Society notes of showers and bridge party happenings
Mrs. Gilbert Speake and Mrs. Irwin Craig hosted a Tuesday miscellany shower at Mrs. Earl Riggs home on Fifth avenue honoring Mrs. J. R. A wagon. Out of town guests from Moulton Hartselle Harris Station attended. Elisabeth Nash inspired a bridge party hosted by Mss Mable Anne Hanson at East Vine street with LaVonne Bouldin winning high score. A separate six hundred party honored Mrs Ferdie Pointer and Mrs Foster H Pointer on Courtland road with numerous guests listed. Katherine Boswell hosted a theatre party for Miss Anne Tyler of Talladega and Lampkin Guy planned to honor her later. A Crow and McClellan family reunion was set for Sunday in Princeville. Alpha Eta Pi sorority will meet Thursday at Miss Lucile Chenault’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Speake
Irwin Craig
Earl Riggs
Fifth Avenue
West
J. R
Riggs
J. T. Speake
Doralee Speake
Moulton
Ejlis Darbee
Fred Speake
Lottie Bean
Hartselle
Estelle Cowan
Harris Station
Hanson
Elisabeth Nash
Memphis
Seneca Burr
Mable Anne Hanson
East Vine Street
Miss Nash
F. R. Beeson
Miss Bouldin
Phillip Pointer
Courtland Road
Ferdie Pointer
Montgomery
Foster H. Pointer
Gadsden
Pointer
Katherine Boswell
Anne Tyler
Talladega
Miss Boswell
Lampkin Guy
Billie Steed
Mary Penick Jones
Bob Wilds
Jane Harris
Jimmie Bloodworth
Anne Johnson
C. C. Arbuckle
Margaret Louise Nash
LeRoy McEntire
Martha Frances Petty
George Bloodworth
Rebecca Pettey
John D. Grimes
Mary Ford Tillery
Betty McGehee
Kate Lile
Sarah Neville
Mary Frances Rauschenberg
Marion Boswell
Lampkin
Rock
Taladega
Alpha Eta Pi
Lucile Chenault
Local social notes report guests and visitors around town
The column lists numerous visitors and hosts including J. P. Matthews and D. M. Crow, Charles Webb of South Alabama with relatives in town, Willie and Charlie Eyster visiting family in Selma, and Mrs. 8. G. Peter of Boothton with daughter Mrs. J. R. Hunter. It also notes illness updates, World’s Fair travel plans, and residents hosting guests from Louisville to Birmingham plus malaria treatment and family returns.
Chevrolet Posts Strong Half Year Global Sales Gain
Best Jane retail sales reported as Chevrolet accounts for over 67 percent of its 1933 domestic quota in the first half. Dealers logged 304,952 new cars and trucks versus 253,225 a year ago, with June sales 80 percent above last June and 20 percent above May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Chevrolet Motor Company
H. J. Klingler
Mr. Klingler
Bank Moratoria
Chevrolet
Misses Scoggins and Stevens Visit Bell Relatives
Misses Lillian and Laura Scoggins and Mr and Mrs Bill Stevens of Bell Texas are visiting their aunts Mrs W E Siviey and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian
Laura Scoggins
Bill Stevens
Bell, Texas
W. E. Siviey
Make This Model at Home Lingerie Pattern 2638
The advertisement promotes a versatile lingerie pattern with built up shoulders and satin or silk crepe fabrics. It lists sizes 34 through 50, fabric yardage for size 36, and includes illustrated sewing instructions. Order requires 15 cents and full name address and style number. Catalog offers summer patterns and chic sweaters. mail orders go to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department, 243 West Seventeenth Street, New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Puzzle clues reveal a renowned author and related terms
The puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues referencing a famous man known for literature and a book on labor. It interlaces phrases for baptism, salt, gifts, and various objects, with named entities suggesting a biographical and lexical theme across the full grid.
Roosevelt Favors Foreign Markets Amid New Deal Cuts
The article notes F D R shifting focus to foreign markets as domestic policy faces a downturn. It mentions General Hugh Johnson declining a cabinet salary cap, A E Hutchison’s pay rise then brief boost, and the unresolved status of recognizing the Soviet government with the embassy on 16th Street. It also recounts a White Russian chancery caretaker family and a House payroll scandal involving Lonergan’s press corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Johnson
Roosevelt
A. E. Hutchison
Home Loan Board
William F. Stevenson
Congress
Hutchison
16Th Street
Boris Bahkmetieff
Kerensky
Chancery
Bahkmetieff
New Farm Relief Administration
House
Connecticut
Lonergan
Washington
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Barbecue Hosts For Lawrence County Reduction Committeemen
Forty two of fifty one Lawrence county cotton acreage reduction committeemen were entertained with a barbecue dinner by Willie Shelton in Moulton Alabama. Shelton and local workers served the meal under trees near his home with assistance from his daughters and sons. The event capped two weeks of county wide work as they pursue 21000 acre reductions and contracts covering about 90 percent of the acreage. County agents and vocational teachers directed the effort as Hodson urged farmers to address outstanding questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County
Willie Shelton
Shelton
Misses N
Jane Shelton
Ernest
Karns
Alabama
J. B. Carter
J. ©. Johnson
John D. Comer
Mr. Shelton
Earl M. Hodson
As& Guest
Joe E Brown In Night At Home Baseball Comedy
Joe E Brown stars in a baseball centered comedy from First National titled Eimer The Great. The film traces his love of the game from youth through vaudeville and circus days, with Tris Speaker now a partner in a Kansas City club. Patricia Ellis leads with from Frank McHugh Claire Dodd and Emma Dunn also in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eimer
Cess Theatre
Joe
St. Poulteas
Jee
Red‘goz
Tris Speaker
Cleveland
Hiter the Great
Speaker
Kansas City
Lee Keyser
Des Moines
Tris
Eimer the Great
Patricia Ellis
Frank McHugh
Claire Dodd
Preston 8. Foster
Emma Dunn
Starling Holloway
Motor trip to Kentucky by Warren Ratliff and families
Rufus Warren and James Ratliff with their families headed this morning on a motor trip to Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Warren
James Ratliff
Kentucky
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Mary Kate Troup
Dolly Greer
Sara Gue Hughes
Virginia Neeley
Prances
Eve Kelly
Basel Hodges
Busan Bidt
Flora Durham
Jacqueline Smiley
Marie Ballas
IaVonne Bouldin
Nelle Johnston
F. Hi. Pointer
Crow and McClellan
J. E. Matthews
Princeville
J. %. Matthews
D. M. Crow
Charles Webb
South Alabama
Miss Elizabeth Webb
Charles E. Malone
Willie and
Charlie Eyster
Selma
Mrs. Law Lamar
8. G. Peter
Boothton
J. R. Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Mrs. C. Graham
D. B. Wright
F. D. Peebles, Jr
Cullman
F. R. Smith
Benevolent Hospital
Commenena
Frances
Bir
A. T. Wilkes
Tenth Avenue
East
Ruby Hodges
Harteelle
Miss Hazel Hodges
8. H. Milone
Evelyn King
Betty Thomas
Birmingham
Walter Carey
New Orleans
Malinda Robey
Franklin, Ky
Sara Sue Hughes
LaVonne Bouldin
Scottsboro
Mrs. W. B. Neher
J. H. Carpenter
Columbia, Tenn
Reed Rogers
Ida Belle Price
Chicago
Lucille Smith
J. Edgar Kimbrough
Mrs. R. E. Rogers
Mrs. Adding Emens
Nashville
Robert R. Banks
Charles Crow
Charles
8. H. Blackwell
Ruth Crawford
A. Edwards
Willie Mae and
Artie Mae Orton
St. Paul, Minn
E. J. Engberg
W. H. Hedberg
Engberg
Dr. Hedberg
Anne Zeitler
Mooresville
Baugh’s Infirmary
Horace Stinson
Fort Worth
Texas
Mrs
O. W. Stinson
Charles Gilbert Lang
Charlotte, N. C
Toeir
E. L. Perryman
Robert Stinson
Robert Irwin
Dallas
Armand Bkitto
Mobile
Harry Neal
Pulaski
Harry Stinson
Leo Wright
J. L. Layman
Tuscumbia
R. V. Jolly
Segal
Goidel
Caddell
THE
Decatur Daily
Encen
Epus
Renter
Csi Ie
Wohl’s
Batistes
Ballyhoo
Somerville Road
Drew Pearson
Rosert & Alley
NIRA
Merry
Aah
Joe E Brown
Ring Lardner
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Voile
Dimity
Batiste
Elmer
Nature
Laugh League
Hove Porte
ALL Technicol
Dick Powell
Mickey Mouse
Mickey
Princess
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