Miss Edith Griffin Weds Ralph Gamble At Central Baptist Church
Miss Edith Laverne Griffin and Mr. Ralph Cecil Gamble were married in a simple five o'clock ceremony at Central Baptist Church. Reverend Paul Roberts officiated the double ring service. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Zelma Griffin, wore a white faille suit with light blue accessories and a orchid corsage. They plan a Smoky Mountain wedding trip and will reside at 320 Grant Street.
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Miss Griffin
Gamble
Central Baptist Church
Edith Laverne Griffin
Ralph Cecil Gamble
Paul Roberts
Zelma B. Griffin
Smoky Mountains
Grant Street
Personal notices from Birmingham social scene
Mr and Mrs S E Patterson and Miss Pat Patterson visited in Birmingham Thursday. P H Craig commander of D A V was moved from Thayers Hospital in Nashville to home by Burkitt and Sons ambulance. condition improved. Leslie Doss Jr returned from Sewanee to spend summer with his parents. Dr and Mrs T G Morrow and Miss Mary Robertson plan a two week visit to New York City. The Doss family will visit friends in Birmingham next week. Miss Mary Evelyn Yarbrough had mastoid surgery at Jefferson Hospital Birmingham and will be confined there for weeks. her mother Mrs James E Yarbrough and sister Miss Margaret Ann Yarbrough accompanied her. Mrs Yarbrough remains several days. Dr and Mrs Jack Montgomery of Tuscaloosa arrive as weekend guests of Dr and Mrs John Chenault and family.
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Dorothy Owen
Albert Peck
Hal Turney
Somerville Road
Joseph Henry Lorenzo
Mrs. Peck
Miss Owen
Bertie Owen
Peck
Turney
Thomas Steele
Athens
Charles Fuller
Margaret, Francis
Huntsville
Leila Belle Robinson
Billee Owen
Josephine Wilson
P. H. Craig
Thayers Hospital
Nashville
Tennessee
Burkitt and Sons
Craig
Leslie Doss, Jr
University of the South
Sewanee
Leslie Doss, Sr
T. G. Morrow
Mary Robertson
A. G. Banforth
New York City
Mary Evelyn Yarbrough
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham
James E. Yarbrough
Margaret Ann Yarrough
Yarbrough
ThuyStay
Jack Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
John Chenault
Honor Court Held by Morgan County Scouts
The Morgan county district Boy Scouts held their regular Court of Review at the Decatur courthouse under Ned Frazier as chairman. Jimmy Bloodworth assisted. Scoutmasters J. P. Sims Tracy Knight and Billy Hine led twenty five Scouts from five Decatur troops through informal reviews, with several approved for Second Class rank and ten merit badges awarded.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Ned Frazier
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts
Frazier
Jimmy Bloodworth
J. P. Sims
Tracy Knight
Billy Hine
Sims
Eye Make up Tricks For Enhancing Your Eyes
Learn simple cosmetic steps to brighten eyes with brown eyebrow pencil subtle mascara and light eye shadow. Apply a thin upper lid line with a soft lift, avoid heavy black mascara, groom lashes after drying, and use a delicate shadow near the lid center without overstepping the brow line.
Intestinal Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Overview
Medical guidance on intestinal tuberculosis in conjunction with lung infection. Explains origin from swallowed sputum, bowel ulcers, and possible bowel obstruction. Recommends X rays for diagnosis, bland diet with vitamins, limited fat for diarrhea, calcium supplementation, and possible surgical removal if healing is slow or lungs remain severe.
Scouts to receive awards at June Court of Honor
The Scouts approved for awards will receive their achievements at the June Court of Honor held on the fourth week Thursday at the Decatur courthouse. The session adjourned after the court recited the twelve Scouts laws. American capacity to produce steel ingots doubled between 1910 and 1938.
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Decatur
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Marriage and Love
A 1947 Dorothy Dix column shares multiple letters about marriage fidelity jealousy and past loves. The middle aged husband confronts a young affair and warns that happiness comes from conscience not romance. A fiancé’s ex love is dismissed as minor and one reader learns love differs with each partner.
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Dorothy Dix
Hove
Miss Dix
Ryan High Trustees Election Set for June Fifteenth
Morgan County notes report H E Holmes on sick list. Baptist church ladies hosted Pastor's Conference with visiting pastors. Sunday schools well attended. Ryan Baptist to hold regular services. Trustees election slated for Ryan High School auditorium Tuesday evening June 15. Farmers active in the community.
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H. E. Holmes
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Ryan Baptist
Ryan High School
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft patterns and book offer
Easy to embroider crochet edges and six motifs with dimensions 4 1 2 by 12 inches. Laura Wheeler presents a new item with charts photos and concise directions. Send twenty cents pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Box 13 Station F Brooklyn NY. Fifteen cents for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with free weaving instructions for huck towelings.
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Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept. P. OU
Brooklyn
Local Social Notes Highlight Travels and Later Plans
Mrs Lola Cudlip returned from a weekend with Mrs Julia St John in Hartselle and with Mr and Mrs W H Winton of Decatur. Miss Frances Holmes runs a cosmetic shop in Albertville and Mrs Max Summerford plans to join her husband in Jacksonville Alabama for the summer.
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Lola Cudlip
Julia St. John
Hartselle
W. H. Winton
Decatur
Frances Holmes
Albertville
Max Summerford
Joe Crawford
Jackson Ville
Alabama
Wilma Humphries
Christine McKee
Martha Childers
Florence
Daisy
Elsie Crawford
Lola W. Cudlip
Carmen Hipp
Teacher’s College
Rhuelease
Minnie Humphries
Local Notes From Pine Grove Community
Mrs Flora Allred attended Sulphur Springs singing along with others. Frank Tucker and Emmit Allred visited relatives in Hartselle and Shelton households. Rev Dennis Tucker held services at Union Chapel. Sympathy poured for the Kelly family after the infant’s death. Edward and Guy Shelton hosted Sunday dinner. Gardens need rainfall. Bass Gibson to preach at Pine Grove next Saturday night. all are invited.
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Sulphur Springs
Frank Tucker
Hartselle
Emmit Allred
Edward Shelton
Dennis Tucker
Union Chaple
Lewis Kelly
Guy Shelton
Bass Gibson
Pine Grove
Grand Jury Calls for Abolishing Absentee Ballots in Alabama
A Montgomery grand jury urged abolishing absentee ballots as a path to prevent fraud. After a two day inquiry into voting conditions, the panel found evidence of fraud in the Democratic primaries but did not indict anyone. Judge Eugene Carter noted the lack of indictments and expressed regret.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Eugene Carer
Carter
Home Demonstration Club Meeting at Lacey's Spring
The Lacey's Spring Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mrs. Karl Hough's home. Mrs. Alvin sident led devotion and prayers, Georgia Durin reported on a Decatur banquet, officers and Woodie Hough discussed salads, Francis Norton assisted, salads served to 10 to 17 members, Augusta Winfrey to host June meeting.
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Lacey's Spring Homemonstration Club
Karl Hough
Alvin Sident
Georgia Durin
Decatur
Clyde Morris
Hardie Thomas
Woodie Hough
Tess
Francis Norton
Augusta Winfrey
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J. G. Price
Wilbur Couch
John Holt
Bert Murphree
Ross Dublin
Lawson Mills
T. A. Patterson
Cecil Tuck
Evelyn Sivley
Margaret Talley
Dorothy Pryor
Barrington
Tom Willingham
Seventh Avenue West
Entertainment Country Club
Decatur Country Club
Tut Montgomery
Chuck Murphy
Mack Livingston
Public
Dillehay
Grant
D. C. Anderson Robinson Furniture CO
Sullivan’s
Grant St
1St Ave
2Nd St. E
S.E. Patterson
Pat Patterson
Leslie Doss
Leslie, Jr
Goidel
Hotel Lyons
Helen Follett
Ward
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Twelve Scouts
Bell Syndicate
Margaret T
Sally
Theatrical Agency
Ryan and Hulace
U.S
Rockefeller Foundation
E. Moulton ST
Jackson St
John A. White
Lawrence County
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Young and
Lydia
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Bank
Caddell Drug CO
Elizabeth Arden
Lucien Selong Yardley
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