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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
10
In New York a showcase features four blondes and two brunettes modeling rubber woven swimwear that stretches in one direction only. Experts claim the designs flatter the feminine form with standout pieces including a star studded tropic night suit and a black satin swing skirt ensemble.
The Florette Home Demonstration Club meeting at Mrs. L. L. Matthews house featured president Mrs. James Palmer Jr. leading roll call with My favorite recipe. Topics included Home Management House Cleaning and Care and Review of Use of Family Income. Eight new mattresses were made. next meeting planned.
The column notes a chilling coincidence that every U S president elected in a year ending in zero died in office, listing Harrison Lincoln Garfield McKinley Harding and Harding. It adds a church fundraiser pricing joke and a string of humorous quips about domestic life and fortune telling.
The piece cites Andrew Carnegie on honesty industry and concentration. It then notes a North Carolina Sylvan Valley church fund scheme called a hugging social, with about 500 attendees including Mrs J B Bowen and Mrs C L Vice, who adjourned by collecting for the club and sharing coffee and cookies.
A reader asks about a temperature question and cites a humorous exchange about a record. The playful verse reflects on love and memory with a punchline about a high fever and a personal best.
The State Board of Education accepted offers from the Federal government to provide seven thousand dollars for Florence State Teachers College and eleven thousand dollars for the Montgomery Negro Institution to equip health and physical education buildings on a loan grant basis.
Judson Bailey reports at the New York boxing writers dinner the boxing world remains divided between the NBA and the New York commission. NBA head Lieut. Col. Harvey Miller notes only one of eight U S champions is from New York and cites efforts to bridge the dispute. Brig. Gen. John L. Phelan says state laws block New York from joining the NBA while promising broader cooperation with other states and European representatives.
Flu is widespread at this time with several social mentions. Dave Hampton of Waco Texas visited the home of Mr and Mrs S L Kitchens on Wednesday. Marjorie Russell stayed with Mr and Mrs Ferman Thompson Thursday night. Mrs S L Kitchens visited her daughter Mrs H E Lovelady in Decatur Saturday. Mr and Mrs Razzie Suggs paid visits.
W F Townsend of Falkville reports a bottom land experiment in the Tennessee Valley. He seeded 80 acres to wheat in 1938 and lespedeza in 1939, harvesting 165 bushels of wheat and 33 tons of hay for a gross $495 from 20 acres. He claims higher net profit per acre than other land and notes oats could have yielded about 40 bushels per acre for $240 at 30 cents.
Riverside boys travel to Eva to face their cage squad in a basketball game set for tonight.
Mrs. D. E. Clark hosted guests including Mrs. Robert Suggs and her son Arnie. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Flavel Suggs, Hugh McWhorter of Plainview, and Alta Clark for a Saturday night gathering at the Suggs home.
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