Bride Elect Honored at Coke Party for Carolyn Odom
Miss Carolyn Odom, bride elect of Harold White Jr., was honored Saturday morning at a Coke party hosted by Mrs. Lester Wooten and friends. Pink roses and white shasta daisies decorated the home of the Wootens, with pale green linen and a wicker centerpiece. The honoree wore a red and white checked cotton chemise and received a silver gift from the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Odom
Harold White Jr
Lester Wooten
Aleene Byars
Flossie Chandler
Earl Moore
Cecil Young
Wootens
New Pattern Ad and Library News Highlight Decatur
A pattern advertisement promotes Printed Pattern 4661 for Misses sizes with mail order details to Anne Adams in New York. The Regional Library announces George Droste will become administrator and chief librarian, arriving June 20 in Decatur after extensive national library work. Want ads conclude the page.
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Anne Adams
Care Decatur Daily
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Regional Library
George Droste
Seattle
Washington
Droste
University of Chicago
Decatur
South
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Brown University 190th commencement lists Burnley Miles in Air Force
Among 670 seniors receiving degrees Burnley L. Miles son of Mr and Mrs John B Miles of Mooresville earned a B A and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force reserve. Miss Sue Cates of Tuscaloosa visited the Glenn Frix family. Mr and Mrs H R Sherrow returned from Birmingham. Danny Dale and Myles Frix, sons of the Frix family, featured in the personals.
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Brown University
Burnley L. Miles
John B. Miles
Mooresville
Burnley
Air Force Reserve
Sue Cates
Tuscaloosa
Glenn Frix
Danny, Dale and
Myles Frix
Trenton ordinance limits hoop skirts to five feet
In 1857 Trenton New Jersey passed an ordinance restricting hoop skirts to a maximum five feet in diameter, reflecting mid nineteenth century fashion controls.
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Trenton
N. J
Bettye Frink for Secretary of State
Bettye Frink of Crossville Alabama, 25, educated in Alabama schools and business college, married with two sons, worked with U S Treasury 1955 and Internal Revenue 1957. She pledges to continue efficient administration and asks for support. husband Bill is 100 percent disabled WWII veteran. Paid for by Mr and Mrs Bill Smith Hartselle Alabama.
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Crossville
Alabama
Business
U. S. Treasury
Internal Revenue
Anaieks
Bill
Pearl Buck Reveals John Sedges Novels in New Collection
The public disclosure that Pearl Buck wrote under the pseudonym John Sedges ends years of secrecy. Three Sedges titles are republished in a single volume titled American Triptych, including The Long Love and The.
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Pearl Buck
Miss Buck
John Sedges
Pearl
A. A. Fair
Barnaby Ross
John Dickson Carr
Carter Dickson
Max Brand
Frank Austin
George Owen Baxter
Walter C. Butler
George Challis
P. H Morland
Evan Evans
Frederick Schiller Faust
Amanda Vail
Francoise Sagan
Warren Miller
Patrick Dennis
John Day Company
Sedges
Sixty five women meet for training in Decatur WSCS
Sixty five women from sub district II of Decatur District of Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Austinville Methodist Church for an in service training day. Mrs. R L Hamilton presided with devotion by Rev Thomas Smith. Plans for a Spiritual Life Retreat were laid and a two year slate elected for officers and committee posts.
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Decatur
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Austinville Methodist Church
R. L. Hamilton
Thomas Smith
Ninth St. Church
Otis Kirby
D. L. Grizzard
George Green
Newton Maloney
Austinville
WSCS
Grizzard
Rufus’ Warren
Carolyn Teague
Hamilton
Jesse Smith
Fred Martin
James Block
Hobson Clark
Butler Hine
North Alabama Conference School of Missions
Birmingham Southern College
Rogers Hood vows pledged in Iuka Mississippi ceremony
Miss Sue Hood daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Hood Decatur and Jacky Rogers son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Rogers Decatur pledged their vows May 30 at the home of Rev H C Holder Methodist minister in Iuka Mississippi in the presence of immediate families. They plan to live with the groom's parents at 2257 Kooken Ave Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Hood
Vernon Hood
Decatur
Jacky Rogers
Hollis Rogers
H. C. Holder
Iuka
Miss
Kooken Ave
Grandparents Visit As Relative Preparations Continue
A family plans a week with Birmingham residents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Frix. Another group, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bailey and Mrs. Maynard Layman, depart Thursday for Atlanta to attend commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Frix
Birmingham
A. C. Bailey
Maynard Layman
Atlanta
Georgia Tech set time for Alli son Bailey degree
Georgia Tech will confer the B S degree on Alli son Bailey at the scheduled commencement ceremony. The event marks Bailey’s completion of studies toward the bachelor of science in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Tech
Allison Bailey
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James Hilton
Dennis Roper
Mrs. W. H. Stewart
Michelangelo the Florentine
Jody Lammerts
Lewiston
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Rochester
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Jimmy Pannell
Kyle Sullivan
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P. D. McLain
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Secretary of State
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Hartselle
Ala
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Second Ave
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Collier
Board of Revenue and Control
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Fedders
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E. Moulton St
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Belmont
Mississi
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Grant Street
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Decatur, Ala
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Rainey’s Beauty Academy
Franchise Beauty School
E. W. Skidmore
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