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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1945

Page

5

To Be Rich Weighs On Dependence on Parents

A concise reflection asserts wealth often depends on parental support and the influence of family resources on financial outcome.

Societies Hostesses Impress Zeromen Club Meeting

Mesdames T J Gottingham and W Brown hosted the Zeromen Club after a Tuesday afternoon gathering. Members and guests, including Mrs G M Davenport and young attendees, enjoyed Christmas carols, a program of scripture readings, and a dining room tea in seasonal colors.

Sdames Alvah Margaret Richards Betty Ann Tuck Lyle Woodard Madge la Boon N. L. Kelley

Hallelujah Chorus Lights Central Christmas Service

Central Baptist church hosts a 7 30 pm Sunday Christmas program with Scripture readings and Handel inspired carols. Carols from three choirs including junior intermediate and adult will be directed by Edmond D Keith with Seneca B Burr on organ and Pam Willingham at piano. Public invited.

Euzelian Mary-Martha General Baptist Sunday School Wilbur Couch J. C. Barthelemy Edmond Keith Keri Swann J. T. Pettey Handel Central Baptist Church Edmond D. Keith Reruri Seneca B. Burr Pam Willingham

Treatment of Peptic Ulcer by Intragastric Drip

A 1945 King Features Syndicate health column explains intragastric drip therapy for peptic ulcers. Dr Winkelstein and colleagues in New York propose using a sodium bicarbonate and aluminum compound solution via a stomach tube, mostly at night, sometimes during the day, with possible home use after training.

Asher Winkelstein New York City Winkelstein

Dorothy Dix on the duties of a doctor’s wife

A letter from an 18 year old engaged to a doctor asks about the requisites of a doctor’s wife. Dix says there is no special class for doctors spouses. core virtues apply, including love, common sense, adaptability, self-control, and contributing at home. being a good cook helps. a wife can significantly affect her husband’s career by her actions.

Miss DIX Nature Carter

Meeting Includes Devotional Period and Round Table Program

Mrs E P Kingsbery led the devotional period as the program progressed in round table fashion. Tempting dainties were passed around to attendees.

Circle T. M. Guyton Circle One Alice Brown S. H. Wilds A. L. Johnson Circle Two G. C. Kirkpatrick Estelle Baker Johnson W. M. Voorhies F. S. Hunt E. P. Kingsbery

Division Comes Home With 31st Dixie Division

Five ships will dock by December 19 completing the homeward movement of the 31st Division. The 155th Infantry Regiment of the division returned from Mindanao aboard the USS Marine Serpent. Colonel Walter J. Hanna of Birmingham, Alabama, commander of the regiment, greeted the unit.

San Francisco 31St Dixie Mindanao Walter J. Hanna Birmingham Ala

Personal notices from Lt. Caudill to local friends in McAllister

Lt Eugene Caudill after five years service with the armed forces, 27 months overseas, is home on extended leave and will be put on inactive list February 1. He visits his brother J A Caudill in McAllister Oklahoma. Patsy Allen of Florence returns home after visiting her grandparents S E Caudill. James E Penney of Birmingham, former Decatur resident, moved from home to a hospital there. Evis Baldwin of Philadelphia and Atlanta returns to Atlanta after visiting her aunt Mrs Lamar Penney. Pvt Louis Stickney Jr of Camp Fannin Texas spends furlough with his parents Colonel and Mrs Louis Stickney. Mr and Horace Neville are at a new home near Trinity after moving from Wheeler highway. Mrs John Lile of Trinity, operated at Highlands Baptist Hospital in Birmingham, expected home this week. Mrs H R Hester of Russellville overnight guest of sister Mrs T L Baker Jr. Mrs W B Edmundson leaves for Meral Wells Texas.

Eugene Caudill Armed Forces Caudill James E. Penney Birmingham Decatur Pvt Louis Stickney Jr Camp Fannin Texas Louis Stickney John Lile Trinity Highlands Baptists Hospital

Fragmentary line about gossip and friendship dynamics

A brief fragment mentions friends and those who gossip too much, suggesting a social dynamic or moral reflection without clear context or named individuals. The text reads as a loose observation rather than a full report or event.

Doctors Wives and Jealousy in Medicine Marriages

A columnist jokes about doctors wives who grow jealous or anxious as their husbands treat patients or study at night. The piece humorously notes how demanding social duties and patient care can strain marriages, suggesting wives need more common sense and philosophy in their relationships.

Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column on Remarrying Now

A widower in his sixties seeks guidance about marrying again despite his children's objection that he should mourn his late wife. The response condemns children’s morbid sentimentality and argues for the right to remarry, framing their stance as selfish and misguided.

Dorothy DIX Poetein Sam

How to Know Aspirin Promoted in St. Joseph Brand

An advice note urges readers to ask for St. Joseph Aspirin claiming no faster or stronger option. It promises 100 tablets for 35 cents and advises customers to demand this brand to save money.

Advice to Sam on Children and Remarriage

The writer urges parents to marry and form their own households rather than burdening or being burdened by grown children. It praises elderly couples finding companionship within their own age group and criticizes grown children who restrict parental happiness by remaining single or lingering at home.

Adren Sam

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