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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
5
Mrs H A Skeggs hosted the Married Ladies Bridge Club meeting on Wednesday. Guest Mrs S W Irwin played with the members. The club souvenir for highest score was won by Mrs D S Echols.
Mrs J B Cassels will leave Friday to attend Vanderbilt commencement where daughter Agnes Cassels graduates. Mrs H R Vaughn returns to Montgomery after visiting Mr and Mrs J B Harlowe. Many residents plan visits to Birmingham Montgomery Gurley and Nashville with relatives and relatives in order.
Greta Garbo stars as the Princess in The Divine Woman supported by Lars Hanson as her lead and Lowell Sherman as the villainous impresario. Polly Moran appears as a French laundress and Dorothy Cumming as a coquette with Johnny Mack Brown in a Paris theatre role.
Britt Davis of Florence, a well known adntioneer, was in Decatur today on a business visit to discuss local advertising opportunities.
Merchants and business men of Decatur join Kiwanis members on a goodwill trip to Mooresville Belle Mina for an agricultural meeting. W W Benson school superintendent and Kiwanian will give the principal address, with Liles of the Auburn Extension Service delivering the feature talk on farming and marketing methods. Participants assemble at the YMCA at 7 15 and meet at 8 at the Mooresville Belle Mina school.
Horace M. Layman returned today from a tour of Lauderdale Limestone and Colbert counties where he promoted the Sunday school and young people's department of the North Alabama Presbytery.
North Alabama visitors arriving today include Mrs. R. P. Gross of Alexander City W B Lee of Fayetteville W J Young of Sheffield D H Upshaw of Huntsville D N Thompson of Red Bay J E Hale of Huntsville L Gunn and wife of Trinity.
Southside Baptist Church announces an annual Homecoming Day and roll call with a special program. The congregation is repairing the roof and improving the church grounds as they invite the public to join worship. A Revival and the exact date will be announced in The Daily soon.
Roy Fite of Birmingham, formerly a Decatur resident, was welcomed by relatives during a stop in Decatur en route to Nashville. He is noted to have many friends in Decatur who were glad to see him briefly.
Improvements at the Tennessee Valley laboratory include a private office and a new filing system. Increased workload has led to hiring a secretary some time ago and a need to expand office facilities.
A terse note invites readers to call Phone 1000 to access the want ad department for placing ads and maximizing returns. It emphasizes a quick route to advertise and attract responses.
A dense roster of names and cities is presented listing attendees and affiliations across Nashville Birmingham Memphis Philadelphia Louisville and Central City. Individuals include Charles A Weber A S James J J Mosley Jamison Dougherty J E Harrell J D Awtry J J Hughes and others with multiple entries from Birmingham Memphis Nashville and surrounding areas.
J. E. Penney of Birmingham, a prominent Alabama resident, is to be moved to his home this week after an extended serious illness at St. Vincent's Infirmary. His condition had been considered critical for some time.
Officials call for strong public support to grow the city’s population and fuel development. They stress unity and civic engagement as essential to reaching growth goals.
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