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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1946
Page
5
Phone 1352 announces Le Club Entre Mères will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mars B. T. Gardner on Danyjlié Road with Mrs. J. G. Colvard as co hostess. The group will discuss events and members attend Nashville to pursue studies at Vanderbilt University after holidays with family.
Thinkin about slip covers with step by step directions for professional results. Send fifteen cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept for Pattern Number and your name address and zone. Fifteen cents more buys the 1946 Needlecraft Catalogue with 112 illustrations of crochet knitting quilts embroidery and more.
Slim women who cannot gain weight after thirty may develop hollow cheeks and drooping facial muscles. Suggested remedies include facial exercises to firm fibers, puffing air and exhaling with lips closed, chewing gum, or a local massage and emollient routine followed by ice friction to stimulate blood flow. Rouge is not advised for sunken cheeks. apply makeup high on the cheekbones toward the temples.
The article reports on 1946 cotton price ceilings proposed by OPA to curb clothing costs, the impact on cotton futures, and the call for veterans’ garment reservations. It cites reactions from Rep Camp and Sen Maybank, plus Civilian Production Admin and Bowles statements.
A tornado struck Coila in Carroll County near Greenwood killing Mrs. Ernest Shute and her nine year old daughter. Four other Shute children and their father were injured and treated at Greenwood hospital. The storm also affected the Wes aels family with their three year old daughter.
Funeral services for Thomas B. Speck, a World War I veteran, will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Brown's Chapel with Rev. Paul Roberts officiating. Burial follows in City Cemetery. Speck died Thursday at the Outwood Kentucky veterans hospital. the body arrived in Decatur this morning. American Legion members will pallbear.
Anne Adams presents pattern 4929 featuring a shirtwaist wraparound with side buttons. Available in many sizes from 12 to 44 with fabric yardage listed. send 20 cents to Pattern Dept. The Decatur Daily, 243 West 17th Street New York NY for details.
Funeral services for Samuel J Givingston 85 of Danville farmer will be conducted by Rev Walker Bynum at 2 this afternoon at Johnson s Chapel burial will be in Johnson s Chapel Cemetery Brown directing cortege leaves residence at 115 this afternoon Mr Living ston died Saturday at his home in Danville Survived by two daughters Mrs Paul Lindset of Danville Mrs Eva Stroup Lenora Tenn and Mrs Clarence Stroup of Danville and one son Percy Living ston
Fifteen patterns offered with fifteen cents more. Free pattern and directions for a hat and gilet set printed in the book. Easy to sew and aims to help readers fashion smart outfits at low cost.
O D Roden Jr is named manager and editor of the Cullman Banner. The veteran journalist recently discharged from military service studied at St Bernard College and the University of Alabama.
A fragmentary obituary notes decedent from Ton Decatur with numerous grandchildren and other relatives. Pallbearers listed include Carl Livingstor, Philip Stroup, Floyd Stroup, Ralph Lindsey, Orville Long and Clarence Pike.
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