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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1941

Page

5

Society Today Dance Party for Kathryn Ann Wiley

Mrs. T M Wiley hosts a birth anniversary dance for daughter Kathryn Ann Wiley on Wednesday from 7 30 to 11 pm at Appy Band Meeting The Happy Band Sewing Circle plans this week’s meeting Thursday at 2 30 with J A Noles hostess on Ninth Avenue Hast. ILUB Meeting Mrs W R Smith hosted the Tuesday Afternoon Aye Club with bridge and refreshments. prize went to Mrs B Aarner. Dorothy Mae Rack Mullane Wed Morris Calvin Black Dec 14 1941 in Decatur. couple at home there.

T. M. Wiley Kathryn Ann Wiley APPY Happy Band Sewing Circle J. A. Noles Ninth Avenue W. R. Smith B. Arner Turner Lonnie Black Decatur

Local Social News Highlights Holiday Travel and Visitors

Mrs. Jack Coolidge returns from Washington with Judy staying with grandmother. Cousins Norma Todd and Lillian Harper visit, and several residents travel or host guests from Chickasha to Birmingham. Health updates include Norma Todd’s recuperation and others recovering from illnesses. Visitors include Sims, Sproles, Carlisle, Cavnar, and Counts families with extended family stays noted.

Jack Coolidge Washington, D. C Mr. Coolidge Judy Coolidge A. S. Darnell

River Traffic across TVA dams outlines December barges

Prepared by River Transportation Division of the Commerce Department TVA notes vessel passages on Kentucky, Wheeler, Wilson and Pickwick dams in December. Commercial Barge Lines and Arrow Transport report autos, grain, forest products, gasoline and general merchandise moving toward Guntersville Decatur and Ohio River points.

River Transportation Division Commerce Department TVA William T. Warner Kentucky Dam Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation Decatur Alabama Ohio River Delmar R. Traver Pickwick Landing Dam Guntersville Mildred Arrow Transportation Company Wheeler Dam St. Louis Margaret Dawson Central Barge Company St. Paul Minnesota Minneapolis Guntersvile James H Houghland Transportation Company Woodriver Illinois Gulf of Corporation Norman Crawford Florence Joppa Jerome D. Beeler Wilson Dam Ohio Norris Tennessee Valley Barge Lines Savannah Tennessee Chattanooga Snickers Clifton Towing Company Cairo Ilinois Robert W. Erlbacher Evansville Indiana Missourri

Needlecraft Pattern 203 for Sunbonnet Motifs from The Decatur Daily

Pattern 203 contains six transfer motifs and four smaller designs for sunbonnet dresses to ornament linens. Includes stitch illustrations and materials note from Chattanooga Tennessee. Send ten cents for pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept in New York with name and address.

Materi Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N. Y

Proper Diet Advice For Busy Working Women

Health notes emphasize balanced eating for working women and outline protein from lean meat fish egg white and milk carbohydrates from starches and sweets fats from meat butter and oils. It advises a four to one to one ratio, daily calorie needs, and meal habits including a daily meat portion and slow dinners with cheerful talk to aid digestion.

Special Services at Central Methodist Church

Central Methodist will hold evening services in the sanctuary with Mrs. H O Troup starting a musical program at 6 45 pm. Mrs Falla Bailey will speak at seven with Judge Seybourn Lynne to follow. The sanctuary will open 5 30 am until dark Thursday for public prayer.

Central Methodist Church H. O. Troup Falla Bailey Seybourn Lynne

Salvage Drive Urges Alabama War Material Recycling

The Office for Emergency Management launched a salvage for victory campaign in Alabama urging all residents to recover every usable item. Marvin Gox of OFM said waste paper metals and old rubber must be collected for war support, with committees forming under the BIC and state defense council and local groups asked to start immediately.

Birmingham Dec. N Office For Emergency Management Marvin Gox Atlanta OFM P Bureau of Industrial Conservation OPM State Defese Council Cox

J. L. Wood laid to rest at Bethel Cemetery

J L Wood aged 98 died Tuesday at his Decatur Route two home and was laid to rest this morning at 11 o clock at Bethel Church with Rev J R Culver presiding. He is survived by his wife one niece Mrs Elizabeth Phillips of South Carolina and a nephew Clarence Stacey. Peck directed funeral with interment in Bethel cemetery.

J.L. Wood Decatur Mr. Wood Pilizabeth Phillips South Carolina Clarence Stacey Bethel J. R. Culver Bethel Cemetery Peck

Lemon Juice Remedy Claims Rheumatic Pain Relief

An old home remedy promotes Ru-Mx Compound and a lemon juice mix as quick relief for rheumatic arthritis or neuritis. It urges a simple daily dosage, promises improvement within 48 hours, and offers a money back guarantee via stores selling Ru-Ex products.

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Sugar as Philippines export top earnings, says Commerce

The Department of Commerce identifies sugar as the Philippines' leading export and money crop, highlighting its central role in the economy. Bears names mentioned include Willie Clemmons Paris Terry Will Ballew Charles Foshee Jim Ballew and Aroald Terry in fragmented context.

Willie Clemmons Paris Terry Will Ballew Charles Foshee Jim Ballew Aroald Terry Philippine Islands Department of Commerce

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