Society notes and club events preview in Athens area
Misses Mariel Clare and Harriet Leonard of Athens attended a Lotto party hosted by Mr and Mrs Johnny Hodges with prizes for Mrs Irwin Quinn Bernice McClure and B A Turner. Decatur Mother’s Club meets at 3 pm Friday with Mrs A M Roan. Nan Ingram hosts a college set party at home. Glass of ’38 class to hold reunion at Decatur High School then supper. Central Baptist W M S meets with thirty present as Sunbeams and G A groups perform. Bible reading, prayers, and a tithing talk featured. Apes Club to meet in Moulton for New Year’s Eve party with gift exchange.
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Athens
Mariel Clare
Harriet Leonard
Johnny Hodges
Irwin Quinn
Bernice McClure
B. A. Turner
Miss Ingram
Nan Ingram
R. M. Ingram
Glass
Decatur Senior High School
C. E. Malone
Betty Burleson
Jena
Harvey
Sunbeams
Mary Katherine Strother
P. H. Sandilin
Apes Club
Moulton
Masonic Hall
Personal greetings and holiday visits listed in local notices
Local personals note travel to Birmingham for Life With Father and numerous holiday visits. Mrs. Elliott and friends plan Birmingham attendance while Mr. and Mrs. Goode return from Knoxville and Miss Nevada Calvin plans a remnant holidays stay. Several families travel, guests arrive, and hospital updates appear among community names.
Younger Set Two Piece Frock Pattern 4088 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4088 offers a willow-slim two piece frock for the Younger Set with a high round neck, softly shirted bodice and a skirt cut below the hips. Optional sleeves, back darts and a half belt shape the fit. contrast fabrics highlight the back bodice and sleeves. Pattern includes a sewing instructor and is available in junior miss sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Local Social Notes Report Travel and Visits
and daughter, Vivian, have returned from a vacation visit with relatives. In Stevenson, Miss Margaret Timberlake remained to enjoy the dances for the young college set. George Bloodworth left today to spend a few days with his brother, Lucien Bloodworth, in Birmingham before resuming studies at the University of Alabama. He has been the guest of his cousin, Jimmy Bloodworth here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Bush
Jacksonville
Fla
Mrs. Bush
Vivian
Stevenson
Margaret Timberlake
George Bloodworth
Lucien Bloodworth
Birmingham
University of Alabama
Jimmy Bloodworth
Mills Keep Busy Birmingham Mills Open New Year
Alabama steel mills will operate full schedules New Year’s day to meet war demand for finished products. A normal holiday shutdown would cut production by about 10 000 tons, with only continuous operations like blast furnaces and coke ovens running on major holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Steel Mills
New Orleans Cotton Prices Revised On Dec 29 Market Averages
The New Orleans cotton exchange revised the average price for middling 15 16th inch cotton at ten Southern spot markets to 17.55 cents a pound, up 16 points. The thirty market day average remains 17.06 cents and middling 7 8ths inch averages 17.83 cents.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Christmas Party Notices and Local Service News in Athens
Athens hosts multiple Christmas gatherings with guests from Minneapolis and nearby towns. Mrs Holmes Turner and Mrs W R Hightower entertain, with Mrs R B Patton Sr coordinating tea and coffee. Draft board updates and Navy entry plans mix with Huntsville visitors and Arsenal worker housing efforts.
Porter’s World War II Marine Enlistment Poem
A Nashville resident Reese Porter writes a patriotic poem for William Garnett Landrum who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on December 24, 1941. The verse vows joining the Marines, recalls wartime strain, and asks readers to support the effort while Porter awaits assignment and future homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Porter
Nashville
William Garnett Landrum
United States Marine Corps
Mr. Porter
Landrum
Samuel
Marines
Gypsy Smith to address parley in Birmingham
The Pastors of Alabama Protestant churches are invited to a Birmingham meeting where Gypsy Smith will speak. The event gathers church leaders from across the state to discuss religious and social concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gypsy Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Baptist Leader Outlines Spirit Reawakening Campaign
Dr. L. Le Gwaltney, editor of The Alabama Baptist, announced a spirit reawakening campaign in Alabama. The commission's executive committee chair outlined the plan, and Rev. Gypsy Smith is slated to deliver the principal address on January 16.
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Bama Commission For United Evangelism
Dr. L. le Gwaltney
The
Alabama Baptist
Commission
Tee
Alabama
Ott
Gypsy Smith
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A. M. Roan
Johnston Street
Central Baptist W. M
C. B. Elliott
W. K. McNeill
H. R. Davis
McNeill
Birmingam
Father
W. B. Profiler
Greenville
Miss
J. O. Goode
Geneva Goode
J. W. Goode
Knoxville, Tenn
Mrs
Barbara Allen
Long Island, N. Y
Virginia Prince Calvin
Calvin
Jimmy Flannigan
Lieutenant
Mrs. W
P. Wade
St. Augustine, Pia
Enon
Wayne Aha
Marriet Dren
Dewitt
W. P. Wade
A. Augustine, Fia
Harold Danagard
Ther
Oho
Harry Kroepfer
Gandy
Murfreesboro, Tenn
BE. M. Bishop
Evelyn Dodd
Robert Shaffer
Jeanne Goodin
Tenn
Nellie Clarke Roan
Roan
Miss Clarke
Auburn
Tom McEmiry
John A. Reynolds
Johnny Smither
Clyde Sanducky
Ohio
W. C. Hannah
Tanner, Ano
Henry Clay Blizzard
Edgewood
Ida L. Marion
Veterans Hospital
Montgomery
Lois Potts
Shelbyville, Tenn
Evola Potts
Mrs. I. W. Coyle
Rock Hill
S. C
Mrs. J. D. Bush
Daytona Beach
Fila
J. D. Bush
Mrs. Satterfield
Tuscaloosa
Lucy Coyle
Sherman Street
Betty Jo Nichols
Florence
Vivian Timberlake
Walter Spratley
Edward Timberlake
Moye’s Beauty Shop
Capitol
Weaver Brothers
Aelviry
Mystery Mountain No. 5
Universal News
Charles Laughton
Mary Boland
Charlie Ruggles
Zasu Pitts
Roland Young
Aearis
Lana
Yeoreen
PNW
Aare Am
M.gm
Call of Canada
Lloyd Nolan
Mary Beth
Hughes
Sheila Ryan
Mike Shayne
Mexico
Fred Astaire
IR Party Now
Eleanor Powell
Holmes A. Turner
Sylvia
Shirley Anne Peterson
Minneapolis
Kate Garth
Wray Garth
R. M. Reaves
Turner
W. R. Hightower
Martha
Frances Hightower
R. B. Patton, Sr
Joe McMeekin
Joseph McMeekin
Milton T. Parker
Harriet Glaze
M. W. Dupree
Athens High School
Penguin Club
John P. Hill
Huntsville
Monte Sano
Chamber of Commerce
Huntsville Arsenal
Thomas G. Steele
Northwestern University
Chicago
Naval Reserve
Steele
Navy
Halsey Townes
Lieut. Townes
Honolulu
American Institute of Laundering
Mss
Asi
Goidel’s
Tai
Erol
George Hess
WOOLS
Old Henry
Union
Maine
Texas
Japan
Atick
U. & Marines
Buttrey’'S
Fannie C. Wells
Lillie
Pauline Rivers
Clara Roberson
Clara
Bank Street
Roxy Theatre
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