Spinsters Club Holiday Fete and Luncheon
A 1938 Holiday Fete at Cornelian Court Hotel featured a blue silver theme, six course dinner, Santa Claus motifs, and a club ball at Valley Country Club. Attendees included Miss Kitty Ivy and numerous couples with formal gowns and festive decor, followed by a luncheon for Mrs Ray Pepper at Cornelian Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelian Court Hotel
Kitty Ivy
Petit
Lovely
Ben Holmes
Evelyn Green
John Harlan Giles
Margaret King
Donald Brannum
Edith Kleopher
Bryan McAfee
Ruth Johnston
John Felix White
Neil Johnston
Cranston Gray
Alice Tolbert
Otis Jeffries
Jane Crawford
Early Phinizy Jr
Marjorie Phinizy
Bill Patton
Eugene A. Graves
Mississippi
Skeggs Crawford
Comer Ezell
Thomas Hendrix
Garner Pride
Thomas Burch
George Clem
William_F. Boswell
Thomas White
Edna Earle Rogers
Tiny Smith
Tuscumbia
The
Valley Country Club
Ray Pepper
Mary White
Carolyn Zeitler
Stewart Peebles
Mary Sue Hardin
Ruth Banks
Olivia White
Huntsville
Ruth Pettus
Belle Mina
Louisa Barnett
Bessie Peach
Frank Richardson, Jr
Susan Bibb
Gilbert White
Henry Zeitler
Zeitler
Christmas Ball Hosts Notable Local Guests
Birmingham and surrounding area residents join out of town visitors for holiday gatherings. The list includes Stuart Lockart of Birmingham at the Spinsters' Club Christmas Ball and numerous students and relatives visiting family homes across Mooresville, Gainesville, Florence, Scottsboro, Nashville, and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Lockart
Birmingham
Spinsters’ Club
George McCrary and Son
Scottsboro
Henry Zeitler
Mooresville
Supreme Court Disbars W A Denson of Birmingham
The supreme court disbarred W A Denson Birmingham attorney from practicing before the high tribunal. Justice Blacks did not participate. No reason given. He formerly practiced in Birmingham.
Pattern 4002 Anne Adams Dress for Misses and Women
Pattern 4002 by Anne Adams offers an hourglass waist frock with two neckline options high or square. Gathers flatter the diaphragm and back, with soft bodice and skirt. size 12 to 40 and fabric needs listed. Send 15 cents for pattern and book, order from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department, New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
Woith
New York
N. Y
Limestone County News and Weddings in Athens
Birth announced for Judge David Lee Rose nall Jr.’s daughter Joy at Powers Hospital. Local residents travel for Christmas visits. several readers head to Tupelo and Ann Arbor. Municipal Court ends sessions until January with bond hearings allowed. AAA office work continues on farm programs. Embalmer L. M. Almon joins Hollon & Co. Illnesses and deaths noted, including Mrs. Wood Price and Dr. Wood Price. Local cattle sales cited and Limestone County Bank approves semi annual dividend plus employee bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Rosenall, Jr
Powers Hospital
Joy
Baliss Hightower
Tupelo
Miss
W. H. Daniel
A. D. Powers
Gregg Christopher
Athens
Lad
South Alabama
Nick Nichols
ITT
N. R. Nichols
University of Alabama
Municipal Court
Limestone County
County Aaa
L. M. Almon
Dalton
N. 8
Hollon & O Co
North Alabama
R. H. Richardson, Jr
Powers Hosiital
Ida Nelson
Wood Price
Bessemer
Aubrey Ward
Wood
J. A. &Tanbery
Marshall, Va
J. E. Horton
Ed Beasley
Thomas G. Williamson
L. Spry
Hendricks Bros
Limestone County Bank
Kenmore Awaits Knee Operation Outcome In Auburn Return
Kenmore, Auburn sophomore backfield star, faces knee operation results to decide if he resumes football in 1939. The injury before the first game harmed Auburn hopes as coach Jack Meagher and surgeon doctors assess recovery prospects. Americus, Ga. native Kenmore and freshman Frank Bartlett, also receiving operations, were treated in the same hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
George. Kenmore
Auburn
Kenmore
Jack Meagher
Americus
Frank Bartlett
Sewell Traded to Brooklyn Dodgers for Waiver Price
Luke Sewell veteran Chicago White Sox catcher is moved to the Brooklyn Dodgers for 7500 dollars. Leo Durocher expects him to aid the Dodgers' young pitchers. Sewell caught 65 games last season and hit .213.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Luke Sewell
Chicago White Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
Sewell
Sox
Oklahoma man burned by damp sock incident
In Okemah Oklahoma on December 20 Jasper Steel attempted to warm a damp sock by an open gas stove. A flare from the sock sent him into a hospital with a badly burned foot after the socks were washed in gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okemah
Okla
Jasper Steel
Jasper
Steel
Santa Letter Predicts Roosevelt Family Christmas Row
A Washington dispatch notes a large Roosevelt White House Christmas, with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor, plus grandchildren and inlaws, from James to Ruth Chandler, Diana Hopkins, and Elliott Roosevelt children. John Roosevelt works in a Boston department store and cannot return. The president plans to read Dickens’ Christmas Carol Friday after the executive office party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Santa Claus
White House
Franklin’ D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
James Roosevelt
Kate
Diana Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
John Boettiger
Elliott Roosevelt
Ruth Chandler
Elliott, Jr
Fort Worth
Tex
John
Ann
Boston
Santa
Executive Office
Christmas Eve Divorce Decision Report
Beth Campbell reports a divorce win with the couple choosing early bedtimes on Christmas Eve. The piece notes Mrs. Roosevelt generosity with stockings containing soap and a new toothbrush, even for the president.
City awards garage remodeling contract for Decatur Electric Building
City of Decatur chooses J B McBride and Son for the garage construction and Electric Department Building remodeling under PWA Docket 6587 P Ala. Bid amount 17580. Contract documents to be prepared within ten days after notice. Mayor authorized to sign and issue necessary documents. Adopted December 15 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
PWA
Ala
J. B. McBride & Son
J.B. McBride
John McBride
J. B. McBride
Francis Haley
Public Welfare
H. O. Troup
Flint Methodist Church Presents Effective Sunday Program
The Flint Methodist Church held a Sunday morning service led by the Junior class under Mrs. BR. K. Wiggina. Miss Vita Mae Chunn played Silent Night while Louise Grigzard lit the candles. Lynda Grissard read scripture and led the prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Methodist Church
BR. K. Wiggina
Vita Mae Chunn
Louise Grigzard
Lynda Grissard
Cotton Ginnings Totals and Comparisons Through December
The report shows this year’s cotton growth totaling 11,413,688 running bales before December 13, down from 16,803,113 last year and 11,600,116 two years ago. The Agriculture Department estimates this year's crop at 12,008,000 bales, with round bales 155,726, and American-Egyptian cotton 16,876 bales. Ginnings by state through December 13 list Alabama 1,058,016. Florida 22,010. Georgia 842,155. South Carolina 631,122, with year-ago figures for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Christmas Tree Party at Morgan County Health Office
Morgan County Health Department staff will hold their annual Christmas tree party at 4 pm today at the Second Avenue and Exchange offices. Tennessee Valley car offices staff will attend and exchange gifts with refreshments served after the distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Health Department
Tennessee Valley Car
Second Avenue
Exchange
Christmas Program Featured Solo By Evelyn Pool
The class presented a manger scene and sang Jesus Loves Me after Evelyn Pool delivered a solo during the holiday program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Pool
Jesus
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Anne Bingham
Betty Simmons
Sarah Lichtenstein
Rachael Pattillo
Ladye
Cherie Chandler
Mary Stratt Terre
Au Matin
Benjamin Godard
Louise Wright
Peggy Wilds
Sherrill-Walling
Bernice Walling
Falkville
Homer Sherrill
Hartselle
Lindsey Allen
S. M. Walling
Central Methodist Sunday School
Central Baptist Sunday School
Hortense Kirby
Endlam Oaks
Britton
Bryan Abbott
J. M. Pickens
L. D
Coterie Club
Fanny Bess Crow
Johnston Street
Raymond Pepper
J. J. Pettus
Pettus
N. W. Bradley
Misses Ruth Banks
Caroline Barfield
Elizabeth Bradley
Kathryn Boswell
Peggy Brown
Frances Cowden
Jane Harris
Judy Jacks
Mary Penick Jones
Nancy Worth Jones
Margaret Louise Nash
Stuart Peebles
Martha Frances Petty
Rebecca Petty
Marjory Phinizy
Margaret Ann Rogers
Betsy Townsend
Caroline Zeitler
Mesdames B. D. Lindsay
Mason Pearce
Tom White
Virginia Ferguson
Trinity
Miss Ferguson
Mary Lewis
Herbert Ferguson
Margaret McEntire
George Page
Jack Kennedy
XMAS
Polly Harris
Bea
Petersham
Speake, Warren
Ratliff
Allen’s Beauty Shoppe
Grant St
Cashew Nuts Caddell Drug CO
Madelyn McKnight
Edith _McKnight
Arline Clark
Florence
Evelyn Sneed
Mrs. Holland
Cook
Margaret, Alexander
Miss Irene Clem
al Gasser
Herbert Hauk
Breneau College
Gainesville, Ga
Julia Lovin
New Orleans
J. F. Lovin
Nashville, Tenn
Sara Neville
Marion
Kate Lile
Rayburn Neville
Dawson Lile
Allie Bell
A. F. Summers
Franklin, Tenn
Carolyn Sue Odom
Roy Odom
Annie Kimball Hatch
Christine Hamilton
W. T. Hamilton
Capitol
Nancy Drew
John Litel
Bonita Granville
Chinatown
Joe E. Brown
Price
Brooklyn
Sally
Jaynd Bradduck
Henry J. Topping
Bridgeport
Conn
R. N. Harris
Camark Pottery
Elam
Second Ave
CRIRG
Guidel
Eula
Hair Shoppe
Jackson Street
SAM Frank & Moore
Walter Pidge
Walter Connolled
Carrila
Reging
Fes
Ite Goodeanes
David P
Charles Dickens
Avery Chercome
James A. Nelson
Union Hardware
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