs. Sarah Clem Elkmont Miss Lucille Roper Huntsville Mr and Mrs George Culps and son Huntsville Mr and Mrs Roy Clem Athens and Juanita Crick Huntsville discuss a token collection valued around seven thousand dollars with plans to salvage scrap metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
H. ©. Lane
Birmingham
Ala
Sarah Clem
Elkmont
Lucille Roper
George Culps and Son
Huntsville
Roy C. Clem
Athens
Juanita Crick
Token swap would solve all troubles
Louisiana and Mississippi face token shortages as defense orders tighten metal supply for 1 and 5 mill aluminum and copper coins. Louisiana plans to redeem 70 million tokens after December 31 when the 1 percent sales tax ends, while Mississippi weighs options and cites legal barriers to taking the Louisiana tokens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sam Jones
Tax Commission
Alf Stone
Desert Warfare and Leadership in the Mediterranean Clash
The column discusses Italian Marshal Graziani and Mussolini in the Ethiopian campaign context, noting supply dependence, reliance on motorized units, and caution against “shows” while predicting dramatic desert fighting akin to the Russo Finnish war. It highlights blinding sand storms, water scarcity, mirages, and the strategic tension shaping the Mediterranean battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graziani
Gragiani
Mussolini
Gerern
Dolo
Mediterranean
Alabama History Film Shown At State Reception
An historic color film tracing Alabama from mound builders in Hale County to modern times premiered at Governor Dixon's press conference. Walter Jackson of Selma schools produced it. Mrs Dixon and Dr A H Collins observed. The reel shows Cahaba, Weatherford grave, Mallvilla, Forts Mima Clayborn Morgan, mills, dams, lakes, parks, and historic sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Hale County
Dixon
Walter Jackson
Selma City
Mra. Dixon
A .H. Collins
Army Engineers to Take Over Construction Burden
Washington reports the army engineers will relieve the quartermasters corps of much of the construction load in the army expansion. The War Department ordered engineers to direct all construction work and all corps stations except Panama, following congressional authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Engineers
Quartermasters Corps
Army
Panama
Congress
Christmas greenery tags arrive for curb market
Tags from the U S Forestry Service arrive at the Decatur curb market for Christmas trees and greenery. Landowners and tenants are urged to use only tagged greenery, a conservation move. Tags can be secured at the curb market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
U. S. Forestry Service
County Educators Attend High School Forum
A group of Morgan school officials met at Huntaville High School in Hun for a high school forum. Attending were county superintendent Irwin J. Quinn assistant superintendent L. R. Stone elementary supervisor Mia Elva B. Frazier W. J. Terry principal of M County High School Hartselle Julian Butler Eva High School principal and H. R. Leeman Austinville High School principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan School
Hun
Huntaville High School
Morgan
Irwin J. Quinn
L. R. Stone
Mia
Elva B. Frazier
W. J. Terry
M County
Hartselle
Julian Butler
Eva High School
H. R. Leeman
Austinville High School
Want Ads Highlight Cars For Sale Daily Listings
Before buying or selling your automobile glance over the Want Ads. You will find different cars listed every day.
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E. H. Barnett
Adams Apartments
T. C. Chandler
Mesdames
Will Wyker
Georgie Miller
Fairview P. T. A
T. R. Harrison
Cecil Timberlake
Charles Williams
A. M Matthews
Third Ward P.T.A
Burt
Frank Emena
Mandy
American Legion Auxiliary
Thresa Cleveland
Holland's Magazine
Goidel’s Drug Store
OF Women’s
Brenda Marshall HT TH
Cater
Ean
Leon Errol Comedy
Tattle Television
John McGehee
E. E. Clem
I. & Waggoner
Lexington, Ky
G. B. Waggoner
Mulberry, Tenn
M. B. Wooten
Helen Follett
Beauty Box
Beautie
Ginger Rogers
Wilson
BILL
Curtis Valley Country Club
Allen’s Beauty Shoppe
Grant &T
Sirs
Stinson Bros. Jewelers
Opticians
The
BELLE
Lorle
Revlon
Evelyn
Beauty Shop
Speake
Warren & Ratliff
Ellen Kayes
Hademoiselle
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