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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
7
Guests hoard gossip at a dinner while the traveler recounts journeys to the Islands Sahara and Africa. The hostess and host linger on social minutiae, from white meat to a minister’s wife, the principal, and the Junior League plans, leaving the crowd hungry for real stories.
Miss Wilma Harris of Rome, Ga., wed Mr Edward Knobloch of Decatur on a Saturday in Athens. The ceremony was by Rev Mackey at the First Methodist Church with accompanying friends. The couple will reside at 1322 Fifth Avenue South.
Mrs W K Sheddan of Columbia Tennessee arrived to be the guest of her sister Mrs Margaret C Shelton for several days. W J Baldwin publicity director of the Alabama Power Company returned to Birmingham after a brief visit in Decatur. Owen P Anderson of Florence returned to Florence. Anderson is business manager of the Florence Times News.
Athens merchants will close Thursday afternoons for the rest of the summer after a Wednesday announcement. The move ends fears that some merchants would keep all shops open, which could force others to stay open as well.
Workmen push rapid progress on the Hughes and Tidwell cotton warehouse reconstruction after fire damage several weeks ago. Crews say completion will come as soon as possible.
A monument to the dead of the lodge will be unveiled at a combined Woodmen of the World meet in Athens cemetery next Sunday afternoon. The event honors deceased brethren and marks a special moment for the local lodges.
Special Woolsey Finnell highway director of Alabama and governor candidate spoke to a good crowd at the courthouse. He urged completing Alabama’s highway system and said he would pave the seven mile Bee Line stretch still unpaved in the county if elected.
Menu item lists Tuna Loaf for dinner with breakfast and luncheon spreads. Includes ingredients like tuna loaf walnut celery olives pimiento and mayonnaise, plus dessert options and beverages.
The county jail population climbs as new arrests occur. Officials expect a decline next week when the criminal docket is taken up in circuit court.
By Robbin Coons Hollywood notes how studios often override directors. Frank Lloyd, famed for The Divine Lady Drag and The Sea Hawk, faces setbacks as executives push questionable projects despite his past successes and high praise.
The Decatur area reports an industrial payroll approaching five million dollars each year, reflecting substantial employment and economic activity across local firms.
City officials and employees are kept exceptionally busy with dual duties as witnesses in circuit court cases where the city has an interest. Every Decatur merchant promotes "broad service" to encourage trade for the 135,000 residents of the Decatur trade territory.
Veterans of the Spanish American War will assemble at the courthouse at 1 o'clock on Sunday after a barbecue to be held here soon. It is expected that there will be full attendance of the veterans at the meeting.
The studio backing the novel Right of Way assigns Lloyd to direct amid a star cast including Conrad Nagel Loretta Young Fred Kohler and William Janney. Production costs are high but the film fails to impress, especially when Nagel appears in a woodland scene wearing a coon skin cap provoking audience laughter.
A veteran studio page notes Mervyn LeRoy's strong work on Alice White vehicles like Show Girl in Hollywood while Playing Around flops. John Francis Dillon, who helmed The Noose and Bride of the Regiment, Past Life, Sally, shoulders Spring Is Here into a weak musical. A separate anecdote recalls an explosives expert claiming a miniature German town was bombed yesterday but done elsewhere, implying no real destruction on site.
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