Cotaco Club Hosts January Meeting at Hargrove Home
The January meeting of the Cotaco Literary Club was held January 16 at 3 pm in Mrs. E. E. Hargrove’s Ferry Street home with Mrs. Eugene Guy assisting. Mrs. Rufus Warren presided as members discussed progress on the American Home and legislation committees and a sale for blind-made goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Hargrove
Guy
Cotaco Literary Club
E. E. Hargrove
Ferry Street
Eugene Guy Grac
Rufus Warren
H. V. Edwards
J. T. Nelson
H. L.ogle
T. E. Petty
Jesse Rogers
Rogers
Eugene Guy
John Chenault
Woman's Medical Auxiliary
Morgan County
Chenault
Mariner
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Jesseers
Flint Home Demonstration Club
Edwin Staten
Quattlebaum
Personal News: Local Residents Recovering After Medical Ailments
Mrs Harold Wright recovers well after an operation at Decatur General Hospital on Tuesday. Fred Terry reports doing nicely after an operation at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Monday. Mrs Sally B Rose patient at Emens Clinic at 508 West Moulton Street is progressing. Dr John C Bragg and Mr Robert Harris plan a two week trip to Hot Springs Arkansas. Frank Harris and family visit J C Conely at Grant Street.
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Harold Wright
Decatur General Hospital
John C. Bragg
Robert Harris
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Frank Harris
Birmingham
J. C. Conely
Grant Street
Fred Terry
West Moulton Street
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Sally B. Rose
Emens
Girl Scout Troop Thirteen Welcomes New Officers
Brownie Troop Thirteen introduces officers Merle Morrow president Bobbie Mae Banks secretary treasurer Amanda Jane Hunt scribe and hostesses Lynn Fisher Suegean Elkins. Leaders are Mrs B F Leduke Mrs Floyd Elkins and Mrs Bill Green. They meet Thursdays at First Methodist Church basement. Members cooked cocoa and made bathings for dolls while others played games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Morrow
Bobbie
Mae Banks
Amanda Jane Hunt
Lynn Fisher
Suegean Elkins
B. F. LeDuke
Floyd Elkins
Bill Green
Troop Twelve Sews Blue Denim for German Schoolbags
The Little Holmsée column notes Troop Twelve cuts blue denim into five schoolbags to ship to Germany. At the Annual Council Meeting this month the troop will present a Girl Scout radio program and elected Eleanor Chenault, Martha Williams, and Betty Hazel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmsée
Troop Twelve
Germany
Girl Planning Board
Eleanor Chenault
Martha Williams
Betty Hazel
Dessert Talk As Brownie Troop Screens Banana Boats
Brownie Troop Five met at the Episcopal Parish House last Friday with Linda and Lee Clark and leader Mrs. John Patterson absent. The group made banana boats as a dessert and the scribe Gail Austin notes the recipe will be shared with other troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Parish
Linda
Lee Clark
John Patterson
Gail Austin
Roundtable Held by Morgan County Scouts
The Morgan County Scout troop and pack leaders held their regular monthly roundtable at a Methodist church basement at 7:00. Cub Scouts led by Edwin Wyle Julian Harris and Jimmy Carlisle demonstrated the Cub Scout law and promise. District Commissioner Floyd Harris announced a monthly roundtable program to aid Scouters, with meetings set for the third Thursday at Central Methodist church basement. Attendees included numerous den mothers and leaders. the roundtable closed with pledges to the Boy Scouts of America 40th anniversary crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
A Methodist
Edwin Wyle
Julian Harris
Jimmy Carliste
Floyd Harris
Morgan District
Central Methodist Church
W. J. Browning
Wallace Blackwell
John Gandaway
Paul Stroud
Grady Hutto
J. P
Garnett
Ed. Price
Bruce Spencer
L. P. Hall
Jimmy Carlisle
Girl Scout News Highlights From Troops Four to Fourteen
Scout Troop Fourteen washed hundreds of glasses for a church kitchen and will receive a meeting room. Troop Seventeen works toward Agriculture Badge with bulb planting and schoolbags for overseas friends. Troop Thirteen welcomes new Scouts while Troop Twelve tracks Merit System progress. Scribes plan a Saturday party and a Girl Planning Board meeting at Little House.
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Troop Fourteen
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Scout Troop Fourteen
Troop Seventeen
Green Patrol
Betty Hazel Hamilton
Yellow Patrol
Deedee Morgan
Baby Ann Terry
Anne Herbert
Troop Thirteen
Susan Mitchell
Marjorie Spencer
Tilbet
Marjorie
Troop Four
Patricia Milam
Girl Planning Board
Margaret Jackson
Margaret
U. S
Ward Service Set Saturday for Mrs. Dobhie Ward
Funeral services for Mrs. Dobhie Ward 27 will be held Saturday at 2 P M at Basham church on the Danville Road Rev Cabe Smith will conduct the rites Interment will be in adjoining cemetery Mutual Service directing Mrs Ward Hartseller died at 4 A M today after a long illness Surviving are husband Fred L Ward two sons De Vaughn and Eugene two daughters Barbara Ann and Susan parents Mr and Mrs W H Nix Decatur three brothers Jerry Harrie and Bill Nix Decatur four sisters Mrs Charles Perkins Ohio Mrs J Teague Huntsville Mrs Travis Thompson Hartselle 2 and Miss Betty Lou Nix Decatur Pallbearers will be Judson Herring Dawson Jones Lewis Jones Wesley Jones J W Thompson and Jim Vandiver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobhie Ward
Basham Church
Danville Road
Cabe Smith
W. H. Nix
Decatur
Jerry
Harrie
Bill Nix
Charles Perkins
Ohio
J. Teague
Huntsville
Travis Thompson
Hartselle
Betty Lou Nix
Judson Herring
Dawson Jones
Lewis Jones
Wesley Jones
J. W. Thompson
Jim Vandiver
Oak Ridge WSCS Holds Regular Meet at Church
The Oak Ridge Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service held its regular meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Violet Cook led the opening song. Miss Louise Bailey gave a Psalm 33 devotional and the program, chosen by Mrs. Dennis Wallace, featured The World Outlook article on Gertrude Hawks, a missionary to Lima Peru.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Violet Cook
Louise Bailey
Dennis Wallace
the World Outlook
Gertrude Hawks
Lima
Peru
Berenide Sparkman
Earl Legg
James Egbert
Klye Kirby
Wallace
Golden Highway
Dean West
New York Soldier Helps Start Okinawa First Scout Troop
Pvt Joseph Forcheaux from New York City organized Okinawa's first Boy Scout troop at Shuri with assistance from Nashiro the English teacher. He contacted the Boys Scouts of America for materials and aid. The Shuri Scout council includes a Buddhist priest. The article notes wartime American manpower figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
U. S
New York City
Joseph Forcheaux
Hemei Nashiro
Forcheaux
Boys Scouts of America
Nashiro
Shuri
Dear Miss Dix Advice on Home Struggles and Life Paths
A reader complains about an underfunded home while her husband prioritizes social status. Dorothy Dix urges decisive action to rent a suitable home and furnish it, or take in boarders, to compel change and restore respectability.
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Miss Dix
Sre
Dorothy DIX
Mary
Miss Dix Iam
Teachers’ College
Alabama Receives More From Polio Fund Than It Paid In
R C Dobson reports for the National Foundation for Poliomyelitis that Alabama collected 1 323 608 dollars for polio victims from 1939 to 1949. Half stayed at the national HQ in New York and half was used in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
National Infantilbe Paralysis Foundation
R. C. Dobson
New York
Decatur Jaycee Award to Honor City Leader
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will name its key man of the year at a birthday banquet at the country club. A Decatur man aged 21 to 36 will receive the Jaycee gold key and a distinguished service certificate for his civic work last year. W. O. Bill Dobbins Jr. will headline as guest speaker, with local business and civic leaders attending as part of the 30th anniversary observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Country Club
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ber of Commerce
W. O
Bill” Dobbins Jr
State Planning Board
Montgomery
Jaycees
Pilot Johnny Mann Dies In Plane Crash Near Chipley
A CAA expert examined damaged instruments from the aircraft that killed famed California test pilot John F. Mann and Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Milander near Chipley Florida. Mann aged 40 and Milander aged 42, both of Los Angeles, died instantly in the crash occurring about midnight Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipley
Fla
CAA
California
John F
Johnny) Mann
Robert E. Milander
Los Angeles
Here
Foundation Signals Alabama Contributions in a Decade
The Foundation directed $2,120,165 into Alabama over ten years to fund the state's half of its own contributions. The text notes the distribution alongside Alabama's 50 percent share and the broader funding context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
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Masonic Temple
Pat Edwards
Joe S. Elliott
Decatur Assembly
Pilot Club OF
Lula Mae Boggs
Annie Bell Minor
Ruth Rorex
Pilot Club of Decatur
Lyons Hotel
Jimmy Davis
Bertha K. Timberlake
C. A. Campbell
Timberlake
Campbell
Rorex
Dorothy Grace Finley
Decatur Worman
Finley
Girl Scouts
Hamilton
Skeggs Crawford
Diana N
Jackson Street
Patsy Ruth Harvey
Lucinda Caddell
Diana Davidson
Nell Daly
Little House
Patsy Pitt
Drady Free
4Th Ave. W
Harold E. Ingraham
First Baptist Church
Oak and
LaFayette Streets
Jesse M. Rogers
Pastor
Boy Scouts of America
Scott
U.S
Beebe
Oak Ridge Wscs
R. J. Scott
Jaycee Award
Decatur Daily
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