Mrs Wayne Sharp Honored With Shower
On Saturday January 19 a miscellaneous shower honored Mrs Wayne Sharp formerly Carolyn Suggs of Falkville. Held at Somerville at Mrs Melvin’s home guests registered played games and received gifts as refreshments were served by the hostess to a list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Sharp
Carolyn Suggs
Falkville
Somerville
Melvin
Mrs. Sharp
Mesdames Pearl Suggs
Milton Hardin
D. A. Sharp
Conley Sharp
Atley Grantland
Oneal Sharp
Clay Turney
Buford Mason
J. C. Billings
J. W. Wilson
R. M. McElroy
Ashford Stanford
Imogene Johnson
Elayne Sharp
Byron Dement
Sarah Jones
Hugh
Patricia Edwards
Joan
Jimmy Walker
Susan
Bobby Hull
Scouty
Compton
Beverly Ann
Soria One
Needlecraft patterns and wedding notice in Decatur Daily
Pattern 878 offers sizes 12 14 16 18 for a two toned knit sweater blouse with short sleeve version for spring. Pattern costs fifteen cents with address to The Decatur Daily for pattern number and reader details. Includes Needlecraft Catalogue 1946 offer and a wedding announcement for Mr and Mrs R M Teague of Hartselle Alabama marrying A W Friend of Sheffield. A birthday party and Girl Scout leaders meeting are described with details of attendees and venue in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Ben Reig Original Dress Design Featured At Event
A Ben Reig original designed by Omar Kiam showcased a black crepe bolero with a porcelain pink satin bodice dress. The ensemble included a pink satin hat and black accessories with heavy bead borders. The guest list listed several socialites from Portland and Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Reig
Omar Kiam
Nash
Luther Roy Nash
Frank W. Troup
H. O. Troup
Portland
Oregon
Marion Vickrey
Anne Gray
Louisville
Sallye Barnum
Political platform calls for rennet custards in meals
A speaker outlines a consumer campaign advocating rennet custards made from milk as a daily dessert. Promotes Junket Brand Rennet Tablets or Junket Rennet Powder as easy options and offers a free sample from The Junket Polks in Little Falls, NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polks
Little Falls
Personal notices and local family updates from area
Dr and Mrs Everett Harris spent three weeks in Florida. S S M L Albert Woodrow Grif fin discharged after two years U S Navy served 18 months aboard USS President Polk. Griffin now at home 14 McFaren Ave Nashville Tenn. Mr and Mrs S C Craig went to Pulaski Tenn for funeral of nephew James Tarpley fatally injured in a train wreck. Tarpley had just left the Army after two years in the Pacific. Mrs John Bragg confined at home with asthma. Frank Malcolm Martin recovering after Mayo Clinic operation. Miss Helen Hodgson of Bay Minette Ala a University of Alabama student arrives tonight to visit aunt Mrs E Sig McLeod. Jack Catlett had an appendectomy at Decatur General Hospital. W M Harris and daughter Mrs Kermit Parker visited Mrs S C Craig en route to Jas J M. Alfred William Friend and Mary Nola Teague obtain marriage license in Sheffield and Hartselle. Nearly 40 000 ships piloted in Scotland's River Clyde in 1944 with substantial gross tonnage. Mrs Fanny Wallace ill at home on East Lafayette Street. J A Wardlow improving after illness at home on Third Avenue South. Mrs J B Schimmel left for Memphis Tenn to be with sister Mrs Lois McLaurine who will move this week from hospital. Mrs McLaurine's friends regret her illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Craig
Pulaski
Tenn
James Tarpley
Young Tarpley
Army
Pacific
Helen Hodgson
Bay Minette
Ala
University of Alabama
E. Sig McLeod
Morrison Named Without Run Off In New Orleans Mayoral Race
Orleans parish democratic committee tabulations show De Lessers S. Morrison nominated for mayor without a run off. Chairman William F. Conkerton said results would be certified Saturday. Morrison received 67 028 votes to Maestri's 62 107, with five other candidates leaving Morrison with a 2 048 majority.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Democratic Committee
de Lessers S. Morrison
William F. Conkerton
Morrison
Robert S. Maestri
In Law of In-Law Feuds Dorothy Dix Counsels
Column on maternal and daughter in law conflicts over a son husband noting endless domestic wars caused by in law antipathy. Dorothy Dix argues both women love the man yet refuse to yield, harming family happiness.
In-Law Jealousy Causes Family Strife Over Sons
The piece depicts Christian women torn by jealousy as mothers and daughters-in-law clash to win a son's affection, risking broken homes and unsettled children. It highlights the bitterness that can erupt when in-laws compete for a man’s attention.
In Law Rivalries In Marriage Wise Advice From A Home Column
A mother-in-law and daughter-in-law feud harms all, but openness and welcome can turn them into allies. The piece urges empathy, suggesting the mother-in-law embrace the bride and the wife seek harmony to strengthen the family bond.
Submarine Mines Blocked New York Harbor 1942
WWII report notes Nazi submarines laid mines that closed the entrance to New York Harbor for thirty days in November 1942. Local defenses were intensified as ships steered clear of the mined approach.
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New York Harbor
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Wayne. Sharp
Tankersley
Skeggs Crawford
Roland Gray
Bob Harris
Rex Poll
W. F. Duncan Jr
W. J.duncan Hl
Jackson, Tenn
Russell Brothers
Nashville, Tenn
H. K. Tankersley
Rutledge S. Thomas
Betty Foster Pointer
Leroy McEntire
Verner McCrary
T. J. Cottingham
Teague
R. M. Teague
Hartselle
Alabama
May Nola
A. W. Friend
Sheffield
Gamble
Decatur
Girl Scout Leaders Organization Meeting
St. John’s Episcopal Parish
C. CC. Johnson
Wanda Harris
Central Baptist Church
James H. Crow
Pleas Manly
King’s Daughters
Central Baptist Sunday School
James Roberts
East Cain Street
By Laila Wheeler
Childs
Hallmark
City Park
Your Grocer
H. J. Heinz Co
Dept. N
Pittsburgh, Pa
Moye
Athens Nursery Co
Athens, Alabama
Everett Harris
Florida
John Bragg
Frank Malcolm Martin
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Mini
Jack Catlett
Decatur General Hospital
Alfred William Friend
Mary Nola Teague
Scotland
Clyde
Pulaski, Tenn
Fanny Wallace
East Lafayette Street
J. A. Wardlow
Third Avenue
South
J. B. Schimmel
Memphis
Fenn
Lois McLaurine
AP. Newsfeatures
California
Louis Tabak
Sally
Jerry Ann Lofton
Montgomery
Henry Lofton
Dorothy DIX
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Commercial Credit Corp
Ferry St
Goidel’s Drug Store
Mary
Loyd’s Drug Store
Dillehay’s
Grant
King Festeres
Inka
Johnston St
Borden’s Creamery Butter
Blue Bird
Hilson
Rockwood
Idaho
Carey
Fleetwood Coffee
Elour
Bama
Maxwell House Coffee
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
del Monte
Westshire
Can
Libby
Stokely
Royal Cup Coffee
Franklin
Veal
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