Society notes fill evening with attire and weddings
Mrs B M Bloodworth hosts a society fete with crepe paper red white and blue decor and Eddie Barfield’s orchestra providing dancing music. Guests include Marie Ryan Kailey Braswell Shirley Braswell Betty Ware Wyatt Wendellyn Gray and others in blue satin white and black gowns. Mr and Mrs Henry Willis Hill wed at Westminster Presbyterian Decatur with Brown crepe suit and purple orchid corsage. T G Henry attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Barfield
Marie Ryan
Ned Shackelford
Mimi Jones
Loyd Lively, Jr
Nancy Wilson
Carl Boley
Sue Emens
David Chandler
Mary Jean Sittason
Smart Shirtwaister pattern sale and exhibit notes
Pattern 4923 for misses and women sizes 16 through 48. Size 36 needs 3.5 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to The Decatur Daily for patterns and 15 cents extra for the Anne Adams Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Thames styles, art features, and a craft exhibit with tea served by local helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Remedy Ad
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a fast kidney remedy and bladder irritations treatment. It claims 16 herbs and herbs blend with no habit forming ingredients and invites free samples from Dr Kilmer and Co. Box 1288 Seeeferd Conn. Offered nationwide by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer O, Inc
Seeeferd
Conn
Austinville Culture Club Christmas Party Highlights
The Austinville Culture Club hosted a gala Christmas gathering at Mrs. Pruitt Waites’ home with co hosts Mrs. Emma Sparkman and Avery Roberts. The event featured a program by Mrs. Suggs, a Luke Gospel reading by Miss Lera Teague, readings, carols, and gift exchanges amid seasonal decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville
Christmas Week End Visits Reach Across States
A string of local and out of town guests includes Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Mangrum of Little Rock Arkansas Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hogan of Morganton North Carolina and Mr. and Mrs. John Penney of Gurley Alabama who were Christmas week end visitors to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Branum. Numerous relatives from Nashville Huntsville and Pensacola visit and travel with plans noted for further orders for Major Foster and a WACS member Virginia Ann Foster is to return to Seymour Indiana. The Women's Auxiliary of Saint John’s Episcopal church will not meet Jan 1 but resumes Jan 8.
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L. H. Mangrum
Little Rock
Ark
J. J. Hogan
Morganton
N. C
John Penney
Gurley
Ala
E. T. Branum
Major
W. W. Foster and Baby
Washington, D. C
B. A. Turner
Montgomery
Major Foster
Virginia Ann Foster
The
WACS
Seymour, Ind
E. L. Foster
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
The Care of the Hands by Helen Follett
Mrs Dust Digger seeks smooth hands and envies Lady Lucky who has time and money. Use mil soap and cool water, apply lotion after drying, wear cotton gloves for dusting, and protect nails with cuticle care. Moisturize twice weekly, use toilet lanolin if face cream is precious, and treat hang nails and ragged cuticles with careful nail care tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dust Digger
Lady Lucky
Gertrude
Strand theater fire damages Clinton stage and sound gear
Fire at the Strand theater in Clinton Iowa caused undetermined damage to the stage and sound equipment. Employees had posted on the marquee the title of today’s movie It Happened Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Strand Theater
Plain Speaking and Life Advice from Dorothy Dix
A reader asks Dorothy Dix how to curb plain speaking and keep friends. Dix says plain speaking masks envy and malice, urges perspective, and recommends complimenting friends instead. Other letters discuss career stasis and seeking growth, and a man seeking release from a dead marriage is advised to be honest and offer a fair property divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O
Dorothy DIX
ICC rules cotton rail rates unfair to shippers
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that cotton rail rates from the Mississippi Valley SouthWest territory to Southeastern and Northeastern mills are unwarrantedly prejudicial to shippers using the 50,000 pound minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi Valley
New Posting Plans Bared for Grocery Ceiling Prices
Morgan county War Price and Rationing board officials outlined new posting methods requiring price lists readable from two feet and placed per 1,500 square feet for dry goods per 20 feet of meat counter and at sale points for fresh produce poultry and detergents as part of the anti inflation drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
More Readers for Newspapers in Wartime Survey
New York December 29 Editor and Publisher reports record rises in newspaper circulation. Total morning and evening copies reach 28,565,387 and Sunday papers 30,582,039 as of September 30. Survey spans 104 morning 145 evening and 143 Sunday papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Applique for Tots Quilt Pattern 593 Ad
Childrens craft notice outlines an animal applique quilt using scraps with four animals per block. Includes diagram, pieces, directions, and a 1945 Needlecraft Catalogue offer. Send fifteen cents to Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Avenue New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft’ Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Lion Reader Increase From 1943 Might Have Been Doubled
A historical note recalls 1943 newspaper production limits suggesting a potential doubling of lion reader figures if publishers had access to all the paper they needed. The remark reflects wartime material shortages affecting print runs.
Password Passes as Guard Lets In No Prover
In Belgium a battle commander fronts a gate and asks a G I for the password. The Doughboy refuses to reveal the password, saying he was told not to. The commander praises the soldier and moves on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humain
Belgium
G.I
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B. M. Bloodworth
Ralph Huff
Joe Sneed Jr
Iris
Mary Lou Bell
Neil
Dan Nebrig
Bob McGwier
Elizabeth Calvin
Marian Chandler
Gene Brown
Moye
Caddell
Green Agency
Hill
James Abram Hill
Mooresville
University of Alabama
Austinville Culture Club
Brownie Scouts
Brownie Girl Scout Troop
Betty Sue Johnson
Martha -Mae Johnson
Jean Owen
Betty Gay Hamilton
Martha Morris
Laverne Johnson
Patty Sparkman
Vernon McGwier
Jackson Street
Jimmy Watson
Anna Rhea Goode
Charles Mixson
Sandra Davis
Morgan County National Bank State National Bank
L. T. Branum
Nashville, Tenn
Mary B. Simpson
A . Housman
Chase, Ala
Ora ‘Price
Huntsville
Paul Bryant
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
J. T. Bryant
Bryant
New Orleans
Mrs
A. E. Foster
Tuscumbia
Betty Lanier
Savannah, Tenn
Shirley Braswell
Henry Rickerson
W. W. Massey
Russellville, Ala
Alfred Wilson and
Baby
Pensacola, Fla
John Harlan Giles
Helen Follett
Cutex
Miss DIX
Aes
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Goidel
Wi Gian
Tl von P
Cullen
Grant’s
Melon
Fuschia
NAVY
Scotland
Ead
Lite Wheeler
Carmen
Loyd’s
Evelyn
Beauty Shop
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