Miss Scales to wed Birmingham man in December
Society notes announce Miss Martha Scales will marry William Hester Manly of Birmingham. The ceremony is set for December 30 at First Methodist Church with Rev Otis Kirby officiating. Attendants include Miss Jacqueline Johnson and Miss Martha Dinsmore, among others, and a Decatur Country Club reception follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariya
Elizabeth Scales
William Hester Manly
Birmingham
First Methodist Church
Otis Kirby
Davie Allen Gibson
Cecil Timberlake
Thomas J. Adams
Charles Maurice Scales, III
Mr. Manly
Be.j. Q. Tomlinson
Perry Given
Willis Hagan
Frank de Gruy
David de Grey
Mobile
Douglas Harper
Montgomery
Deccatur Country Club
Miss Seales
W. H. Lankersley
LeRoy Megntire Jr
William
LeRoy McEntire Sr
Personal notices list visits and illness in town
Mrs J N Gillespie left Friday for an extended visit with her son in Corra Pennsylvania. Miss Martha Bailey arrives December 18 from Randolph Macon Woman's College Virginia for Christmas with family and returns January 5. Mrs Emma Hulme is ill at her home on West Moulton Street. Mrs R C Partlow of Tuscaloosa visits with Mrs LeRoye Entire Jr. Mrs Frea Williams stays with her daughter Mrs Walter Mitwede on Fourth Avenue South after leaving Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Gillespie
David Cramer
Corra
Pennsylvania
Martha Bailey
E. D. Bailey, Jr
Randolph- Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Virginia
Emma Hulme
Hame
West Moulton Street
R. C. Partlow
Tuscaloosa
Mrs
LeRoyeEntire, Jr
Frea Williams
Walter Mitwede
4Th Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Christmas Seal Sale Aims to Fight TB in Morgan County
Morgan County Tuberculosis Association urges residents to buy Christmas Seals to fund local TB efforts. Seals support x rays, hospital beds, and public education with 95 percent of Alabama money staying in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Rankin
Morgan County Tuberculosis, Association
Alabama
Laura Wheeler needlecraft ad promotes pride motif pattern
The Decatur Daily advertises Pattern 601 for a tern motif suitable for queenly decor. It offers charts photos and directions, asks twenty cents, and requests name address zone for shipping to Brooklyn NY. Includes a note on Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog and a free scrap quilt pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King of Birds
Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept. PO
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Danville Home Demonstration Club Meets for Christmas Program
Mrs. James Teague opened her Danville home for the Danville Home Demonstration Club meeting on Thursday afternoon with Christmas decorations, Silent Night, and devotional. New member Mrs. George Lindsey Jr joined as officers and three chairmen planned to attend the Hartsel workshop December 16 at the Methodist church. A program of Christmas poems and stories followed, with gift exchange under a lighted tree led by Miss Grace Hogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Teague
Danville
Hartselle
George Lindsey, Jr
G. W. Lindsey
Lewis
Sims
Street Sandlin
Miss Hogan
Family News Includes Health Update and Visits
A local notice reports Mrs. Williams has shown marked improvement. The Sparkmans and Yarbroughs visited in Huntsville and Birmingham, while Curtis Claborn and son stayed with his parents and the Gambles. R A Sparkman moves from TVA Guntersville to the TVA steam plant in Nashville to begin new duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Claborne
Curtis Vaughn
Mr. Claborn
O. S. Gamble
Birmingham
R. A. Sparkman
TVA
Guntersville
Nashville
Tennessee
Mr. Sparkman
Club Serves Festive Tea At January Meeting
Mrs Guy Smith and Mrs Street Sandlin won first and second places in a club event with colorful corsages on display. Tea refreshments were served by Miss Martha Teague and Mrs Bobby Gann of Hartselle. The January meeting will be at Mrs Paul Pickens home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Smith
Street Sandlin
Martha Teague
Bobby Gann
Hartselle
Paul Pickens
Dorothy Dix column urges girls learn jobs beyond cooking
Dear Miss Dix argues women should train as bookkeepers secretaries nurses and technicians rather than limit to homemaking. A Mother Answer says wives lack incentive to become skilled homemakers and criticizes men who expect perfect cooks, urging housewifery graduation before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dix
Mary Jane
Dorothy
Dix
Dear Dorothy Dix Misogyny Advice Cartoon Panel
A 44 year old divorced woman asks if a gentleman prefers fried chicken and pie to beer gardens. Dorothy Dix replies women face dating bias and should not chase men, noting men often outpace women in courting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Hubert May
Central Baptist Church
Fred Scarbrough
9Th Avenue East
Tom Willingham
First Methodist W
Woman's Society of Christtian Service
Miss Scales
William Manly
W. H. Tankersley
LeRoy McEntire, Jr
East Cherry Street
Tankersley
McEntire
D” Club
Decatur Senior
A. A. Jones
Board of Education
Ogle
Fuller
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Walter Jackson
W. T. Jordan
W. R. Riley
Santa
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Schaeffer
Ronson
Zippo
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Yan
I and
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JEEP
America
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Oak Street
Marvin Yarbrough
Huntsville
Jim
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Mrs. O. S. Gamble
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Roy Grizzard
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