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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1949

Page

6

Birthday Dinner Honors Mr and Mrs Runge

A surprise noon birthday dinner was held Sunday at the 4-H Club House Cold Springs honoring Mr and Mrs Pal Runge. Attendees included many local families and out of town guests from Birmingham Siluria Decatur and Priceville.

Runge Cold Springs Pal Runge R. M. Holmes Avery Eargle Basil Ydeen and Guenell C. T. Runge B. L. Proctor B. L Murphy Kenney John Mary Louise Virgil Minnie M. M. Runge Bobby Basil Alldredge Dwight Bur‘cen Allredge Linda Faye James Alldredge Pat Runge Ruben Runge Sandra Anita Birmingham Cue Reed Dale Gale Ronnie Siluria V. L. Wood Stevie Decatur Garvis Ford Jimmy Donnie Decatur

Spinsters Club Enjoys River Barge Trip Picnic

A St. Louis era style item notes Spinsters Club members and guests took a river barge trip Saturday with a picnic supper, involving about twenty club members, their guests and dates. The WMA planned a brief business session and Sunbeam children were cared for in a nursery during the event.

R. A Sunbeams W. M.A Club

Weather Fails Largest Air Tour Club Plan

Poor weather canceled the Alabama Air Tour club event, with plans for a 70 plane meet thwarted Sunday. About 30 members held a luncheon at the Royal Dinner club before eight planes and several cars went to Courtland for a watermelon cutting. Other gatherings in Decatur and Chattanooga were similarly affected, and Montgomery air show plans were grounded.

Alabama Air Tour Club Royal Dinner Club Courtland Decatur Chattanooga Montgomery Bill Sims Chamber of Commerce

Personal notes report pleasant hospital rest and visits

Mrs. T. B. Hudson rests comfortably at Decatur General Hospital after an operation last week. Frank Wear Phil Vaughn and spouses attended boat races in Guntersville Sunday. John A. Caddell and spouse are guests at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City for a few days. John Davis and family spent Sunday at Skyline Ranch Camp Mentone Alabama with daughters Sandra and Darwin.

T. B. Hudson Decatur General Hospital Frank Wear Phil Vaughn Guntersville John A. Caddell South Avenue Waldorf-Astoria New York City John Davis Skyline Ranch Camp Mentone Alabama Sandra Darwin

Zimmerman Family Reaches Home After Visit

Mr and Mrs Cari Zimmerman and children Dale and Kay of Grand Rapids Michigan have returned home after spending a few days with their parents and grandparents.

Cari Zimmerman Dale Kay Grand Rapids Michigan

Small fires in Decatur tied to faulty wiring and motor

Small losses are logged from two Decatur blazes. The first at 11:30 p.m. Saturday was caused by wiring at T. E. Baker Manufacturing, the second at 4:00 a.m. Sunday by a faulty motor. Fire department was alerted by a call to R. L. Penn, 1201 Eighth Avenue East.

Decatur Fire Department T. E. Baker Manufacturing Company R. L. Penn Eighth Avenue East

Mr and Mrs Jolly Guests of Mrs Gambie in Memphis

Mr and Mrs Charles Jolly of Memphis Tennessee are visiting this week with Mrs Mauie Gambie as hosts in Panama City Florida.

John McRee Helena Arkansas R. W. Orr Camp Dunream Fayetteville Tennessee Charles Charles Jolly Memphis Mauie Gambie

Forehead Wrinkles and Facial Care Tips From a Past Era

A vintage guide explains how young women may develop forehead wrinkles from raising eyebrows and emphasizes expressing emotion with words. It recommends skin nourishment, a trim brow, and a facial massage technique to lift and smooth the forehead while noting squint lines from sun glare and detailing a motion starting at the eyelid.

Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Pattern and Book Offer

Ads invite readers to order Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Pattern 539 with six motifs and large charts for simple embroidery for children. It advertises sending twenty cents for the pattern, plus a Brooklyn address for requests, and notes a Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with 104 illustrations available for fifteen cents, including beginner and expert designs and a free pattern.

Laura Wheeler Decatur Daily Laura Wheeler

AA Barbecue Brings 100 Attend Armory AA event

The second annual AA outing by North Alabama groups drew over 100 attendees at the Armory. Participants came from Decatur Nashville Birmingham Fort Payne Huntsville Cullman Leeds and the Tri-Cities. Addresses were given by a Nashville cartoonist and a Birmingham member. Woodall's prepared the barbecue. The local group meets Tuesdays at 7:30 PM at St. John's parish house. contact box 612 for alcohol problem help.

Alcoholic Anonymous North Alabama Armory Decatur Nashville Birmingham Fort Payne Huntsville Cullman Leeds Tri-Cities Woodall’s St. John’s Episcopal Church

Age Gap in Marriage and Parental Discipline in Dorothy Dix Advice

A reader asks about a romance where the woman is twelve years older than the man and whether happiness is possible. Dorothy Dix cautions that large age gaps create generational gaps, with happiness possible if the man is mature and aligned, but risky if he is a boy. The section also covers a 9-year-old punished severely by spanking, with Dix endorsing measured use of corporal punishment and urging parenting through love and respect.

Dorothy Dorothy DIX Miss Dix

Husband’s Nonsensical Turn Draws Neighborhood Laughter

A 50 year old man, once respectable and businesslike, has abruptly changed behavior. He now neglects his work, takes music lessons, sings loudly, and runs a beauty parlor, spending hours attempting to beautify himself and regrow hair.

Mics Dix

Quincy Mass Founded in 1625 as Early New England Settlement

Quincy Massachusetts dates its founding to 1625 making it one of the oldest permanent settlements in New England. The settlement's early history places it among the region's earliest colonial communities and enduring towns.

Quincy Mass New England

Three Decatur Area Men Enlisted Here

Three Decatur area men enlist ed in the armed forces here last week, recruiting sergeant M Sat Judd Mason reports today. Royce Glen Hughes, 17, 606 Ninth Avenue West, a former student signed for duty in the field artillery. Robert C. Moore, 23, a Navy veteran from Hillsboro, enlisted in the air force. Robert Holt Jr., 19, 217 Twelfth Avenue West, was accepted for the coast artillery.

Decatur Area M-Sat Judd Mason Royce Glen Hughes Ninth Avenue West Field Artillery Robert C. Moore Hillsboro 2 Air Force Robert Holt, Jr Twelfth Avenue West Coast Artillery

You can do nothing with them when that is gone

A brief line states inability to act once a resource or asset is exhausted, attributed to The Bell Syndicate, Inc.

Mathers Ead Grad Grant Sohoagh The Bell Syndicate, Inc

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Priceville M. Y. F Priceville Ninth Street Woman's Society of Christian Service Ninth Street Methodist Church Shirley Allred 6Th Avenue South Morgan County Central Baptist Church W. M. UV W. A. Ass New York Seneca Pilot Club Seneca Springs Mrs. I. R. Neher Texas Tommy Horn F. W. Thompson Jack Davis Camp Westmoreland Barnie L. Walker James R. M. Campbell Gerald Gulfshore Pensacola Florida Roy Wright Jim Homer Hutchinson Tommy Ed Sandusky Carol Little Rock, Arkansas Watson Carlisle Homer Stovall Guy Counts J. A. Counts Jefferson-Hillman Hospital Felton Weaver Olan Sanders Linda Fave Claire McCardell Philip Mangone Maurice Rentner Joset Walker Tina Leser Herbert Sondheim Air Tour Club Beauty Salon Moulton St. Beauty E. Moulton Street Wither America NASH McRae Motors Decetur Ala Lee Sr Panama City Helen Follett Harriet Hubbard F.A.D Houser Florist East Moulton St St. Joseph Neitesni Aspirin Dillehay’s Frigidaire R.C.A. Victor Baldwin Pianos Bank
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