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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1932

Page

5

Society notes highlight visiting guests and parties

Out of town visitors Miss Gene Young of D C and Miss Anne Harris of New Orleans are honored at a Crystal Plunge swim party hosted by Reed Rogers. Guests include Gardner of Birmingham, Middlebrooks Haddock Ga, Bragg Moulton, Pride Pride Jo Serg osa ei den, and many more. The evening features refreshments, dancing, and socializing with extended visits from Miss Young and Miss Harris.

Gene Young D. C Anne Harris New Orleans Reed Rogers Crystal Plunge Young Harris Gardner Birmingham Am Middlebrooks Haddock Jane Bragg Moulton Elizabeth Pride Pride Serg Os Aeiden Imogene Burleson Jane Brown Judy Jacks Lucille Kaufman Peggy Brown Jane Todd Margaret Ann Rogers Masters Edwin Mason Frank Malcolm Martin Pat Brock, Jr Tommy Carson Archie Wallace Hill John Cullom Noel Carpenter Joe Burleson Jimmy Tillery Charles Green Thomas Bailey Henry Cullom, Jr George O’brien Harry Sunderland Stanley Jones Buddy Rogers Enid

Personal travelers and guests across several states

A long list of visitors and hosts from Pawhuska Oklahoma to Alabama Tennessee and Illinois includes Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey Mrs Kirksey and family Mrs Thompson and son and daughter Miss Thompson Carl Hundley Miss Emmett Hundley and many others visiting relatives in Birmingham Dullmar Florence Nashville Mobile and Dallas. Several travelers return home after visits and extended travels with hours and dates noted.

Joan Kinsey Pawhuska Okla A. E. Humphrey Kirksey Carl Hundley Emmett Hundley Dallas Texas Robert Blackwell Roy Billings Margaret and Roy, Jr Mack Elam Betsy Jane Springfield Nashville Tenn Fred Wilcox Jackie Mary E. Hodges Minnie Collier Nita Hodges Franklin

Fredric March Stars in Picture of Worth at the Princess

Fredric March appears in a Paramount feature playing dual roles as twins in a romance drawn from The Shorn Lamb. Kay Francis, George Barbier, Juliette Compton, Lucien Littlefield, and Stuart Erwin co star in this fast moving drama with sharp wit and light comedy.

Fredric March Kay Prensle Ome Stuart Stee Kay Francis Stuart Erwin Worth Princess Paramount March George Barbier Juliette Compton Lucien Littlefield

Spring fashion pattern 2371 jacket or bolero

Pattern 2371 offers a frock with binding edges and a chic jacket option. Sizes 16 to 20 and 34 to 42 require specific yardage. catalog shows 32 pages of Annie Adams styles for adults and children with affordable patterns and catalogs priced at 15 cents, both catalog and pattern at 25 cents, mailed from Decatur Daily Pattern Department, 243 West 170 Street New York City.

Annie Adams Pena Eye Amnie Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department West 170 Street New York City

Company E Serge Ant Here On Visit To His Sick Wife

A terse wartime note describes a Company E sergeant visiting his ill wife. The text mentions Sgt Wides facing five and a half years until retirement and references affidavits and continued coverage from Page One.

Sgt. Wides

Praise and reforms in Alabama state health and forestry agencies

The report lauds Alabama state health service as economical and well run, crediting the medical profession and health officers for progress over fifty years. It recommends transferring some activities to state health supervision, abolishing the state prison inspector, and reforming the Forest commission to an advisory governor appointed council without a seat for the governor.

Alabama Forestry Department

Money Order Rates Advance At All Post Offices

Beginning today money order fees rise across the board for orders up to 100. The new rates apply to amounts from $ .01 to $100 with increases ranging from 1 to 22 cents depending on the paid value.

Farmers Win Battle of Weeds Report From Limestone County

Farmers in Piney Chapel section Limestone County wage a week long war against grass and weeds despite intense heat. The report notes farmers and livestock survived without succumbing and hints at possible victory with scarce fruit in the area.

Piney Chapel Limestone County

Turtle of 1776 Hopes to Find Long-Lived Inhabitant

A Turtle in Macksburg Ohio bears an inscription claiming to be tied to 1776 figures L. Whetzel and Betty Vane. Biologists say some turtles may live over 200 years, while the article notes crops like cotton and corn prospering after late rains.

Howard Ward Macksburg Washington County Ohio L. Whetzel Betty Vane Betty Zane Louis Whetzel

Eight Men Die in Dynamite Boat Explosion Tragedy

Eight men perished in a dynamite blast that wrecked a river boat 180 feet long. A tom and a half of dynamite planted on the hull exploded beneath the vessel. Two bodies were recovered by divers last night. The vessel carried Earl Russell and others, with several injured.

Earl Russell

Ellenen Plans to Reopen Four Stations

Ellenen plans to reopen four small stations on the Louisville and Nashville line between Louisville and Columbia Tennessee. The sites Pleasant Grove Delrose Frankewing and Prospect will be reopened by August 1 on a come as you please basis. Pleasant Grove is in Maury County with the others in Giles County.

Louisville and Nashville There Columbia Tenn Pleasant Grove Delrose Pfrankewing Prospect Maury County Giles County

Former Decatur Resident Returns From Ark Visit

Miss Helen Long, formerly of Decatur and now a resident of Athens, reports a four week visit with relatives and friends in Pine Bluff Little Rock and Hot Springs Arkansas.

Helen Long Decatur Athens Pine Bluff Little Rock Hot Springs Ark

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Miss Harrie Margaret Ann Miss Young John C. Bragg B. Elliott John ‘Kitkiey Pawhuska, Okla The Valley Country Club Mrs. McLeod E. W. McLeod Bernie Ruth McLeod Mobile Ala Edith Pussell Diana Deason McLeod John Kirksey R. G. Cortner Mrs. A. E. Humphrey Kirkety Beaver Lake Humphrey Jackson Street Webster McLeod South W. M. UJ. and Young Peoples Conference Bethel Churen All Baptists Napier Sapp Mattie L. Sapp Edith Allen Paul Couch Cullman John E Marion R&m Cluett Peabody ARROW Sport Oxfords J. S. Patterson Bank Street Goidel Decatur, Alabama L. Thompson Urbana, Ill E. L. Thompson Mary Thompson Dullmar Berlin Bob Anthony Pulaski Town Mobile, Ala BE. W. McLeod F. H. Pointer E. B. Garner Florence E. P. Allen Frances Margaret Bamberg 8. C J. W. Shealy Frank Dulaney Memphis Sam Schulman Nashville, Tenn Sam Prank Nat Rosenzweig Indianapolis Ind John T. Clarke J. W. Parkerson O. P. Stinson Mr. Stinson Mrs Paul’ Vaughn Selma Mrs. W. G. Pride Roy F. Smith Hanceville W. H. Turner Ann Katz Self Ridge Field Mt. Clemens Michigan Hagenmeier Detroit Mich Deaborn Windsor Canada Pontiac Flint Chicago Lakes Robin Thomas Inirmingham Fred S. Hunt, Jr Barranca Fla California Louise Nelson T. E. McCdddon Fairfield Ville Russell Humphrey William Hockenemith J. R. Simpson Joan Tuscaloosa Louis Argend Marie Argend Mrs. E. C. Danley Little Elizabeth Bethany Mr. B O. ‘Nelson Katherine McCaddon E. H. Nelson Ruth Helen Ross Clanton,Ala Memphis, Tenn Billy Nelson Camp McClellan Anniston Richard Nelson Chattanooga Lepgoara Atlanta Southern Railway System Thelma Todd Hollywood Pasquala de Cicco New York Prescott, Ariz Decatur Daily Anne Adams Bolero Pye Au Ae Alexandria Bay, N. Y Ellenen Herman Phillips Avenuué South Wilmer Jean Rogers Hill Bros. Dairy Jersey Mooresville Levine and Janets
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