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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1938
Page
7
A flood of neighborhood visitors and relatives from Fairfield, Indiana, and Tennessee populate gatherings and dinners. Names include Bauer, Sammett, Mitchell, Lammett, Bumpus, Phillips, and Gey as they visit, host, and travel to Muscle Shoals and Huntsville over Christmas week.
Mrs F M Hall hosted a Ladier Apartments gathering with a salad course for a long list of guests. Frances Hightower hosted another bridge group with prizes awarded. A progressive dinner spanned three homes with many Athens residents attending. Local Christmas events include a Saturday dinner dance at Russel Erskine Hotel in Muntsville. Baylis Hightower returned from Tupelo to visit family. The Woman's Missionary Society met at First Methodist church with high attendance and reports led by Mrs W S Garth.
Pride Tatterree of Rock Hill paid for a trained bird dog and took it to the field where the dog pointed and Tatteree fired. He begged a cat.
Mrs. Ernest Hall and family visit Monday. Oscar Clement and sisters Mamie and Minia Clement of Birmingham spent Christmas with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bumpus stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Tucker last week. P. S. Bauer and sons De Verle and Lamar visited A. N. Bumpus.
Young Roosevelt and his fiancée vow to establish their home in Tennessee in the coming year. Local social notes recount visits and moves among families in the community, including Alfred Smith’s return from relatives and friends, and several gatherings at Cartwright and surrounding areas.
Health of the community is good at this writing. Visits comprise Mrs. Ben Gilbert and daughter Floise with Roy Yarbrough of Decatur to Dell Conn family. Sunday afternoon social visits, multiple locals and neighbors spending time together.
Residents report a single robin and budding trees in January 1938 as warm winds and sun fool locals in Great Falls Montana. Forecasters warn the Northwest may endure several more blizzards this winter.
In 1933 the United States registered its lowest birth rate on record at 16.5 births per 1000 people, reflecting the era's deep economic and social strain and the nation's demographic trend.
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4685 a youth dress with a curving waistline small collar and bow. Simple to sew with optional ric rac, it features yoke tucks a belt and short puff sleeves. Sizes range from 14 to 42 with fabric needs listed. Send 15 cents for the pattern and book.
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