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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1939

Page

5

Society Notes Celebrate Evelyn Lee and Jewel Smith

Miss Evelyn Lee wed Robert Pryor Rice in a First Christian Church ceremony with white gladioli and ferns. The service featured a single ring rite, prelude music, and the Bridal Chorus. The couple will reside at 409 East Moulton Street after a wedding trip. Rice is a Decatur Daily employee. Christine Shanks married Jewel Smith in Decatur on April 12. Miss Lila Dale was honored at a 13th birthday party at her grandmother’s home with yellow and green decor and games. The Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No 320 O E S plans a public officers installation at the Masonic Hall followed by a social at Mrs E B L Thomas’s home.

Evelyn Lee Robert Pryor Rice Edwin Wyle Miss Dale Lila Louise Dale Old Hickory Tenn Bettie Martin Jane Brittain Bonnie Murphree Margaret Morrow Junior Peagree Avery Roan, Jr Bonnie Parks Eugenia Latardy Avery Roberts Betsy Elamr David Wiley Betty Jean Gasaway Kenneth Kirby Beverly Hodges Horace Dryden Elizabeth Anne Chappell George Wallace Midland Texas Lillian Houser Billy van Randcome Alda Goidel Jerry Fields al Jones Wendalyn Gray James Ratliffe, Jr Glen Green Edward Ratliffe Jean Hunter Munsey McGlathery Sylvia Green Jackie Catlett Mickey Green Bob Ellis Edith Schimmel Bop Catlett Joe Sneed Kathleen McGlathery Marion Schimmel Anne Laura Sivley Frances Sivley Sonny Dale Earl Jones Frank Wiley Mary Lou Dancy Masonic Hall EB. L. Thomas Johnston Street

Personal notices from Decatur area residents

Mr and Mrs Julian Harris and baby daughter spend two weeks vacation at St Simon's Island Georgia. Miss Caroline Barfield visits Miss Anne Johnson at St Simon's Island with Mr and Mrs Johnson and Jacqueline Johnson. Several locals travel, visit family, attend events, or recover from medical procedures. Dwight L Mother born to Carl Eddings and wife at Benevolent Society Hospital July 6.

Julian Harris St. Simon's Island Georgia Caroline Barfield Anne Johnson Mrs. Johnson Jacqueline Johnson Jack Tankersley Billy Duncan Mrs Jim Johnson St. Simon’s Island Carl Eddings The Benevolent Society Hospital Dwight L

Rounding the Curves For Reedy Girls Beauty Guide

Helen Follett advises on shaping a fashionable figure for girls in the era. She emphasizes a trim waist, small firm bust, graceful hipline, and outward curve from waist to thigh. Tips cover diet rich in butter and starch, plenty of sleep, outdoor exercise, swimming, moderate activity, breathing exercises, and hair care with soap scum removal and scalp flooding.

Helen Follett

Bribed Quincy Woman Leaves Police Dog at Café

In Quincy Massachusetts on July 10 Mrs Elsie Engels leaves her German police dog Fritz at a cafe after closing hours and is accused of attempting to bribe staff.

Quincy Mass Elsie Engels Fritz

Wallace Elected Sing’s President at Morgan County Convention

Leonard Wallace will head the Morgan county singing convention for the ensuing term after a successful camp grounds meeting. Kelso Haynes elected vice president Milton Kyle secretary Robert Lee McDonald chaplain and Mrs Leonard Wallace pianist. The next convention will be held at Hartselle High School auditorium.

Leonard Wallace Morgan County Camp Grounds Kelso Haynes Milton Kyle Robert Lee McDonald Hartselle

Robbers Smash Window Take $60 From Home

Sunday intruders smashed a rear window, tossed Fritz Ft, and stole $60 before ransacking the house.

Fritz

Sermons at Central Methodist End Week with Teachings on God

Rev Lambuth Archibald preached to a full house on The Method of the Master stressing God’s personality and spirit. He traced biblical experiences from Moses to John, noting redemption and divine leadership as man’s advance. Evening sermon by Rev Wayland McGilathery examined Judas Iscariot as a two faced life and the danger of material greed.

R. Lambuth Archibald Central Methodist Church Samuel God Moses Matthew Simon Péter John Wayland McGilathery Theological Seminary Dallas Texas Judas Iscariot Simon Judas Christ Jesus MacGlathery

Anne Adams Pattern 4145 for Summer Frock

Advert indicates Anne Adams Pattern 4145 matron's frock in flowered cotton or washable rayon. Features include front yoke shaping, square neck, back yoke, and a fitted slim skirt with sleeve options. Sizes 36 to 50 with fabric and trim yardage. pattern price 15 cents. Includes order details for The Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department W. 17Th St New York N. Y

ABA Convention Opens With Call for Wage Earner Service

San Francisco July 10 The American Bar Association convention opened as delegates study an assertion by Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson that lawyers must provide accurate service for wage earners or risk government control of the profession.

San Francisco American Bar Association U.S Robert H. Jackson

Strike Ends at Southern Manufacturing Co. in Gadsden

M C C Hughes, state labor conciliator, announced a settlement between Southern Manufacturing Co. and an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. The three day strike at the plant, which handles build, ended with the agreement reached last Saturday.

Gadsden Ala M. CC. Hughes Southern Manufacturing Co American Federation of Labor

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Miss Lee MR. Rice Ernest McCulloch Cecil Timberlake Wagner Mendelssohn Elizabeth Jones Hazel, Ky T. M. Wiley, Jr Will David Lee Mrs. Rice East Moulton Street Joe Wheeler State Teachers College Florence Duke University North Carolina Auburn Rice H. G. Rice Athens College L. E. Shanks Ninth Avenue, West Christine Jewel Smith Decatur Mrs. Smith Grady Young Miss Bulene Young John Harvey Patsy Ruth W. W. Tucker Betty Jane Laurel Street Clarice Lee Mary Thacker Nashville, Tenn Myrtle Martin Jennie Lovelady Birmingham Mrs. E. M. Lee Huntsville Dillard Clardy Pascagoula, Miss M. C. Clardy Malcolm Austelle Miss Marbrey Payne Macon, Ga W. F. Price Mary Lovelady Mrs. B. B. Morris W. V. Lovelady Charles Norton Elizabeth Houston Gulf Coast Alabama W. M. Houston Myr Hambric Moulton Sarah Peck Weaver Barton Ware Tuscumbia Miss Ware Alabama College Miss Weaver Sam Stephenson Sammy Batley Robert Denton Charleston, S. C L. G. Smith Eveit Stanley Wyatt Shocco Springs Betty Ware Wyatt Wanda del Mitchell Bob Blackwell Baugh Infirmary Betty Sue Tedford Seventh Avenue South Clyde Logan Dale Jr Old Hickory, Tenn Carl Lee Melvin and Billy E. M. Lee James Ewing Elizabeth Bettle Martin John Howard Weaver Columbia, Tenn Elbert Weaver Mary Louise Reed Washington, D. C Pennsylvania Maryland Richie Cascade Robert Anthony Columbus, Ga Robert Blackwell Eugene Crockett and Family Memphis, Tenn Edgar Carter Russellville Mildred Carter Joan Carter Capitol Hell RWWA Walt Disney Donald Duck Cary Grant Arthur McMc Humphrey Bogart Goidel Joness Coal CO Alice Eden Wallace Sing Moye Moye’s Beauty Shop Ing Materials and Supplies Allen's Beauty Shoppe Grant St Caddell Drug Co Walgreen Agency TVA General Electric Wyker’s Paris
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