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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1950

Page

7

Flint Home Demonstration Club Holds January Meeting

The Flint Home Demonstration Club met January 23 at Mrs. Ed Staten’s home. Mrs. B K Wiggins presided. demonstrations on parliamentary procedure and hook rug making were shown. Officers for the year were elected and committees named. twenty-one members and seven visitors attended.

Flint Home Demons Flint Home Demonstration Club Ed Staten Beeline B. W. Quattlebaum B. K. Wiggins C. A. Poole, Jr Jack Norris E. A. Bradley W. B. Crafton T. V. Day Jack Nor J. L. Howard Hardy Davis Charles Adderhold Jim Stone Ace Norris Ted Poole Joe Sharp John Isley J. W. Mee- Kee Farm Bureau Roy Buford R. H. Hogan Frances Norton County Council Wiggins Earl Foster Texas Clyde Grantland Florida

Backward Look at Beauty Care for the Back

The article urges a self survey of the back using a mirror and offers tips to improve skin tone and posture. It advises bleaching cream for sun discoloration, scrubbing with soap suds, friction with cologne, and massage to reduce fat rolls. It also suggests proper posture and a matte finish for evening gowns.

Local Marine Corps Openings and 1950 Census Jobs

Marine Corps announces vacancies for recruits and first enlistments in North Alabama with age limits 17 to 28 and unchanged requirements. Trained in South Carolina and California, Marines serve worldwide including Bermuda Panama Hawaii and Japan with many advancement opportunities and 233 specialties. Approximately 320 census enumerators will be hired in Huntsville and nine surrounding counties including Madison and Limestone. applicants must be US citizens 21 to 65 with high school or equivalent experience and good health, with veteran preference. Rural applicants need a car and study for four weeks until first salary.

Forrest D. Baker Marine Corps North Alabama South Carolina California Bermuda Panama Hawaii Japan Elks Huntsville Colbert Jackson Lauderdale Lawrence Limestone Madison Morgan United States

Enumerators sought for 17th U.S. Census

Milton C. Grisham Jr. district supervisor announces that applicants are now being accepted for enumerator positions for the 17th decennial census. Application forms may be obtained from the census office locally.

United States Milton C. Grisham Jr United States Bureau of the Census Census

Nightie Pattern Offer from Anne Adams Fashion Book

Cold outside but cozy nightie offer from Anne Adams via The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. 243 New York. Pattern 4971 with sizes 12 to 20 and accompanying bed jacket. Send twenty five cents for item and fifteen cents more for the Anne Adams Fashion Book featuring family patterns and a free hat head hugging helmet pattern.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Dear Miss Dix on marriage choice and parental rights

A 19 year old seeks advice on marrying a drunken unemployed boyfriend against parents wishes. Dorothy Dix urges her to value education, self reliance, and parental roles, warning that unwise marriage harms families and that a hopeful romance may not justify abandoning future prospects.

Miss Dix Dorothy Dix Oll J.B

Morgan County Lacey's Spring Augusta Wintrey

Reverend Tribble delivered the Sunday sermon from Genesis 27. Sundays included guests from Union Grove and Decatur. Miss Betty Jo Dunn and friends visited. Miss Elba Lois Edwards earned a perfect attendance award but was absent due to illness. The community notes a prayer meeting and a club gathering postponed by bad weather.

Tribble Tom Hough Union Grove Buford Hough Decatur J. N Betty Jo Dunn Wick Kay Auburn Betty Earl Gurley Florence State Teachers College Georgia Dane Wriende Mills James McCutcheon Patsy Maples Bennie Kay Ray Neoee Park Elba Lois Edwards W.S. McCutcheon R. C. West Karl Hough

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