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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1950
Page
7
Mrs. Romer Lee Livingston contributes a Pineapple Upside Cake recipe. Instructions cover shortening, sugars, eggs, salt, lemon, pineapple, flour, baking powder, and heating in a skillet, about 36 minutes at 375 degrees. invert to serve with whipped cream if desired.
The Falkville Home Demonstration Club met January 25 at 2 PM at Mrs. C W Crow's home. Mrs Sam Gordon new vice president led the meeting with devotions. Members planned annual dues of fifty cents and assigned hostesses for each month while distributing year books.
January gathering of the Plainview Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. C. B. Barnes home with 15 members present. President Mrs. Willard Wallace led, devotionals by Mrs. Louis Jackson and Mrs. Arthur Coffey, New Year resolutions shared, year books handed out, officers reviewed, parliamentary procedure discussed, salad served afterward.
The Hart selle Homemakers Club met at Mrs. E. E. Maddox home with Mrs. Lloyd Rogers as co host. The group sang America and held prayers and roll call for New Year s resolutions. Committee appointments and plans for a three day trip to Bellingrath Garden were announced.
The Blackburn Home Demonstration Club met January 20 with eight members and Miss Norton at the club house. They shared a covered dish lunch, discussed the song of the month, and reviewed Parliamentary Laws to organize for 1950. A program on Cancer urged prompt medical care, and the next meeting on February 17 features a demonstration on Altering Patterns at Mrs. Harry Daniels’ home.
One of the world’s largest chair lifts, an 82 000 foot installation, operates at Squaw Valley near Reno. The towering lift moves ski visitors high into the mountains, becoming a landmark feature of the resort.
The Friendship Home Demonstration Club met January 26 at Mrs. Hugh Thompson’s home. Seventeen members attended with five visitors. The group sang, shared a devotional, and planned trays to be burned at an upcoming January 30 session with Mrs. John Collier’s assistance. Birthday gifts were given to two members. The February meeting will be at Mrs. Edward Blankenship’s home with Miss Norton demonstrating lamp making.
The Eva Home Demonstration Club met January 17 in Mrs. Fred Morgan's home with eight members due to rain. New officers were elected for the year including president Mrs. Fred Morgan and secretary treasurer Mrs. Truman Ryan.
Betty Clarke reports on leg beauty norms for 1940s fashion. Model Libby Dean is hailed for perfect legs with measured inches for ankle calf and thigh while experts note general proportions matter.
The Parker Home Demonstration club met January 13 at Parker church workroom at 10:00 with hostesses Mrs. Thomas Powell and Mrs. John G. Burgreen. Mrs. Comer Cole led devotional and members shared New Year resolutions. The club planned Highway Beautification as its project for the year and adjourned after Bingo and prize drawings, to meet next month with Mrs. Bert Cole and Mrs. Beadle Powell.
The fragment notes that before 192, there were few mechanical refrigerators in domestic use. It highlights the scarcity of early household cooling technology and hints at a period when refrigeration was not common for home use.
Mrs Newt Kitchens hosts Union Grove Home Demonstration Club at her Moulton home with 10 members and 1 guest present. Mrs Razzie Suggs elected treasurer and led singing, Miss Lucy Blackburn outlined duties and upcoming courthouse electrical display set for February 9. February meeting to be hosted by Mrs Lois Foster on February 13.
Capshaw club met January 6 with 10 members. Miss Norton and Miss Hawkins joined, Mrs Edward Burgeen led devotion, and the group sang and discussed program planning for the year. Each member presented Mrs Knox with a gift, and refreshments followed.
Readers are asked to mail coins and a fifteen cent fee to Anne Adams care of The Deratur Daily Pattern Dept New York address. Include name address size and style name. The offer promises a free hat head hugging helmet pattern in the Anne Adams Fashion Book.
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