Society Notes Highlight Local Weddings And Christmas Events
Weddings include Miss Helen Vir a Corbett and Sgt Carmen A in Alexandria on November 18 in progress in Kansas. Mrs Mildred L Smith wed Osborn Pryor Smith at Rev J M Engle’s home and will reside in Decatur. A Christmas pageant Why The Chimes Rang will be at Central Methodist church with cast of fifty. Public urged to attend on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Laverne.Smith
Arthur James
Osborn Pryor Smith
W. T. Smith
J. M. Engle
Decatur
Central Methodist
L. P. Troup
Misses and families share holiday visits across Alabama
Local residents and students from Alabama College at Montevallo are visiting home for Christmas. Betsy Jane Elam returns from Tuscaloosa. Frances Milton West and Betty Holesapple come home from Montevallo. families in Huntsville Trinity Dothan Pensacola and Birmingham host relatives. Major Edward James and Oak residents plan Christmas with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Milton West
Betty Holesapple
Alabama College
Montevallo
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Office Etiquette and Reading
A Dorothy Dix column addresses in turn office manners for a young woman employee, the difficulty of firing a poor, underdressed staffer, and the need for frank feedback. It also discusses the effects of novel reading on duties and moral balance, plus a reader question from a 15 year old orphan girl with career guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Dorothy DIX
Diet and Your Complexion Promoting a Rational Diet For Women
A health guide urges regular meals and balanced nutrition to improve hair skin nails and overall appearance. It recommends milk eggs fruit vegetables potatoes and modest fats and meat or fish daily, declaring carbohydrates and proteins can mix in meals and cautioning against over or under eating.
Soldier in Germany Writes Home Amid Gunfire and Sunday Service
Robert F. McCurley, with the U S infantry in Germany, mails a letter to his mother Mrs R A Manak Madison describing church services drowned by gunfire yet noting he is safe. He mentions jeep repairs, letters from home, hearing Roy Acuff on the radio, and hopes to meet Tom abroad. He asks about Red the preacher and asks about his father’s wellbeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. McCurley
U. S. Infantry
Germany
R. A. Manak -Madison
Roy Acuff
Tom
Red
Dad
Christmas travel and family visits planned in region
Mr and Mrs R E Ellis and Mr and Mrs W E Steed will visit relatives in Tuscaloosa and Walton Hill for Christmas. Thomas F Adams joins Mrs Adams in Birmingham before heading to Gadsden for the weekend. Mrs Paul Wolfer of Boston arrives to stay with her Polhill parents. Mr and Mrs Bruce Dement return from Columbus with their two sons to spend the holidays. Dick Branum comes home after visiting Mrs John Penney in Gur ey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Jane Elam
Tuscaloosa
Mrs. Rex. Pou
Guy H. Orr and Son
Birmingham
Annie Orr
W. E. Steed
Walton Hill
Thomas F. Adams
Mrs. Adams
Gadsden
Paul Wolfer
Boston
Mass
E. J. Polhill
Bruce Dement
Columbus, Ga
Dick Branum
Mesa
John Penney
Gurey
New Commander Takes Lead of Fourth Fighter Group
NEW COMMANDER LONDON Harry J Dayhuff of Oasis Ogden assumes command of the fourth fighter group of the Eighth Air Force after Lt. Col. Clairborne H L Kinnard Jr. of Franklin Tenn and Montgomery Ala are reassigned to the United States. Dayhuff, a Mustang pilot, has spent two years in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry J. Dayhutt
Oasis Ogden
Fourth Fighter Group
Ca. v
Eighth Air Force
Clairborne HL Kinnard Jr
Franklin, Tenn
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Dayhuff
England
Lost gas ration book seeks return at McNeil Apartments
Reward offered for the return of gas ration book 845212 issued to A. From M. A. Greene at McNeil Apartments. Contact for identification and pickup of prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Greene
McNeil Apartments
Yuletide Visits From Family Members Arrive Tonight
Mr and Mrs James Godfrey and children Dorothy Jean and Jimmy of Gadsden Alabama travel to spend Christmas with E L Thompson family. Robert F Ellis Jr S 2 C of the U S N T C at Great Lakes Illinois will arrive for a week furlough with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward James
Pensacola, Fla
F. H. Pointer
Jack Bryant
Arthur A. Jones, Jr
Tyndall Field
Fla
James
Godfrey
Dorothy Jean
Jimmy
Gadsden, Ala
Yuletide
S-2-C
Great Lakes
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Miss Weekley
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Mary Weekley
Central Baptist Sunday School
Erskine Chenault
G. L. Golden
T. B. Sanatorium
Flint
Decatur Senior High School
Masonic Temple
H. D. Burnum
Robert R. Banks
F. D. Peebles
Peggy Wilds
Ann Miller McEntire
Martha Scales
Shirley Bragg
Betty Foster Pointer
Ann Kimbrough
Caroline Stickney
Miss A Eee
Alabama College At Montevallo
H. N. Peaboy
H. B. Overton
Huntsville
R. E. Ellis
Sarah Elizabeth Leeman
Mrs. Leeman
Johnston Street
Miss Leeman
Betty Lile
Mrs. Lile
Trinity
C. N. Garrett
Fourth Avenue West
Joe Flippen
Betty Jane
Hamilton, Ala
Will Wyker
New Orleans
Evelyn
Beauty Shop
Over Speake
Margie
Helen Follett
Lucille Ball
Robert
Charles Johnson
Stc
Navy
Annie Johnson
Ruby Johnson
Lacey's Spring 1
Carmen
UN Moye
Goidel
Anus
Just
Crystal
Candlewick
Sam Frank
Proore
Moody Field
Mrs
E. L. Thompson
Knights Templar
Demplay Commandery No
W. W. Glass, EC
R. T. Sheppard
Wmg
Betsy Ross
P. S
McGough Bakeries
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