L W Johnson Birthday Party At Johnson Street Home
A Friday night birthday party for L W Johnson hosted by his mother Mrs W R Johnson took place on Johnston Street. Attendees enjoyed red and green holiday decor, punch, cake, and a prize contest won by Muriel Thomas and Pan Kyle Jr, with many guests receiving favors on departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Johnson
W. R. Johnson
Johnston Street
Muriel Thomas
Pan Kyle, Jr
Mrs. Johnson
Bonnie Lee Murphree
Bonnie Parks
Sharley Bragg
Ida Hall Hill
Marguerite Jernigan
Eizabeth
Ann Chappell
Barry Joyce Lee
Nell Frank Moore
Martha Nash
Alda Goidel
Betty Jean Gasaway
Ann Gray
Ann Hughes
Lillian Houser
Esther Morris
Beverly Hodges
Gil Crane, Jr
Sydney Chenault
John Howell
Avery Roan
Elmer Loyd
Brad Bibb Bailey
Sanders Cortner, Jr
Charles Baugh
Walter Hannigan
Pon Kyle, Jr
Jack Hughes
James Ratliff
Robert Jones
Rex Rankin
Richard Yaney
Paul Blackwell
Richard Hundley
Bobby Catlett
Johnson
Cliff Penney
J. T. Munn
W. J. Williams
Local Social News Abbreviated Visit Plans And Illnesses
Mrs. M.8 Workman and Marjorie Workman with Marjorie Phinizy will depart Thursday for a West Indies visit. Mrs. Mel G. Lehman of Fairview Ala hosted Mrs. C. E. Malone. Mrs. W. P. Reeves of Sheffield spent the day with friends. Mrs. A. J. Houser returned from Lansing Mich to care for her ill mother Mrs. J. T. Ogletree whose condition is critical but slightly improving. Mrs. Roland Compton is ill at Oak Street home. Mrs. J. D. Bush is improved after illness. Mr. and Mrs. Elkin Whyte and daughter Norma Jean plan to move to Birmingham where Whyte will work for L N Railroad. Mrs. Charles Eyster and son John with aunt Mrs. Bessie Dougherty of Tupelo accompany their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Houser
Lansing
Mich
J. T. Ogletree
Ogletree
Charles Eyster
John
Bessie Dougherty
Tupelo
Mimi and the Chandler Drama Deepens in the Woods
Jerry confronts Mimi about her entanglement with Andy Chandler as the pair return to the scene of Mimi’s perceived drudgery. Mimi reveals Andy teased a possible elopement and offered to take her to France, prompting Jerry’s anger and a painful self reckoning about her future. The moment exposes tensions between romance and shared ideals amid looming travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimi
Jerry
Andy
Andyy
Wives of Four Speakers Gather for Capitol Photograph
Wives of four Speakers of the House pose for a group photo during a House session. Seated are Mrs John Nance Garner and Mrs William B Bankhead. Standing are Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Mrs Frederick Gillett. Mrs Garner serves as secretary to her husband at the Capitol daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
House
John Nance Garner
William B. Bankhead
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Frederick Gillett
Garner
Capitol
Mrs. Garner
Mrs. Bankhead
Longworth
Mrs. Gillett
Alabama health improves in 1937 over 1936 report
Alabama's health showed improvement in 1937 with declines in most of 16 key weekly-reported diseases. The state health department noted decreases in malaria, influenza, pneumonia, measles, and pellagra, while increases occurred in typhus fever, whooping cough, chicken pox, syphilis, and gonorrhea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Mimi and Jerry confront the seams of their marriage
After a bitter night Mimi and Jerry confront hurtful words and separation. Mimi refuses to leave and stays, while Jerry plans to send her to St. Louis as winter isolation approaches. Over months Mimi reveals steadiness and adapts, as Timothy and Dora adjust to the growing strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimi
St. Louis
Jerry
Dora
Timothy
Scat Singer Johnnie Davis Breaks Into Fame at Princess Theatre
Johnnie Davis, a former child trumpeter from Brazil Indiana, became a hit by improvising scat singing during a 14 or 15 year old performance with Jack O Grady's orchestra in Terre Haute. Signed by Warner Bros after Varsity Show with Fred Waring, he headlines Over the Goal at the Princess Theatre next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie
Davis
Warner Bros
Jack O’grady
Terre Haute
Indiana
Brazil
Ind
Fred Waring
Dick Powell
Princess Theatre
Taylor to Oppose Boykin in First District Race
Mobile attorney and Alabama state representative W Taylor announced his May primary candidacy for the first congressional district seat now held by Rep. Frank W Boykin. Taylor said he mailed candidacy notices to probate judges in the district while Boykin filed for re election last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
W. ©. Taylor
Alabama
Frank W. Boykin
Taylor
Boykin
John McDuffie
U. S
Southern District of
I Was A Poet Not Much To Be Depended On
A narrator recalls joining a lively, later pressured household with dancing lessons, games, and candy making while he writes earnestly to improve finances. He reflects Mimi’s light regard and his struggle to prove himself beyond dreams, amid work hauling timber and rent ads at 325 Sherman St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Mimi
Make this Pattern 4473 at Home Lacings Create Teen Frock
Teen fashion feature outlines Pattern 4473 by Anne Adams for teenage leaders. Describes a peasant style frock with lacings, fitted bodice, flared skirt, and a youthful pointed collar in junior and misses sizes. Includes fabric and ribbon yardage, step by step instructions, and ordering details for the pattern and a spring pattern book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
W. 17Th St
New York
N. J
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Zetomen Club
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W. H. Day
A. L. Jolly
Woman’s Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
The
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J. O. Colvard
Sam
Magda de Fontanges
Mussolini
Italy
Magda
United States
Higdon
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Wilson Dam
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Grienhold
C. D. Faber
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A. G. Jones
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C. D. Fabrer
L. O. Cox
Columbia
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LE Club Entre Meres
G. M. Dillard
Sherman Street
Harry Higdon
Euzelian
Central Baptist Sunday School
T. A. Patterson
Paul Fretwell
E. Thompson
Ira Denis
Louie Bell
Wilbur Couch
W. O. Jones
Harold Fields
Maynard
White
Spinsters Club
Ruth
Nell Johnsson
B. G. Ryan
Moulton Street
First Baptist
First Baptist W. M. S
First Methodist Woman's Missionary Society
BE. FE. Hargrove
8. A.ne
Vera Austelle
James Duncan
Johnny Caddell
Central Baptist W. M
Harvey
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Miller
Georgie Miller
St. John’s Guild
Guild
Decatur Cotillion
Carnegie Library
Skeggs Crawford
Goidel
Workman
Marjorie Workman
Marjorie Phinizy
West Indies
Mel G. Lehman
Fairview, Ala
C. E. Malone, Sr
W. P. Reeves
Sheffield
Roland Compton
Oak Street
J. D. Bush
Mrs. Hayes
Miss
Palm Beach, Fla
Elkin Whyte
Birmingham
Mrs. W. R. Smith
Bryan McAfee
Atlanta, Ga
J. W. Darrah
Fort Brown
Tex
Mary England
Alabama P.T. A. Association
Mayo Brothers Infirmary
Rochester
Minn
A. M. Roan
P.T. A
Clio Levin
County Council
P.T. A. Board
Chandler Ranch
France
Mary C. Potter
Utica
N. Y
Miss Rome
Rome
Baltimore
Rome Chamber of Commerce
Central Presa
Johnnie Davis
Sherman St
Bank and Vine Streets
N. P. Brown
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