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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
5
Mrs. William Connor of Florence visits her mother Mrs. Fanny Wallace for a few days. A flurry of local travel and illness notes family and friends visiting Birmingham Huntsville Nashville and Atlanta with multiple motor trips and hospital updates.
A short reflection emphasizes love as a beautifier beyond romance. It credits pure selfless love with erasing harshness and judgment, turning ugliness into light and gentleness in the soul. It frames love as transformative, guiding toward compassion for fellow humans.
The League of Women Voters of Morgan County will hold its monthly luncheon on Thursday at 1 o clock at the Hotel Lyons.
Mrs E D Bailey hosts the third in a series of afternoon bridge gatherings at her aunt Mrs Charles Matthews' home.
Miss Estelle Ziegler of Cullman and Miss Wilda Smith hosted a Saturday night party at Miss Smith's Somerville home. Other guests included Miss Katherine Meadows Frances Allen and Elizabeth Sullivan, sharing hospitality with the hosts.
Mrs. M. C. Broadus Miss Mary Broadus and Tom Broadus returned Tuesday from a several days visit at Tate Springs Tennessee Miss Loraine Worthington with her nephew Tommy Lee Beauchamp of Tuscaloosa left Tuesday for a weeks long visit to relatives in Canada Miss Irene Adams left Saturday for Dallas to be guest of her aunt Mrs J Proc tor Mrs Rhea Lide Carson spent weeks in Atlanta on business and will arrive today Little Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore of Birmingham will visit two weeks with cousins Harriett and Rebecca Lide while her mother Mrs Lillian Moore tours New York City and South Carolina Mrs Ellis Ruane is ill with malaria on Canal Street Mrs L T Moorman in Birmingham Wednesday Frank Kirby Jr and William Steele Kirby returning home Friday from Washington DC where they spent the past year with grandmother Mrs William Steele
Monrovia hosts an extensive barbecue event directed by the P S I A and the Monrovia schop A G trustees. Patterson of Decatur will speak. music by the Joe Bradley Band of Huntsville, baseball games, and abundant food accompany the day to support the school benefit fund. The event consistently draws one of Madison county’s largest crowds.
Miami Oklahoma reports Mrs. Sarah Staton Corbett, a Quapaw philanthropist, became wealthier through lead and zinc mines and a recent sale of 200 acres in the Tri-State mining belt. Her latest donation funded a palatial club room suite for Miami's American Legion post.
Moulton Alabama July 17 The state examination for teachers in Lawrence county drew two applicants for second grade licenses. The county board trimmed vacancies for the coming session leaving six to eight teachers without positions. Superintendents and trustees flag a rare chance to pick strong teachers, though poorer applicants still grab many posts.
Professor Henry T. Lile will address Central Baptist Church next Sunday morning on the topic My Version of the Prodigal Son. Dr. James is listed among the officials announcing the event.
Mrs Raymond Stage of Dalton Pennsylvania says she was weak and run down before her last baby. She found patience returned after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports both she and her husband feel much better and owe the improvement to the product.
A large crowd attended Tuesday sessions at the Decatur singing school now in its second week. The school at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Hall is led by EB. T. Burgess, W. O. Fossett, and Miss Sarah English.
Included among the visitors Tuesday were Viola Ward Decatur Gladys Ryan Decatur Viola Sharp Decatur Waod Ward Decatur L E Brown Falkville M Brown Falkville J S Anderson Hillsboro route 1 Rev RP Morris Hillsboro route 1 AP Oddell Hillsboro route 1 Mrs EB Rainey Decatur Peggy Joyce Rainey Decatur CL Shook Decatur Novie Winton Hartselle Dollie Winton Hartselle Mrs RT Burt Decatur Mae Livingston Decatur Annie Livingston Decatur Hassie Delmore Decatur Buford Denton Hartselle.
Allen Smith after outlining the speech says the message is something different in the interpretation. He urges young people to hear the message and invites the congregation to listen.
Decatur representatives at a young peoples meeting in Ovoca Tennessee returned today reporting an unusually good session. About 150 delegates from Presbyterian churches across Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky attended. The Decatur group included Rev. E N Hart Miss Mary Perie Miss Louise Watkins Mrs. Joseph A Woods Miss Virginia Samuel and A J Hart. The gathering lasted several days.
A new engineering building costing 685000 dollars will be constructed on the University of California Berkeley campus this year.
A historic resource note states that seventy percent of Illinois rests on coal seams. The assertion highlights extensive mineral deposits across the state, implying economic importance for mining and energy industries.
In a fashion note, female skirts continue to lengthen as designers and shoppers favor modest hemlines. The movement defies earlier pushes toward shorter styles, keeping current trends centered on conservative silhouettes.
Rev. I. W. Myers, field worker for the Morgan County Baptist Association, will conduct prayer services at Central Baptist Church this evening at 7 30. Myers formerly pastored First Baptist Church in east Decatur and has enjoyed notable success in his current field.
Karl Lehman, secretary of the Orlando chamber of commerce, reports that ninety five million Americans and Canadians paid admission to fairs and exhibitions last year.
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