Society notes honor Miss Eloise Knight at handkerchief shower
Miss Jean Drinkard hosted a surprise handkerchief shower for Eloise Knight on May 27 honoring her June 16 marriage to Paul Nettleton Richards. OCotaco Culture Club members attended. Marie Minter presented the handkerchief. Ice cream and cake served by Drinkard and her mother. Mrs. Hugh Morris of Roanoke was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Knight
Miss Drinkard
Jean Drinkard
Paul Nettleton Richards
Ocotaco Culture Club
Marie Minter
F. A. Minter
E. L. Drinkard
Sara Drinkard
Hugh Morris
Roanoke
Personal notices from area residents and visitors
Mrs J W Pate and daughters Mary Anna and Dorine visit their relatives Mr and Mrs George Harbin in Fayetteville Tennessee. Mrs H B Green of Corinth Mississippi stays with daughter Mrs T G Morrow. Miss Elizabeth Robertson returns home for summer with her parents in Trinity. Mrs Bess Patrick and Mrs Rankin of Corinth and Mrs J E Ferguson of Ardmore attend A Z Bailey’s funeral. The Malone and Britnell families travel to Birmingham. Roy Collier ill at Benevolent Society Hospital. Mary Louise Garrett and Nell Beach Dix home after degrees at Alabama College Montevallo with high honors. Emily Ann Peebles home after Montevallo commencement with her parents. Mr and Mrs Peebles attended the Montevallo exercises. Mr and Mrs Paul Dix and Mrs J H McMath visit Sheffield to see Dr W P Reeves. Mrs Breuner Smith of Florence returns home after visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Pate
Mary Anna
Dorine
Fayetteville, Tenn
George Harbin
Bess Patrick
Rankin
Corinth
J. E. Ferguson
Ardmore
A. Z. Bailey
Mary Louise Garrett
Nell Beach Dix
Alabama College
Montevallo
Emily Ann Peebles
John Henry Peebles
Mooresville
Lemon Bath For Skin Lightening In Summer Attire
Gladys Glad urges bath daily care as chic preparation for summer wear. She promotes a lemon bath as a mild bleaching method to soften skin brighten tone and improve lather while noting it works slowly but safely. Include four to six lemons juice in tepid water soak lather rinse and towel dry for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Glad
America
Junior
Grandma
Local social notes record visits and travel plans
Mrs. Fannie Godfrey visits home with niece Miss Frances Cowden. Mrs. C. K. Lide plans a week in Birmingham to see her son Frank Lide and daughter, while Tommy Carson travels to Birmingham to fly to Atlanta to visit his mother Rhea Lide Carson. Sammy Pruit is ill at home. G. C. Poole of Shreveport and Mr. J. M. Minor hosted visitors. E. M. Lee, formerly of Decatur, now Huntsville, is visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Godfrey
Frances Cowden
East Vine Street
C. K. Lide
Frank Lide
Birmingham
Tommy Carson
Atlanta
Rhea Lide Carson
Sammy Pruit
8. F. Pruit
G. C. Poole
Shreveport
J. M. Minor
Johnston Street
Mrs
E. M. Lee
Decatur
Huntsville
Pattern Book Frock 4432 By Anne Adams
The ad promotes pattern 4432 for misses and women in sizes 14 to 42 with a satin trim frock featuring pleats belt and yoke sleeves. It notes fabric options like shantung or cotton crash and instructs sending 15 cents for pattern details to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Anne Adam
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
W. 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Beauty tips and reader Q and A guidance
Answers to queries discuss weight norms for a 19 year old girl and lash growth tips using castor oil. An editor's note offers Miss Glad’s pamphlets and columns on beauty care for a fee, with requests for self addressed stamped envelopes and coins to cover printing and handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Claire
Miss Glad
Illustrious secret Windsor wedding in Indre valley tale
A covert ceremony unfolds in a French garden setting with Windsor among flowers. The mayor of a Touraine town presides as the couple wed without church authority, aided by Rev Jardine and witnessed by Major Metcalfe and Herman L. Rogers as the bride arrives to organ notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Metcalfe
Rogers
France
Indre
Touraine
Music Room
Jardine
Edward
Edward Dudley Metcalfe
Herman L. Rogers
Avalanche Buries Mexican Town Killing Dozens in Mine Spill
A Mexican gold mining town of Tlalpujahua was buried under an avalanche of tailings from a mill over 49 years. The disaster killed hundreds and left a church surviving with 200 people who escaped, while others dig through mud for relatives and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlalpujahua
Duke of Windsor's Windsor wedding draws avid London press
June coverage centers on the marriage of King Edward VIII's former self to Wallis Warfield at Chateau de Conde with full front page wedding details. London papers also report Church of England bishops condemning Rev. Jardine for officiating the ceremony and publish a sharply critical line from the London Star editorial urging charity and restraint on the wedding day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
Chateau de Conde
Wallis Warfield
Church of England
R. Anderson Jardine
Rat London Star
Amelia Earhart Hones World Flight Legs From Puerto Rico
Amelia Earhart continues her round the world voyage in a twin engine monoplane staying near 150 mph on the 1000 mile leg to San Juan and 190 mph on the 760 mile jump to Caripito. She could have kept toward Paramaribo but avoided jungle landing. Earhart is late in planning total duration and husband Palmer Putnam stays in Miami during the Brazil to Africa leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Miss Marhart
George Palmer Putnam
Miami
Natal
Brazil
Daker
Africa
Amelia Earhart heads for Paramaribo on third world leg
Amelia Earhart and navigator Captain Fred Noonan took off from Caripito Venezuela bound for Paramaribo Netherlands Guiana on the third segment of her round the world flight. Pan American Airways reported a normal takeoff with forecast four to five hours flight time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart
Caripito
Venezuela
Paramaribo
Netherlands Guiana
Pan American Airways
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Campito
Pan American
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Rhodes
Miss Fischer
Jacqueline Fischer
Memphis
Tenn
Willodean Stevens
Inez Freeman
Miss Stevens
Evelyn Nance
Marie Simmons
Marie Safley
Doris Lee
Bernice Teague
Billie Fuller
Ferry Street
Rook Club
Bock Club
W. W. Callahan
Cecil Pep
Coerey
Paree
Lil
Pons
Jack Ory
Gia Gene Raymond
RKO Radio
Decatur School of the Dance
Lair Gers
Bey
Elizabeth Robertson
Cullman Schools
J. 8. Robertson
Trinity
Harry Malone
Ben Britnell
Roy Collier
Vinemont
Benevolent Society Hospital
Paul Dix
J. H. McMath
Sheffield
W. P. Reeves
Mrs. Breuner Smith
Florence
Jane Hamilton
Frederic Damrau
New York City
Damrau
Evkind
Goidel Drug
McAfee & Young Courteous
Memphis, Tenn
William H. Steele
Washington, D. C
F. H. Kirby
Alex Burba
West Adams St
McAlester
Okla
Black Flag Co
Baltimore
Tal
Mr. Jardine
Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick David
Bessie Wallis
Wally
Windsor
Wallis
Dr. Mercier
Wasserleonburg
Noesch
Austria
Amelia
Georgetown
Filer
Oakland
Calif
Honolulu
Cmas
Mildred Nungester
Seersucker
Voiles, Batiste
Avondale Mills
Alabama
Second Ave
Moulton
Ines Bidot Wracuag Low Nate
Goidel
Capitol
Radio Ramblers
Nutvelle
Steele
Ace Drummond
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