Chatter Box Notes From Mooresville and Beyond
Local column recalls visits and parties in Mooresville with the Murphree and Peebles families and friends from Dallas Athens and Tuskegee. Mentions Ruth Harris returning from Dallas, hospital stay, and Katie Allen teaching art in Atlanta while Auburn senior. Also notes a new Snootie product from Desert Research Institute and a citywide smoke concern near Huntsville. Ends with a quirky NY garment district report on pet shop belt hardware and dog leashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Allen
Tuskegee
Ala
John H. Peebles
Mooresville
Atlanta
Katie
Auburn University
Seventh Avenue
New York City
Boys today wear bigger shoes than fathers did
NY Times notes boys wear a size larger than their fathers at the same age. The piece praises winter sunsets as prettier than other seasons and urges looking west on clear afternoons to frame the sky with stark bare branches, highlighting the red in the west and mentioning worsening smog from the west.
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NY Times
No, we wouldn’t say kids watch too much television
The excerpt quips that when wipers failed the youngest suggested another channel and jokes about age and wisdom. it notes teens discovering life can be sustained on simple foods like hamburgers fries and even yesterday’s peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
DIY Laundries Add Car Wash Stalls With Extras
The mage notes many DIY laundries now offer car wash stalls where two bits buys five minutes of wash with an overhead hose. For an extra coin a vacuum cleaner and wiper cloth dispensers are available.
Pet Milk Introduces Canned Formula With Built-In Nipples
Pet Milk unveils a ready to use canned formula that is prepacked and premixed with integrated nipples. Mothers can attach the nipple directly to the can enabling no chilling or warming required.
Enterprising sellers tout rabbit tobacco and corn silks this summer
Advertisers hint at seasonal offerings including rabbit tobacco and corn silks for sale this summer. The note suggests civic promotion of regional crafts and novelty goods by local entrepreneurs seeking market interest.
Poll Tax Reminder Presses Feb First Deadline
Vague public notice urges payment of poll tax by February 1 after implied birth birthday and residency caveats. Encourages compliance despite registration status.
Vogue Beauty Tips and Social Happenings in Fashion Notes
The piece cites current Vogue beauty tips and accessories from high end houses like Revlon with a temporary fishskin face lift. It also notes a fashion scene with tweed suits and blue April skies, plus social visits from Mabel Pointer’s daughters and relatives from Anniston and Paducah, Ky.
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Vogue
Picasso
House of Revlon
Mabel
Mrs. Foster
Pointer
Little Sister
Ed James
Anniston
Deedie
Marjorie) Garner
E. B
Paducah
Loudie P. Carey
Summer Dresses in Dacron and Arnel Fabrics
Readers note a trend of elegant summer dresses described and pictured in solid synthetic fabrics such as Dacron and Arnel. The pieces emphasize sleek silhouettes, vibrant hues, and practical care for warm weather wardrobes.
Vogue's global reach and family notes mix in a corner column
A satirical slice chats about cotton fashion in Alabama summers, Vogue's seven editions, a visit from a Richmond bound grandmother, a Western Union reminder service for gifts, and neighborly welcomes for the Warrens from Cumberland while musing on life saving transplants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Goodrich
Richmond
Alabama
Grayson Couple Return From Nashville Trip
Nita and Jim Reynolds of Grayson Alabama have just returned from Nashville where Jim had a toe whittled after intervening in a dog fight his foot. The incident underscores risky handling of animal clashes and the couple’s travel tale.
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Nita
Jim Reynolds
Grayson
Ala
Nashville
Jim
Corbins Hold Ball Off Aboard Queen of Bermuda
On a cruise aboard the Queen of Bermuda Joe Corbin claims a ball off victory for his selling record with Carrier earning a celebratory trip for two as wife Doris watches.
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Joe
Doris Corbin
Carrier
Goren on Bridge Quiz From 1944 Chicase Tribute
Weekly bridge quiz presents a set of eight hands with unusual holdings and bidding sequences. Readers are asked to determine the best bid in each position and assess the optimal line under various constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emba
Charles H. Goren
Chicase
Hair styles and fashion notes from a Southeast show
The article discusses evening hair shaping with crowns and added curls, Kenneth cites Tom Jones and Romney portraits as influences, and suggests light hair spray for hold. It mentions Ralph Weinman items discussed for Miami and the Gold Coast weather in Atlanta and notes Ora Mae and Cooper Frazier visiting from Soddy Tenn with the Earl Fraziers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Tom Jones
Romney
Atlanta
Ralph Weinmans
Miami
Gold Coast
Ora Mae
Cooper Frazier
Coop
Earl Fraziers
Soddy, Tenn
See CHATTERBOX On P-B-3 Healthful Trend Commentary
A brief chatty item notes a healthy trend discussed in CHATTERBOX on page B-3. The piece highlights positive momentum and invites readers to review the column for context and details.
Garden Clubs Meet Jointly in Hospitality Room
Brookmeade and Hill and Dale Garden Clubs met in the Hospitality Room of Pet Dairy Co with hostesses Mrs. Tom Walter Mrs. John Street and Mrs. Ifred Hodgins. Mrs. Claude Lavender welcomed the group and urged support for the SLAM polio program and the Blood Mobile. A letter from Judge Lewis West proposed juvenile aid for Morgan County. A nominating committee was named and conservation chairs led a filmed program Scenic Alabama by Standard Oil Co showing Alabama State Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookmeade
Hill and Dale Garden Clubs
Pet Dairy Co
Tom Walter
John Street
Ifred Hodgins
Claude Lavender
Lewis West
Morgan County
Robert Agee
Hill and Dale Club
J. B. Atkinson
Maurice Barrett
Avery Roberts Jr
Norman Sidebotham
Barrett
Alabama
Standard Oil Co
Do walk on the grass rule for children at Golden Gate Park
A park rule in San Francisco bans walking on the grass for children in Golden Gate Park. The policy aims to protect turf and manage public space use.
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San Francisco’s
Golden Gate Park
Lifetime Major Medical Expense Policy Offer
The ad promotes the Lifetime Major Medical Expense Policy from Equitable. It highlights benefit amounts of up to 10 15 or 20 thousand dollars depending on the plan. Call JOE HALAS, Agent at 1007 9th St SE or 353-1386 for complete details.
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Equitable
Joe Halas
9Th St. S.E
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Fannie Richardson
Charles
Ann Murphree
Jane
Paul O’mary
O’mary
Berlin
U.S. Army
Norfolk
Shine
Judy Peebles
Ann
Allison Bailey
Canebrake
Ruth
Mrs. Norman) Harris
Dallas
Tex
New Orleans
John
Helen Davis
Athens
Winston Garth Jr
Billy Malone
Desert Research Institute
U. of Nevada
Huntsville
Moreing
Levy-Hollander
Jean Louis
Alexandre
Lutetia
Ben Kahn
Linda Cook
Linda
Wayne’s For Beauty
Moulton Street
Grant ST
New York
Originala
Hannah Troy, Inc
Nat Kaplan
Herbert Sondheim
Western Union
Marianne
Edgar Mittwede
Warren Moores
Cumberland, Md
Goren
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Home Officer
Avenue of the Americas
N. Y
Ellen
Ellen’s
Decatur
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