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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1952

Page

6

Community notices and college honors in mid 20th century

Local church groups plan ice cream supper and seven thirty meetings at Delano Park, Decatur Masonic Temple, and home of Mrs Piland. Stephens College seniors Darwin and Sandra Davis named Senior Sisters aiding new students. families and guests travel from multiple states for events and reunions.

Gleaners Central Baptist Church Delano Park Order of the Eastern Star Decatur Masonic Temple First Baptist Church Fred Piland Fourth Avenue West John Carter Columbia Darwin Davis Sandra Davis Decatur Stephens College Stephens Darwin Miss Sandra John D. Davis Grant Street

Parks kin host Don Parks on two week vacation

Don Parks son of Dr and Mrs Raymond Parks is spending a two week vacation with relatives in the region.

S. E. Nichols Wilmington Delaware Jimmy ‘Nichols DuPont Don Parks Mrs Raymond Parks

Oleg Cassini Star Pattern Suit Dress Sold By Star Patterns

Hollywood inspired spring suit with diagonal buttoning and white pique details from Oleg Cassini for Gene Tierney. No. 19 available in sizes 10 through 20, with 4% yard 35 or 39 inch fabric and contrasting collar bands. Pattern mailed for 50 cents to The Decatur Daily Box 350 Madison Square Station New York NY.

Hollywood Drawing Board of Films Oleg Cassini Gene Tierney Star Patterns Fashion Revue Magazine Decatur Daily Madison Square Station New York 10 N. Y

Weekend Brings a Burst of Weddings and Travel Plans

Readable social notes show Miss Margaret Ann Rees and relatives attending a wedding weekend. Guests travel between Nashville, Decatur, Birmingham and Orlando for July 4 activities, Bermuda trips, and European tours. Several families plan visits to New York City and Bermuda.

Margaret Ann Rees Evangeline Rees Nashville Tennessee Decatur Jackie Johnson Mimi Jones Betty Ware Wyatt New York City Haddonfield New Jersey J. B. Gerhardt Bermuda Cynthia Kimbrough Dorothy Pruett Leighton Sandra Darwin Davis Kimbrough

Social Security For Servants Upheld By Court

In Dallas federal court Judge William H. Atwell ruled Congress can require Social Security tax withholding from domestic workers wages. Eleven Marshall Texas housewives plan an appeal to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans with former congressman Martin Dies noting the case may go to the Supreme Court. The suit centers on a $2.51 seized from Mrs James K Abney s bank account after she refused tax withholding.

Dallas Marshall Tex William H. Atwell Congress Supreme Court Martin Dies Fifth Court of Appeals New Orleans James K. Abney Abney Dies Atwell

Five Month Old Jeffreys Girl Buried Sunday

Funeral services for Carolyn Diane Jeffreys five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Jeffreys Town Creek were held Sunday at 2 PM at Abbie church Town Creek Rev Emmit Grissom officiated and interment followed in the adjoining cemetery Brown's directing Survivors include the parents two sisters Peggy Ann and Wanda Gail and the grandparents Mr and Mrs W J Jeffreys and T H Crittenden Uncles served as pallbearers and aunts were in charge of flowers.

Carolyn Diane Jeffreys Robert Jeffreys Town Creek Abbie Church Emmit Grissom Brown Peggy Ann Wanda Gail W. J. Jeffreys T. H. Crittenden

Color Of Shirts Triggers Baltimore Transit Shutdown

About 70 percent of city bus and trolley service halted in a dispute over shirt color. Baltimore Transit Co and the AFL union say it was not a strike as operators reported for duty in white shirts and were refused work. The company set gray shirts as the standard nearly a year ago.

Baltimore Baltimore Transit Co AFL

Texas Journalist Norman Walker Dies at 69

Norman Walker, 69, a veteran Texas newspaperman and former Associated Press correspondent, died yesterday. He served as city editor of the El Paso Herald and later managed the AP bureau in El Paso, reporting on Mexico’s revolutionary era.

Big Springs Tex Norman Walker Associated Press el Paso Herald el Paso Mexico

Noted Northern Explorers Used Spitsbergen as Base

Spitsbergen served as a base for famed Arctic explorers including Andree Wellman Peary Byrd Amundsen Ellsworth Nobile and Wilkins.

Spitsbergen Northern Explorers Andree, Wellman, Peary, Byrd, Amundson, Ellsworth, Nobile and Wilkins

Gentlemen Favor Blond Hair With Home Permanent Wave

Readers learn how sun bleached or color treated hair can be revived with a gentle home permanent wave kit. After weeks of brushing scalp massages and conditioning, test curls determine if the full head can be waved. The process claims faster neutralizing saves time when done exactly as directed.

Canada’s Top Fur Rankings Highlight Muskrat and Beaver

The article ranks furs with muskrat listed as the foremost, followed by beaver as the second most important fur in Canada. It emphasizes the value of these pelts in trade and regional fur industries.

Canada

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