Otillion Club Hostess at Dance Highlights 1941 Ruletide
The Cotillion Club Christmas dance at Valley Country Club drew many local and out of town guests during the holiday season. Horace Holley and his Nashville orchestra provided music. The favor presented to dates replaced bouquets with Defense Saving Stamps, and Miss Mary Sue Hardin received a stamp book in lieu of flowers. Numerous couples and attendees from North Alabama and beyond attended, with notes on outfits and escorts.
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Cottillion Club
Valley Country Club
Horace Holley
Rom Nashville
Ent
Mary Sue Hardin
North
Alabama
Louisa Barnett
Frank Kirby, Jr
Katharine Boswell
Jack McLaughlin
John C. Bragg
Dr. Bragg
John A. Caddell
Mr. Caddell
Skeges Crawford
Mr. Crawford
Joe Duncan
Mr. Duncan
John Harlan Giles
Mr. Giles
Elinor Green
Alfred Wilson
Dubonnet
Anne Johnson
William Eyster
Marjorie Wilder
Byron Carrell
Carolyn Zeitler
Gardenias
Frank Haggard
Gadsden
Elizabeth Anderson
Jimmy Tillery
Comer Ezell
Mr. Ezell
Virginia Prince Calvin
Morris Walton
Mary Ford Tillery
Ed Davies
Roy Fite, Jr
Mr. Fite
Nan Ingram
Jack Tankersley
Bobby Anderson
Mr. Anderson
John Williams Wyker, Jr
Mr. Wyker
Sara Neville
Frank Heggie
Marge Penick Jones
Charles Wade
Ann Kimbrough
Julian Bibb Jr
James E. King
Mr. King
Maynard Layman
Mr. Layman
Russell Lynne
Lynne
Seybourn Lynne
Judge Lynne
William Pat
Allied Leaders Confer to Strengthen World Front Against Axis
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill led a day of Allied talks with envoys from 17 Latin American nations seven occupied European states four British Dominions and China Russia India and the Netherlands. They pledged continued meetings to marshal global resources and pursue the ultimate objective of crushing Axis powers while delaying detailed public disclosures for security reasons.
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Netherlands
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
China
Russia
India
Teeland
Mr. Churchill
Congress
Singapore
Libya
Africa
England
Pacific
Par East
War conditions widen as Pacific fronts converge
The article outlines a global World War II view with Japan facing a triple screening from Formosa to the China Sea and Malacca. British and American forces push toward Singapore and the Philippines as Tokyo reads Roosevelt and Churchill in Washington. It notes German retreat freeing Moscow, Irish forces in North Africa, and MacArthur’s outnumbered defense amid Manila bombardment.
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Formosa
China Sea
Laizon
Guam
Wake
Strait of Malacca
Malaya
Sumatra
Singapore
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Thailand
Luzon
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Moscow
Moo Iy
North Africa
Hitler
Tokyo
Washington
Fit Your Figure To War Work
Catharine Van Renneselaer of the American Women's Voluntary Services prescribes a home routine to fit the figure for war work. She emphasizes posture and a daily strengthening program targeting three body parts with quick action and progressive lifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine van Renneselaer
Contour Corner
New York Area
American Women's Voluntary Services
Cans Could Stack Three Feet Deep Across NYC Census Says
Census Bureau estimates that if every one of the 17 billion tin cans emptied yearly were laid end to end and piled, New York City would be buried three feet deep in containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Census Bureau
Christmas Dinner Is Theme Put Into the Schools
Just before the Christmas holidays Decatur school children at Lafayette Gordon Bibb Second Ward Fairview East Decatur Moulton Heights Austinville Trinity and Carver schools enjoyed a festive lunchroom meal. Santa figures from apples greeted the pupils as wreaths and bells decorated the rooms. A menu of baked chicken dressing English peas cranberry sauce fruit salad rolls sweet potato custard and grapefruit juice was served with help from the Department of Public Welfare WPA United Armies school principals and PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lafayette
Gordon Bibb
Second Ward
Fairsview
East Decatur
Moulton Heights
Austinville
Trinity
Carver
United Armies
Department of Public Welfare
WPA
PTA
Worded Fragments From A Christmas Reflection
A brief devotional line echoes the biblical teaching of mercy and service. It highlights helping the needy as service to Christ and frames kindness as a spiritual duty for believers.
RAF trainee pilot dies in training plane crash
A RAF student pilot and his American instructor were injured in a training plane crash. Fabrer Leman, 20, from England, and Second Lieutenant W Griffin Jr., from Rutland, were involved near Bolma Alabama on December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolma
Ala
Sériom
We Las Fabrer Leman
Eng
W. Griffin Jr
Rutian
Craig Fi
Cities Get Equal Birmingham War Aid for Sirens
Municipalities in Alabama may obtain preference funding for air raid sirens and related emergency equipment from the OPM field service office. A health table shows death rates from infectious diseases fell sharply from 0.7 to 0.1 per population between 1939 and 1948, with rickets and other diseases declining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Bama
OPM
Csus Bureau
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Constance Peerson
Rose Maire
Bob Mee- Whorter
Betty Foster Pointer
Jimmy Bloodworth
Barrett Shelton
Mr. Shelton
Persey
H. Reid Sherard, Jr
Mr. Sherard
Jack Smallwood
Mr. Smallwood
Frank Stone
Mr. Stone
Barbara Allen
Long Island, N
Stingfly
Meridian
Virginia Brandeau
Knoxville,Tenn
Miami
Key West
Piorida
Clyde Hendrix, Jr
Louisiana
Clyde Hendrix, Sr
Auburn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thomas Kimbrough
Mr. Krough
Breneau College
Gainesville, Ga
T. J. Cottingham
Havanna, Cuba
EB. L. Thompson
D. L. Blackwell
Somerville
James Godfrey
Opelika
J. C. Gray
Thomas W. Wert
Jane Davis
Linden
Mrs
H. R. Davis
America
Ruth Licklider
Beautys
Rosemary LaPlanche
Gloria Callen
Anna Louise Friese
Ae S Glamour Girl
Etty Cordon
Cain & Wells
Sts
The
Decatur Daily
Associated Press
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Lafayete Street
Decatur United Charities
Wilson Studio
Rainey’s
Ave
Beauty Shop
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