Annual Questers Club Dinner Marks Tenth Anniversary
The Questers Club held its annual dinner at Mrs. Earl Foster’s Fosterhaven on the Danville Road to celebrate ten years of founding. Officers were installed by Miss Wanda Harris, with Mrs. Wallace Meadows as president and others in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Questers Club
Fosterhaven
Earl Foster
Danville Road
Wanda Harris
Wallace Meadows
Lillia Mae Halfacre
Christabel Ford
Wilda Turney
Cecil McMillan
Katherine Hoppers
Garnett Young
Miss Harris
Club
Gordon Parker
Mea
Retonga Proves Helpful Says Birmingham Mason
A Birmingham man credits Retonga with renewed energy and better sleep after relief from vitamin B-1 deficiency and digestive issues. He notes reduced soreness, improved digestion, and the ability to work overtime with less fatigue. The ad urges readers to accept no substitute and to obtain Retonga from Caddell Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petonga
Robert R. Russell
34Th Ave
North
Birmingham
Ala
Caddell Dung Co
AAF Demonstration Teaches Free Aircraft Equipment Use
Seventy teachers and principals from North Alabama attended an Army Air Forces equipment demonstration at Decatur to learn how non profit schools may obtain free aircraft parts for classroom use. The session showed mockups and explained shipping costs, as nineteen Negro educators also registered for the follow up event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Army Air Forces
RAF
AAF
Young Gibson Named Honor at Interlochen Camp
David Allen reports Gibson, son of Mr and Mrs D D Gibson of Decatur, chosen for the National Music Camp at Interlochen Michigan for the 1945 season. The 17 year old pianist studies with Dr Dorsey Whittington and will study under a faculty of 50 educators during the eight week session from July 1 to August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Allen
Gibson
D. D. Gibson
Decatur
Interlochen
Mich
Joseph E. Maddy
Dorsey Whittington
Birmingham
David
United States
University of Michigan
Birmingham Conservatory
Decatur Civitam
H. QO. Goidel
Decatur Senior High School
Missionaries Slain by Japs On Panay Island
The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society reports 11 Baptist missionaries and a nine year old boy were beheaded by Japanese forces in December 1943 on Panay island Philippines. Victims fled to Hopewell mountain refuge to continue preaching and healing. Names include Jennie C Adams James H Covell Dorothy A Cowell Signe A Erickson Frederick W Meyer Francis H Rose Erle F Rounds Erle Douglas Rounds and others with details of their residences. They were betrayed after two years on the run by a captured Filipino guerrilla officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Panay Island
Philippines
War and State Departments
Hopewell
Jennie C. Adams
Page
Neb
James H. Covell
Athens
le Roy
N. Y
Covell
Dorothy A. Cowell
Denver
Colo
Signe A. Erickson
Warren
Frederick W. Meyer
New Haven
Conn
Meyer
Francis H. Rose
Norweich
Lowell
Mass
Rose
Erle F. Rounds
Eau Claire
Wis
Richmond
Calif
Rounds
Erle Douglas Rounds
War veteran wives poll tax exemption proposed in house
I Martin Greene and W P Mollette of Dallas seek a constitutional amendment to exempt wives and widows of war veterans from poll tax. A prior bill offered the same idea but lacked amendment language. E L Dodson of Tuscaloosa backs tax law study commission. House OKs probation-foreign will bill 48 to 37. Home water-glass stored eggs good for baking. fresh eggs best for frying and scrambling. Americans consume about 1400 pounds of food per person yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Martin, Greene
W. P. Mollette
Dallas
Rep
E. L. Dodson
Tuscaloosa
House
Submarine Patrols Lift Veil on Hidden War Achievements
Pearl Harbor report details Lt Cmdr George I Street and crew on a first blood patrol. The Nor folk Virginia skipper led a submarine that sank a Japanese freighter and a lugger amid nets and air pursuit, with crew including Donald Wright and Clarence McDonald. Submarine actions also include boarding a schooner and sinking a plane from deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Cmdr
George I
Street
Norfolk
Donald A. Wright
Griffin
Clarence E. McDonald
College Park
Navy
Endicott Peabody
Peabody
Harvard
Syracuse
N. Y
GM H. W. Spence
Manchester
Conn
Comdr
Edward Beach
Palo Alto
Calif
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE
A list of crossword clues across and down with numbered entries and a cryptoquote puzzle. It includes a scrambled quote and references to yesterday's answer. The grid and exact solutions are not provided. The page also notes a version of a cryptogram quotation and a attribution line.
Happy Letter from War Nurse Ends Europe Visit
A letter from Sat. James E. Johnson, of Somerville, describes returning from service in Europe, detailing travel from Boston to Scotland and England, fights near the Ruhr pocket, and a bomb impact that injured a friend. He notes time aboard the Queen Elizabeth, amphibious training, and aims to reunite with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Sat
James E. “Mutt” Johnson
Tollie Johnson
Somerville
Allah Mae Johnson
Decatur
Hannover
Vorwohle
Boston
Mass
Scotland
Glasgow
Ilfracombe
England
92Nd
Bristol
Exeter
Dartmouth
Bulge
Ruhr
Deneee Roer
Cologne Plains
Ate
Aachen
Mutt
Dear Miss Dix advice on marriage children and duty
A reader Lynne seeks guidance on balancing marriage with demanding motherhood. Dorothy Dix stresses letting the husband care for children to share the burden and cautions against neglecting mothers, while noting the risk of strain and suggesting child care support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Dorothy DIx
Lynne
California
Sunday religious services and community visits noted
Rev. F. O. Parker led a Sunday regu lar service to inspire attendees. Memorials were observed at Chapel. Numerous local residents attended gatherings at homes and with families including Mrs. W M Johnson Mrs Eliotte Roberts and others visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Parker
Messasges
Tommy Johnson
Frank Tucker
Near
Caddo
Oscar Childers
R. L. Brasseale
Russell
Gayle
Tabor
H. D. McElroy
Katheryn
Luke Roberts
Mat Griffith
Near Rural Grove
Claude Roberts
Fred Stephenson
Herman West
W. M. Johnson
Eliotte Roberts
Earl Payne
Edgar Melson
Iona
Edgar Callahan
Charlie
E. W. Hartselle
Oak Ridge
Walton Ledlow
Maeverine
Will Harden
Danville
Letha Johnson
Iona Melson
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Mrs. Nash
L. R. Nash
H. O. Troup
Portland
Oregon
Horace Griffin
S. T. Rollo
A. M. Richards
Clio
Levin
J. F. Levin
W. H. Day
T. J. Cottingham
L.B. Sanders
Beulah Rowell
Anie L. Morris
J. T. Jones
C.D. Patterson
Seneca Burr
Melvin Hutson
Alice Price
A. S. Blackwell
Ben Bloodworth
N. L. Kelley
W. R. Smith
T. Z. Bailey
Oscar Nap
Jane Britain
Alvah Margaret Richards
Madge LaBoon
Arina Suggs
B. A. Turner
Modie Hough
A. W. Reams
Gwendolyn Reams
Ralph H. Fenn
Lamar Maxwell
Bryan McAfee
Gaines Stuart
Martha Nash
Edgecomb
Britain
M. L. Britain
Mabel
Robert Edgecomb, Jr
Decatur Illinois
Jackson
Set
Central Methodist
Central Methodist Church
Clara ‘Trostel
Cincinnati
Ohio
Major
C. E. Trostel
McNeill Apartments
First Baptist W. M. S
Business Women’s Circle
Madam Lee
Life Reading
Deer Springs Tourist Park
U. S. 31
Remington Rand Agency
Texcel
Air Mail
Colin Reid
U. S. Merchant Marine
Sulver City
New Jersey
James A. Nelson
S. G. Peter
Lorraine Peter
Montevallo
Checkchase
Retonga
Young Gibson
J. R. Hunter
Charles Murphy
Hopkinsville, Ky
C. H. Wilhite and Son
Tuscumbia, Ala
Knox McRae
Euel Thompson
Harold Fields
Grady Hunter
Wilbur Couch
Pat Patterson
Huntsville
Homer Britton
Joe Ivey
Chicago
Trl
LaGrange, Ga
Mewes
M. Scales
Betsy Jane Elam
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Rex Poll
Floyd Smith
Ernest Taft
Decatur General Hospital
Frances Reeves
Knoxville, Tenn
Muriel Thomas
Mary Holland
G. P., Thomas
Dee Nevitt
Kansas
University of Alabama
P. B. Ralls
Ralls, Texas
E. G. Ralls
Paul Crawford
James Lucien Bush
J. D. Bush
J. M. Phillips
Redstone Arsenals
Huntsville and
State National Bank
Charles Scales
Barrett Shelton
James Rankin
Stanley Wyatt
Joe Duncan
John White
Tom Adams
George Godwin
James Johnson
Tom Fitzpatrick
R. W. Orr
E. W. McLeod
Lonnie
Byck
Admiral King
Pacific
Army
Air Force
By Richard O’malley
Daily Crossword
Incite
Inventor American
Conduits
Constellation
Science of Earth
Little
Switzerlan
India
Counbel
Bacon
King Features Syndicate
Ime
Pwat Green Agency
Prey Riotion Service
Bel Syndicate, Inc
B. HY
Orug Store
R. L. Kitchens
Toor
West Moulten St
Morgan County
Rock Springs
Jke Roberts
Moye
PRESC
Goidel
City Park
Decature Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
BUICK
Poole-Buick Co
Tee St
Phese
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