Spinsters Host Festive Dinner And Ball In Decatur
The Spinsters Club held a holiday dinner at Cornelian Court Hotel and a 10 o'clock ball at the Country Club signaling Decatur Xmas social season. Guests included Mr and Mrs Garner Pride, Mr and Mrs John C Bragg, and others. Vernon Statham's Birmingham orchestra provided music. Leaders Miss Kitty Ivy and Jack Mason led the Lead Out in a silver blue theme with members paired with dates in varied formal attire.
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Decatur
Cornelian Court Hotel
At & O'Clock
Country Club
Garner Pride
John C. Bragg
Skegges Crawford
Alan Wallace
Ed Pirie
Thomas J. Hendrix
Comer Ezell
Spinsters Club
Vernon Statham
Birmingham
Rosalie
Kitty Ivy
Jack Mason
Ivy
Margaret King
Donald Branum
Ruth Banks
Lee Damsky
Fashioned in Lace and Satin at Florence Socials
The article lists multiple debutantes and escorts in 1937 Florence events, including Miss Homer Tankersley in black Irish lace and turquoise slip, Miss Jane Crawford with Paul Wade, Miss Alcie Tolbert with Otis Jeffries, and several other pairs. It notes a bride shower hosted by Mrs. Emma Kate Aldridge, a Stitch and Chatter club meeting, a First Baptist W M S program, and the Staggs McKee wedding with Susie Alinne McKee and Herman Lee Staggs, plus district notes on the Mary Lou Dancy Chapter meeting and the Bub Deb dance at Valley Country Club with Sub Deb leaders and guests.
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Homer Tankersley
Jane Crawford
Morse
Paul Wade
Alcie Tolbert
Otis Jeffries
Frances Bynum
Myrlin McCullar
Carolyn Zeitler
Jack Smith
Bessie Peach
Walter Marvin Penney
Nell Johnston
Emily Neville
Henry Richardson
Ruth Johnston
Bill Patton
Louisa Barnett
Atlee Hoff, Jr
Kathleen Hodges
Tommy Lee
Mary Sue Hardin
Harvey Pride
Marjorie Phinizy
Smith Trimble
Frances Craig
Florence
John Felix White
Martha Hargrove
Birmingham
Bobby Banks
Celene Las Dodd
Edna Earle Rogers
Bob Gregory
Emma Kate Aldridge
Entrekin
Agnes Taylor
O. C. Hips
Ruby
Julia Mae Hamilton
Mesdames
J. W. Entrekin
W. D. Hamilton
J. W. McKee
8. T. Pierce
George Carr
Ausby Ee Lois Moon
M. W. Ratliff
W. L
Staggs-Mckee
Susie Alline McKee
Herman Lee
DeWitt Coe Grove
Eva High School
Florence Normal School
Morgan County
William Hensley Staggs
Water Department
The
Valley Country Club
Searcy Fackler
Huntsville
Jane Harris
Jimmy Adcock
Jane Bragg
Moulton
John Bragg
Personal Christmas Guests and Travel Notices Across Town
A roundup of local holiday visits includes Alfred Clements Jr. visiting the Williamson home in Birmingham, Lampkin Guy attending the Chi Chi Chi ball in Huntsville, and many others traveling or hosting relatives in Alabama Georgia and beyond for Christmas and New Year.
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Afred Clements, Jr
Birmingham
George Williamson
Lampkin
Huntsville
Versatile Jumper and Blouse Pattern 4675 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4675 offers a jumper style with colorfully varied blouses for little girls. Size 6 jumper uses 7-8 yards of 54 inch fabric. blouse uses 11-4 yards of 36 inch fabric plus 3 yards lace. includes illustrated sewing instructions. Also advertised The New Anne Adams Book of Spring Patterns and combined book and pattern pricing.
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Anne Adams
Mary-Jane
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
N. Y
Weekend social notes from Union Grove community
A series of visiting relatives and friends across Union Grove includes Fannie Bonds of Taliah and Reasie Lendley families, Huntsville guests, Sunday visits by Miss Margaret Prince and Miss Virginia Lawrence, CCC campers with families, and births and deaths noted. The community also reports smiles and sympathy for local residents.
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Fannie Bonds
Taliah
Reasie Lendley
EF. L. Thomas, Jr
Huntsville
Frankie Brown
Miller Haga
Margaret Prince
Lillian Dean
Morgan City
Regan McCormack
Ralph Cobb
Huntsville Coc Camp
Myrtle McCormack
W. B. Lemsey
Virginia Lawrence
Helen Lemley
Bessie Tyler
Mia
Many Pritchett
Clyde Pritchett
Edgar Yancey
James F. Tyler
E. L. Thomas, Jr. _ Green
Berford Cobb
Huntaville
Z. J. Hill
D. A. Hipps
Ellen Prince
Wellie Thomas
Robert Underwood
Marcoline Thomas
Mildred Hipps
Donald Thomas
Aliee Helms
John A. Pritchett
J. C. Williams, Sr
Jack Leach
R. J. Bonds
Oscar King
Nettle Hipps
Vellie Thomas
Christmas Morning Service At St Pauls Lutheran
The annual Christmas service at St. Pauls Lutheran church will be held Saturday at 6 o clock. The early service on Christmas morning invites all members of the congregation and the public to attend.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St Pauls Sunday School Christmas Service Planned
The St Pauls Sunday school will hold a Christmas service Sunday afternoon at 4 30 in the church with hymns and child recitations. The public is invited. A historical note mentions British coroners conducting inquests on stranded or caught royal fish prior to 1887.
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St. Paul's Sunday School
Night court in pajamas as magistrate aids drunken driving crusade
In Pittsburgh a Christmas season drive against drunken drivers leads Magistrate Anthony Lucas to work from a bed in a downtown police station. He presides in pajamas and retires between hearings to keep an on call magistrate available at all hours.
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Pittsburgh
Anthony Lucas
Lucas
Poliomyelitis Epidemic Sweeps States Over a Decade
The article notes that poliomyelitis has struck every state in the United States during the past ten years, highlighting a nationwide epidemic of infantile paralysis.
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United States
Straight Hair Styles Rise In Fashion And Care
Hair experts say straight hair appears more youthful and neater than overly curly looks. Steps include hot oil treatment, thorough brushing, vinegar rinse, and a wide waved style with pins, finishing with a generous application of brilliantine for luster and hold.
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Gladys Glad
America
Theodore Roosevelt Youngest U S President in History
Theodore Roosevelt became president at age 42, making him the youngest chief executive in United States history.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
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