Society Annual Christmas Tree and Engagement Announcements
The Happy Band Sewing Circle held its annual Christmas tree at Mrs. R. L. Sparkman’s home with gifts, carols, talks, and a devotional, ending with refreshments. Engagements announced include Miss Dave Agnes Turner to Grafton Lyle of Gravel Ridge and Miss Marvaline Andrew to Emmett Roan of Hartselle. A Christmas party and banquet were hosted by church and school groups with decorations, gifts, and baskets for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Band Sewing Circle
R. L. Sparkman
Marvin Yarbrough
Houston Belk
Santa Claus
Frances Coxe
W. L. Spearman
Christ
Wiggins
Beard
Andrew-Roan
M. A. Andrew
Marvaline
Emmett Roan
Hartselle
Ala
Womans Missionary Society
Young Ladies Circle
First Christian Church
G. E. McCulloch
Addie Goode
Business School
Alabama Business Institute
C. W. Rhodes
Central Baptist Sunday School
Hortense Kirby
Endlam Oaka
Christmas Parties and Weddings Highlight Busy Season
A Bonanza quartette sprite opened the program as a class decided to aid a needy family for Christmas. Ruth Bolyne Blackwell and William Douglas Simrell wed in October in Tuscumbia, with plans to reside in Maryville after the new year. Christmas guests arrived from multiple states to spend the holidays with the Blackwell family. A birthday party for Marguerite Jernigan featured festive decorations and games. The Juvenile Music Study Club held its Christmas meeting with a visit by the Boys Apollo choir of Birmingham proposed and a capella program performed by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonanza Quartette
Mason Crow
Rowland Langley
Simrell-Blackwell
Robert Blackwell
Ruth Bolyne
William Douglas Simrell
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Simrell
Maryville
Tenn
H. M. Jernigan
Marguerite
Ars
Bragg
Martha Wilds
Marjorie Lang
Betsy Jane Elam
Ida Hall Hill
Annie Miller
McEntire
Anne Hunter
Alda Geidel
Rachael Pat
Boys Apollo Choir
Birmingham
Robert H. Berryhill
Laurie Danforth
Williams
Wanda del Mitchell
Chopin
David Allen Gibson
Traumeri
Schumann
Mary Stuart Terrell
Carolyn Peaboy
Personal notices of holiday travel and visits
Local society items list travel plans and holiday visits. C W Rhodes heads to Stuttgart Arkansas, Dorothy Hamm to Greenwood Mississippi, families in Birmingham host and visit relatives, and several others plan Christmas or New Year gatherings with kin in multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hamm
Greenwood
Miss
Beauty Patch Comeback Glances From French Court
Gladys reports a revival rumor of cosmetic patches inspired by Louis XV era fashion. The piece notes patches as blemishes and warns patches or moles should be removed only by skilled professionals using methods like the electric needle to sever blood supply and ensure safe removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Glad
America
Miss Glad Publishes Beauty Advice Request
The column notes readers may obtain pamphlets on The New Figure and Beauty Culture by mailing to the paper with a self addressed stamped envelope and ten cents per pamphlet plus two cents per article. Questions on beauty will appear in Miss Glad's daily column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Glad
Colin
Beauty Will
Pere Noel Talk Dominates Dionne Quints Christmas
In Colander Ontario Yvonne Dionne and her sisters chatter about Pere Noel as a new slide test fun in subfreezing weather. They recall a bearded man who posed with them, likely Dr Allan Dafoe, while their nurse and teacher guide their festive visions. The nursery plans a family gathering with Maman and relatives but the quintuplets will skip turkey due to Dr Dafoe's dietary rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collander
Ont
Yvonne Dionne
Pere Noel
Pere Noel Sen
Santa Claus
Dionne
Yvonne
Annette
Pmilie
Cecile
Marie
Dafoe
Allan Pay Dafoe
Clare Tremblay
Miss Tremblay
Quinta
Jacqueline Noel
Mrs Noel
Papa
Daniel
Ernest
Therese
Pauline
Rose
Oliva
Make This Pattern at Home From Anne Adams Pattern 4674
Ann Adams pattern 4674 offers a slenderizing surplice frock with short sleeves a V neck and action pleat skirt. Use ruffling lace or ric rac for trim and finish with buttons easy to sew in percale chambray or similar fabrics. Pattern sizes 34 to 48 require yardage and ruffling details plus illustrated instructions. Send 15 cents for pattern and book 15 cents each or 25 cents for both to The Decatur pattern department New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Anne Adama
Ay Adams
Decatur 17Th St
New York
WN. Y
Splendid Christmas Pageant Draws Large Church Crowd
Overflow crowd at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church last night watched a Christmas pageant by 36 cast members under director Cc. L. Buck. The program drew praise as possibly the church’s best yet and featured many visiting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Cc. L. Buck
Holiday Visitors and Family Gatherings Noted in Local Listings
A holiday visit includes Dr and Mrs Hodgson with Mr McLeod during Christmas weekend. Mrs Joe Williams and son Joe Jr of Knoxville Tenn stay with her mother Mrs M E Woodward and relatives in Hartselle. Willieme joins for Christmas Day. W P Carter improves after a severe illness at Past Moulton street. T F Turley and daughter Miss Mary Turley are in Nashville today and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Young
Hazelwood School
Town Creek
Ala
C. A. Young
Moulton - Decatur Road
Mrs. Hodgson
Mr. McLeod
Joe Williams
Joe, Jr
Knoxville, Tenn
M. E. Woodward
Hartselle
Willieme
T. F. Turley
Mary Turley
Nashville
Postal windows to open at night for Christmas mail
Postmaster Leroy McEntire announced extended parcel post hours at the main office and Albany station from eight this morning to seven thirty in the evening on December 21 22 and 23 for patrons wishing to mail Christmas packages. Tuberculosis is everybody s problem. Buy and use Christmas Seals to crown the season with good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy McEntire
Office
Albany
Mrs Mary Huckaba Called By Death
Mrs Mary Huckaba 50 died this morning at 11 30 oclock in a hospital. She resided at 1423 Sth Avenue South. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown Funeral Company pending arrival of relatives from Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Huckaba
Sth Avenue South
Brown Funeral Company
Florida
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Joan Summer
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Martha Pryor
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Geneva
Lucien Bloodworth
F. A. Bloodworth
Louise Phillips
Mildred Ferris
Emmett Phillips
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Fred Bloodworth, Jr
Gadaden
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Stuart Peebles
Mrs. Withers Peebles
Mooresville
Decatur
Edward Davies
A. D. Jervis
Auburn
Bessie Peach
Peach
Randolph Macon College
Lynchburg, Va
Gwendolyn Rush
Sylacauga
M. 8. Workman
Danbury, Conn
Early Phinizy
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Danbury
Lila Pritchett
Montgomery
Louise.Schilling
J. H. Crow, Jr
Fanny Bess Crow
Thomas A. Bowles, Jr
St. Louis, Mo
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Morgan County Tax Collector's
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Stockton, Ala
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Camark Pottery
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2Nd Ave
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20Th Century-Fox
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J.C Nugent
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