SUMMER DANCE GALA HOSTED BY SUB DEB CLUB
The Sub Deb Club hosted a patriotic summer dance at Valley Country Club with red white and blue decor and war stamps corsages. Attendees included Miss Martha Scales and numerous escorts and out of town visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Country Club
Anne Johnson
Mary Stuart Terrell
Jacqueline Johnson
Juanita Nunn
Sarah Coleman
Clyta Gray Pitts
Martha Dinsmore
Muriel Thomas
Martha Scales
Horace Dryden
Martha Nash
Charles Scales
Peggy Wilds
Jimmy Bloodworth
Anne Hunter
Charles Murphy
Marguerite Jernigan
Jack Pitts
Anne McEntire
Edmund Garrett
Billy Jones
Lillian Houser
Elmer Loyd, Jr
Sallye Barnum
Curtis Thames
Athens
Bonnie Parks
Douglas Hardwick
Nelle Frank Moore
John Prim
Jasper
June Osborne
Hayden Lanier
Marilyn Miller
Florence
Virginia Brandeau
Knoxville
Tenn
Iss Green
West Points
Pritchett
Tennessee
Virginia Oweng
Roanoke
Jane Layton
Leighton
California women clash over slacks for work in war effort
In California, women push for permission to wear slacks at work as a wartime cost issue and comfort matter. Mayor Bowron resists, urging fighting enemies in own clothes. Activists cite ruined stockings and comfort, suggesting slacks may become standard if shortages persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pletcher Bowron
Los Angeles
Bowron
Ginger Alten
San Francisco
la Mesta Club
Memorial Drive Methodist Church Ring Service Ceremony
A double ceremony was performed at Memorial Drive Methodist Church using the ring service. Attendants included Miss Sarah Jo Putnam, Buddy Argend, Hollis Williams, and Miss Virginia Glasscock. Mr and Mrs Harvey and Mr and Mrs Hill are making their home in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Sarah Jo Putnam
Buddy Argend
Hollis Williams
Virginia Glasscock
Harvey
Miss Billy Renegar and Kin Visit Corbin Kin
Miss Billy Renegar and brother Gerald Renegar of Corbin Kentucky visit their sister Mrs Joe Beams. District convention of Christian Churches held in Cullman on Tuesday. Miss Evelyn McClure returns from a Texas visit. Dr and Mrs J W Hughes back from Mt Ste Scholastica College graduation in Atchison Kansas. Mrs J B Dickinson ill. Poer sisters return from funeral in Nashville for their uncle C A Poer. J W Poer sick at bedside. H M Spiegel ill. Mrs J W Pipkin's improvement. Graduation invitations reach De catur friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Renegar
Gerald Renegar
Corbin, Ky
Mrs
Joe Beams
Edwin Wyle
Ernest McCulloch
Hartwell Beasley
Ed Crane
District Convention of Christian Churches
Cullman
J. W. Hughes
Atchison, Kansas
Mt. Ste. Scholastica College
Mary
Margaret
Frances
Mabel Poer
Nashville
Tenn
C. A. Poer
J. W. Poer
Pineapple Doilies Pattern 2885 For Crochet Lovers
Exclusive design offers easy pineapple doilies to elevate home decor. Pattern 2885 provides directions, illustrations, stitches and materials. Send ten cents plus one cent mailing to The Decatur Daily Needle craft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. Include pattern number name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
True Cosmetic Friend: Cold Cream Treats Skin Dryness and Shine
A facial routine emphasizes cold cream as a protector and cleanser. It advises using mild soap, removing all lather, and applying cream after cleansing, with oils or tintures as rinsing aids. Diet tweaks reduce oily shine and improve skin balance.
Local Guests and Visits Report from Huntsville Area
Margaret Blakemore daughter of Sheriff Blakemore and her Huntsville high school friends visit Gordon Drive West homes in Montgomery. The piece notes travels of Richard Coffee Bobby Markham Charles Murphy Anne Hunter to Montevallo for the Methodist Young People’s Assembly and other local trips and arrivals including Rev Wayland McGlathery visiting Davenport Iowa relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret. Blakemore
Sheriff
Henry Blakemore
Huntsville High School
Richard Coffee
Bobby Markham
Charles Murphy
Anne Hunter
Montevallo
Methodist Young People's Assembly
Robert B Devine Claimed by Death
Robert B Devine a 46 year old World War veteran and American Legionnaire and former Decatur resident died at 3 30 Tuesday at his sister Mrs H Robertson home in Steppville Alabama Route One. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Oak Grove Congregational church with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Berry Devine
Decatur
8. H. Robertson
Steppville
Ala
Oak Grove Congregational Church
All-Out War Rages as Allied Air Offense Escalates
The article notes widespread destruction and civilian fear as German cities face intensified Allied bombing. Churchill pledges continued attacks with American and British air forces, while Germans fear morale collapse and supply shortages could follow a sustained aerial offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tihis
Churchill
Royal Air Force
Death notices for cent cemetery funeral of Drinkard
The obituary notes cent cemetery funeral services for Drinkard of Hance ville with nephews as pallbearers. Survived by two brothers B D Devine of Patts burg Vermont and Walter F Devine of Decatur, and two sisters Mrs Robertson and Mrs John Clark of Steppville route one.
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Liszt
Carolyn Sue Odom
Dora Lucille Clarke
Alva Margaret Richards
Carolyn Finney
Mary Ann Catlett
Marjorie Clare Cain
Betty Jane Nor
Poss
Margaret Ann Poss
Chattanooga
S. E. Patterson
Patterson
Ferry Street
Marianna Mason
Shirley Bragg
Guest
Esther Morris
T. M. Jones, Jr
W. E. Kimbrough
Jones
East Walnut Street
Nial Jackson
Miss Pritchett
Decatur Garden Club
Rufus Warren
Grant Street
Central Baptist Sunday School
Roy Fite, Jr
Johnston Street
A. G. Glasscock
Louisiana
Bob Hope
Vera Zorina
Technicolor
With Ann Rutherford
Robert Sterling
Hollywood
Mit Teil
California
Evelyn McClure
Exas
J. B. Dickinson
East Lafayette Street
H. M. Spiegel
Seventh Avenue
East
J. W. Pipkin
Lars Wheeler
Helen Follett
Mary Mason
Cafe
Crown
James Arnold
David and
Dorothy Lee
Arlington, Texas
A. B. Harvey
Gordon Drive
West
Mrs. E
Betty McCulloch
Herman Thrasher, Sr
Caddo
G. E. McCulloch
Gadsden
A. H. Hoff
Birmingham
Rutledge Thomas
Acu
Florida
Wayland McGlathery
Davenport
Iowa
R. M. Mc Inthery
Mrs. I. G. Safley
Robert B. Devine
Capitol
Weaver Bros
Elviry
Cne
Shepherd
The
Ozarks
Moye
Moye’s
Beauty Shop
Goidel’s
Rhineland
Essen
Europe
Hitler
Tos
Evelyn
Speake
Dillehay
Roixeam
Harold Watkins
Mor
U.S. War Bonds
Princess Box Office
Cooree Raft
Pat O'Brien
Cagney
Axis
Warner Bros. Triumph
Dennis Morgan
Brenda Marshall
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