Christmas social notes and club gatherings in 1933
Large society attendance at school events includes a PT A county council report, a banner for Miss Lee's room, and a Monday party at East Vine street. Alabama Day programs at Joe Wheeler Chapter UD C featured talks on Smoke Over Alabama and The Great Fields of Alabama, plus a coffee contest. Silk Stocking Club meetings at East Vine street with high score trophy awarded. Regular club nights and a Christmas party at Valley Country Club are noted along with Royal Ambassadors supper and a fathers and sons program with a playlet.
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Elton Reeves
McCluskey
Alabama
Joe Wheeler
F. F. Tidwell
Jackson
Mrrs
Philip Humphrey
W.C. Bailey
Frank Duffey
Silk Stocking Club
H. D. Barnum
George Wallace
Eugene Russell
Alan Wallace
McNeill Duplex
East Vine Street
Echols
Personal notices of visits and holiday plans in town
Mrs. Rutledge Thomas visits Birmingham this week. Several residents plan trips and holidays with relatives in Tuskegee Jasper Huntsville Chattanooga and Florence. Guests include Misses Mildred Nebrig Virginia Speer and Atlee Hoff while several ill or recovering at home.
Decatur Park Name Contest Seeks Best Title
The Daily announces a $5 cash prize for naming the park to complete the city park system. The site lies between Fourth Avenue South and Somerville Road. Contest runs now through December 20 at midnight. Submit names by mail or in person to the Park Name Contest Editor.
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Decatur
Daily Today
Fourth Avenue
South
Somerville Road
Three Collar Patterns for Grace and Style
Three collar designs in sizes small medium and large with neck measurements 12 13 and 15 inches. The pattern requires yardage for each size and includes a sewing chart. Send 15 cents, your name address size and pattern number 4808x to Julia Boyd at Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau 103 Park Avenue New York NY.
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Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
New York
N. Y
Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau
Dan Fitch Stars in Flashes of Fun at Princess Theatre
Dan Fitch brings his Flashes of Fun to the Princess Theatre today. The show features Charles Kemper Mack Sennett Pathe stars and the Dan Fitch Stars troupe with a cast of comedians dancers and models fueling a nationwide discovery path he built.
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Fitch
Princess Theatre
Dan
al G. Fields
Coburn
Dan Fitch
Charles
Cupid” Kemper
Tom Thumb Midget Cars Delight Decatur Children Today
The Tom Thumb Midget automobiles arrived in Decatur under Veterans of Foreign Wars auspices and will be available for rides over the next two days. The roadster style cars, first seen at the World's Fair, are 6 feet 8 inches long, weigh 175 pounds, and run on 90 miles per gallon. They operate safely for children and attract wide interest, aided by local sponsors Hill Chevrolet Co Britnell's Garage Why Not Eat Here Cafe Decatur Coca-Cola Bottling Co Henry McBride & Sons Moye's Barber Shop Decatur Motor Co Decatur Ice & Coal Co Black's Dry Cleaners H. & H. Machine Co.
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Decatur
Hill Chevrolet Co
Britnell’s
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Henry, McBride & Sons
Moye’s
Decatur Motor Co
Decatur Ice & Coal Co
Black's Dry Cleaners
H. & H. Machine Co
Palmer Kimball Questioned In Sheffield Slaying
Decatur police arrested Palmer Kimball a negro and turned him over to Sheffield officers who sought his custody for questioning in the slaying of a negro at Sheffield Monday night Deputies from Sheffield returned Kimball to that point Thursday.
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Palmer Kimball
Decatur
Sheffield
Kimball
Time Element Is Believed Perfect Alibi For Soldier
A Falkville soldier claims a straightforward diary like route from Fort Sam Houston to his Alabama home over Christmas week. He details travel via highway 90 through LaFayette New Orleans Mobile Bay Minette Montgomery to reach Max well Field and home Friday afternoon. He says he cannot recall Maxwell names but believes the sergeant in charge would identify him. Deputy reports link a Poplarville area sighting and a related car disappearance involving Bilbo’s cousin from New Orleans.
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Fort Sam Houston
Falkville
San Antonio
Houston
LaFayette
Evans
New Orleans
Coast Artillery
Slider
Highway 90
Mobile
Bay Minette
Montgomery
Maxwell Field
Poplarville
Bilbo
Mississippi
Poplarvil
Pearl River
Slide
Popularville
Choir Picnic Supper Tonight at Central Baptist Church
The Intermediate Choir of Central Baptist Church will host a picnic supper tonight starting at 6 30. Leaders said all choir members and anyone wishing to join the choir were invited to attend.
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Central Baptist Church
Today’s Temperature Report Shows 72/62 Degrees
The weather bureau recorded a high of 72 degrees and a low of 62 degrees for the 24 hour period ending at 7 am today.
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the Weather Bureau Today
Farm Opportunity Near Union Hill For 80 Acres
80 acres near Union Hill Wolfs Beat with 50 acres in cultivation. Yielded three quarters of a bale per acre last year without fertilizer. Spring and well water available. no buildings. Sacrifice price $500. Contact Otto Moebes.
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Union Hill
Wolfs Beat
Otto Moebes
Budinger Family Arrives in Decatur Home
Mrs J T Budinger and daughters Mary and Neill from Birmingham joined Mr Budinger Civil Works Administrator Morgan County. The family currently resides in Cornelian Court apartments in Decatur.
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J. T. Budinger
Mary
Neill
Birmingham
Decatur
Budinger
Morgan County
Budingers
Cornelian Court Apartments
River gauge reads 2.4 feet at Tennessee river station
The Tennessee river showed a stationary level today with a guage reading of 2.4 feet.
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Tennessee
Montgomery Visit Notes and Holiday Guest Plans
Overnight guests of Professor and Mrs. J. Hocking in Montgomery include James Nabors a TMI student from Sweetwater Tenn who will stay with Ben Martin Jr en route home to spend holidays with Rev and Mrs A Nabors in Birmingham. C C Johnson of the Tennessee Valley Laboratory attends the state convention of health officials in Montgomery.
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Claude McMillan
Elizabeth
Points
South Carolina
Atlee Henkel Hoff
Sewanee University
Sewanee, Nn
Fischer Horlock
Hon, Texas
Calvin Pettey
Walter Graves Pettey
Howard College
Mrs. Graves Pettey
Professor
8S. J. Hocking
Montgomery
James Nabors
Sweetwater, Tenn
Ben Martin, Jr
A. H. Nabors
Birmingham
C. C. Johnson
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
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Humphrey
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E. D. Bailey, Jr
Bridge
The
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A. C. Bailey
E. W. Kennedy
Garner Pride
J. Will Wayker
R. A
Southville Baptist Church
Truman Halbrooks
Clyde Murphy
Clyde Murphy, Jr
C. E. Halbrooks
Cecil Halbrooks
L. B. Wright
Eugene Wright
P. G. Free
Wiley Free
J. D. Pickens
Gladstone Pickens
A. G. Campbell
A. G. Campbell, Jr
Fred E. Halbrooks
Bryan Abbott
Charles Abbott
George Donald Lawhorn
Leonard Sellers
Harold Hildredth
Fuscaloosa
S. A. Lynne
T. M. Jones, Jr
E. N. Penick
J. W. Shealy
WP. Dozier
Arthur Nebrig
Lahleen Kinney
Sarah Webb
Tuskegee, Ala
Mildred Nebrig
Elmer Bussey
Austinville
Pettus Bussey
Atchison, Kas
Mrs
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J. D. Minton
Fruit Growers Express
Chattanooga, Tenn
Workman
New York City
Early Phinizy
Lamar Eyster
Scottsboro
Charles H. Eyster
F. E. Taylor
B. L. Malone
Knoxville, Tenn
Elbridge Wright
Payetteville, Tenn
H. J. Jones
Huntsville
James E. Kennedy
Georgie Miller
Charles Tweedy, Jr
Jasper
Ala
J. D. Verner
Opal
California
Martha Porter
E. D. Bailey, Sr
Verbena
Larry Norton
Canal Street
J. H. McMath
L. R. Murphree
Bonnie Lee Murphree
B. F. Martin
Mrs. Comer Ezell
Louis Henkel
Atlee Hoff
Virginia Speer
Howard Weaver
Eddie Eubanks
Fanny Godfrey
E. R. Guy
Lampkin
J. F. Moore
Mississippi State College
J. R. Hendrick
Florence
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H. A. Nungester
Garrold Nungester
Goidel
Fostoria
SAM Frank & Moore
Desatur
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Nashville
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Alan Dinehart
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Dorothy Fell
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Virginia Lorene
Princess
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Paul Lukas
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