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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1942
Page
4
The article argues for a balanced figure over excess thinness, urging proper eating with meat fish poultry vegetables and fruits plus nine hours sleep. It promotes healthy weight through sensible habits, sun exposure, fresh air, early bedtimes, and moderation in sweets.
Children Brown Carl Faris Jr Max Patterson Carlin Ann Leslie Billy Out ook Dickie Lingo Patsy Crafford Dot Ovey Sonny Cain enjoyed games and stories told by Mrs Wolmer Ivey. Carlin Ann won the girls prize Max Patterson the boys prize both story books. Ice cream and cake followed in a dining room with a large white birthday cake and candles blown out with wishes. Guests received defense stamps on departure. Cotillion Club to hold bi monthly meeting Friday at 2 pm at the Carnegie Library with president Mrs James E King urging attendance.
Miss Mary Magdalen Hulme returns from the Career Conference in Montevale and a Birmingham weekend. Ben Coolidge of Birmingham plans a weekend with his grandmother Mrs. A. 8. Mrs. Frank Richardson Jr. travels to Mayo Clinic in Rochester for treatment. Mrs. Paul Longshore visits Birmingham relatives while John Harlan Giles and parents plan a Clinton Mississippi trip. E. H. Barnett and Mrs. Seneca Burr attend a wedding in Asheville and will travel afterward. Mrs. H. F. Sherrod and Mrs. L. H. Houston return from Montgomery after A F W C sessions. Mrs. P. H. M. Sandlin Jr. is in Alexandria as Mr. Sandlin trains at Fort Belvoir. Mrs. J. E. Clem and daughter visit from Birmingham with Mrs. W. B. Profiler from Greenville, arriving soon. Dalton Garrett recovers after tonsil surgery at Decatur Clinic. Carlisle Hobbs returns to Atlanta after visiting. Jeff Hobbs travels to Atlanta to see Carlisle and aunt Mrs. T. W. Clift. Mrs. C. O. King leaves for Birmingham for a month of medical care at Dr. Meadows’ Clinic with husband Mr. King and daughter Mrs. C. C. Howard remaining.
Two 100 foot steel forest fire lookout towers near Mountain Mills Bar ton Colbert county and Russell's Point near Stevenson Jackson county have been completed by Alabama Conservation Department forestry division. Four more towers are under construction. Forester Brooks Tower announced completion.
Friends of Emanal Pontes are ill at home. A large crowd attended a Lawrence Cove school program Saturday night, sponsored by the Lonely Trio. Local residents attended singing events in various nearby communities and hospitality guests visited families across Holt, Eva, Cross Roads, and Greasy Cove. University of Alabama visit mentioned for Owen Smith.
The Decatur Daily offers a Cook booklet explaining how to select ripe fruit and avoid overripe produce. It includes tables translating measurements and substitutes for common ingredients, plus servings per pound and other practical cooking equivalents.
Auburn coach Jack Meagher and assistant Paul Burnum are to receive appreciatory certificates for helping recruit players into the Marine Corps officer candidate class. Meagher, a World War I Marine captain, notes 21 football players enlisted in the Marine Corps reserve with nine more signing. After college graduation they will attend a three month course at Quantico and may be commissioned second lieutenants in the Marine Corps reserve.
In New York on July 1 a Chinese restaurant owner charged with possessing 10 pounds of rancid fat in his establishment was summoned to court and nearly fined. The four letter word’s third letter is pivotal to the fate of Eng Lang.
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