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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1947

Page

6

Christmas banquet honors senior high Girls Hi-Y Chuo members

The Girls Hi-Y Choo of tur Senior High School held a Christmas banquet on Saturday December 20 at the Lyons Hotel. Westend W. K. Grove of a Methodist church spoke and Miss Sheats sang O Holy Night with Miss Ann Bagley on piano. Several attendees described in detail with gowns and escorts included Miss Melba June Halbrooks and Carl Boley, Miss Mary Lou Bell and Charles Howell, Miss Anna Rhea Goode and Jimmy Caudill, Miss Pat Wright and Gene Lentz, Miss Jo Harvey and Jack Catlett, Miss Beth Perkins and Tommy Ray Willingham, Miss Gay Penn and Dick Clanton, Miss Mary Allen Spencer and Carl Gibson, Miss Judge Burleson and Billy Bowden, Miss Margaret Peck and John Wilks, Miss Mary Ann Bagley and Philip Kyle, Miss Martha Jean Higdon and Jimmy Tatum, with Marion Chandler and Ralph Mur.

Hi-Y Chuo Tur Senior High School Lyons Hotel Westend W. K. Grove Miss Sheats Ann Bagley Jane Brad Ford Melba June Halbrooks Carl Boley Mary Lou Bell Charles Howell Anna Rhea Goode Jimmy Caudill Pat Wright Gene Lentz Jo Harvey Jack Catlett Beth Perkins Tommy Ray Willingham Gay Penn Marquisette Dick Clanton Mary Allen Spencer Carl Gibson Judge Burleson Billy Bowden Margaret Peck John Wilks Mary An Bagley Philip Kyle Martha Jean Higdon Jimmy Tatum Marion Chandler Ralph Mur

40000 Carollers Bring Citywide Christmas Carols

About 40000 St Louis residents participate in a 36 year old citywide Christmas caroling program led by William H Danforth of Ralston Purina. The effort spans homes, offices and public spots with red hooded volunteers and raises funds for charities totaling over a quarter million dollars since 1924. This year includes a week of television caroling broadcasts.

ST. Louis Library Union Station St. Louisans Danforth Association Aloys P. Kaufmann

Debutantes and Escorts at Society Event

A group of debutantes attended a social event with escorts including Charles Horton, Billy Woods, John Braswell, Murray Yarbrough, Frank Perkins, Gilbert Thrasher, Sam Evans, Bobby Neil, Leslie Doss, Stanley Wise, Marvin Golden, Sammy Pruitt, Roy Freeman, Carol Smith among others. The ladies wore varied gowns from black tafetta to blue net and white net, with partners listed in attendance.

Phy Mary Ann Blackwell Charles Hortor Carolyn’ Wade Billy Woods Marion Watson John’ Braswell Jane Bradford Murray Yarbrough Gene Brown Frank Perkins Ruth Sneed Gilbert Thrasher Mary Caudill Sam Evans Mary Penn Bobby Neil Jean Gregg Leslie Doss Barbara Gibson Stanley Wise Glenn Green Gene Collier Tommy Grant Elizabeth Arantz Marvin Golden Eleanor Gregg Sammy Pruitt Kathleen Lively Roy Freeman Joyce Whitmire Carol Smith Joyce Gres

Christmas Pageant at Trinity Baptist Church

A Christmas program titled The Christ Child Mary and Joseph will be presented as a pageant at Trinity Baptist Church tonight. Christmas carols will be sung. Rev Joe Weatherly of Northern Youth for Christ will deliver the message after traveling about 40 000 miles in 19 states and four Canadian provinces. He studied at Alabama Minnesota and Moody Bible Institute. Everyone is urged to attend.

Trinity Baptist Church Mary” and Joseph Joe —Weatherly Northern Youth For Christ University of Alabama University of Minnesota Moody Bible Institute

Dear Dorothy Dix Readers on Fashion and Marriage

A letter from a girl 12 seeks advice on being forced by her mother to wear nonconforming clothes. Dorothy Dix counsels mothers and girls to balance individuality and parental taste, noting many wish to be like peers and urging understanding. A second item praises a husband who invests time and affection, urging men to treat wives as partners. A third note advises a frustrated fiancée to address conduct and seek practical steps amid an extended engagement.

Miss DIX Ann Mary Sally Susie Janie Gladys Dorothy DIX

Society Page Attendants in Fancy Attire at Falkville Event

The report notes attendees including Misses Alice Smith Billie Simmons Vivian Sheats Mary Louise Garrett all in elegant gowns with Dean Jones as sponsor. Reverend and Mrs W K Grove of Falkville attended as guests of the evening.

Personal Holiday Visits Across States

Mrs Sabah W Banks of Memphis visits Mrs Allie Banks for the holidays. Mr and Mrs Fred Muzzey depart Christmas morning for Charleston SC to stay about a week. Mrs M N Baker spends Christmas with her son and family in Detroit Michigan. Mrs Waymon Hendrix of Fort Jackson SC visits his family and sisters Faye and Sue. Mr and Mrs Phil Baugh of Nashville TN arrive today to spend the holidays with Dr and Mrs W P Baugh.

Sabah W. Banks Memphis Allie Banks Fred Muzzey Charleston South Carolina M. N. Baker Detroit, Michigan Waymon Hendrix Fort Jackson Mer Mrs. H. A. Hendrix Faye Sue Phil Baugh Nashville, Tennessee Mrs W. P. Baugh

Life Insurance Ownership in the United States

A report notes that over half of Americans hold some form of life insurance. The data underline long standing consumer reliance on policy protection and financial planning.

United States

Flint Baptist Church Plans All Members Attendance

The Flint Baptist church invites all members to attend Sunday school at 9 45 A M and preaching at 11 A M with Rev M G Fields speaking on The Great Con clusion The Training Union begins at 6 P M with services at 7 P M led by Rev Horace M Layman The ordination of baptism at 8 15 P M will occur at First Baptist Decatur Attendance last Sunday was 108 in Sunday school and 75 in Training Union.

Flint Baptist Church Baptist Training Union D. D. Norris Altom Leathers Tracine Terry M. G. Fields Bernice Nelson Frank Nelson Betty Fields Training Union Horace M. Layman First Baptist Church Decatur

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