Local nuptials and community notices in Decatur
Miss Vashti Compton of Shawnee Oklahoma and W Douglas Overs of Salem Massachusetts wed in Chattanooga the ceremony performed by Dr Charles W Sheerin in a large guest group. Daisy Bell Parsons and Leslie Wayne Long married at First Methodist parsonage with few friends due to illness. Central Prayer Group resumes meetings at Central Methodist church Thursday. Garden Club members urged to attend July meeting at Mrs F S Hunt Sr home.
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ORMER
Chattanooga
Vashti A. Compton
Daugher
B. L. Compton
Shawnee
Okla
W. Douglas Overs
Salem
Mass
Compton
Yecatur
Herman W. Steiner
Charles W. Sheerin
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Lavers
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York City
Montview Drive
East Ridge
Chattahooga
Decatur High School
Colorado College of Colorado
Long
Maurice Long
Terre Haute
Ind
TVA
Parsons Lumber Co
Decatur
Parsons
Moulton Street
Garden Club
F. 8. Hunt
Dallas social: Miss Emmett Hundley to visit Blackwells
Miss Emmett Hundley of Dallas Texas is expected to guest of Mr and Mrs Robert Blackwell Rev H L Carter and family of Halls Tennessee are visiting relatives in the city this week Mr and Mrs J R Thomas will
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Emmett Hundley
Dallas
Texas
Robert Blackwell
H. L. Carter
Halls, Tenn
Hee Marian Dowd
Cuneeges
Donald Beauchamp
Fordon Tatum
Birmingham
James Hill
Pennsylvania
Wilburn Smith
R. G. Cortner
Lewis Machen Hammond
University, Va
Dawson Lile
Trinity
Ad Tidwell
In . Hope
J. H. Branum
Gurley
L. G. Connell
Avest
Social Round of Travel and Visitors Across Alabama and Nearby States
Local residents travel from Decatur and Gadsden to Birmingham Nashville and Dallas for visits and camp trips. Families split into multiple households with relatives in Florida Texas Illinois and Tennessee. Several weddings birthdays and reunions noted as travelers plan extended visits and attend centennial events.
Make this pattern at home for summer tea fashion
An advertisement urges readers to order Anne Adams pattern 2627 for a chic tea party dress with button trim and sunburst bodice details. It promotes using synthetic, cotton, or shanting fabrics in sizes 12 to 40 with 3 18 yards of fabric for size 16 and offers illustrated instructions, price 15 cents, with patterns and pattern books available.
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Anne Adams
ADAMS
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
Brattleboro Victory Over Balestier In Septal Memorial
Brattleboro records a 69 to 8 victory over Balestier in what is described as a memorial event at Brattleboro. The account notes Dummerston participants and mentions a late Rudyard Kipling relative in the context of the match.
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Brattleboro
Ana
Beatty
Balestier
Dummerston
Rudyard Kipling
Leboro Memorial
U S Representative Weldon Jones Heads Philippine Mission
Acting Commission er Weldon Jones becomes head U S representative in the Philippines after Frank Murphy resigns. Murphy, a New Deal Democrat, announces plans to run for Michigan governor.
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Weldon Jones
U. S
Philippines
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Michigan
Chamber Commerce Backs Proposed University Center
Chamber of Commerce supports a proposed university center and plans to publish a pamphlet with full details. Citizens are urged to complete a questionnaire and return it to the Chamber of Commerce in Decatur.
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Chamber Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
University survey seeks Decatur area adult learners
The questionnaire invites residents in Morgan, Lawrence, and Limestone counties to indicate high school status, graduation year, interest in noncredit or adult courses, preferred subjects, and contact details. Responses aim to gauge interest for enrolling up to 100 students near Decatur.
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Decatur
Alabama
Rod University Center
Universty
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone
Bassett to Hear Acceptance Talk in Chicago
Augustus Bassett a Decatur citizen left early this week for Chicago to hear Republican vice presidential nominee Frank Knox deliver a Thursday night address. He will visit Milwaukee friends while away and sat on the speakers’ platform at the Cleveland convention.
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Augustus Bassett
Decatur Citien
Chicago
Frank Knox
Bassett
Milwaukee
Ralph Williams
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
Cabinet member in London ill with gout in July
Neville Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer was suffering from gout today as the latest cabinet member taken ill Viscount Hailsham lord chancellor and Ramsay McDonald lord president of the council were reported convalescing from illness
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
Viscount Hailsham
Ramsay McDonald
Barbour Named National Commander of Disabled American Veterans
Froome Barbour of Cincinnati is elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the Milwaukee convention. He succeeds Marvin A. Harlin of El Paso Texas, who led the organization previously.
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The
Froome Barbour
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Barbour
Marvin ‘A. Harlin
Fl Paso
Tex
Baptist Preacher In Critical Condition After Alabama Crash
Selma Alabama June 20 A 25 year old Baptist preacher from Alexander City is near death in a hospital after a car overturn near Livingston. Driver Glenn Bonner was unhurt. The crash was caused by a blowout en route to Livingston. The pastor serves four rural churches in the Alexander City area and his wife is at his bedside.
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Selma
Ala
Howell Briton
Alexander City
Livingston
Glenn Bonner
Briton
Steel output to stay near current rate through August
Iron Age cautions that steel production will hold roughly at the present pace into August. The weekly review estimates ingot output at about 711.2 percent of capacity for mid summer and sees little chance of falling below 70 percent next month, with a generally hopeful outlook ahead despite politics.
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New York
Iron Age
Jones Secluded in Frisco Hospital Stay
San Francisco July 29 The examiner reports Jesse A Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp is in a city hospital and his presence kept secret at his request He arrived from Wyoming after a Texas aircraft plunge and plans a quiet vacation to avoid callers etc.
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San Francisco
the Examiner
Jesse A. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Texas
Wyoming
Florence Legion barbecue canceled amid mid summer plans
Veterans note that the Florence post American Legion mid-summer barbecue planned for Friday afternoon at Kilburn has been called off.
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Florence
American Legion
Kilburn
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