Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1936

Page

5

Local Society and Club Gatherings Draw City Women

Society notes report Luncheon Club meeting at Tennessee Valley Hotel with bridge and sewing to follow at Mrs. OC D Faber’s East Vine Street home. TVA women invited by reservations to Mrs I L Treat. Also includes visitors returning from Christmas dance and Cotillion Club, Quadruple Club meetings, and a lively Miss Weaver social with gifts and hospitality at Miss Hanson’s home.

Tennessee Valley Hotel OC. D. Faber East Vine Street TVA I. L. Treat

Same Fountain and De Livery Service

A brief notice lists the same fountain and delivery service with the contact phone 98, indicating a local business detail or update in the public notices.

Russellville Families Welcome Visitors and Return Home

Russellville residents host guests from Birmingham Knoxville New Orleans and Mobile while returning from holiday visits. Miss Ellen Weaver departs for Knoxville after visiting Miss Mabel Han Mrs Oberdorfer and Maury Faulk of Birmingham visit Emma Openhagen. Mrs G Peter of Montevallo ill with pleurisy and flu at J R Hunter's home. Mrs Sarah O'Brien of New York visits daughter Mrs C D Fairer. Sydney Bailey of Mobile returns from visiting Mrs J W Bailey. Jack Carr of Birmingham visits grandmother Annie Orr. Mrs John W Jones and Caroline stay overnight with Frank Lide and family in Birmingham. Frank Lide family return home after week with Jones family. Mrs A E Baker and daughters leave for Birmingham after visiting R I Smith. Mr and Mrs John Martin and Mr and Mrs W O Watson return to Birmingham after New Year visits. Miss Jacklyn Smiley leaves for visit to New Orleans. Taplin Hanson leaves to teach at Fairfax after holiday visit with his parents. Mr and Mrs Guy Counts return from visit with sons. Mrs W L Gover and son Curtis move from 814 Ferry Street to Mrs Sara Jeffries, 620 Canal Street. Judge and Mrs B S Malone return home after Christmas with relatives.

Miss Weaver Ellen Weaver University of Tennessee At Knoxville Mabel Ann Hanson Bridge Miss Hanson C. C. Johnson Roy Grooms Louise Fleming Miss A. T. Hanson Mary Vernon Dix Ralph Manly Neil Dix Pete Ballas Mary Louise Garrett Taplin Hanson Susie Smith Sam White Julia Bingham Dr. Edwards

Expert Rules for Selecting Eye Shadow Hue by Gladys Glad

Advice for choosing eye shadow by eye color. Blue eyes suit blue tones while gray and blue gray work day or night. Brown eyes benefit from brown or gray shades, green or hazel for evening greens, blue/brown/gray creams adjust eye tone. Exotic greens and violets are for evening only. Shimmer creams with silver or gold reserved for formal evenings.

New Guinea New Gainea Carse

Cream of tomato soup and apple upside down cake guide

Mary E Dague outlines a home kitchen method for cream of tomato soup using canned tomatoes and a white sauce, warning against soda and detailing steps from simmering tomato pulp to making the velvety final sauce. She pairs the soup with an apple upside down cake recipe including apples, cheese, and a vanilla cake batter.

Mary E. Daguenea

Breakfast to Dinner Menus From California Diner

Breakfast offers grapes cereal cream poached eggs and graham toast with milk and coffee. Luncheon features cream of tomato soup croutons lettuce hearts and upside down apple cake served with milk and tea. Dinner presents stuffed pork chops creamed onions broccoli with mock Hollandaise cranberry ice and sponge cake plus milk and coffee.

California

Neighbors and kin visit in Georgia South Carolina and Louisville

Miss Opal Sparkman suffers a severe cold at home this week. Mrs. Willie Cox and her children from Louisville, Kentucky, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Evans, in St. Petersburg Florida and nearby points in Georgia and South Carolina.

Tives St. Petersburg Fpla Georgia South Carolina Willie Cox Louisville, Ky George Evans

New Figure beauty guidance from Miss Glad column

Cosmetic tips for a soft ochre powder shade meant to complement Teresa's coloring. Claims of a combined beauty and weight-reduction program promising eight to ten pounds in two weeks. Readers are urged to request pamphlets and pay postage for per-issue mail responses through Miss Glad's daily column.

Teresa Glad

Continuation of Relief Likely for 1936 Under Roosevelt

Washington sources say continuation of the relief program through 1936 is probable. The exact works progress administration funding remains uncertain, with expectations the request will be less than last year's 4.88 billion. Some funds may be left over when the fiscal year ends June 30, enabling continued relief efforts and heavy engineering projects already started.

Washington Roosevelt Congress Works Progress Administration

Liberty League expenses listed in year 1935 report

The American Liberty League filed a year end 1935 statement with the House clerk showing total receipts of 483,275.46 and expenses 389,973.02 with a New Year balance of 93,201.54. Major contributor was the Du Pont family with 178,250 in loans and gifts, and Bankers Trust Company loaned 20,000 on April 29.

Washington American Liberty League Today R. J. Dillon du Pont Wilmington Del League Bankers Trust Company of New York

Well Nourished Weather Worker Dines Freely

Floyd Pate, a weather bureau employee, enjoyed an ample meal including soup roast beef sausages trout half a chicken string beans salad and corn bread. He noted light dancing moves and no lifting helped curb appetite during the meal in Montgomery Alabama.

Montgomery Ala Floyd Pate Weather Bureau

Would-Be death by own action on frantic New Year day

A. H. Hilton, 25, of Miami, made a tense start to 1930. Friends saw him with disinfectant stains near his mouth, then his head was in a gas stove oven. He was revived at the hospital but later escaped, was re‑captured, and stayed bound to a hospital bed overnight after a police radio alarm.

Miami, Fla A. H. Hilton Hilton

Dr Patterson to Lead Revival at Pirot Methodist Church

At the monthly Board of Stewards meeting the Pirot Methodist church unanimously requested Dr Is D Patterson to lead the revival services planned for spring. Patterson’s evangelist work extends beyond the North Alabama Conference and he and Mrs Patterson have won warm reception in Decatur and among the city’s people.

Stewards Pirot Methodist Church Is D. Patterson Patterson North Alisher Conference Decatur North Alabama

Tryon residents repay debts by street work on New Year

Twenty five Tryon residents answered a city call to shovel straw and clear a street, applying their labor to delinquent water bills and taxes as the year began.

Tryon N. CC

Also Mentioned on This Page

Martha Frances Burt Sheffield Eleanor Ballentine Joe Anderson Belle Mina Christine Gray Edith Morrow Hyde Tuscumbia Virginia Simpson Florence Annie Kate Redman Elizabeth Leftwich Greensboro N. C Mildred Webb Nell Johnston Rebecca Hamilton Helen Wood Nell Crosswaite Moulton Donnie Blackwell Elizabeth Scarr Augusta Mary Clay Price Delene Gammon Birmingham Roy Cotillion Club Decatur Cotillion Club E. 8. Loyd Johnston Street Goidel Capitol Jack Perrin Romancing College Joe Pena Jack Oakie Ned Sparks Frances Langford Betty Grable Lynne Over A. Paramount Patsy Kelly James Jack Howell Danville Road FE. B. Polytinsky Next Door Russell Speake Livery Service Caddell Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Colt Ethel Barrymore John Barrymore New York Russellville Joe Duncan Tenn Mabel Ann Han Oberdorfer Maury Faulk Harry Faulk New Orleans Emma Openhagen 8. G. Peter Montevallo J. R. Hunter Sarah O'Brien C. D. Fairer Sydney Bailey Mobile J. W. Bailey Jack Carr Annie Orr Victor A Mast Birmingam 8 . T. Nichols John W. Jones Caroline Frank Lide Harriett Rebecca A. E. Baker R. I. Smith John Martin W. O. Watson Jacklyn Smiley Fairfax Mrs Guy Counts W. L. Gover Curtis Ferry Street Sara Jeffries Canal Street Judge Mrs. B. & Malone Rela Morton Brownbilt Shoe Store Second Avenue Gladys Glad America Heauty Simone Simon Actres Sister Mary's Kitchen Angie Binette Mary Rose Orlando Miss Orlando Patsy Liberty League Alice Faye George Raft Walter Wanger Paramount Princess Theatre Ualm DR. Patterson Bchool Loud Drug CO DIXIE Davidson Coal & Feed Co Theatre Hartselle Dantes Spencer Tracy Screeno Louise Shop Grimsley Grain CO Tennessee Valley Bank EDIC U. S The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication