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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1934

Page

5

Commemorative Season Party Details Revealed At Home

The December 21 celebration featured the bride in royal blue with matching accessories and a single attendant Miss Marvaline Andrew. Guests included Miss Margaret Ann Rogers and a host of classmates and friends, with a festive dinner and colorful centerpieces enhancing the room.

Marvaline Andrew Mars. Maddox M. A. Andrew den- High School Emof Cooper-Wells Focal Tva South Margaret Ann Rogers Holly Mises Bru Bell and Morrow Virginia Hardin Harold Watkins Mary Durham Wheeler and Hersebrig Dorothy Morrow Archie Wallace Hill Roy Dick Watkins Bertha Rogres Hos Mable Nesbit M. L

Cotillion Club dances draw regional guests to Decatur

Memphis visitor Miss Dorrce Bell joins cousin Miss Margaret Ann Rogers as guests mingle at Decatur Cotillion Club events. Florence, Huntsville, and Florence cotillions attract many out of town guests including Miss Elizabeth Craig Miss Virginia Reeder Miss Virginia Simpson and Miss Edith Champlin.

Dorrce Bell Memphis, Tenn Margaret Ann Rogers Elizabeth Craig Florence Charles Tweedy, Jr Jasper Georgie Miller Decatur Virginia Reeder Virginia Simpson Edith Champlin Ruby Brittain Birmingham

Bus overturns injures CCC youths near Brinson Georgia

Sixteen Civilian Conservation Corps members from Birmingham and across Alabama were injured when a bus returning to Brinson Ga from Christmas leave overturned on the Bessemer Cut-Off road near Montgomery highway. The most seriously hurt was 19 year old Dewey Black of Birmingham. The driver from Donaldsonville Ga was hurt. Thirty two boys were aboard. about half escaped injury.

Birmingham Ala Alabama Brinson Bessemer Montgomery Donaldsonville Dewey Black South Seventy-second Street Company 470 P. 67 Civilian Conservation Corps Brinnon

Services Tonight At the Tabernacle

Prayer service at 7 30 led by Rev Joseph A Gomes. Tomorrow at 2 p m Rev Glenn V Tingley teaches prophecy covering Matthew 25 and the parables of the ten virgins and the talents. Regular Friday service features Rev Gomes on the Characteristics of the Christian Soldier with an invitation to all.

Joseph A. Gomes Glenn V. Tingley Tingley Gomes

Freemans Home Visit to Hartselle Parents

Mr and Mrs Elmer Freeman of Washington DC are visiting their parents in Hartselle during a home trip.

Elmer Freeman Washington, D. C Hartselle

Charlotte Henry Beauty Advice From Gladys Grady

A column by Gladys Grady discusses the allure of a cheerful smile, mouth contours, and tips from her future beauty article. It highlights Charlotte Henry as an example, urges deliberate smiling, and notes a mouth wash recipe and how readers may obtain her pamphlets and answer letters through the newspaper.

Gladys Glad America Charlotte Henry Charlotte Bette Davis Glad

Third Victim of Gun Battle Dead in Alabama

Lee Maddox a 43 year old store keeper died from wounds after a gun battle with John Wright 70 who was killed by Maddox during a dispute over money Wright had lost in the Maddox store Mrs Maddox died earlier in the rampage and a bystander knocked Wright down before Maddox fired his weapon in defense and killed him.

Gadsden Ala Lee Maddox John Wright Wright Maddox

Bankhead Seen Set as Democratic Floor Leader in House

Representative William Bankhead of Alabama is assured as Democratic floor leader in the new House. He will succeed Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee, who becomes speaker to replace the late Henry Rainey of Illinois. John J. O Connor of New York will chair the rules committee.

William Bankhead Alabama House of Representatives Joseph W. Burns Tennessee Henry T. Rainey Ilinois John J. O’connor New York

Answers to Queries Perspiring Feet

Richard recommends a 25 percent aluminum chloride solution for perspiring feet applied for three nights then weekly. Gooseflesh advises a nightly bath with bland soap and a flesh brush, followed by cold cream or olive oil massage. Reducing Hazel notes a long method for reducing hips thighs and bust.

Richard

Best Months For Pruning Shrubs

Scape specialist Mc Cord notes January February and March are best months to prune ornamental shrubs. Pruning aims to balance top and roots at transplanting time shape and size the plant regulate flowers or berries and remove dead broken or diseased branches.

McCord

Florida visitors stay with relatives in Hartselle

Mrs. Velma Rhea and her brother Dunbar Boger from Tampa Florida are holiday guests of relatives in Hartselle.

Velma Rhea Dunbar Boger Tampa, Fla Hartselle

Mrs J E Norris Taken From Home To Baughs Infirmary

Mrs J E Norris was removed from her home near Flint in Priest’s ambulance this morning for treatment at Baughs Infirmary.

J. E. Norris Priest's Ambulance Flint Baugh’s Infirmary

Kiwanis Install Officers Tonight

Kiwanis Club of Decatur will install its 1935 officers at the weekly meeting tonight at 6 30. John Sparkman district governor from Huntsville Alabama will preside. The local Kiwanis unit reflects on an unusually successful year and aims to make 1938 one of its greatest in club history.

Decatur Kiwanis Club John Sparkman Huntaville Alabama Kiwanis

No Police Court Held This Morning

This Christmas quietness is shown as no police court convened this morning this report notes in brief.

Renewed Fury Arctic Blast In Mann

In western Canada a severe cold wave drove temperatures to 30 below zero at wary 39 at Esmondton 7 at Biegina 35 at Saskatoon 36 at Winnipeg and 4 below at Prince Albert A Saskatchewan farmer died while attempting a half mile walk another perished in Winnipeg multiple other deaths linked to the cold across the region

Canada Wary Esmondton Biegina Saskatoon Winenipeg Prince Albert Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Yuletide Dockside Quiet Amid Holiday Observance

At year’s Yuletide, the docks are typically crowded but this season has seen celebrants largely quiet and orderly with no arrests reported.

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