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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1928
Page
5
The Good Fellowship class of Central Methodist church enjoyed a pleasant evening at Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gardener’s home with a brief business session and dainty refreshments. Christine Gardener entertained with readings.
An Albany and Thompson Drug Company advertisement promotes MELLO GLO Butter Cleansing Cream. It claims age defying benefits, firming and dirt removal, soothing for sun and wind burn, and states it will not grow hair.
The engagement between Senorita Mercedes Castellanos and Primo de Rivera has been abruptly ended. The bride-to-be left Madrid for Paris, and Rivera is said to be ill with a high temperature under the care of his personal physician.
Round of social events fills the town as Mrs. H. R. Day presides in the absence of the president. A long meeting covers kitchen and dining room planning, followed by a study session led by Dr. S. O. Kimbrough. Neighbors host musicales, bridge afternoon, silk stocking club, and a Friday operators’ celebration. Local visits, illnesses, and travel plans populate Personal items with several households noted.
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt assistant attorney general of the United States arrived in Kansas City with the California delegation. She serves as a delegate at large to the convention. Decatur is noted as a trading center for 150000 people.
A Sunday school pageant is planned by the First Methodist church with a committee of college girls in charge. The selected Misses Elizabeth Malone Loudie Moore Pointer Mary Battle Hendrix and Frances Mason will organize the July event.
Colonel W A McCalla city engineer arrives for the Thursday evening letting of contracts for repair of Second avenue and paving of Alabama street. The project includes installation of storm and sanitary sewers in the Alabama street section.
An ad claims Calotabs purify the system and restore vitality. It urges a thorough course once or twice weekly for several weeks and offers a family package with directions for 85 ets at drug stores.
Washington bureau reports thunder showers likely Thursday in the southern section of the state and showers tonight and possibly Thursday in the northern part. Farmers yet again behind in crop schedules but enjoying two days of warm sun this week.
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