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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1941

Page

2

Homemakers Clinic Reviews Conservation and Savings Drive

The Riverside school hosted the Homemakers Clinic where Decatur residents supported a TVA area savings quota plan to name a dedicated plane for towns meeting requirements. Demonstrations by local women led by Mrs. Weaver highlighted water and electricity efficiency, urging baking days and careful oven use to conserve resources during the war effort.

Riverside School TVA Decatur Nashville War Department Weaver Oiis

Demonstration Shows Cost Saving Home Cooking

Mrs. Bessie Jones Wade presented a cooking demonstration on using stored heat to save electricity, contrasting proper and improper methods for vegetables. She urged patriotic home stewardship, noting green vegetables’ nutrients are preserved with efficient practices and distributed cookbooks and menus were provided to attendees.

Bessie Jones Wade

How A Family Of 4 Can Eat Well On $10 A Week

Budget menus show a four person plan using red raspberries and a coffee sauce, with daily meals from breakfast to dinner. Recipes include Raspberry Chiffon Pie and Tuna Celery Salad, alongside weeklong meal ideas and cost estimates for each day.

America Meta Given

Revival Sermon Opens at Somerville Church of God

Rev Williams to lead revival starting Sunday at Somerville Church of God with 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 sermon and 8:00 p m revival service, as Rev Hugh Mitchell invites all to hear the old-time message from the man of God.

Church OF God Lane Childersburg C. c. Horton Huntsville R. D. Cook Decatur Birmingham

Social bridge and visits in Courtland and nearby towns

Courtland social notes recount Miss Mayme Re entertaining four at bridge with sister Mrs James McGarry of Columbus Ohio visiting. Prizes awarded to Mrs R H Tweedy Jr and Mrs McGarry. salad served. Numerous guests and local travels listed. revival meetings announced. highway work delayed by rains. zipper production value reported.

Mayme Re James McGarry Columbus Ohio R. H. Tweedy, Jr McGarry James Blythe Bridge Club J. H. Green Tate Holfenbeck Harris Pippen J. A. Ussery Hood Harris Anne Lane Martin Iane McKnight Eva Fowler Frank Coburn Tate Hollenbeck Lavinia Chardavoyne R. H Tweedy, Sr Robert McWhorter Florida E. 8. Ballentine Anne Eleanor Ballentine Memphis Civil Service Office Stanley Vaughan Pheenix Ariz Bob Nichols Edwin Nesbit Murphy Columbia Tenn J. B Nichols William Weaver Knoxville S. A. F.redman, Jr Ghattanooga Alvin Moore John Clark J. K. Clark Lille McMahon Mai Shackelford Birmingham George Garth Helen Bynum Decatur Harriet Annie Brown Godfrey Mary Anderson Harris Ralph Agee Florence R. S. Dabney Virginia Newton Ford Lorena N. C Russell Fowler Malcolm Montgomery Ala Alabama Chris J. Sherlock Sherlock

Alabama teachers enroll for Auburn summer graduate session

One hundred eighty nine Alabama teachers of vocational agriculture have enrolled in the Auburn summer session for three weeks of graduate study.

Auburn Ala Alabama Teachers of Vocational Agriculture

Wheat delivery invitation at Decatur mill for grading

Farmers are invited to bring about five pounds of wheat to the Decatur mill for testing and grading. Wheat meeting our quality standards will be purchased for use by the mill.

Decatur

Breckenridge Dies at 70 in York Home

John C. Breckenridge JR. 70 former assistant secretary of the treasury in Wilsons cabinet died today in York of a heart ailment. A retired corporate lawyer and great grandson of John C. Breckenridge the 14th vice president, he was stricken at his family home and died before reaching a hospital.

York John C. Breckenridge

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Ecatur Gene Ahern Mra. Wade City Electric Department Edden Arene Goon ‘Bacon McCormick Scottish Piper McCor Mick Ypalmolive Aklek Onarch Moulton Street Earl Glenn Grant St Courtland Murdock Hull Kentucky Nudge Nature Loyd’s Drug Store California Ea Rur Klek Ips Tennessee Valley Mother’s Best Mary Ann Decatur—Park’s Chappell’s Ashford & Watkins Hess Cash Pat’s Hill Stores Monarch Food Vaughan Brothers Slate’s W. B. Crafton West Town Grocery R. F. Mooney E. B. Hames J. B. Sheats George Joseph Elkin’s Milam Grocery O. Nelson & Son J. M. Harmon C. B. Hart Austinville L. L. Hartselle Danville Road S. G. Johnson Flint G. H. McClellan Hartselle C. W. H. Stewart Kyle Produce Co K.F Baker Bros. Falkville Howard Summerford A. Shaneyfelt W. A. Dunlap A. C. Dunlap Luther King Stores I. L. Hardin Neal R. B. Puckett J. W. Lake Danville W. A. Hill D. M. Hogan R. Cc. Sims Carley Lowery Courtland Road Robert S. Ferguson Miss Ossie Cantrell Priceville J. L. Lipscomb J. L. McGhee Tanner J. F. Swatzell Trinity Rayburn Neville Garth Kimbrell Hillsboro J. P. Gibson Ashford & Pippen M. G. Aycock Farmer's Exchange Henry Terry L. C. Terry Vaughan & Gilchrist Town Creek —Luther King Stores Springter’s. Moulton J. T. McCullough R. H. McCullough W. E. Proctor L. A. Roger Fred V. Pierce Hatton R. M. Landers, Jr. Wren M. C. Bragg C. C. Strickland Landersville Young Brothers Mount Hope Roy Whitman Dewey Bynum Walhermoso Springs Tom Russell Southern Wheat Growers Tomy MG Alabama Flour Mills Rca Breckenridge Henry Norton Oleo Moulton ST. Market Chappell’'S
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