Shrine Officers Installed In North Alabama Ceremony
North Alabama Shrine No 7 of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem held an elaborate installation Friday June 4 at the Masonic Temple. Officers including Mrs Sarah McGill and Mrs Rhoda Roe were installed amid floral decor with musical numbers and gifts. A Rainbow assembly in Decatur followed with Worthy Advisor Jane Murphree taking office and a social hour concluding the evening. Also announced are a Spinsters Club meeting tonight and the Decatur High School Class of 1946 reunion set for June 12 at Wheeler Dam.
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Officers OF
North Alabama Shrine NO. 7
Order OF the White Shrine OF Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
North Alabama
Sarah E. McGill
Irmingham
Worthy High Priesess
Rhoda Roe
Russelville
Orthy
Campmillia Galliher
Birmingham
Worthy Scribe
Josephine Parks
Worthy Herald
Clio Levin
Decatur
Worthy
Alta Dobbs
Worthy Guardian
Mary Stark
Ruth Bailey
Moulton
Kyle Berryman
Shepherds
Joe Elliott
Marie Hopwood
Emmett Bailey
Louise Hine
Ruby Jones
Dossie Barr
Ola Carter
Henrietta Hine
Lou .Allen Williams
H. B. Norwood
Hollis Lockwell
A. M. Roan
King
Robert Berryman
Queen
Hazel Elliott
Mary Sue Moore
Mattie Sue Gipson
Norine Harris
Virginia Berryhill
Ella Lou Coffey
George Rogers
Vera
Nina Bell Etheridge
Town Creek
Dot Trimble
Berryman
Elliott
Decatur Assembly
Order of Rainbow
D. L. Allen
Mary Lou Williams
Florence
Grand Charity of the
Grand Assembly
Marshall
Rhoda McRae
Exie Thrasher
Zana Peurifoy
Jane Marie Murphree
Frances Lee Young
Charity
Jean Moore
Hope
Geraldine Hartselle
Faith
Betty Faye Julian
Shirley Jacobs
Bonnie Bolding
Mary Charles Delmore
Betty Raye Woodruff
Peggy Elliott
JoAnn Byars
Fidelity
Julia Horsesapple
Carolyn Ellner
Irma Glyn Black
Confidential Observer
Betty Jo Wear
Outer Observer
Annie Louise
Dorsia Wiggins
Miss Murphree
Bert Murphree
Margaret Holland
Joe S. Elliott
Murphree
Dorothy Jean McRae
Mrs. Elliott
Miss McRae
Decatur High School
Wheeler Dam
Look Quaint and Be in Style
An exhortation on fashion urges looking quaint with flowing formals and doll waists while noting the risk of extra pounds. It promotes waist emphasis through shaping and stretching routines to trim the figure and improve sleep by quieting the nervous system.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Transportation Aid Offered for Those Lacking Vehicles
A notice states transportation will be provided for individuals without means of travel. Eligible persons should seek assistance to access rides or shuttle services arranged by authorities.
Local clubs schedule meetings for Tuesday and Thursday
Beta Sigma Phi will gather Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Miss Mary Jean Sittason home to finalize plans for a summer dance. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 of the Order of Eastern Star meets Tuesday at 8 pm in the Masonic Temple for officer installation. Rainbow for Girls Assembly meets Thursday June 10 at 7 30 pm at the Masonic Temple for drill practice. F O D Club of Decatur High School meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Butler Hine's home 324 E Lafayette Street.
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Spinsters Club
Martha Dinsmore
Jackson Street
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mary Jean Sittason
Mary Lou Dancy
C. E. Sto
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Rainbow For
Decatur
Decatur Senior High School
Butler Hine
E. Lafayette Street
Local Notes on Visitors and Relatives Across Towns
Mrs Del Whitaker and children of Guntersville spend the summer with her brother. S E Ledbetter plans Florence State Teachers College study this summer. Clarence Hudsons return from a Miami visit. Barbara Pearce with relatives in Gadsden. A weekly camping trip for several locals to Ovaca. Reed Rogers Jr returns from Tampa. Jack Kidd guests of the Stennekers in Birmingham. Mrs Reed Rogers improves after illness. Donald Nelson and Earl Pilkington visit Nelsons and Frasa families. J W Davis now resident of Trussville owning a Western Auto store. Mrs Davis is the former Miss Norma.
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del Whitaker
Guntersville
J. W. Davis
Trussville
Ala
Davis
Western Auto Associate
Norma
Local Notes From Decatur and Nearby Visits
Todd of Decatur, Vernon McGwier returns from Greenwood Mississippi where a new Belk-Hudson store opened. R W Orr returns from a visit with brother Gene Orr and family in Jacksonville Florida. Mt and Mrs John A Caddell return from New Orleans where Mr Caddell represented the Alabama Bar Association at a meeting.
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Vernon
McGwier
Greenwood
Miss
Belk-Hudson
R. W. Orr
Gene Orr
Jacksonville, Fla
John _ A. Caddell
New Orleans
Caddell
Alabama Bar Association
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Love and Marriage Dilemmas
Dorothy Dix addresses three questions on persistent courtship and marriage. A man urged to marry by a pursuing woman should stand firm or marry who he loves. a wife urged toward divorce is advised to let go. a mother worries about a nearly adult daughter dating many boys and is told to value her daughter’s popularity and breadth of suitors.
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Dorothy Dix
Hey
P. A. Pax
Shim
Miss Dix
Mrs Addie Rickard Rites Held At Florence
Mrs Addie C Rickard died Saturday night at her sister’s home in Huntsville with funeral services at Brown's Chapel Florence conducted by Rev G Lambert Archibald. The obituary notes the death of the sister of W H Dickinson and includes Miss Sue Cain who recently earned a degree from Marjorie Webster College and attended June Week at the U S Naval Academy. She plans visits in Macon before summer return.
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S. Dickinson
Huntsville
Addie C. Rickard
G. W. Swartz
Brown's Chapel
Florence
G. Lambert Archibald
Sue Cain
Marjorie Webster College
Washington, D. C
U S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Miss Cain
Macon
Georgia
Folsom Improves Yet Still Sees No Visitors
Governor James E. Folsom shows improvement in his respiratory infection but remains restricted to bed and without visitors. Secretary O. H. Finney said he likely will stay hospitalized for several more days and cannot attend the national governors conference.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jarrez
James E. Folsom
O. H. Finney
Finney
Bearden Rites To Be Held In Birmingham
Funeral services for Pvt. Robert Thomas Bearden a former Decatur resident killed in France on October 4 1944 at age 20 will be held in Birmingham. Rites slated for 4 PM Wednesday at Brown Service Chapel with full military honors at Forrest Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Robert D Bearden two sisters Miss Sam Bearden and Miss Reese Bearden and grandfather T M Dinken.
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Robert Thomas Bearden
Decatur
Birmingham
Bearden
France
Brown Service Chapel
Forrest Hill Cemetery
Robert. D. Bearden
Misses
Sam
Reese Bearden
T. M. Dinken
Here's How State's Solons Cast Votes
Alabama members of Congress voting on recent roll calls: Senate on passage of a bill admitting displaced persons within two years. Hill voted yes, Sparkman did not vote. House on passage of a $6.5 billion Army air forces appropriation. Andrews, Battle, Boykin, Grant, Jarman, Jones, Manasco and Rains voted yes, Hobbs did not vote. On passage of a bill to establish a women’s Army corps and enlistment in regular Army and Marine Corps. Andrews, Boykin, Battle, Grant, Jarman, Jones and Manasco voted yes, Hobbs and Rains voted no.
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Washington
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Hill
Sparkman
House
Army Air Forces
Andrews
Battle
Boykin
Grant
Jarman
Jones
Manasco
Rains
Hobbs
Women's Army Corps
Marine Corps
Naval Marine
Weekend Visits and Local Notices From Athens Area
Social visits. church revival announced in Pulaski for June 13 20. Birth of a daughter reported by Mr and Mrs B M Mitchell. Several families from Athens Huntsville and Macedonia listed as visiting or hosting. Enlistee Robert M Brown from Athens 7 joins 82nd Air Division for three years. Various neighborhood gatherings noted with names and places.
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Jessie (Goforth) Arnett
Memphis
Will Broadway
Robert M. Brown
Athens 7
82Nd Air Division
Piney Chapel School
Chattanooga Leader Dies at Home Today
Chattanooga industrialist Zelhoim Charles Patten died at his Lookout Mountain home at age 73 after years of illness. He served as chairman of the Chattanooga Medicine Company and St Elmo Bank and Trust, organized the Pioneer Bank, and led the American Trust and Banking company executive committee.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Zelhoim Charles Patten
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga Medicine Company
St. Elmo Bank and Trust Company
Pioneer Bank
American Trust and Banking Company
Laura Wheeler Pattern 808 Embroidery Transfer Offer
Advertisement for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft pattern 808 featuring 12 motifs for towels with charts photos and directions. Send twenty cents to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Brooklyn NY and include name address and pattern number. Also offer Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book for fifteen cents with free weaving instructions and 101 illustrations.
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Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Station F
Brooklyn
Seven County Girls Invited to 13th Annual Student Car Conference
Morgan county announces invitations to seven county girls for the 13th annual student car conference at Alabama College from June 22 to 25. Registered students include Mary Ann Bagley Martha Jean Higdon Jean Gregg Gay Crawford Penn Melba Hallsbrooks Pat Wright Detatur High School and Monta Sue Clarke Priceville High School. The 1948 conference leader is Miss Helen H Shelley employee relations consultant and for mr director of women's services at Wright Aeronautical Corp during the war.
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Morgan County
Alabama College
Mary Ann Bagley
Martha Jean Higdon
Jean Gregg
Gay Crawford Penn
Melba Hallsbrooks
Pat Wright
Detatur High School
Monta Sue Clarke
Priceville High School
Helen H. Shelle
Formr
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Local Notices and Family Announcements from Ardmore Area
Over the weekend in Merville Georgia Clarence E Wallace traveled to Papellonville Hospital for treatment and a follow up after a recent operation. Vacation Bible School will be Monday June 7 to 11 at First Baptist Church Ardmore. Mr and Mrs Thomas Dale announce the birth of a son at PutenskI hospital on Thursday. Mr and Mrs T L Taylor and Marvin Taylor visited on the side of Oneal Chambers Thursday night in Elkmont. Mrs S A Sharp of Athens visited sister Mrs Ben Bryant and family and brother. Mr and Mrs Gene Culpo and Mr and Mrs Dewey Ball and family of Madison visited his father and relatives over the weekend. Mrs Lillie Smith and family of Athens were Wednesday guests of Mrs Carla Black.
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B. M. Mitchell
Church of Christ At
Pulaski
J. D. Cox
Neece
Texas
Walker
Land
Huntsville
Locke
Athens
Eunice Broadway
Ft. Wayne
Ind
A. F .Broadway
Charlie Muse
Loyd Muse
Carey
Edith Muse
Richard Ruf
Paul Bauer
Pleasant Grove
Gladys Ruf
Linda Monette Muse
Shirley Ann Martin
Mary Ann of
Marvin Pitts
Marvin Taylor
Columbia
Helen
Annett Smith
Rooney
Macedonia
Stanley
Albert Gey
George Martin
Charlie E. Muse
Kenneth Muse
Scottsboro
DeVerle Bauer
Merville
Clarence
E. Wallace
Papellonville- Hospital
Bible
First Baptist Church
Ardmore
Thomas Dale
Pukenski Hospital
T. L. Taylor
Oneal ‘Chambers
Elkmont
S. A. Sharp
Ben Bryant
Gene Culpo
Dewey Ball
Madison
Lillie Smith
Carla Biack
Nix Vitamin Tablets Sell Gray Hair Restorers
Gray hair trouble vitamins claim to restore color with calcium pantothenate and vitamin G. Take one a day. non fattening and harmless to permanents. Thousands use Nix Vitamins from Cad dell Drug Company. phone 98 for trial details.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old, Reliable Company
P. H. Pope
Southern Lift and Health Insurance Co
Rainbow Girls
Cardus
Cardui
Dugger’s Book Store
East Moulton Bt
Coats
Decatur Typewriter Co
First Ave
Moulton St
Decatur Delivery
Don’s Floor
Don Williams
Wann Ubu
Singer Sewing Center
Second Ave
Helen Follett
Couartesy
Columbia Pictures
Dorothy Hart
Beta Sigma Phi
Clarence Hudson
Miami
Florida
Barbara Pearce
Gadsden
Mary Ann, Blackwell
Julia Holesapple
Cienn Rogers
Allan Counts
John Troxler
Ovaca
Reed Rogers, Jr
Tampa
Jack Kidd
Mrs
Joe Stenneker
Mirs
Reed Rogers
Donald B. Nelson
Earl Pilkington
Tennessee
Mr. Nelson
R. D. Nelson
Sixth Avenue West
H. H. Frasa
East Walnut Street
Eee
Oy Bel Syndicate Tre
Idemark
U. S
Folsom
Limestone County Ardmore
Robert Broadway
Goidel
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Drug Company
Sullivan’s
Grant St
the Business Man's Department Store
JIN Stationers ‘Office Outfitters
Bank
B. Frank Chenault
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