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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1938

Page

5

Mary Ann Bagley's seventh birthday party on Canal Street

Mrs. R. B. Bagley hosted an afternoon party for daughter Mary Ann on Canal Street from 3 to 5 o clock to celebrate her seventh birthday. Guests included Sammy Preutt Billy Scremgin Wilmer Scruggs Martian Bloodworth Nancy Anne Thomason and others with Elizabeth Houston providing Christmas stories and songs.

R. B. Bagley Mary Ann Canal Street Sammy Preutt Billy Scremgin Wilmer Scruggs Martian Bloodworth Nancy Anne Thomason Charlotte Orr Elizabeth Calvin Carolyn Schwarz Kathleen Lively Jane Ladner Anne Ladner Ann Catlett Martha Bagley Elizabeth Houston

Cold Water face tonic lifts skin and beauty rites

An advice piece promotes Cold Water as a skin tonic and astringent. It urges nightly warm soap washing, tepid rinse, massage cream with hammering motion, then ice massage. Morning cold rinse and witch hazel like astringent recommended. and a remark on bright red nail polish trends.

Helen Isepakin Everbody

At-Home Dress Pattern 4970 by Anne Adams

Advertises pattern 4970 for misses and women with two main pieces and shoulder yokes. Describes uses in cotton or silk, options with pockets and adjustable sleeves, and suggests fabrics and bias-cut version. Provides sizing 14 to 42, yardage, price, and ordering details from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th St New York N. Y

Beauty Box Nail Tips and Color Guide Ads

Readers receive color tips for nail polish from red blues to pinks and violets with shell pink and dead white for advanced looks. It suggests clear veneer for short nails to lengthen tips and rounding nails for a neater tabloid style. Submit beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor with return envelope.

Beauty Gang

McAdory School Fire Forces Move to Temporary Classrooms

McAdory school in McCalla Alabama suffered a $150000 blaze that destroyed the building. About 800 students will attend classes in churches stores and other available buildings when the term resumes January 2.

Mccalla Ala McAdory School

Personal notices of extended families and holiday travels

Mr and Mrs A A Adame and family are at home at 309 Canal Street W H Johnson will join Mrs Johnson for Christmas in St Petersburg Florida with her assater Mr and Mrs Charles Hamlet will visit Tuscumbia Wednesday Mrs EB DP Bailey Sr will go to Pleasant Hill Ala for Christmas season She will be joined later by Mr Bailey and they will visit her mother Mrs Dad Mr and Mrs Oscar Morrow of Birmingham will spend Christmas weekend with W B Morrow Buster Kilgore of 1212 Fifth Avenue South was moved to Dr Hamill s Clinic for treatment Bobby Cushen is at the time of his parents Mr and Mrs M W Cushen Mr and Mrs Frank Lide of Birmingham visited Decatur Sunday Miss Edna Collier of Priceville is unable to go out after a sprained ankle Miss Frances Rauschenberg arrived Sunday to stay over holidays with her parents She is a student at State Teachers College and was the weekend guest of Florence Miss Annie Orr will leave Wednesday for Christmas week with her son and daughter Mr and Mrs D M Carr in Birmingham Miss Margaret Louise Nash is at home for the holidays She is a student at Gulf Park College Gulfport Miss

Sidney Finnell Woolkey Finnell Eighth Street East Sidney Santa Mrs. Finnell al Blackwell Ann Layman Suzanne Shelton Anne Coleman George Clem, Jr Julian Hervis Jimmie Wiles Jackie Davis Ella Darwin Sandra Davis Cecil Timberlake, Jr Betty Hazel Hamilton Carolyn Sue Odom Bill Hockensmith Zela Hough Simpson Anne Leroy King Eleanor Chenault H. T. Ward Hubert Ward Chattanooga Tenn Lelton EB. DP. Bailey, Sr Pleasant Hill Ala Mr. Bailey Mra W. F. Rauschenberg State Teachers College Florence Annie Orr Ra. D. M. Carr Birmingham

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