Society page items from Decatur clubs meeting and notices
The Decatur Federation of Women's Clubs and numerous circles and societies plan and hold meetings at the Carnegie Library and local homes. Activities include lectures by Miss Leonard, chariv, bridge, tea, and study sessions. posts announce entertainments, posthumous tributes, and the Stradivarius Club organizing with Bach and other music talks.
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City Federation OF Women’s Clubs
Decatur Federation of Women’s Clubs
Carnegie Library
Mrs. Nettie Lou Holmes Dies at Cedar Creek
Mrs. Nettie Lou Holmes aged 4 of Cedar Creek died at home Monday at 4 20 after a long illness. Survived by husband John R Holmes three daughters Pauline Hilda Mae and Martha Frances one son Arthur Robert three sisters Mia Minnie Moon Hille Willingham Lassie Bibb and many relatives. A Christian Methodist woman who professed faith at age 10. Funeral at Cedar Creek Tuesday 3 pm conducted by Rev Hewlett with Belew Brothers in charge.
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Nettie Lou Holmes
Cedar Creek
John R. Holmes
Pauline
Hilda Mae
Martha Frances
Arthur Robert
Mia
Minnie Moon
Center Grove
Hille Willingham
Flint
Lassie Bibb
Rev. Hewlett
Terment
Belew Brothers
Community Sing Called Off Then Rescheduled in January
The community sing set for Sunday was canceled due to a singing convention in Falkville. It will be convened on the third Sunday in January at 1 30 at the Church of God on Sixth Avenue South, with all singers invited.
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Falkville
Church of God
Sixth Avenue
South
S. S. Conference Set For Sunday Danville Baptist program
The Morgan County Sunday school conference will convene Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Danville Baptist church. The program includes Devotional Reports Special Music Studying the Standard a playlet and adjournment.
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Morgan County
Danville
Mrs Samuel Blackwell Reported Improving At Home
Mrs Samuel Blackwell, after several days of a severe influenza attack, was reported improved at her home on 433 Grant Street this morning.
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Samuel Blackwell
Grant Street
Local Social Notes Highlight Travel and Health News
Mrs. John Lee Robinson of Tuscumbia visits Mrs. R. G. Cortner this week. Miss Helen Bynum of Courtland visits sister Mrs. B. P. Wallace for the weekend. Ruby Brittain has tonsillectomy. friends wish her a speedy recovery. Mrs. G. C. Sheats recovers from influenza. Ruth Blankenship of Limestone County visits Tiny Sheats for several days. Several residents travel to Birmingham for visits while others recover from illnesses.
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John Lee Robinson
Tuscumbia
R. G.cortner
Helen Bynum
Courtland
B. P. Wallace
Ruby Brittain
Ruth Blankenship
Limestone County
Tiny Sheats
Announcements for First Baptist First Christian and Saint John’s
Local church notices list services at First Baptist Oak LaFayette and First Christian Moulton Street with multiple sermons and times. Saint John’s Episcopal on Jackson Street announces Epiphany services with church school Bible classes and youth programs.
Central Baptist and Methodist Services Invite Community
Central Baptist Church led by James Allen Smith offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m with sermons on I Will Not Forget Thy Word. Evening activities include B Y P U at 6 and BA U at 7 30 followed by prayer at 7 30. First Methodist on Canal and Lafayette Dr with Dr W F Price preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m invites all to join. Sunday school for children is at 9 45 a m and Epworth League meets at 6. Midweek prayer and fellowship is Wednesday at 7 p m with special music by the choir.
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First Baptist Oak
LaFayette
J. E. Berkstresseer
Four Voices
Central Baptist
James Allen Smith
Morgan County Bank
T Methodist Canal
W. F. Price
J. H. Johnson
O. Sam Malone
R. M. McGlathery
W. E. Curry
First Methodist
Willoughby Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Willoughby Presbyterian at 6th Ave and 9th St South WV posts a full week of worship with 9:40 Sunday school, 11:00 Morning Worship on Peter the Representative Man, Holy Communion, 6:00 Senior Christian Endeavor, 2:00 Monday Ladies Aid, and 7:00 Wednesday Prayer services. The public is invited.
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Willoughby Presbyterian
6Th Ave
9Th St
A. Gordon
Peter
Ladies Aid
Westside Presbyterian Sunday Services Topic Near the Line
Westside Presbyterian invites full attendance for 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 7:00 p.m. Evening worship with the sermon titled Near the Line. All are welcome to join in worship.
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Westside Presbyterian
New Year Family Attendance at Southside Baptist
J D Pickens pastor urges families to attend Sunday school on the second Sunday of the year at 9 45 with L B Wright as general superintendent. Morning worship at 10 45 features The Christian's Attitude Toward the Things of the World and 7 00 Evening worship with A Good Deacon. Training department at 5 45 directed by Spanabel. An ordination service for new deacons will be held inviting all members and the public.
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First Christian
Moulton Street
J. B. Harlow
Southside Baptist
J. D. Pickens
Bible School
L. B. Wright
Will Spanabel
Bou
Morning Worship at First Presbyterian Church
Sunday school at 9 30 am and morning worship at 11 am led by Pastor J D Wallace.
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First Presbyterian
J. D. Wallace
Pas
Church Notices and Meetings for January Event
MISSION 1st Sunday after Epiphany lists Rev Peter M Dennis as rector with Roy C Beeler as warden and J G Beeler as treasurer. Church School at 2 30 p m. January 11 Woman's Auxiliary meets at 2 p m at Mrs 8 C Thompson home.
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Secretary Church School
Seybourne Lynne
S. Bingham
Peter M. Dennis
Roy C. Beeler
J. G. Beeler
Ola May Mitchell
Woman's Auxiliary
8. C. Thompson
Church Service Schedule for Epiphany Sunday
The notice lists church activities for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany January 8 with Church School at 10 a.m. and Holy Communion at 7 30 p m and includes the hymn line O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
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Peter M. Dennis
Sunday Service Times for Local Church
Sunday school begins at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m and 6 30 p m All are invited to attend and join in worship and fellowship.
St Pauls Lutheran Church Activities Sherman Street
The St Pauls Lutheran Church on Sherman Street and Fourth Avenue lists services Sunday at 9 15 a m with Sunday school and Bible class by A J Holtman and a devotional service at 10 30 a m Ventry. Meetings include a Monday 7 30 p m parsonage gathering and a Tuesday 7 30 p m teachers training class with Walther League executive board at 8 30 p m. Wednesday 7 30 p m Walther League with Mrs W P Adams at 905 Canal Street. Voters' meeting scheduled for Sunday January 75 at 2 30 p m in the church under the theme A Changeless Christ for a Changing World. You too are welcome.
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ST. Pau'’S Lutheran Sherman Street
Fourth Avenue
E. T. Town
Walther League
W. P. Adams
Canal Street
Sunday Bible Class and Meetings Schedule
The notice lists the weekly schedule with 9:45 Sunday morning Bible class 10:45 services by an elder 6:00 Young People's meeting 7:00 preaching by Bro. Robert Parish 7:30 Wednesday evening prayer 3:00 Thursday Ladies Bible class. Attend any or all services.
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Bro
Robert Parish
Sermons and Programs at Sunday Service Pack Evening Talk
Reverend Nabors invites parishioners to morning Sunday school at 9 30 and an evening sermon with a special message on unemployment. The day includes congregational singing, Boys and Girls World, Epworth Leagues and a special session titled The Conquering Sign.
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Arthur H. Nabors
Epworth
Epworth Leagues’ For People. Pp. m. Om
Westminster Presbyterian Church Service Notices
Sunday school at Westminster Presbyterian Jackson Street and Eighth Avenue with Elmer Elam as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 o clock on Christian Fidelity. Evening vesper at 5 with The First Commandment. A series on the Ten Commandments will explore their present force and implications. Everyone invited to attend.
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Westminster Presbyterian
Jackson Street
Eighth Avenue
Ernest N. Hart
Elmer Elam
Hagerman
A. M. Roan
Christian Fidelity
Temp Report Shows 56 Max and Low Noted
The weather bureau reported a maximum temperature of 56 degrees and a minimum forecast to be noted, with details incomplete. Officials cautioned readers to monitor updates as conditions may change.
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the Weather Bureau Today
Prosperity Next at the Theatre Prosperity
Prosperity Next at the Theatre at the Princess features Marié Dressler as a meddling mother-in-law in a Zelda Sears caper set in a small town. Anne Page and Norman Foster wed, sparking fierce in-law rivalry with comic and dramatic twists centered on Dressler’s bid to save her son’s reputation and a dramatic insurance plot.
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Marié Dressler
Polly Moran
Princess Theatre
Zelda Sears
Anne Page
Norman Foster
Santa Claus
Marie Dressler
Miss Dressler
Prosperity era film parodies in town cinema
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran star in Prosperity directed by Sam Wood with Miss Page Foster Jacquie Lyn Jerry Tucker Chas Giblyn Frank Darien and Henry Armetta in supporting roles. The plot features a spoof of an old-time Western film and comic scenes in a joint home with broken dishes mud castor oil and carpet beaters providing humor.
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Sam Wood
Huddle
Nelson's Store Looted on South Sixth Street
Robbers broke into O. Nelson's store on South Sixth Street Wednesday night and stole dry goods groceries tobacco and fountain pens. No suspects identified as investigators note this as another front door burglary in recent weeks. A novel method left a solid pane removal with paper pasted over to hide the break in.
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8. O. Nelson's
South Sixth Street
Nelson
Weekly Weather Outlook for Central and East Gulf States
Central and East Gulf States expect considerable cloudiness with rain periods in the middle to latter part of the week. Temperatures will run mostly moderate with limited extremes.
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Central
East Gulf States
Arrivals at Hotel Lyons and surrounding guests arrive
A list of arrivals shows guests at Hotel Lyons including T. B. Noble of Birmingham James Willis of Nashville Emmett Graham and wife Gur Mr and Mrs G Haupert of Detroit W H McNeill Jr of Birmingham and others from Peoria Columbus Miss Dublin Ga Florence Montgomery Opelika New York Huntsville and Florence with various accompanying names.
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T. B. Noble
Birmingham
James Willis
Nashville
Emmett Graham
Gur
H L Kirby Returns From Nashville After Medical Visit
H L Kirby has returned from Nashville where he underwent a minor operation and examination at Vanderbilt University and returned in improved health.
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H. L. Kirby
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
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8. H. Malone
W.W. Callahan
James Duncan
W. T. Lowe
Perry Street
Central Baptist W. M
Business Women’s Circle
Business Women's Circle
Central Methodist Church
Nallie Bobbitt
Literary Club
Ike Scheer
Cotaco
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China
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Lewis OC. Brown
East LaFayette Street
Silk Stocking Club
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Central Methodist Circles
R.H. Wolt
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C. D. Patterson
A. Z. Bailey
A. H. Nabors
Mothers’ Club
W. M. Chenault
Leonard
Julia Bingham
Sarah Jeffries
J. H. Calvin
William Moseley, Jr
Thornton Newsom
Memphis
Stradivarius Club
Frank Cheneult, Jr
Frank Chenault, Jr
James Albert Wiggins
William Reed
Joe Hinz
T. B. Rogers
Melvin True Rogers
Marvin McCluskey
Arden Strickland
Mitchell Williams
William Ralph Jones
Thomas Wiley, Jr
Bach
Harry Wyatt
Eva Love Wyatt
Peggy Wiggins
Goidel
Princess
Billy Doss
Holmes
S. S
G. C. Sheats
Ififluengza
J. F. Levin
Arthur Garnett
Clio Levin
H.N. Purifoy
I. G. Forrester
Nashville, Tenn
W. Matheny
Mrs. H. D. Barnum and Family
Mary Louise Reed
H. D. McQuary
Huntsville
M. A. Hewlett
Ted Williams
Mrs. L. Lipscomb
Belle Mina
Miss Eva Lipscomb
Mrs. L. O. Stout
Arthur Jones
Georgia Miller
FP. P. Tidwell
T. A. Bowles
C. M. Kortrecht
Memphis, Tenn
H. A. Skoggs
Christian Science
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
ST. Timothy's Episcopal
Athens, Ala
Church OF Christ
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Central Methodist
Prosperity
Miss Morah
Plyers
J. A. Mollison
Amy Johnson
St. Morits
Switzerland
Amy
Africa
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
New York State
Albany
New York
Billy
Tennessee
Karen Morely
Mae Murray
Lowell Sherman
Barrymore
Katharine Hepburn
David Manners
Richard Arlen
Johnny Cain
Alabama
Hotel Lyons
Ath
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