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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1948
Page
5
Society notes announce a dinner dance at the Decatur Country Club Saturday evening July 31 with dinner served 7:30 to 9:00 and dancing to midnight. Reservations requested by 8:00 p.m. Guests invited.
A long list of local residents and guests reports recent trips and arrivals. Paul Brown Jr and companions visited Mrs. Lewis C. Brown in Fort Walton Florida. J F Graham and son Mack plan a Sunday return from Sunny Side Florida. Spencer Garnett and Mrs Garnett will join her in Nashville.
General hospital, is now at home. Mr. and Mrs. John A Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. John H Graham, Sheffield and Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Florence, attended the Horse Show here last night. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Jones, Dunn, North Carolina, are visiting their mother, Mrs. S. D. Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gilliam and Miss Mabel Sare have returned from a week's vacation trip to Daytona Beach, Florida. Mrs. Wallace Howell and son, Bo, Birmingham, were guests Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edgil and family. Friends will be glad to learn that little Peggy Austin is doing nicely at her home, 1308 3rd Avenue East, after receiving a broken arm at her home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gray, Cedar Town, Georgia, will arrive this weekend for a visit with friends in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Johnson, Jr. Athens, attended the Horse Show here last night.
A guide to protecting and pampering the skin through daily care. Emphasizes avoiding dust, sun, and digestion issues, recommending witch hazel, creams, and nightly routines. Describes soothing steps from neck upward, including light upward strokes, rotary facial movements, and overnight cream application.
East Alabama and Georgia singers gather at the Lee county courthouse in Opelika for the East Alabama Singing Convention. The event starts midmorning and runs into the afternoon with officer elections for the coming year. President J. B. Henson of Atlanta presides, with E. B. Duncan of Phenix City and Eugene Spivey of Columbus as vice presidents. A. D. Mitchell of Opelika serves as secretary and Hoyt Mann of Opelika as treasurer.
Dorothy Dix counsels a young woman about suicide risk and a fresh start after scandal. A 24 year old secretly married man seeks guidance on choosing between two lovers, with Miss Dix urging honesty and caution. A mother criticizes a frugal fiancé, and Dix warns against stingy husbands.
MONTGOMERY July 30 Infantile paralysis has not reached the epidemic stage in Alabama and there is no indication that it will, says State Health Officer D. G. Gill. He announced 14 new cases in the past week, with 47 total cases reported across 20 counties this year and 40 counties yet to report a case.
A military funeral will be held in Elba Alabama today for Lieutenant Carl Folsom brother of.
Embroidery trends for late summer and fall feature motifs for many uses. Pattern 722 offers 15 motifs sized 1 1 2 by 3 to 6 by 10 inches with transfer. Laura Wheeler Needlecraft promotes easy charts photos and directions. Send 20 cents for pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Brooklyn NY. Also available Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book 15 cents.
An obituary note says the governor’s aide who died in the Philippines in 1945 will be remembered in Elba. The National Guard unit led by Capt. Henry Dorsey will attend the services at Elba Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Burial follows at Tabernacle Cemetery near New Brocton.
In Manila Singapore Penang Colombo Cochin Bombay and beyond the Kennedys observe postwar recovery. They report food prices high but supplies improving water shutoffs for repairs, damaged harbors, and busy rubber and tea trade while noting religious and cultural diversity in India and Pakistan tensions.
Dr and Mrs Kennedy describe scenes from voyages to Alexandria and Rome noting martial law relaxation, Christian and Jewish disembarkation limits in Egypt, Arab attitudes toward Jews, and Italy's postwar rebuilding. They contrast food shortages in France with renewed optimism in Rome and discuss monarchies giving way to democracy.
The statement notes a scientific relationship where birds share a closer evolutionary link with crocodilians than crocodiles do with turtles, reflecting modern vertebrate phylogeny and amniote classification.
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