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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1937

Page

7

Christmas Program At P T A Party At Joe Wheeler

The Joe Wheeler school auditorium hosted a P T A Christmas program with a white robed third and fourth grade choir directed by Mrs Oscar Napps. A pantomime The Night Before Christmas and plays by younger students drew praise from parents and neighbors.

Joe Wheeler Oscar Napps Bethlehem Julia Holesapple W. J. Coyle Gloria Weatherby Elizabeth Jones Rosetta Evelyn Lee Maureen Brown Posetta David Chandler Florimel James Hartsock

Personal notices and holiday travel updates in Columbia area

Local residents share holiday plans and family visits. John Wyker returns home from Columbia with his parents. Mrs. M L Patterson arrives to visit her daughter Mrs W M Voorhies. Reverend B B Comer Lile and family travel from Richmond and New Orleans to spend time with Mrs H T Lile. Several relatives later plan to join and split for winter. William Russell Alexander Jr. born December 15. Charlotte Taylor undergoes Memphis hospital surgery and is reported doing fine. Ed Eubanks family heads to Birmingham for daughter Mabel’s pneumonia. Plans include visits to Birmingham and Hanceville with Elaine South to spend holidays with relatives.

Elaine South Hanceville

Snow queen first of season visits fill holidays

Local society notes describe Roy South and sister Marguerite planning visits next week. Claire Bloodworth arrives to spend holidays with Ben and Claire Bloodworth. Dozens of families and friends from Columbia to Florence plan Christmas and Yuletide gatherings across Alabama and nearby states. A Farmington Maine factory is noted for producing over one million earmuffs annually.

Notable Lawyers Named in 800000 Suit Over Divorce Conspiracy

Mrs. Katherine Rhea Stevens seeks 800000 from Frederick H. Stinchfield and Pierce Butler Jr for connivance and conspiracy connected to her divorce from railroad executive H. E. Stevens. Stinchfield, former ABA president, hails from Minneapolis. Butler Jr. is son of a Supreme Court justice.

Frederick H. Stinchfield Minneapolis American Bar Association Katherine Rhea Stevens Pierce Butler, Jr Supreme Court Stevens H. E. Stevens

Decatur Kiwanis Host Ladies Night at St John’s Guild House

About 125 members and guests attended a Christmas color themed Ladies Night hosted by the Decatur Kiwanis Club at St. John’s Guild House. The event featured a dinner served by young ladies from the Guild, a program directed by Fred Hunt Jr and master of ceremonies Chuck Payne of Birmingham, plus dances and songs by Connie and Arnold Edith Laumer Kathrine Lewis Betty Barnett June Saxon Jack Saxon and Joan Summer with Larry Yester as accompanist.

Decatur Kiwanis Club St. John's Guild House Dewitt Shaw Walter Floyd Garner Pride Fred Hunt, Jr G. P. Banaiza Chuck Payne Birmingham Payne Connie Arnold Edith Laumer Katherine Lewis Ing Jack Saxon Larry Yester Joan Summer

Grass fire calls respond to Johnston Walnut and Decaur sections

Fire departments answered three calls Thursday afternoon to grass fires in the 600 block Johnston Street the 500 block Walnut Street and the Oklahoma section in south Decaur.

Johnston Street Walnut Street Oklahoma South Decaur

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Austinville R. A. Shaffer Dorothy Grace Finley Sarah Peck Julia Weaver Rex Finley Third Ave Iday John Wyker Columbia, Tenn Will Wyker M. L. Patterson Baugh, Tenn W. M. Voorhies B. B. Comer Lile Richmond, Va H. T. Lile R. O. Lile New Orleans Rev. B. B. Comer Lile Robert K. Kinnear University of Alabama EB. H. Barnett Louisa Barnett Bill Alexander William Russell, Jr Charlotte Taylor Memphis, Tenn L M. Eubanks Hoyt Bonner Mabel Eubanks H. L. Ogle Charles William Hunter Roy South Marguerite Claire Bloodworth Mrs Ben Bloodworth Mary Worrell Margare. Davis Columbia, D. C Joe Duncan Tuscaloosa J. B. Chappell Elizath Ann Moore Cappell Columbia Mt. Pleasant Tenn Eleanor Chenault E. M. Chenault Carolyn Zeitler Breaneau College Gainesville Yuletide Henry Zeitler Mooresville R. G. Cortner Tom McGee and Son Florence W. H. Hardin Hillsboro Wetsee W. M. Chenault Aileen Pope Wilsonville River Elizabeth Eich Fort Davis, Ala Erskine Chenault Nashville Frank Chenault Vanderbilt University Don Jordan Cullman The Southern Cotton Oil Company John Chenault P. H. McBride Pat Mike St. Louis, Mo David Webb Sheffield T. A. Caddell T. Caddell E. B. Gardner Ann Blair Montgomery Edward Ames Marion, Ala Foster H. Pointer John Burk Scheer Kingsport Ike Scheer Knoxville Carl Watson A. E. Nichols Cincinnati, C Mrs. Nichols Asbury Charles W. Malone Roy Wyatt Ben Martin, Jr Dolores Hardage Raphael Sartor Huntsville Farmington, Me Carolyn Stuart Pretty Carolyn Stuart Lassell Junior College Auburndale Mass Migs Stuart Lyndonville, Vt Schick Goidel Dorothy Cobb Evelyn’s Beauty Shop Dee BLUE Second Avenue Europe Grunow E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co Alexander and Dry Cleaners Sealy Hunter Furniture Company Decatur
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