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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1939

Page

5

Society Dance Hosted by Arthur Parker in Tennessee Valley

Arthur Parker hosted a large social dance in the Tennessee Valley Hotel assembly hall on Friday night with balloons, music, and punch. Guests included many local young women and men from Nashville and Montgomery, with Mrs. A. A. Parker and Mrs. Travis Callahan assisting.

Arthur Parker Tennnessee Valley A. A. Parker Travis Callahan Montgomery Martha Frances Kilgore Betty Foster Pointer Marguerite Jernigan Margaret Timberlake Marjorie Lang Peggy Wilds Sallye Burham Peggy Dowdy Muriel Thomas Mariana Mason Norma Todd Helge Newsom Marjorie Scott Esther Jin Ida Hall Hill Shirley Bragg Ann Miller McEntire Dot Hine Mary Stuart Terrell Martha Nash Antrey Anne Hunter Betsy Janeam Frances Milton West Juanita Nunn Mary Kate Gillespie Geraldine Masterson Annie Rives Dillard Martha Evelyn Callahan

Personal notices from Birmingham and surrounding towns

Mrs. E. D. Bailey Jr and Martha Porter visit in Tuscumbia. Mrs. Ben Mabson and Mary Elizabeth stay in Butaw for several weeks. Mrs. Maureen Walsh weekends in Cleveland Tenn. Mrs. Leary ill at home on Jackson St. Dow Patterson returns from Birmingham after the holidays. Mrs. Cardin ill with flu but improving. Families from Birmingham Marion and Florence travel home post holidays. Jean Humphrey resumes duties in Masley. Esther Morris visits Henderson Ky. The H olland family guests return from North Carolina. Florence visitors Bin t Pointer and family. Lindell family returns to Austin after holidays. Kelley family hosts New Year weekend visitors from Memphis. Walton Hill and sister visit Tuscaloosa. Penn Royer visits Birmingham. Dawkins and Bryant holiday travels. Elizabeth Houston returns from Birmingham. Mary Virginia Bingham visits Birmingham with Marion Fussell. Clyde Hendrix Jr returns to New Orleans after holidays. Frances Cowden visits Florence. Babye Beatty and Mary Turley in Florence. Robertson and Cochran return to Senior High teaching. J T Jones expected home from West Palm Beach. Yams McAmister returns from Birmingham after visiting Charlie Seibert.

Look Gay To Feel Gay Ruth Hussey

A nostalgic beauty column urges bold color pairings like green and yellow to brighten looks. It critiques high and low hair trends, favors a lifted pompadour with wave lines, tuck combs, and soft back silhouettes for a modish yet playful style.

Madam Fashion Urges Drapery Colors For Glamour

In a glossy fashion note, Avred hat is praised to boost a woman's morale and pastels along with plaid frocks are favored. The piece touts line and color as key to a flattering figure and happy appearance, mentioning changeable velvets and rustling taffetas in bold hues.

Helen Follett

21 Injured As Train Is Ditching in Orange

Five coaches of a Southern Pacific passenger train derailed after plunging into a drainage ditch on the outskirts of Orange Texas. Twenty one persons were hurt including two white passengers and nineteen Negroes. Most injuries were slight and victims were taken to Orange hospitals for treatment. An A section worker said a broken fall on a trestle likely caused the accident.

Orange Tex Southern Pacific A. Section

American student group calls for antiwar unity

In Madison Wisconsin the American student union urged a united undergraduate campaign to keep the United States out of war. The resolution condemns German and Japanese aggression while noting Finnish hostilities and follows advice from national officials including Joseph Lash and Molly Ward at the fifth annual A S U convention.

Madison Wis Dee Americcn United States Germany Japan Joseph Lash New York Molly Ward Chicago

New York Votes Against Peace Plan Denouncing Russia

New York lawmakers rejected an amendment to the peace program designating Russia as an aggressor. The vote was 322 to 49. The adopted resolution also condemned the Dies congressional committee which had labeled the U S as a breeding ground for communism.

New York Russia Dies Congressional

Hopkins Seeks Prosperity Through Lowering Power Costs

Washington December 30 Harry L Hopkins in his first annual report as secretary of commerce says the nation can build tremendous prosperity by extending mass production techniques to lower prices of power homes and other essentials.

Washington Harry L. Hopkins

Want Ads Change Like Weather Daily Readers Urged

Daily Want Ads highlight shifting listings as readers scan evolving prices items and services. Local merchants adapt to new postings while residents track changing opportunities and needs each day.

Furnished room for rent with meals offered

For rent a furnished room in a private home at 623 Fourth Ave West. Meals may be available. Phone 1119 R.

Fourth Ave West

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