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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1948

Page

7

Peggy Walsh Aldridge Wedding in Iluka Mississippi

Mrs Mamye Walsh announces the July 2 marriage of daughter Peggy to James W Aldridge son of Walter Aldridge and the late Mabel Aldridge. The ceremony at the Baptist parsonage in Iluka was officiated by Reverend Chapman. The couple, both students at State Teachers College, will reside in Florence after a short wedding trip.

Peggy Walsh James Aldridge Mamye Walsh Double Springs Peggy James W. Aldridge Walter Aldridge Mabel McCulley Aldridge Danville Baptist Iluka Mississippi Chapman Florence The State Teachers College Kirby-Hartselle Dorothy Hartselle W. E. Hartselle Kyle Kirb G Carl Kirby Iuka G. N. Goer Kirby Otis Kirby Decatur Roy Kirby Birmingham Walter W. Aldridge Aldridge

Personal notices of extended travels and weekends

Tom Burt of Columbia Tennessee visits relatives in Trinity for a week while Mrs Reed Sherard and daughter Sarah Frances return from Memphis. Various locals spend weekends in Monteagle Birmingham Huntsville Fort Walton Florida and Highland North Carolina. Denson Barnum UA student visits Tuscaloosa parents for weekend.

Tom Burt Columbia Tennessee Trinity Reed Sherard Sarah Frances Memphis Denson Barnum University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Si Mrs H. D. Burnum

Local social notes share parties and guests in Birmingham

Dr and Mrs W P Baugh hosted a Thursday cruise and picnic honoring Mr and Mrs John Weis and children from Mount Vernon New York visiting Mrs Dalton Fowler. Also listed are John Glaze T L Baker Jr Joe Baugh and family among others at the event.

W. P. Baugh John Weis Barbara Virginia Bobby Mount Vernon New York Dalton Fowler John Glaze T. L. Baker, Jr T. L. Baker Joe Baugh Carol Baugh Weis Fowler

Advice on Proposals and a Santa Fe Trail Retold

A narrator blends guidance on romance with a note on timing and tact for proposing. The essay warns about tearful tactics and social missteps, then shifts to a historical reminder that the Santa Fe Trail linked Missouri to New Mexico, once called the Mexican Trace.

Missouri New Mexico

Dorothy Dix on love and marriage proposals

A reader asks how to pop the question when courage fails. Dorothy Dix advises bold action or letting a decisive partner bring the plan, and notes that gifts should favor sentiment over practicality. She suggests writing vows if spoken words fail and highlights the value of choosing the right approach to win a fiancé’s yes.

Angelina Dorothy DIx John

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