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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1936

Page

5

Harrison Knight Union Noted In Local Society Scene

A society notice from Ala dated January 3 reports Miss Louise Harrison daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Harrison wed to local businessman G L Knight in a simple ceremony with close friends. Other items cover Saturday Club hosted by Miss Kate Lile, Happy Band Sewing Circle quilting for Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Peeve crew party at Miss Mary Vernon Dix's, a Supper Dance at J Price home featuring Miss Mary Kiesker performing a toe dance, and a long guest list for the event detailing attendees and attire.

Harrison Louise Harrison W. T. Harrison G. L. Knight Claud L. Baugher Happy Band Circle Happy Band Sewing Circle Morgan County Flint Peeve Mary Vernon Dix Fanny Bess Crow Julia Bingham Harriett Irwin Nel Dix Mary Louise Garrett Marj*rie Smith Nancy Mitchell Mary Oclav Price Helen Ross Fred Trimble Evelyn Green John Holland Giles Elinor Green Alfred Wilson Margaret King Donald Branum Mary White Harold Smith Mary Sue Hardin Frank Malcolm Martin Mar- Baugh Marjorie Phinizy John Felix White Jane Neville Dick Harris, Jr Louise Chenault Ben Holmes Billy Sittason Joe Guyton Clarence Timberlake Homer Tankersley E. Ballas Pete Ballas Rex Sikes Joe Calvin Archie Wallace Hill Braden Fleming Harry Lowther Willie Lowther Stanley Jones Smith Trimble Noel Carpenter Phil Irwin Jack Hunter Billy Kirby Frank Kirby, Jr John Taylor Wilson Taylor Walter Dur

Miss Nash hosts delightful party at East Walnut

A Thursday evening party at East Walnut street hosted by Miss Margaret Louise Nash featured guests from Louisville and Sheffield. Prizes included a china vase for Elsie Price and a linen handkerchief for Henry Day, with a peppermint candy booby prize for Leroy McEntire Jr. Refreshments of sandwiches, ambrosia, and Coca Cola followed hour-long games.

Margaret Louise Nash L. R. Nash East Walnut Street Elsie Price Henry Day Mary Katherine Wingester Leroy McEntire Martha Nash

Personal notices from Birmingham and nearby towns

Miss Nancy Mitchell of Birmingham visits Miss Mildred Nungester for a few days. J. B. Cross returns today from Birmingham where his brother J. P. Cross died Thursday at 7 in a city hospital. Mrs. J. W. Gibson returns home to be with daughter Mrs. B. L. Malone after belated season with Tee Grane and family. Miss Emily Chandler of Athens visits relatives here. Miss Dorothy Frazier visits Nashville friends and plans to return Saturday. Mrs. A. B. Bryant has been bedbound for a week.

Nancy Mitchell Birmingham Mildred Nungester J. B. Cross J. P. Cross J. W. Gibson B.L. Malone Tee Grane Harry Higdon Dorothy Frazier Nashville

Clever thief Ed Hoehl gets ten year term

The police noted Ed Hoehl cleverly borrowed an alarm clock to time his burglary of the Redig home around their church hour. He left footprints in the snow between his house and the Redig residence, leading to his conviction and a ten year prison sentence.

Carroll Ed Hoehl Phillip Redig Redig Hoehl

Noodles from Leftover Yolks in Sister Marys Kitchen

Instructions for making homemade egg yolk noodles using leftover yolks, whole eggs, and water. Includes dough preparation, rolling, drying, and cooking in broth, plus variations for noodle rings, squares filled with meat, chow mein, and patties with paprika tomato sauce. Names and quantities reflect the recipe style of Sister Marys Kitchen.

Tomorrow's Menu Breakfast to Dinner Card Style

Tomorrow's meal plan lists breakfast with halved grapefruit cereal cream crisp bacon cornmeal muffins milk and coffee. Luncheon includes buckwheat cakes sausage apple sauce molasses cookies milk tea. Dinner features consommé boiled noodles spinach with lemon butter minted carrots cabbage and raisin salad date pie milk and coffee.

Hail and Farewell to the Old Year Poem Note

Home Demonstration Club notes reflect on bidding farewell to the Old Year and embracing the New Year. The verse encourages leaving burdens behind, avoiding brooding, and starting anew with a hopeful path ahead. The piece credits the January Southern Agriculture issue for inspiration.

Southern Agriculture

Danbury’s First Firefighter Candidate Arrests Frost Fire

Carlo Ross is named Danbury’s first courageous fireman candidate after a January blaze at his home. In ten degree below zero cold, he alerted headquarters in pajamas, drove the truck to his house, and extinguished the fire before filing the report.

Danbury, Conn Carlo Ross Danbury Ross

Crimson dominates Met Opera season fashion trends

Metropolitan Opera society women embrace crimson as the color of the moment for evening wear. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt leads a crimson fur trimmed wrap and matching bands, with a trailing corsage. Her daughter Mrs Henry Gassaway Davis follows in a white gown and black velvet wrap accented by a white fox.

Metropolitan Opera New York Crimsor Cornelius Vanderbilt Henry Gassaway Davis

EXERCISES TO BEAUTIFY HANDS BY GLADYS GLAD

A beauty column discusses hand care with exercises for flexibility and shape. It claims famous figures like Marie Antoinette used routines, describes finger stretches and wrist flaps, and promotes a New Figure booklet and other beauty pamphlets available by mail with stamped envelopes.

von Marie Antoinelle Pranes Marie Antoinette Wis Eldom Ogled Glad

Kiwanis Opens 1936 Meeting in Decatur

Kiwanis Club of Decatur held its first meeting of 1936 at Hotel Lyons with President Seybourn Lynn presiding. The luncheon featured announcements by John White and a guest appearance by Scout Executive Norris of Huntsville.

Decatur Financial Committee Marvin Rankin Bob Daniel Lynne

ANSWERS TO QUERIES Brown Spots Leonore

The note discusses remedies for brown spots affecting Leonore plants. It outlines possible causes and suggests treatments, urging careful diagnosis and consistent care to restore plant health.

Leonore

Drug Dept Reopens In Speake Property As Remodels Progress

The store has shifted its drug and prescription department to Russell Speake's former shop next door during remodeling. Fountain service will continue until the operation returns to its previous location.

Raymond A. Pearson University of Maryland Rexford G. Tugwell Department of Agriculture Drug and Prescription Russell Speake Fountain Service

Hobbs carries plan for farmer land terracing loans

Representative Sam Hobbs of Belma plans to take to Washington a proposal that would allow farmers to borrow funds from the federal government to terrace their land.

Montgomery Ala Sam Hobbs Belma Washington

New Year Poem Sparks School Club Plans

The Second Leadership School in Foods and Nutrition Unit 111 will meet at the Agricultural School on Wednesday January 8 at 10 a m. Demonstrations will cover buffet service and breads and cakes. Notices go to all club leaders and each club is urged to reach full representation. Cross Key Club plans to meet in its new clubhouse this month to organize a February house warming inviting members from other clubs to visit the new building. Curb Market sellers met in the Home Demonstration kitchen last week serving dinner to their men folks who moved the curb market. space was made for the new filling to be built on the square’s southwest corner. The market will open 7 to 11 every Wednesday and Saturday morning.

The Agricultural School Cross Key Club

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