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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1949
Page
6
Miss Viola Speake became the bride of Claude L. Stipe at five p.m. on Friday July 15 at Mrs. J. T. Speake's home in Moulton. Rev J Gilbert Speake officiated. They plan a wedding trip to Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains and will reside in West Palm Beach Florida where Mr. Stipe works.
A magazine column cites a perfume industry survey claiming most American women underuse fragrance. It urges practical options like scented bath oils and toilet water, noting perfumes can be affordable even in hard times. It advises storing expensive scents away from heat to prevent evaporation.
Mrs Sam Perry of Route 4 Knox ville Tennessee writes of her son Bobby suffering loss of appetite and stomach gas pain. After giving Scalf s Indian River Medicine his appetite improved and energy returned. She and her family now take Scalf s and recommend it for both children and adults. The first bottle must satisfy or money back. On sale at all good drug stores. Listen to Scalf s Harmoneers Quarter Hour Monday through Friday. Adv.
Mrs. J W Woodall and Mrs E J Carter hosted by Mrs Mason Matthews in Florence. S H Wilds to visit Auburn then home for weekend. John E Sandlin family back from Clearwater FL. Mrs Hubert May ill in Trinity. Mrs J L Boston visiting Birmingham. Grace Adams Huntsville Frances Newby H S Sanderson Annie Sanderson return from Smoky Mountains trip. Jesse Lanier Bessemere announce birth of daughter. Rush Hart returns to Arlington TX after visit with Handley grandparents. Beulah Kilgore Gadsden vacationing with Miss Mary Lovelady returns after minor operation. G R Hundt and children Jean Tex back to New York after visit with Handleys. L B Hendon returns from Tuscaloosa Opelika visits. H R Sherrow and son in Missouri after death of J W Sherrow. Warner Sartor, UA law student, with parents for weekend.
Relatives accompany Miss Martha Frances Kilgore to Vanderbilt hospital for an operation. Ellis Lanier receives treatment at a veterans hospital in Nashville. Mr Lanier’s address is Thayer’s Veterans Hospital on White Ridge Road. Mrs W R Pirtie and daughter Betty plan Nashville visit with Mr and Mrs C M Seales. Miss Jo Harvey returns home with them. Mrs Leonard Moody and children return from Washington, D C.
London reports Winston Churchill, fresh from a clash with Ernest Bevin, gears up a major policy speech before about 50 000 at Wolverhampton. The speech aims to frame Tory policy ahead of the 1950 election as Bevin and Churchill clash in Commons over Roosevelt policy and Germany. Both are to attend the Strasbourg Council of Europe opening on August 8.
The City Monument Works owned by R F Hoover wins a Marion county Board of Revenue contract to sand blast the Marion county courthouse exterior in Hamilton Alabama. Work begins Monday July 25 and will take about three weeks.
Committees for the Decatur Lions Club for 1949 1950 were approved at the first regular directors meeting. Appointments submitted by President Dr Garrold H Nungester named chairs and members across attendance constitution convention finance information membership program and entertainment publicity music agriculture boys and girls work citizenship and patriotism civic improvement community betterment education health and welfare safety conservation and blind greeters and more.
Dorothy Dix counsels a man who dates without intent to marry that women often misread signals and that casual attention can still lead to marriage. Anxious cousins seek guidance on loving each other. experts say cousin marriage is allowed if both are healthy, but warn about hereditary risks and family temperament.
Mr Sar Tor has won the prize volume from American Jurisprudence for the highest mark in Equity I. Mr and Mrs Glenn Miller and daughter Joan, and Mrs C Y Maddox and daughter Vicki Lynn, Decatur, are vacationing at Turnbull Castle Lodge in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The body of Ernest Crawford, 21, was recovered near Selma after he reportedly jumped into the Alabama River in Montgomery and disappeared about 300 yards downstream. Coroner Bernard Reynolds of Selma confirmed the identification. Selma lies about 85 miles from Montgomery by river.
Small clay tiles used in modern bathroom floors originated in Northern France around the 12th century. The craft spread over time, influencing building interiors with durable decorative tilework.
A fragmented OCR item lists numbers and phrases that hint at a headline or index notes. The readable portion includes references to plans for a masters event and cooperation aims during a period labeled May.
Montgomery Alabama July 22 Eight more cases of infantile paralysis were reported lifting the 1949 Alabama total. Montgomery county now has 22 cases this year, topping other counties. Jefferson Pike and Franklin Lauderdale each had two or one cases last week. The Health Department lists totals by county: Montgomery 22 Jefferson 12 Jackson 5 Dallas 5 Etowah 4 Tallapoosa 3 Houston 3 St. Clair 1 Shelby 1 Barbour 2 Baldwin 2 Choctaw 2 Conecuh 2 Dale 2 Elmore 2 Geneva 1 Greene 1 Houton 3 Lee 1 Macon 1 Stated totals reflect year to date through July.
A local reading notes that a deformed child results from unions between closely related bloodlines. The writer claims Cleopatra descended from nine or ten generations of brother and sister marriages, illustrating alleged hereditary effects of consanguinity.
A reader asks how to stop her 19 year old son from marrying a 15 year old girl. The columnist replies that the parent should insist the son cannot bring the bride home or receive support, noting even a 19 year old may reconsider before risking starvation. Dorothy Dix clarifies she answers general problems through her column.
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