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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1949

Page

6

Marriage Vows Exchanged Soon In Corinth Mississippi

Mrs Rennee Mae Thomas of El Cajon California to Mr William A Lewis of Decatur Alabama announce their upcoming marriage. The ceremony is set for Sunday July 17 at the First Christian Church in Corinth Mississippi. They will reside at 444 Grant Street Decatur Alabama after a wedding trip to Florida.

Thomas Lewis T. C. Sharpe Leon Moyer Jackson Tennessee Rennee Mae Thomas el Cajon California William A. Lewis Decatur Alabama First Christian Church Corinth Mississippi Florida Grant Street Jackson Sun Lewis Caddell Drug Company

Picnic at Gold Dust for Westminster church class

Mrs. E S Loyd invites Clara Cortner Service Class members and husbands to a picnic supper at her summer home Gold Dust on Thursday evening July 14. Meet at the church at four with transportation provided. Members urged to attend as July and August meetings will not be held. For details call Mrs W S Hunter at 439.

E. S. Loyd Clara Cortner Westminster Presbyterian Church W. S. Hunter

Day At The Beach Theme At Get Together Club Dinner

The Get Together Club held a Thursday evening dinner at the Royal Dinner Club with a beach motif on roof tables featuring umbrellas dolis and sailboats on blue crepe. After a delicious meal, games and bridge were played with prizes awarded to several members including Mrs. Ruby Nash and Mrs. Clendora Bowden. Door prize went to Mrs. Hilda Young for an orchid donated by Houser Florist Shop. Merchants of Decatur donated gifts to club members.

Get Together Club Royal Dinner Club Clendora Bowden Delores Pannier Walter Kurz Ruby Nash Kate Oakes Banco Lois Meyer Elena Wojack Evelyn Marshall Hilda Young Houser Florist Shop Merchants of Decatur Mesdames Ma

Lena Harvey Bishop Y W A to Enjoy Covered Dish Supper

The Lena Harvey Bishop Y W A of Central Baptist church will meet Tuesday evening July 12 at 6 30 at Delano Park for a covered dish supper. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No 320 Order of Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting Tuesday July 12 at 8 at the Masonic Temple.

Mizpah Chapter Q. E Order of Eastern Star Masonic Temple Lena Harvey Central Baptist Church Delano Park Mary Lou Dancy Chapter Co.e.s Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No. 320

Giving Yourself a Manicure Card Approach to Nail Care

The piece outlines at home manicure steps for busy women, detailing filing, cleaning, soaking, and applying two light polish coats. It advises using a flexible file, careful base work, and mild soaps to protect nails from harsh cleaners. It ends with a flurry of social notices about local residents and their travels.

Simple Shirt Frock Patterns 4810 and 4592 Advertised

The ad promotes sewing patterns 4810 in sizes 34 to 50 with a 312 yard fabric need for size 36 and 4592 in sizes 12 to 20 with 4 1 8 yards of 35 inch fabric. It invites readers to send 25 cents for pattern 4810 and 15 cents more for the pattern book, addressed to Anne Adams at The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept in New York, with name and address and size noted. The promotion emphasizes easy use, complete illustrated instructions, travel wardrobe ideas, and a free shampoo and makeup print in the book.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept West New York N. Y

Advice to a jilted lover by Dorothy Dix

A married man recounts a long office affair with a girl who ends the relationship after his wife dies and plans to marry another man. Dix labels the girl a “tigress” type of gold-digger, urges him to abandon the pursuit, and counsels finding a woman with principle, then remaining faithful.

Miss. Dix Dorothy DIX

Dear Miss Dix on Brothers and Sisters Relationship

A reader asks if brothers should treat sisters as humans and engage socially. The Bewildered Sister replies that brothers are often fond and can help by introducing suitors and chaperoning, while brothers feel criticised by sisters. The piece notes that brothers and sisters can share a beautiful bond if both sides understand and support each other. Nearby, D V Button discusses helpful dogs and roosters in a Tasmanian coast lighthouse campaign by the Returned Soldiers League Congress.

Miss Dix D. V. Button Returned Soldiers League Congress Tasmanian Bill Smith Bill Jones

The Buggy Influence Alton

A motorist reported to police that while passing on the highway he saw no driver in the car then noted two boys in the rear seat guiding the vehicle with ropes attached to the steering wheel.

Alton

Kennecott Plans $16 Million Copper Refinery in Utah

Refinery near Garfield Utah to be completed in 1950 by Kennecott Copper. Project features hundreds of lead lined concrete cells where copper is suspended in acid to produce pure commercial copper.

Garfield Utah Kennecott Copper Corporation

Heartburn Aid For Pregnant Women Described

A 1948 reader letter notes three million U S births yearly and pregnancy heartburn affecting about 66 in 100. It describes causes such as stomach reflux and esophageal irritation, with resins as a relief method that Absorb stomach acid and have few side effects. Physicians must direct dosing for safety and efficacy.

United States King

Stovall Rites Slated In Columbia Tennessee

Funeral services are set for Mrs. G. E. Stovall 73 in Columbia Tennessee at 10 A M Wednesday She died in Columbia Sunday and will be buried in Florence Alabama graveside service around 1 P M She lived in Decatur with daughter Mrs Walter Johnson and visited another daughter Mrs W W Ervin Surviving: two daughters a son George E Stovall and four grandchildren

G. E. Stovall Columbia Tenn W. W. Ervin Stovall Johnson Ervin George E. Stovall McKeesport

Seven-Foot Alligator Binds Budapest Fire of Friendship

In Budapest over a decade Laszlo Lipthay keeps an alligator from South America that grew from a few inches to seven feet. The reptile, housed in Pecs, eats three whitings weekly and slept nine months last winter. Lipthay says a deep friendship binds them.

Budapest Hungary Laszlo Lipthay Pecs South America Lipthay

Dear Miss Dix on testing friendships and true friends

Dorothy Dix advises that testing friendships is unwise. True friends are rare, lasting through thick and thin, though many will be fair weather friends who vanish in adversity. These casual friends still add pleasantness to life and may value you as much as you value them.

Miss Dix Betty Catherinenswer Fairweather Dorothy Dix

Roosters Aid Hobart Fishermen In Tasmanian Waters

In Hobart Tasmania roosters assist fishermen along the south east coast guiding boats through reefs. The birds help navigate treacherous channels for anglers and gear.

Hobart Tasmania

Perk Soap Promises Fresh Smell and Easy Washes

Miss Clara Schneider of Memphis praises New Perk Soap for white washes with little effort. The ad claims Perk leaves clothes smelling fresh and saves money by doing a big cleaning job with little product.

Clara Schneider S. Idlewilde Memphis

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