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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1932

Page

4

Society Fetes And Weddings Highlight Winter Social Season

Miss Grace Evelyn Jones hosts a Wednesday party on Johnston street with vocal duet by Virginia and Thomas Speer and a list of attendees. A wedding of J H Riddle’s daughter to Aldean Maner unfolds Christmas Day at 10 am with a blue crepe gown and silver turban. Valley Country Club dances feature college guests and a Christ mas dinner with turkey and prizes, as guests from Cleveland and Newberry join local hosts in festive events.

Grace Evelyn Jones Johnston Street Virginia Thomas Speer Maurie Shumake Mildred Ash Nellie Rainey Louisa Ann Wade Christine Sims Mabie Wilson Virginia Speer Mary Elizabeth Fowler Virginia Hardin Milton Hovis R. B. Masterson Frank Speer Dorsey Speer Johnny Harvey Gwinnie Puckett Miss Jones D. Hardin J. H. Riddle Aldean Maner Griffin Austinville the Valley Country Club B. M. Bloodworth Prank Side Cleveland, O John W. Jones Eldridge Adams Newberry D. C Joe Duncan

Personal notes fill week with visits and returns

Miss Rowena Baker heads to New York City after visiting her father T L Baker Sr. Clyde Hendrix resumes duties after a holiday with parents. Several families travel to College Point Cullman Columbia Birmingham and Clarksville for holidays with relatives and friends.

Rowena Baker New York City T. L. Baker

Bridge Hand Falls Short of Grand Slam Chance

A contract play unfolds in a rubber game where 7 diamonds was reached after a complex bidding. The narrator analyzes distribution luck and opponents cards, detailing heart and diamond tricks, trumps, and a final club discard leading to a successful thirteenth trick.

Bae Dummy

Negro Evangelist Will Speak Sunday at First Baptist

Rev. Robert L. Fuller, evangelist, will deliver the New Year message at the First Baptist Church Sunday morning. The discourse will center on the theme Face To Face With.

Robert L. Fuller First Baptist Church

Peach O Reno shows at Princess Theatre with Wheeler and Woolsey

Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star in Peach O Reno a midnight show at the Princess Theatre. They parody Reno divorce lawyers and a cut rate war satire with lavish sets and a lively courtroom night club scene. Rev Fuller and Rev Gates announce sermons at Kings Memorial Church on Sunday.

Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Princess Theatre Reno Wattles Wheeler-Woosey

This Model for Matron Shapes Fashionable at Home

Delightful pattern design for a matron with a not too slim figure featuring soft flattering revers, bust seam details, slender sleeves, and an unbelted waistline. Pattern 2271 offered in sizes 36 to 48 with yardage details and step-by-step sewing instructions. Catalog includes 33 pages of Anne Adams models for all ages and needs, priced at 25 cents.

Anne Adams Price of Catalog Inc Pattern Together Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York City

Kind Of Church Needed In 1933 Outlined By Reverend Nabors

The article by Rev. A. H. Nabors of Central Methodist argues for a church with a dominant note meeting 1933 needs. It recalls the early church’s Pentecostal power, broad reach, narrow master Jesus Christ, saving souls, generous fellowship, steadfast effort, and missionary progress.

A. H. Nabors Central Methodist Church Nabors Carthage Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Decatur

Adams Returns to Duty Aboard Ship

Lieutenant Malcolm 8 Adams of the U S N returns to duty after a holiday visit with parents Mr and Mrs David C Adams at Cornelian Court. He left this morning en route to Washington D C to resume his naval duties.

Billy Day College Point Pla W. H. Day Mary Robertson Riverside High School Malcolm 8. Adams Washington, D. C David C. Adams Cornelian Court

Tribity News Details Holiday Gathering And Local Visits

A Tribity News report lists attendees at a holiday refreshments gathering led by hosts Mr and Mrs. Emens. Winners at the ladies and men’s prizes included Mrs. Redding Emens and Gus Burt. The item also notes visits and travels of local residents to Birmingham Florence Tuscaloosa Decatur Berea and Charlottville and mentions relatives and guests from Nashville and Tennessee.

and Mim John Sewell Sam Lile Redding Emens Sara Emens Madeline Lile Rutie Emens Gus Burt Martha Grayson Emens Morris Grayson and Sons Nashville Zetta Sheats Leonard Carl and Tuscaloosa R. L. Stalling Birmingham Sam Ferguson Mt. Hope Billy Steed Walton Hill Cynthia Davis Jeff Davis Florence Henry

Family Names Listed From Buffalo Parish Records

Mr and Mrs J P ae Buffalo NY CA Hester W E Miller J R Hobbs Nash W J Mahoney Mr and Mrs H L cago appear among local marriage or parish records in a scanned clipping featuring multiple families and paths of names from the area.

J. P. Ae Buffalo

In Chicago Gil Crane Leads Second Avenue Chant

A fragment notes Gil Crane in Chicago on a trip tied to the Second Avenue chant. The unreadable text limits details but confirms the location and a focus on a civic or street movement.

Gil Crane Second Avenue ’ Chant Chicago

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Mrs. Riddle Austinville Pike Young College Dinner Desai T. A. Bowles Thomas, Jr Grant Street Louise Holtman Edgar Norwood George Durham Woodrow McAllister Miss Wiegand Henry Clarke Edward Norwood E. H. Hellbusch Elkin Whyte Lonnie Pettey Clyde Hendrix National Bank Examiner Herman Schnur Cullman Perry Copeland Albany, Ga Alice Thomas Hunteville B. N. Bibb Bibb Hall Belle Mina Annie Peebles Richardson Mooresville W. B. Smith Henry Zeitler Annie Kimbell Hatch Seaneerville Lillian Ussery Louise Clarksville Tenn Mrs. Eldridge Adams Mrs T. G. Morrow Corinth Miss J. E. Stipe James Pred Claude Florence and Cloverdale James E. Transue Memphis R. T. Sheppard Frank Lide 8. D. Brock Mrs. Eldon Jones Kimball Jones F. A. Bloodworth, Jr Sarah Bloodworth Mary Jones Charlie Sherman The Benevolent Hospital W. B. Edmundson Huntsville James Emory Pierce Frank Shaffer Church Street East Rook Club Ferry Street Bock Club 8. A. Lynne Tommy Hendrix Johnny Caddell Cotillion Club Herschel Harry Sherman Clarksdale, Miss Wilma Wise Hugh Stanley F. E. Taylor Marshall Sibley Columbia, Tenn D. S. Echols Greenwood Ted Williams Atlanta, Ge Belle Mina, Ala R. G. Cortner Mary Augusta Bibb Belle Mina and Tanner T.Z. Bailey Alfred Clements George Williamson Perry Street Willie Clift Diana, Tenn T. J. Fowler Fifth Avenue South James Patterson Jim Bob Fowler A. E. Landers Garvis Ford Mrs. A. P. Ford Seventh Avenue Sullivan’s Dollar Studio Eve Dorothy Lee Zelma O'Neal Joseph Cawthorn RADIO Princess Goidel Irving Mitchell Wanda Harris Tim McCoy Wallace Beery Fuller King’s Memorial M. E God W. M. Gates Kings Memorial Church Decatur Daily Adams Annes Batimore Bananas Alabama Tribity News Helen Mosley Neville Young Trinity Bitter Alice Tennessee Mary Sewell John Thompson Montgo Made Lile Pred Tidwell Campbell Virgin Mr &Rs. F. D Ellis Sheats Berea John Sheats Emma Sue Morris Clanton Goodloe Morris Long Bran N. J Barton Morris Emingham Emma Sue Mris Frances Lile Mrs. F. D Charlotville Lyons Walter Kowalski Detroit M. E. Calkins Kalamazoo Mich Russell Bean J. M. Stabler A. J. Lingo Montgomery J. R. Ezell R. W. Goldthwaite George Walter Atlanta Katherine Padgett Quincy Fla R. G. McGoorty M. Wiggins New Orleans J. E. Lewis Selma Santos Royale Illinois Mary Jane Beauty U. S Rosedale CAMAY
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