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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
5
Lorene Davis of Winter Haven Florida chosen by her campus peers as the University of Florida summer school’s most beautiful girl. The notice lists numerous local visitors and residents with occasional travel reports and small health notes from nearby towns and families.
Poems and society notes describe a mother’s love as a guiding refuge and list events: Miss Annette Bunn’s visit hosted by Mrs. Malone and Mrs. Ley on Ferry Street, a family reunion in honor of W. E. Berry and kin from Little Rock, a fish dinner at noon with diverse guests, and an evening soiree for Captain Adams and Mrs. Cooper Adams hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jones Jr at East Vine Street.
Miss Annette Bunn of Laredo Texas is visiting her aunt Mrs Bailey. Mrs William Pearce of Tuscumbia has returned home after a visit to Mrs Annie E Baker here.
Mrs H S Roberts and Mrs C A Worthington return from Cincinnati with Loraine Worthington and Tommy Lee Beauchamp visiting relatives in Canada. Miss Melinda Robey visits Miss Sarah Sue Hughes in Franklin Kentucky. Mrs Andrew J Perolio ill at Canal Street home. Mrs Reinhold Rogers and son Minor Lile and Miss Louise Lile travel from Covington to visit Mrs Rogers sister Mrs F F Tidwell. Dr H D Greer returns from Rochester Minnesota and New York. Frank Hutson and daughter Mrs Jessue Gunn visit niece Mrs Z K Goode in Paris Texas. Mrs Andy Mills of St Louis leaves for Birmingham to visit sister Mrs Julian Bibb after visiting here with the Petersons. Mrs Frank Brown and two grandchildren ...
The ladies of Westside Presbyterian church will host an ice cream and cold drinks event on the church lawn Thursday evening starting at 6 30. Proceeds support church activities.
In Gretna Louisiana a woman writes that after her first child the Vegetable Compound kept her from being unable to walk and she continues using it as a tonic alongside the Sanative Wash. The testimonial cites persistent weakness and improved ability to work.
New York brokers say ordinary mergers no longer boost stock value. Investors now demand clear earnings benefits from mergers and consider four questions from Ralph B. Leonard & Co on bank stock purchases: added functions, wider lending, strong branch networks, and international reach.
W. B. Markstein and W. W. Fus returned yesterday from Hot Springs where they spent several weeks for their health. Both are much improved and their friends are glad to hear. Markstein is a local cotton broker and Fusell is president of the City National Bank.
The Bethel revival at Bethel one mile north of Hartselle will start Sunday August 11 with Rev Bunyan Smith of Carthage Tennessee assisting the pastor. Preparations to beautify the cemetery and church grounds will begin August 5 and all helpers are asked to meet at Bethel on August 5.
Mrs. O. O. Ryan and Misses Mary and Florence Ryan have returned after an extensive visit in the central and southwest states. The Decatur party visited relatives and friends in central and south Texas and Old Mexico. The trip extended over a period of one month.
Paris reports a vogue boost for elbow sleeves as Mrs. Margaret Rutherford partners a beige chiffon elbow sleeve dress with a long cape for her marriage to Prince Charles Murat. Princess Murat wears a beige baku straw hat with upturned brim. Mrs Jacques Balsan attends in black printed crepe de Chine. Princess Murat, soon based in Morocco, was formerly Lady Dukes, ex-wife of Sir Paul Dukes, and has divorced Ogden L. Mills.
Diana Cooper known by three names fell from a tenth floor window at a fashionable Chicago hotel. Police seek her escort who vanished after the incident.
The directing board of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce did not meet last evening. President W. L. Morris plans to call a special session before week’s end to address important business for the organization and the city.
Plans near completion for a revival series at Moulton Methodist Church with services starting Sunday August 4. Additional notices will outline meeting schedules in the coming days.
The bodies of Mrs. Yvonne Corriveau of Lawrence Massachusetts and Cecelle Corneillier of Haverhill Massachusetts were recovered from Lake Willoughby Westmore Vermont. Two New York men who joined the boat trip were detained awaiting the coroner's inquest outcome.
Butler Hine of the local Legion urged ex service men wounded or disabled by war service or reported missing to contact him to correct records or obtain compensation. He cited cases of soldiers listed as dead though only temporarily absent and noted a Paducah case where a returning veteran found a memorial tablet erected to him.
U S Department of Agriculture notes the rock garden suits uneven and shaded sites where naturalistic vegetation thrives. It suggests using native stone, angled tops, and pockets of soil with leaf mold to form planting pockets. Proper design stops erosion on slopes and converts problem areas into attractive features.
Prof. W. W. Benson superintendent of Decatur schools is on his annual vacation in Geneva Alabama visiting friends and relatives. He plans to return by August 2 or 3.
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