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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1946

Page

7

Engagement of Miss Wilds to Mr Hume Public notice

Mr and Mrs Samuel Wilds announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret to David Lindsay Hume of Tulsa Oklahoma son of Mrs Perry D Maxwell of Tulsa and the late W D Hume. Miss Wilds studied at Agnes Scott Decatur Georgia University of Alabama and Tulsa University and belongs to Delta Delta Delta Decatur Cotillion Club and Spins ters Club. Mr Hume earned a B S in industrial engineering from Lehigh University and served as a major in the 1st infantry division in the European theater earning the Bronze Star Medal. He is employed by Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville Oklahoma. The wedding will be in the early part of the new year.

Miss Wilds Hume Samuel H. Wilds Margaret David Lindsay Hume Tulsa Oklahoma Perry D. Maxwell W. D. Hume Agnes Scottee Decatur Georgia University of Alabama At Tuscaloosa Ala Tulsa University Phillips Petroleum Company Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Shower Honors Bride-to-Be Lilian Houser at Reeves Home

Mrs. Elton Reeves hosted a Thursday night shower on Sixth Avenue West for Miss Lilian Houser, bride-to-be of E W Strother. Invitations depicted a window with curtains. fruit and vegetable decor, paper teapots, and a pot holder contest highlighted the evening. Miss Lelia Belle Robinson won the trophy, and Lilian received magazines, recipes, and gifts in a basket.

Elton Reeves Hom Sixth Avenue West Lillian Houser E. W. Strother Lelia Belle Robinson Lilian's E. P Virginia Gilliam Betty Lile Beverly Hodges Marvin Smith J. C. Howell Ruby Sandlin Rufus Warren Ed Strother Johnny Smither J. F. Smither J. O. Townsend John Wilkes

Personal notes from local families during holiday season

Mrs. Maud Gamble returns from Florence where she visited her daughter Mrs. J. L. Steverson who had surgery at Colbert County hospital. Steverson is recovering. Henon W. Pearce of Warmedale visits with parents Mr. and Mrs. Mason Pearce. J. S. Heggie Jr. and son Jack III of Dallas plan to spend holidays with Rayburn Neville’s family in Trinity. Mrs. H. K. Tankersley will visit son and daughter in Hartford Conn. Mrs. J. B. Murphy and daughter with Miss Jeff Lundy of Birmingham return home after attending the Blackwell-Hale wedding and visiting local relatives. Mrs. E. M. Rogers and children leave for Nashville Tenn. after visiting local homes.

Barbara Hale Sidney Blackwell James Belew Jr James Belew Sr Miss Hale Blackwell Guy Blackwell Jr Jane Murphy Birmingham Paul Brown Jr Bill Sears David Speake Warren Clifford Smith G. M. Davenport J. W. Darrah Oscar Napps C. H. Timberlake E. M. Rogers Cherry Nashville, Tenn Carl Warren Opelika Ala Damon Blackwell Maud Gamble Florence J. L. Steverson Colbert County Hospital Mrs. Steverson Annie Miller Gamble J. S. Heggie Jr Jack III Dallas Texas Rayburn Neville Trinity H. K. Tankersley Jack Tankersley Hartford Conn J. B. Murphy Jeff Lundy Blackwell-Hale Nashville Tenn

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