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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
5
The Benevolent Society Hospital Board meets Wednesday at 3 PM at the hospital. Betty Hunter hosts a Friday night party on the Danville Road for Marjorie Scroggins who moves to St Louis. Argie Carolyn Cheatham marries Hurley Cheatham at Jacksonville NC in 1943.
B P Wallace returns from California visit with Lt and Mrs C R Parr. Muriel Thomas, Stephens College student, to visit Jane Ann Wilkinson in Louisville and Ann Gray in Jeffersonville before summer at home with her parents. Mae Sims leaves for two week vacation in Lakeland and Orlando Florida, visiting brother W C Sims in Jacksonville. E D Bailey Sr shows steady improvement at Fast Vine Street home after illness. Mrs B P Cartwright recovering from burns at Ferry Street and still ill. Ann Kimbrough home for summer from UNC Chapel Hill. Henry E Ladner and family of Montgomery visiting local friends in town and Trinity. John Boggess, Bliss Electrical School graduate, recently finished studies in Tacoma Park Maryland.
Public craft notice describing how to crochet slippers from scraps with rag cotton soles. Includes small, medium, large sizes, required stitches and materials. Send eleven cents for pattern 612 to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. New York address with pattern number name and address.
Boy Scouts of the Tennessee Valley Council attending the annual camporee at Delano Park will tour the Southern Aviation Training School Friday morning. Major James L. Curnutt granted permission for bus transport from the camporee site. Lieut. Scherzer will conduct the primary training tour. Several Werthe Valley troops will arrive tomorrow to start the camporee.
The War Production Board ordered increased deliveries from producer to dealer to supply farmers with more ordinary equipment. This move aims to boost farm output as the nation seeks more food.
Republican party leaders expect the Middle West to be the main battleground in next year's presidential campaign and may call a meeting in Chicago or another central city this summer to start preliminary work on a 1944 platform.
Thursday guests include Mrs J H Alexander and the Nungesters heading to Birmingham for Miss Nungester’s AB degree. Auburn student David Allen visits kin in South Alabama. Mrs Worley returns from Texas after her father’s death. Mrs Sumrall travels with grandson Ronald Eddens to Memphis and Dallas for about a month. Cullman area reports show hospital visits, bridge club, and Cullman City School closing ceremonies with diplomas for over 100 graduates.
Mr and Mrs Kyle E Stover welcomed a daughter Ginger Havilland born May 26 at Benevolent hospital Pvt Spencer Chunn returned to Columbus Mississippi after a 10 day furlough Helen Crews of Huntsville visited Ollie Louise Turney and others in Decatur Mrs Spencer Burleson and children stayed with sister Mrs Paul Thomas in Hartselle Miss Pansie Legg from Huntsville visited her sister Mr and Mrs William Ottis Turney Dc C Jennings becomes guard at Redstone Arsenal Mrs Ola Givens returned from Flint visit Mrs William Ottis Turney of Danville now resides here her school term ended last week Mr P T Watson and Lemuel spent weekend in Nashville attended Grand Ole Opry.
Arthur Ellis Murphy of Somerville 2 sustained second degree burns to face and arms from a tractor explosion. No cause found. He was admitted to Baugh's infirmary last night with injuries described as painful but not serious.
Boy Scouts Troop 61 will dispatch three patrols to the local camporee. Members are striving for blue ribbons with each patrol aiming to win. Two patrols have already sought ribbons at the event.
Moments of hesitation fade when a woman embraces a beauty spree. Mrs Slumpy neglects grooming until a facial, new hair do, makeup, and chic clothes lift her spirit and banish the years with a boosting wardrobe flourish and a confident pose. The message: smart dress and a bold hat restore youthfulness and zest.
The Salvation Army advisory board met Monday at 7 30 P M in Red Shield Boys club to discuss a fall financial campaign and appoint a campaign manager. Brigadier Ray Gearing of the Dixie Division attended and the divisional office received thanks for support. Malcolm Link was elected vice president to replace Dr R C Berry who resigns for war duties. reports on income expenditures services and meetings were presented by Adjutant Leon J Thomas and approved. Members present included Paul Eubanks F O Smith Bill Stone Dr Edwin Wyle Malcolm Link Mrs R N Harris Mrs J H Branum and Lieutenant Catherine Smith.
J Kenneth Galbraith age 34 resigns as deputy price administrator in the Office of Price Administration. The Princeton economist, 6 foot 8, left after a clash with Lou R Maxon the $1 a year deputy in charge of public relations. His departure raises questions about restoring harmony in the agency.
The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a state imposition of an inspection fee on fertilizer distributed by the federal government to farmers in the AAA soil conservation program.
The report notes last year's camporee with Hugh Halbrooks as senior patrol leader and patrol leaders Oscar Vaughn Jimmy Watson and Turter Davis. Assistant Scoutmaster Marion Yarbrough has written officials stating strong interest in the event.
Anne Adams presents pattern 4383 a one piece playsuit with pleated shorts and button-on skirt in misses and womens sizes 12 through 38. Fabric yardage listed for skirt playsuit and set with border prints. Include size name address and pattern number with payment to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.
Miss Anne Hill wed LeRoy Johnson on Friday evening May 28 at the First Methodist parsonage with Rev. Edwin Branscomb officiating. The couple, both popular local youths, will reside in Hartselle with many friends wishing them happiness.
Bemis Bro. Bag Co of Memphis offers an asphalt bottom cotton picking sack that lasts a full season and resists ground contact. The new sack could save about a million yards of cloth yearly across the Mid South and Southwest, aiding wartime material conservation.
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