Kitchen Shower Honors Miss Norma Todd in Canal Street Home
A kitchen shower for Miss Norma Todd was held at Mrs. Burgess’s 620 Canal Street home. Attendees included Mrs. Walter H. Todd and Mrs. M. H. Todd among many relatives and friends. The event featured yellow and white decor, aqua crepe attire for the bride to be, and refreshments of iced drinks cakes and assorted confections. Regan Sch
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T. Wete Histesses
Burgess
Canal Street
Norma Todd
James W. Davis
Miss Wiley
Hubert Burleson
Frances Allgood
Miss Todd
Walter H. Todd
M. H. Todd
Betty Sue Davis
Huntsville
Broom
Wilson Hobbs
Bessie Gills
Bess Robinson
Bessie White
Sam _ Bolding
Mary Stockton
Mary Marlowe
Clifford Odom
Helen Roan
Dorothy Biles
Earl Andrews
W. H. McCrary
Eva Roper
Lucile Morgan
Mary Frances McCall
Doris Roberts
Woodrow.Pugh
Evelyn Ross
Clarence Davis
James Ryan
Lucile Emens
Barbara Ann Walling
Alice Price
C. A. Culver
Dewey Rdin
Dot Doss
Helen Kitchens
Jim Mack
Frank. Whisenant
C. H. Timberlake
Thomas
Personal notices highlight local social visits and travel
Mrs W T Allen of Talladega visits Mrs F S Hunt Sr. Mrs Bruce Allen and Patsy return home in Florence after visiting Mr and Mrs S E Caudill. F S Hunt Sr visits daughter in Newnan Ga. Eugene Caudill from Montgomery weekends with his parents. O B Smith travels to Murfreesboro to meet sister Miss Merle Nelson with Mrs Sam Owens. Mrs Barrett Shelton and child, and Miss Mimi Jones with Ann Layman head to Ft Walton for a vacation visit.
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Bruce Allen
Patsy
Florence
S. E. Caudill
F. S. Hunt Sr
Walter Sanders
Newnan
Eugene Caudill
Montgomery
Mrs
O. B. Smith
Murphreesboro
Merle Nelson
Sam Owens
Ruffles Pattern 4569 and Anne Adams Summer Book
Ruffles pattern 4569 offers shoulder and waist detailing with sleeve options and sizes 14 through 42. The notice invites 25 cents for pattern 4569 and promotes the Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book with a free flower pattern and directions for home sewing.
House Passes Tideland Act Amid Oil Reserve Debates
The House approved the tideland bill by 188 to 67 sending it to the White House. Supporters argue states already own property, while opponents warn it could jeopardize national oil reserves. The White House veto position remains unclear as the Supreme Court case on title status continues.
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Washington
House
White House
Yey
Kentucky
Senate
Truman
Interior
Krug
Supreme Court
Congress
Edwin W. Pauley
Harold Ickés
Wall Street Falls Third Week Amid Mixed Action
Markets end a third straight week lower as cotton futures slide from late-week highs and steel stocks lead a modest rally on Bethlehem earnings. Oils gain on boosted disbursements, while blue chips thin out. May Department Stores climbs on merger talk. Trading remains muted with overall weakness.
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New York
Steels
Bethlehem
Standard of Cal
Tidewater
May
Kaufmann Stores
Standard Oil
Ind
Youngstown Sheet
G. R. Kinney
Chrysler
Dow Chemical
American Telephone
Rare Lights Seen Over North Alabama Sky
Mrs. S. B. Cross and friends reported a red Aurora Borealis display Friday night in Northwest skies around nine. The light lingered about 30 minutes before fading, followed by a faint mile long lightning colored streak moving West toward Trinity.
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S. B. Cross
Eleventh Avenue West
North Alabama
Trinity
Dr Meadows to Speak at Decatur Teachers Institute
Dr A R Meadows state superintendent of education will address the Decatur city teachers institute on Friday September 6 Walter Jackson city superintendent announced Mrs John T Bristow president of the Alabama education association will speak on the association at the teachers institute She is an elementary education leader now supervisor of Montgomery county schools Arthur Jones president of the Decatur board of education will greet the teachers for the 1946 47 scholastic year Meadows recently was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Dr E B Norton and is seeking nomination for a four year term
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A. R. Meadows
Decatur City Teachers Institute
Walter Jackson
Meadows
State Department of Education
Decatur
Alabama
John “T. ‘Bristow
Alabama Education Association
E. B. Norton
Wall Street Wall Removed in 1699 Final Section
The final portion of the wall on Wall Street in New York City was taken down in 1699 removing the last remnant of a fortification built during colonial times.
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Wall Street
New York City
Crochet Slippers Pattern From The Decatur Daily
Crochet slippers using Wihaltx Plastic yarn praised as wear proof and weather proof. Pattern 877 offers two pairs in small to large sizes with directions. Send twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept for pattern 877 and name address zone. Twelve cents more buys the 1946 Needlecraft Catalog with 112 illustrated designs.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Eighteen Arrested on Gambling Charge at Wheel er Lake Camp
Eighteen men were arrested on gambling charges at the Wheel er Lake tourist camp by Deputies J P Dunlap and Loren Willoughfore. The seizure occurred amid a report of lights seen in Birmingham at the same hour extending to Fort Worth Texas and toward the Atlantic coast.
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Wheeler Lake
J. P. Dunlap
Loren Willough
Fore
Cross
Ernest Dodd
Cora Dodd
Birmingham
Fort Worth
Texas
Atlantic Coast
Veterans tests set across Alabama in August and September
A series of general education development tests for veterans to obtain high school equivalency will be held in August and September. Walter Jackson, city superintendent, urged veterans to file notice of intention with the state education department at least 10 days before testing. Locations include Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery with specific dates and reporting times. Negro veterans may use alternate sites. A $2.50 fee is charged at the test center and scores are sent to the veteran. notices must reach the state department, not the centers. The first U.S. automobile show was held in 1900.
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Walter Jackson
State Department of Education
Superintendent of City Schools
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Samford Hall
Zebulon Judd
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Gorgas Library
Barton Academy
Mobile
Birmingham
State Teachers College
South Jackson Street
Montgomery
Taylor
Alabama
Sheriff Announces Bond For 18 Repatriated Detainees
Sheriff W. T. Willoughby said by Thursday afternoon all 18 detainees had been released on $300 bond each, according to reputies.
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W. T. Willoughby
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Society
B. M. Bloodworth
W. T. Allen
Talladega
Second Ave
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
Anne Adams
Krestlein
DR. Meadows
Metal City
John W. Sandlin
Wihaltx
United States
Decatur Transit
Sherrow
Chesterfields
Shorties
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