Engagements and Weddings Highlight Athens Society Notes
Athens society pages announce the engagement of Lila Christine Laubenthal to Dr. Edwin G. Grafton Jr of Baltimore after her work with the State Health Department and a Harvard Medical School graduate suiting in the Aleutians. Cherie Maxine Braswell wed C P O John Braswell in Portsmouth June 30 1946. Various social visits, travels, and family gatherings fill the remainder of the column highlighting Local and visiting families and military connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Laubenthal
Athens
Alabama
Lila
Christine Laubenthal
Edwin G. Grafton, Jr
Lula S. Grafton
Edwin G. Grafton
Dallas
Tex
Laubenthal
Athens College
State Department of Public Health
Army Air Forces
Cummings and Stanley
Washington, D. C
Grafton
Harvard Medical School
Aleutian Islands
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Maryland
Braswell-Mcgar
Lillie McGar
Cherie Maxine
C. P. O. John Braswell
United States Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Portsmouth
Local residents note visits and travel updates across town
Miss Lorraine Monte vallo visits sister Mrs J R Hunter in Montevallo Alabama. E E Hargrove and Lelia Grubbs Hall drive to Shelbyville Tennessee. Clyde Hendrix Sr and granddaughter Mary Battle King return from New Orleans Louisiana. Marion Russell of Florence visits his mother Mrs W P Russell. Mrs J T Jones in Monteagle. Mrs C O King ill at East Vine Street. Mrs H A Nungester to visit Atlanta Georgia. Mrs David Allen of Auburn visiting her parents H A Nungester. Ely Brandes to arrive Saturday for about two weeks with W A Ellner. Frank H Kirby improves at home after a broken ankle. Louis A Neill and spouse return from trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Hendrix Sr
Mary Battle King
Clyde Hendrix Jr
New Orleans
Ely Brandes
W. A. Ellner
Frank H. Kirby
East Vine Street
The Battle of the Bulge diet plan for women
A guide urging women to fight belly and bust excess through diet and exercise. It condemns yo yo dieting and promotes lean meats fish poultry vegetables cottage cheese and fruit. Recommendsten minute daily walks and torso focused exercises for months to achieve slimness.
Moulton Methodist Youth Fellowship Officers Named
The Moulton Methodist Youth Fellowship elected 1946-47 officers led by president H. D. Jones and vice president Elaine Harris. Committees chaired by Joyce Highsmith Mozelle Cowan Jimmer Beene plus members Holt Harris James Graham Comine Cowan Billy Graham Bubber Jones and Charles Walker. The group pledged to the Methodist Youth Fund and plans a young peoples choir with Mrs A J Crosthwaite assisting. Adult workers include Mesdames J H Highsmith Callie Martin and H E Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Methodist Youth Fellowship
H. D. Jones
Elaine Harris
Billy Graham
Robert Almon
Commission On Mission
Joyce Highsmith
Mozelle Cowan
Jimmer Beene
Holt Harris
James Graham
Comine Cowan
Bubber Jones
Charles Walker
Methodist Youth Fund
A. J. Crosthwaite
J. H. Highsmith
Callie Martin
H. E. Weston
Methodist Church
F. E. Farley
James Miller
Grady Elmore
Raymond Stephenson
Sam McClendon
H. A. Alexander
Earl Proctor
Ed Farley
John Kelley
Blanche Holt
Hattie Hames
Blanche
Wear a Pretty Bow Pattern 4722 for Young Styles
Advertisement for Anne Adams and New Pattern Book promotes cool simple-to-sew outfits. Pattern 4722 with cap sleeves suits sizes 12 through 40, with size 16 needing 23-4 yards of 39 inch fabric. Include 25 cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. New York. Also announces Summer Pattern Book offering free pattern and flower directions for 15 cents more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Visiting Tenn. Woman Attends Presbyterian Auxiliary Conference
Mrs. D. C. Shaw, who has been visiting in Georgia for several weeks, is expected home Friday after a month in North Carolina and attendance at a conference of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church U. S. in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Shaw
Points
North Carolina
Woman’s Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Press access at Paris peace talks marks notable shift
Mackenzie's column lauds the Paris peace conference rules committee for allowing press attendance, noting Byrnes and Molotov backed open sessions. The piece contrasts Soviet and Western press freedoms, recalls Versailles openness, and emphasizes that free reporting signals broader rights and future transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Byrnes
Molotov
Russia
Moscow
Versailles
Wilson
David Lloyd George
Foreign Legion of
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Letter From The Gel Syndicate
A high school senior seeks guidance on dating rules and family pressure. The columnist offers a blunt reply suggesting self-improvement and discretion while noting societal standards about appearance and behavior.
Bluebird Advice Columns And Memoir Memories
A reader recalls meetings with Earl of Balfour and a reporter’s question about his secrecy. Practical guidance covers romantic age gaps and the woes of a girl with homely legs seeking dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Sinatra Plans Hollywood Square Garden Arena for 20000
Frank Sinatra declares himself a Californian and outlines Hollywood Square Garden Inc a 3 to 4 million dollar arena for boxing basketball and ice skating to seat 20 000 to outpace Madison Square Garden. He won’t start construction until veterans housing is solved. Rosalind Russell discusses projects and her return to dramatic work with an eye to comedy. George Givot promotes a new vitamin rich food pellet for aid to Asia. Bob Cummings travels to Gaffney to meet his mother in law. Spencer Tracy praises Keenan for the Tracy name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Heyn
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Frankie-boy
Hollywood Square Garden Inc
Madison Square
Frank
Brooklyn
Rosalind Russell
Columbia
Electra
Miss Russell
Kenny
Fred Wgrisson
Dudley Nichols
Frank Vincent
George Givot
Fix
China
Orient
George
Givot
Bob Cummings
Gaffney
D. C
Spencer Tracy
Tracy Wynn
Spencer
Keenan
Tracy
Needlecraft Pattern Offer from Decatur Daily
Pattern 577 details a transfer of motifs and size 142 inches with a request to send twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept for the pattern. Include name address and zone. An added fifteen cents yields the 1946 catalogue with 112 illustrations of crochet knitting quilts embroidery and toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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Miss Jones
Miss Gasaway
Mimi Jones
Betty Jean Gasaway
Cornelian Hotel
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Ira B. Jones
Nashville
Tenn
Joe Brown
Karl Wolfe
Jackson
Mississippi
Karl Francis Michael Wolfe
J. D. Bush
Mrs
J. D. Bush, Jr
Bobbie Winton
Cliff Nungester
Karl Panels Michael Wolfe
Horace Griffin
Ted
Chicago, Il
Betty McGehee
Atlanta, Ga
John McGehee
J. H. Purser
California
Jay Griffin
Tennessee
Pegy. Ann, Fulton and
Martha Ruth McGill
Pulaski, Tenn
Joe
Robert MccGill
James Ratlif
Jimmy
Edward Lee
Daytona Beach
Florida
Earl Joyce Lee
Meégsts
BE. L. Drinkard
Pierce B. Matkin
Falkville
Ala
Mr. Eason
Hartselle
Sterling
Evansville
Ind
St. Louis
Drinkard
Matkin
Chicago, Ill
Detroit
Mich
Battle Creek
Martha Bagley
Auburn
Charles Edwards
R. B. Bagley
Mary Anne
Martha
R. H. Bagley
Baley
J. W. Pipkin
Pearl Stewart
Elizabeth Johnson
Tampa
Fla
Billy Stewart
William Allen
J. F. Smither Sr
West Chester
John Franklin Smither Jr
Mary Louise Kay
Frank L. Chenault Jr
Smither-Kay
Ray Smith
Linda
Meridian
Miss
M.D. Hardwick
Randolph Field
Texas
Courtland
Courtland Army Air Field
Hardwick
J. J. Hardwick
A. B Cameron
Gainesville
W. H. Nichols
Peggy Ann
Betty Jean Nichols
Lorraine “Peter
Montevallo, Alabama
J. R. Hunter
E. E. Hargrove
Lelia Grubbs Hall
Shelbyville, Tenn
Marion Russell
Florence
W. P. Russell
J. T. Jones
Monteagle, Tenn
H. A. Nungester
Atlanta
David Allen
Louis A. Neill
Lyons Electric Company
Tim Lyons
2Nd Ave
Goidel’s
Caddell
Caddell Drug CO
Tnd Ave
Moye
Tire Headquarters
Joe Hagler
Lee
Helen Follett
Plumpie
Audrey Young
Lawrence County
Moulton
Lavonia
ROSS
Second Ave
Louisianne Delicatessen
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston St
Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie
Dorothy DI
the Gel! Syndicate. Me
Dorothy DIX
Dorothy DE
Earl of Balfour
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Modest Maidens
U. & Patent Office
Sally
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Sam Frank & Moore
Sinatra
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Southern California
Tommy Swanson
Columbus
Ohio
Truman
Hal Wallis
Alcoholics Anonymous
John Payne
Hallmark
Greeting Cards
City Park Flower Shop
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
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