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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1950

Page

5

Luncheon honors Miss Spencer bride elect in Decatur

Mrs Alfred Hodgins hosted a luncheon at the Decatur Country Club for Miss Mary Allen Spencer bride elect of Curtis Logan McCoy. The event featured pink and white decor, a four course meal, and a centerpiece of carnations in a silver bowl. Miss Spencer wore ice blue Swiss organdy over taffeta with a white picture hat and a white glamellia corsage.

Spencer Alfred Hodgins Mary Allen Spencer Curtis Logan McCoy Decatur Country Club Miss Spencer Bruce Spencer Fred Terry Elizabethton Tennessee

Treatment for Tired Eyes From The New Way to Relax

The piece outlines a method to rest tired eyes from Karin Roon’s The New Way to Relax. It guides closing lids lightly without pressure, massaging temples, and visualizing sight moving behind the eyes to rest the mind and body, noting tension as a common complaint.

Karin Roon

Dear Miss Dix on popularity and friendship

Dorothy Dix counsels a middle aged woman unsure if self pity or hypocrisy blocks popularity. True friends ride out storms while fair weather acquaintances provide amusement. Hypocrisy is not required, but tact matters. Some people are born with magnetism that draws others, regardless of constant kindness.

Miss DIX K.M.C King Shane Ak

Duty of Parents to Children and Advice Column Tips

A discussion on parental duty argues children repay love through care when parents are kind and fair, while harsh or neglectful parenting breaks that bond. The piece includes audience questions to Dorothy Dix with responses encouraging honesty and resilience.

Dorothy DIX Dixco P. O Times Square Station New York N. Y

Ceylon Chronicle of a Long Monarchical Era

The article notes Ceylon as a realm ruled by a monarch from the Fifth Century B C to the nineteenth century, outlining an unusually extended royal lineage across two millennia. It emphasizes the continuity of monarchical governance and its historical span.

Ceylon B.C

Reservist Airman Replies to Pentagon Plea

A taciturn Air Force reserve flier responds to the call for reservists to return to active duty. His terse wire to the Pentagon states he is able but expendable, reflecting a stark soldierly stance.

Air Force Reserve Pentagon

Average Chinese Farm Grosses Fifty Dollars Per Year

The report notes that a typical Chinese farm earns about 50 dollars annually, with six individuals contributing to the work.

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