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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
6
Society notes list a Jan 17 social for Decatur Emblem Club at the Elks Home with Mrs A G Roper and Mrs Watts Newsome as hostesses. Gordon-Bibb P T A to meet Jan 17 at Bibb School auditorium. Nearby items mention a birthday party for Donna Murphy and various district nurse and church group events.
Decatur Junior Service League members are reminded of a called meeting on Tuesday morning January 17 at 10 o'clock at the Decatur Country Club. Attendance is urged due to the meeting's importance.
Laura Wheeler improved patterns offer easy embroidery with charts photos and directions. Send twenty cents for 12 motifs pattern number or name with zone address to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept P O Box 161 New York Old Chelsea Station.
Mrs. A L Frazier will return to Decatur Wednesday and stay with her sister Mrs B L Malone at 326 Sherman Street. Friends are glad she is greatly improved after illness. Mrs David Hershfield of Los Angeles is visiting this week with Mr and Mrs S E Patterson on Ferry Street. Charles B Hart is recuperating nicely at Baugh Wiley clinic after his right leg amputation.
Last Wednesday to Sunday several local families traveled for visits. Hoff and Henkel joined friends in Tuscaloosa while McDonald and Howell spent time with J C Proctor's family in Cartersville Georgia. Rover visited New Orleans and Alexandria with Dr Cappell. Fred Robinson Jr. left Jacksonville to resume studies after a weekend with his parents. The Watkins family visited Birmingham, where Stephen stayed for a week.
Paris couture arrives on Seventh Avenue as Schiaparelli opens U S operations with coats and suits priced around 100 to 150 dollars. Elsa Schiaparelli designs in Paris and manufactures in New York joining Dior Fath Balmain and Molyneux in courting American buyers. Her first U S collection features simple sophisticated suits with unique collars and belts, aiming for fashionable functional clothing for living.
A guide on grooming and hair trends notes short cuts remain popular with varied styles from side parts to upswept looks. It highlights demountable hairpieces for quick changes and the appeal of long flowing styles, semi pompadours, and home permanents for busy women.
Dorothy Dix counsels a wife to honor her aging father and notes that neglect harms future generations. She also advises couples to pursue compatibility, urging adaptation to each other and engagement with shared interests rather than stubborn disinterest.
Teen-age pattern T4686 offered in sizes 10 12 14 16 with a new full skirt and jacket suited for dates. Includes 3 1 8 yards fabric for size 12 and 1 4 yard contrast 54 inch 35 inch. Send 30 cents and name address size and style number to Anne Adams Fashion Book for more patterns and a free helmet pattern.
Dear Dorothy Dix offers guidance on the traits of an effective homemaker. The first requisite is a taste for domestic work. she must love her duties, find beauty in an orderly home, and take pride in preparing good meals and maintaining a neat, comfortable family space.
The first disbursement of a 2.8 billion dollar insurance refund to World War II veterans begins. The VA and Treasury target one million checks weekly, completing payments by June 30 to about 16 million eligible veterans. Checks vary from 90 cents to 528 dollars, averaging 125, paid from National Service Life Insurance premiums. Payments follow serial number order to avoid discrimination.
A Decatur editor argues sterilization can prevent births from feebleminded parents in Morgan County. The piece asserts that more than one in a hundred are feebleminded, proposes surgical tying of tubes, and says modern sterilization preserves married life while reducing unhappy births.
Colleen Townsend will not renew her contract with a 20th Century Fox studio and plans to pursue entrance examinations for a theological school. Her mother says Townsend, 20, aims to obtain a teacher's degree and will continue film appearances on a freelance basis until the time to study arrives. She is a Presbyterian.
Ailing Rep. Hobbs of Alabama was reported in excellent condition. The 63 year old congressman was taken to Doctors Hospital for circulatory ailment treatment and aides said he could return to his apartment soon.
A reader from Milton Massachusetts endorses a law like bhose to protect this generation and the next, urging adoption across 27 progressive states. Clarence J. Gamble M D signs the letter expressing sincere support.
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