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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1932
Page
5
Numerous events mark Decatur social life with gatherings at homes and churches. Attendees include Miss Enid Young of Washington and Miss Robinson of Birmingham, with plans for Federation meetings, class elections, and summer socials noted across Decatur organizations.
A promotional piece for Thunder Below at the Princess Theatre highlights Tallulah Bankhead in a love triangle set in the tropics. Cast includes Charles Bickford Paul Lukas Eugene Pallette and Ralph Forbes. Shows run for two days beginning today in Monteagle Tennessee with local social notes on visitors and residents through the holidays.
A brief personals note records that Misses Mary Battle Hendrix and Elizabeth Malone along with Messrs Jed King and Malcolm Austelle spent time together, details unspecified.
Cotton fashions dominate this spring pattern by Annie Adams. Pattern 2364, sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 42, features a dotted dimity frock with a cape collar and white organdy trim. Catalog offers 32 pages of Annie Adams styles for adults and children, with prices 150 for catalog alone or 256 for catalog and pattern together.
The item notes John Hal brooks recovering from pleural pneumonia in New Jersey. Varied social visits are listed including Mrs. John Sandlin returning from a visit, Mrs. Terry Frye and daughter visiting Birmingham, Carolyn Purifoy returning from Memphis with relatives, and other relatives visiting Decatur, Atlanta, Pride, and Tate Springs.
Mr and Mrs Jim Stanford stay with relatives near Athens while Miss Ethylene Cox vacationing in Gulfport with relatives. Master Dan Speake accompanies her for a few days. Mrs T A Caddell is ill at Sunnybank and Mrs E B Garner returns from a Florida camping trip with Birmingham friends. Neal Speakers travels in Louisiana on a mission. Doris Gardner of Birmingham visits local friends. Penick Jones hosts Enid Young of Washington DC visiting Mrs H D Greer and Dr Greer.
John R. Coen of Sterling Colorado grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will preside over the Elks sixty convention at Birmingham during the week of July 10.
Persons born on this day favor simple style and value what they own. They show taste through practical ornament and avoid excess, choosing quality over flash.
A funeral in Decatur Tuesday for J. W. Gibson drew many out of town attendees including Mrs. H. G. Sellers and Evelyn Sellers of Birmingham Mrs. J. A. English of Birmingham Mr. and Mrs. John McClellan of Monroe Louisiana and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Davis Mrs. McParland and Mrs. Eugene Horton of Athens were listed among visitors.
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