Society wedding announced for Miss Fowler and Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Mrs. William Meyer of Athens announces the marriage of her daughter Mary Elizabeth Fowler to Sgt. James D. Fitzpatrick of Long Island New York. They were wed July 8 at 9 p m in Judge A M McConnell's home and will resume duties at Courtland Air Base Alabama after a short Memphis trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Meyer
Athens
Mary Elizabeth Fowler
James D. Fitzpatrick
Long Island
N. Y
A. M. McConnell
McConnell Ating
Memphis
Tenn
Fitzpatrick
Oo Air Base
Courtland
Ala
Personal notices span visits and illnesses across towns
Mrs J M Minor is seriously ill at home on Johnston Street. Mrs A Snowden of Detroit visits Mr and Mrs W J Williams at 102 East Cain Street. Mrs Dawson Ransome and Mrs John D Gorham leave for Macon Georgia. Ransome visits husband. Gorham visits relatives. Miss Mary Ivey of Charlotte arrives Friday to stay with cousin Miss Mary Mimi Jones. Al Al Jones of Shaw Field Sumter S C arrives Tuesday for a three day leave. A Jones on East Walnut Street. Mrs Horace P Cowan and Mrs Maud Vernon of Beardstown visit Lt and Mrs Rufus R Vernon on Johnston Street. Mrs Rufus R Vernon operated on at Courtland Army Air Field post hospital on Tuesday. Mrs Marvin Yarbrough and three sons leave Wednesday for two weeks with her parents in Nashville Tennessee. Mrs W D Bolton and Mrs O Roberts of Tupelo Mississippi guests of Mr and Mrs Furman Kirkpatrick. Master Mack Graham ill with osteomyelitis at St Vincent's in Birmingham. mother Mrs J F Graham at bedside. Mary Anne Blackwell spending ten days at Camp Winnastaska near Birmingham. Mrs H W Rice visiting relatives at Lacey's Spring. Mrs Dwight Mixson and son Charles visiting relatives in Texas. Mrs Jennie Wiley of Atlanta expected guest of her son and daughter Dr and Mrs J B Wiley. Mrs Quince Eddens leaves Saturday for Birmingham to be with her mother needing an operation at Highlands Baptist Hospital.
Dorothy Dix Open Season On Guests
Dear Miss Dix advises short visits to avoid lingering guests. She notes dynamite would be needed to remove a permanent guest, so grin and bear it. A month is the limit. two weeks preferred to keep nerves intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Mary S
Archimedes
Color for Fall by Dorothy Roe AP Fashion Editor
Colorful feminine fall fashion dominates the season with soft tailoring and long jackets. Capelets and bustles reappear, with capelet dresses in wool and vivid color pairings. Designers Bruno Rentner Potter McCardell Kass Copeland Blotta showcase bold combines, beading, and two tone outfits for college and cocktail wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Roe
Bruno
Maurice Rentner
Clare Potter
Claire McCardell
Samuel
Ruth Kass
Jo Copeland
Anthony Blotta
Old Maids and Marriage Standards in History and Advice
Essay argues no disgrace in remaining unmarried and cites famous spinsters like Susan B Anthony and Florence Nightingale. It cautions that career and personal choice matter, and notes Kipling’s solo-travel ethos for women as empowerment. Dear Miss Dix advises Alice against marrying a domineering fiancé to avoid lifelong servitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Susan B. Anthony
Florence Nightingale
Emma Willard
Aging Skin Care Advice for Women in Midlife
The piece urges women approaching middle age to adopt a health focused routine to slow wrinkles. It prescribes massage with upward strokes and heavy emollients, emphasizes a calm facial regimen, and warns against harsh motions around the eyes while detailing specific techniques to delay aging lines.
Rankin to Lead Inter-Club Council in Decatur
James L Rankin president of the Decatur Rotary will head the Inter-Club Council for six months Alvis Briscoe of Civitan serves as secretary They succeed L L Lively Kiwanis chairman and John McGehee of Rotary are noted among the clubs involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Rankin
Decatur Rotary Club
Alvis Briscoe
Civitan Club
L. L. Lively
Kiwanis
John McGehee
Rot
Morgan County Somerville Local Notes and Visits
Mrs Seldon Hornbuckle of Union Grove spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Buddie Owens and family. J A Garrison made a business trip to Hartselle. Breeding family reunion attendees included Floyd E W Lyle, Leroy Lyle and children, Guy Walker, Ethel Speegle, and Zane Grantland. Ransom visited from Decatur area. several others shopped or visited in Decatur and Hartselle. funeral for Rufus Cox noted in Talladega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldon Hornbuckle
Union Grove
Buddie Owens
J. A. Garrison
Hartselle
Breeding
Lucius Breeding
Floyd E. W. Lyle
Leroy Lyle
Guy Walker
Ethel Speegle
Zane Grantland
Decatur
J. J. Ransom
O. H. Bradford
Myrtle Miller
R. C. Miller
Hartselle Pike
Glen Watkins
B. M. Cuthrell
Maggie Ransom
Mary Johnston
Rufus ‘Cox
Talladega
Ala
G. Mikell
Don
J. W. Winton
Co. P. Johnston
Limestony Sounty Capshaw Dated Family Visits
Mrs A A Brackeen and Laura Louise of Huntsville spent Sunday with Mrs Homer Pike and daughters. Several families visited relatives including W E Smith, Hester, Carl Balch, and Fayettesville locals. Pvt Josh Cole on furlough with his mother. Sue Jacobs visited grandparents. multiple visits noted among Balch and Cole families in community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Brackeen
Laura Louise
Huntsville
Homer
Pike
Brackeen
W. E. Smith
John Lindsay’ Thomas
Carl Balch
Orville Smith
Eugene Smith
Missouri
Hester
W.E. Smith
Josh Cole
Shelbyville
Tenn
J. B. Cole
Sue Jacobs
Belle Mina
R. E. Whitt
Sam Hardin
Fayetteville
Comer Coke
Sarah Elizabeth
Mary Teters
Winchester
Nellie
Mary -Lou Balch
Esther Roberson
Raymond Roberts
Eugene Throneberry
Floy Roberts
Civic groups form Inter-club council for joint aims
A meeting at the Cornelian Court hotel elected a secretary and established an Inter-club council. Kiwanis Rotary Lions and Civitan will meet monthly to discuss shared objectives and coordinate activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ary
Cornelian Court Hotel
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Civitan
Wadsworth and Dewey Discuss Postwar Military Policy
Rep James W Wadsworth said he and Gov Dewey agree that the postwar weakening of U S military strength must not happen again. He contrasted 1920 22 Navy cuts with promises not to fortify Pacific islands and said they discussed basing and security and strengthening influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
James W. Wadsworth
Dewey
United States
Wadsworth
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Japan
Pacific
Denney
Congress
New York
Assembly
Dewey Wold
Ballyhoo
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Union
Lewis
Cole and family welcome Pvt Pike home on furlough
Cpl J D Pike has returned to the states for a 21 day furlough and is at home with his mother Mrs Bessie Pike. Cole and Pvt and Mrs Josh Cole welcome him during the short break from overseas duties.
Work stoppage ends at Lincoln mills Alabama plant
Huntsville Alabama July 19 full crews returned to Lincoln mills of Alabama goods plant today as union leaders announced termination of a stoppage that had curtailed production since Monday S Williams state director of CIO Textile Workers Union of America said issues would be discussed at company meetings early in August He noted the dispute involved the assignment of company houses to employees Company spokesmen declined comment on the cause of the stoppage saying the plant was operating on a duck goods order for the Army with a partial crew on Monday and yesterday The mills employ 1200 on all shifts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Lincoln Mills
Alabama
S. Williams
Cio-Textile Workers Union America
S. Veranda
Army
Opinion rules felon cannot inherit victim’s property in Alabama
Birmingham July 19 Circuit Judge E J Creel issued an opinion holding a person who feloniously kills another cannot inherit the victim’s real or personal property. The judge said the ruling is the first of its kind in Alabama on property inheritance and related benefits from the deceased’s estate or life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
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Cadet Wives Club
Cadet Wives of
Southern Airways
Earl W. Brower
Paul J. Groseclose
Gage Goodemore
John Pullen, Jr
S. O. Perry, Jr
William F. Scheeler
S. E. Brumbaugh
G. M. Smith
R. W. Powell
P. HH. Harris
Thad
Central Baptist’ Sunday School
Charlie Norwood
Fifth Avenue West
Ww. C
Women's Chamber of Commerce
Miss Vaughn
Sgt
Howell
Hilda Buford Vaughn
Porter Vaughn
Jack Mason Howell
T. Gilbert Henry
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Louis Ling
Springfield
Fort Leonard Wood
Alaska
No. 14
Delano Park
J. R. Vaughn
Ray Rochelle
David Templeton
James West
Fred Inglis
Paul Tidwell
Rubye Sandlin
Dorothy Wright
Miss Ivey
Mimi Jones
Barrett Shelton
Sherman Street
Miss Jones
Mary Ivey
Charlotte
N. C
Janie Martin
Sheffield
Mrs. A. Snowden
Detroit, Mich
Mrs. W
J. Williams
East Cain Street
Dawson Ransome
John D. Gorham
Macon
Charlotte, N. C
Mary
Leigh
Mimi) Jones
al al Jones
Shaw Field
Sumter, S. C
A A. Jones
East Walnut Street
Horace P. Cowan
Maud Vernon
Beardstown
Rufus R. Vernon
Johnston Street
Courtland Army Air Field
Marvin Yarbrough
J. A. Sparkman
Nashville
W. D. Bolton
O. Roberts
Tupelo, Miss
Furman Kirkpatrick
Mack Graham
St. Vincent's Infirmary
J. F. Graham
Mary Anne Blackwell
Camp Winnastaska
H. W. Rice
Lacey’s Spring
Dwight Mixson
Charles
Points
Texas
Jennie Wiley
Atlanta, Ga
J. B. Wiley
Quince Eddens
Highlands Baptist Hospital
Lydia E. Pinkham
Faa Pemeenel Ee
Resvan Toe
Johnston St
Decatur’s
Gabardine
White
Kipling
Alice
The
Bell Syndicate
Helen Follett
Gale Robbins
the Silver Screen
James Rankin
Morgan County
Somerville
Sardia Winton
Mesdames Ben
Silas Blevins
Richard Moore
Limeston
Sounty
Capshaw
Miss Balch
Moye’s
Morton Downey
Jimmy Lytell
Decature Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Belk’s Bargain Basement
Lincoln
Opinion
Goidel
Plaid
Gingham
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