Circle Meetings Focus on Fellowship and Christmas
Local circles of the First Presbyterian and Central Baptist churches held Monday gatherings with business sessions, Bible readings, and festive socials. Attendees included Mrs. Grimesley, Mrs. Barnum, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Bartee, and visitors like Mrs. Morrow, Mrs. Fraiser, and Miss Liston. Bonnie Lee Murphree celebrated her eighth birthday with a party at her mother’s East Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian _1. M. B
A. Grimesley
Canal Street
Devo- Wonals
Circle Three
R. L. Smith
B. B. Bartee
T. G. Morrow, Jr
L. L. Frasier
Margaret Liston
Bonnie Lee Murphree
L. R. Murphree
East Street
Bells
Holly
Betty McGehee
Tommie Bingham
Alda Oom
Sally Barnum
Peggy Wilds
Jerry Nelson
Christine Tinker
Mary Ellen Smith
Constance Peerson
Exter Morris
Anne and
Mary Virginia Bingham
Sammie Stephenson
T. M. Jones, Jr
Sidney Chenault
Quimby Sewell
Jeffries
Sarah Jeffries
St. John’s Auxiliary
Sands Dent
Guld
John Lit
Sandlin
Christmas visits fill local households with relatives
Local notices list numerous arrivals and traveling plans as residents from Cullman, Birmingham, Chatanooga, Columbia, Akron, Bowling Green and surrounding towns prepare to spend the Yuletide with families. Several relatives extend hospital and home visit reports while others plan year end moves.
Park Name Contest for Decatur City Park
The Daily announces a contest to name the park between Fourth Avenue South and Somerville Road as part of the city park system completion. A three member committee will judge entries. Prize is $5 cash. entry closes December 20 at midnight. Submit by mail or in person to the Park Name Contest Editor.
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Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
New York
N. Y
Decatur
Daily Today
Fourth Avenue
South
Somerville Road
Christmas cookie and cake recipes from Sister Mary
Sister Mary continues a Christmas food series with cookie dough tips and three recipes. One includes rolled shapes with butter and citron, another covers chocolate brownies, and a molasses cookie batter with spices. Each recipe lists ingredients, steps, and oven temps for crisp or soft results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Sister Mary Nea Service
Hildren
VFW Set to Convene Thursday Evening Meeting
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a Thursday night meeting at 7 30 in Martin Arena. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Martin Arena
Tomorrow's Menu Breakfast to Dinner Plan
The schedule lists meals for tomorrow with a breakfast of orange juice cereal with dates toast milk and coffee luncheon features Spanish rice cabbage apple raisin salad Boston brown bread milk tea and dinner includes noodle soup pan broiled pork chops twice baked sweet potatoes corn custard stuffed prune salad baked apple dumplings and milk.
Inspections Underway as Engineers Survey Sites Today
Women workers are on 33 county projects with a planned pay day today to enable Christmas shopping. Beautification efforts proceed with plant donations far short of targets. canvassing continues for shrubs bulbs and roses. Citizens are urged to donate plants and pruning for rose bushes. CWA offices will arrange plant pickup and delivery citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWA
Christmas Pageant By Young People At Central Methodist
The young people of Central Methodist church will present a Christmas Pageant at 7 o clock Sunday night. A large crowd is expected to witness the spectacle depicting the Christ Child and His life with period costumes lighting effects and authentic details. Incidental music will be provided by the church choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Department of
Central Methodist Church
Christ Child
Funeral for Charles A. Simpson Exits From Colbert County
Mr and Mrs Ray Ling will travel Friday to Sheffield for funeral services of their cousin Charles A Simpson 64 who died Sunday in Santiago California The former circuit clerk of Colbert County and a noted figure in political and business circles of the northwest region is survived by his family and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Ling
Sheffield
Charles A. Simpson
Santiago
California
Sheffiield
Simpson
Wid
Colbert County
Interstate Rates Retain Edge After State Action
The ICC did not match higher railroad rates amid a Fascist shooting case freeing a defendant. Interstate rates stayed the same, while a state commission cut intrastate rates by about 30 percent, restoring parity pending an ICC ruling on pre 1928 interstate rate cancellations.
Alabama PSC orders 30 percent intrastate rate cut for cotton goods
The Alabama Public Service Commission directs a 30 percent reduction in intrastate rates for cotton goods moving in and out of the Birmingham district to align with interstate pricing. The move follows the Birmingham Traffic Association complaint that previous rates were unjust and prejudicial to Alabama shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission
Birmingham
Birmingham Traffic Association
State Commission
Guyton Family Holidays Highlight at Vanderbilt Visit
Tom Guyton a Vanderbilt medical student arrives for Christmas holidays with his mother Mrs. E M Guyton. He will be joined by Joe Guyton a student at Mississippi State Clarksville campus later Friday for the holiday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Moebes
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
Otto Moebes
Phil Baugh
C. M. A. Columbia, Tenn
W. P. Baugh
Gurley Williams
Tom Guyton
Vanderbilt University
E. M. Guyton
Joe Guyton Friday
Mississippi State
Clarksville
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First Presbyterian Circles
Miss Murphree
Tennis Tidwell
Tidwell
W. T. Lowe
Frederick S. Hunt
John Caddell
E. R. Wolfe
Hansel
Sadie Hansel
Edward Morrison
Clovis Babler
Mrs. Morrison
5Th Avenue
West
Central Baptist W. M. S
Central Baptist Church
Ggorge Perrine
Mother of Jesus
John Green
Bethlehem
B. L. Malone
D. D. Gibson
Jackson
Sherard
C. E. Malone
Foreign Mission
Music Study Club
George Jackson
W. M. Ss
A. Z. Bailey
R. M. McGlathery
Marion Robertson
Marion, Jr
Fort Payne
J. H. Alexander
Bonnie Young
Chattanooga, Tenn
L. R. Barron
Mildred Moebes
Mrs
J. D. McNabb
Masonic
W. R. Griffin
W. R. Jr
Cullman
P. M. Sheats
Bethea, Ky
J. E. Morrow, Jr
Louisville, Ky
J. E Morrow
W. H. Day
Henry
Nashville
B. A. Crane and
Athens, Ga
B. Crawford
Russellville
B. M. Bloodworth and Sons
Jimmie and
Ben, Jr
F. A. Bloodworth, Jr
Abigail Crawford
Yuletide
Lois Hoppers
Milligan College
Johnson City
Tenn
W. A. Hoppers
L. P. Branum
Somerset, Ky
City
W. E. Hockensmith
Sallie Brown
T. C. I. Hospital
Elizabeth Brown
Ripley, Miss
T. ‘G. Morrow
Herman Kyle
Jimmie
T. F. Hodges
Davis Hodges
Mrs. Brown
Union
SAM Frank & Moore
Mine
Walter Webster
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Jimmy and
Sally
James Dunn
Clamme Trevor
Santa Claus
Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau
New York, N. Y
Sister Mary’s
VFW
Special Service Bureau
Eighth Ave
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Athos Terzani
Tillie Golia
Khaki Shirts of America
Goidel
Warren & Ratlife
Kayser
Meyers
Selby
Santa
Baldwin
E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co
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