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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
4
Buttreys Furs promotes Christmas gift value with high quality skins and top workmanship. The store urges customers to buy, claiming a closing out sale on ladies suits and coats at half price and advertising its dressed dolls as a headquarters.
Geste Varnell arrives at the Delite Theatre today to lead the theatre’s music. The noted violinist has previously directed several orchestras in the United States and will oversee the Delite ensemble.
An Omnibus account notes the Decatur council may adjourn or postpone its meeting tonight due to the holiday rush and potential scheduling conflicts. Officials weigh agenda items and expect limited public participation as dining and shopping traffic peaks.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church choir presented the Christmas story with Mrs. A J Miller and a double trio, with Miss Bon fie Jervis at the organ. Wednesday night will feature stereopticon Nativity views for children. The Musings include a Montgomery Ta Tutwiler exhibit and a proposed granite boulder memorial by the U D C at the University of Alabama. A quiet wedding joined Miss Stella Snider and Mr. A L Lewis with plans to spend Christmas in Hamilton, Ohio.
A wedding will be held Wednesday December 24 at 12 noon at Central Baptist Church between Miss Anna Lou Spight of this city and Mr. S. B. Burr of Barnesville Georgia. Friends are invited to attend. No cards. Local social notes list visitors from Leighton Denver Jasper Sheffield Birmingham Courtland Scottsboro and Nashville sharing Christmas plans and visits with area residents.
W P Fogarty plans Christmas with relatives in Cincinnati and visits Lexington and nearby towns. Cooper Adams returns from Auburn for the holidays. C B Ellis of Memphis arrives to visit parents M D Ellis and family. C L Watt from Washington visits Decaturs. J R Armstrong of Town Creek in Decaturs. Claude Vandiver in Sheffield. R H Kimsey and son of Waco Texas in Decaturs. D W Irwin of Hillsboro also visiting. Judge Odom of Ennis Texas visits relatives. Eddie Jennings of Jacksonville Fla visits his parents. Hal Mullen returns to Decatur from Cynthiana Kentucky for Christmas with his family to follow in January. G Varnell, violinist, arrives from Atlanta to take duties at the Delic Theater. Gus Bassett expected home for Christmas with Major and Mrs Chas Bassett. Decatur Ice and Coal Company stockholders to meet at Decatur office Monday January 5 1914. B H Allison secretary.
Holders of the Morgan County National Bank of New Decatur Alabama will be held at the bank office on Tuesday January 13 1914 at 10 oclock a m F A Bloodworth cashier New Decatur Ala December 16 1913.
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