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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1951

Page

6

Miss Kate Oakes Honored At Athens College Tea

Mrs. Perry B. James and Dorothea hosted a mother daughter tea for Miss Kate Oakes on Saturday December 30 at Founders Hall Athens College. Guests wore festive attire and enjoyed fruit cake coffee mints and nuts in a decorated parlor with roses and poinsettias.

Katie Oakes Perry B. James Dorothea Kate Oakes Founders Hall Athens College Frank Oakes I. B. Schmidt Mary Kay Lloyd Peckman Libby Jean Eleanor Gregg Decatur W. E. Estes P. W. Hendricks Bonnie Nancy Wayne Edwin Goodrich Thomas A.goodroff L. C. Wilson R. H. Richardson James R. Woodruff Nick Flood Barbara Hurn Joe Ann Chambers Athens

Personal News Notes From Jefferson Hospital to fer Fans of Local Goings

Friends hear that Miss Sherry Gayle Maner is recovering at home after plastic surgery at Jefferson Hospital in Birmingham and will remain homebound for a week. Dr and Mrs R C Berry visited Hamilton and White inlaws over the weekend. Proctor Barnes and wife plan to return from Louisville after holidays with the Anderson family. Susan Louis Hoff of Birmingham visits grandparents the Bibbs. Peebles Jr and John Eyster return from Montgomery after Blue Gray game. Franklin Parker and Betty Parker return home after holidays with Parker family. David Wiley returns to the University of Alabama. Eyster and Doss go back to Sewanee after holidays. Mrs Law Lamar of Selma arrives to visit Bibbs. Adcock family returns to Tampa after holidays.

Sherry Gayle Maner Jefferson Hospital Birmingham Miss Maner F. D. Peebles, Jr John Eyster Montgomery

Local Visit and Social Roundup in Morgan County

Ada Snodgrass and Chattanooga relatives visit E C George's family. Numerous commented travels include McNutt and Sparkman kin in Morgan County. A Christmas social at Clyde Smith Neel with the young Sunday school group features names, games, gifts, and treats.

Ada Snodgrass Chattanooga E. C. George Calvin McNutt Anniston Gaines McNutt Clark Morris Eula Neel John Edwards C. C. Sparkman Male Hollis Sparkman A. W Martha Story Etheridge Bates Birmingham Russell Brown Larry Near Somerville Robert George Ralph Johnson Georgia Herman McCormick Bill Corbett Frank Garrison Harvid Bell Pervin Wallace Rock Springs A. W. Taylor Jessie Lemmonds Lona Faye Freeman Wallace Addie Wallace Clyde Smith

Rice for Breakfast Among Surveyed Asers

About one in five respondents in a recent survey reported serving rice for breakfast. They chose between a crisp ready to eat rice cereal or plain boiled rice.

UCLA Tailback Ted Narleski Hails From Collingswood N J

Ted Narleski UCLA 162 pound tailback comes from Collingswood New Jersey as part of the team's roster notes.

Ted Narleski UCLA Collingswood, N. J

Posture as a Key to Beauty and Poise

Helen Follett advises women on posture as essential to beauty. A tall torso, lifted chest, and straight back prevent fatigue, improve breathing and complexion, and help maintain youthful lines. Proper alignment enhances grace, style, and feminine presence.

Helen Follett

Dorothy Dix on shared home responsibility and self improvement

The column argues that housekeeping is not only the wife’s duty and that husbands must help raise children and support their wives. It notes men often pass the buck, stresses mothers shape children, and urges self improvement through language study typing and business knowledge to boost salary and usefulness.

Miss DIX

Dear Dorothy Dix Young stenographer seeks business guidance

Greenie advises the 18 year old to study the dictionary as the primary book to improve business abilities. The letter asks about reading suggestions, dealing with people, becoming poised, industrious, and overcoming self consciousness.

Dorothy DIX Greenie

Dear Dorothy Dix on a Man's Respect for Principles

Sally asks about a steady suitor who left a girl after learning she is straight and pursued another who matched him less strictly. Dorothea Dix advises reflecting on values and respect for personal standards. The exchange emphasizes integrity over convenience in romance.

Dorothy DIX

Local Notes From Ullman County Jones Chapel

Reverend George Helms was the Saturday night guest of Mr and Mrs Curtis Rodgers and girls Mrs Mary Jane Sullivan visits her ill sister Mrs A Butler Betty Rodgers spent Wednesday night with Mrs Ted White and family Little Kathy Turner improves after flu Tom Tilley returns from Florida Kelton White home from Texas holidays visit Mr and Mrs Ted White and Manuel visit Upshaw relatives Grandpa Cruce ill in Cullman hospital

George Helms Curtis Rodgers Mary Jane Sullivan A. Butler Betty Rodgers Ted White Kathy Turner Tom Tilley Florida Kelton White Texas Manuel Upshaw Grandpa Cruce Cullman Hospital

Fragment from a personal confession about failed engagement

A speaker accuses a former lover of treating them as entertainment and notes he had no intent to marry. The passage argues his conduct would have destroyed any lingering affection, reflecting on a supposed lucky escape and emotional harm.

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