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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
5
In a grand country house patio the guests, a mix of professionals and youths, hear a Western poet read a simple verse about sharing youth and tears. The piece softens hardened faces, unites strangers, and lingers with perfume from climbing roses as a reminder of the power of poetry.
Mrs Boyd of Auburn is visiting daughter Mrs S H Wilds and Mr Wilds. Miss Leona Butler of Chicago is spending ten days with her parents on the Westside. Miss Marie Hardy of Fifth Avenue South visits Birmingham relatives. Beatrice Dendy and brother of Chattanooga return home after visiting Mr and Mrs H B Hunter. Nell Birdsong leaves for Birmingham visit. Earl Hunter in Birmingham visiting relatives. Terry Frye returns home to Cecil Edwards in Birmingham after a short city visit. Many distinguished guests attend the League of Women Voters Banquet Thursday evening.
Mrs. Raymond Brown rests after tonsil removal. Mrs. D J Buzzard visits relatives in Oklahoma. George Devine and Tom Boyd of Western Electric enjoy a camping trip near Falkville and plan home Saturday. Several guests travel between Birmingham Mobile and Indianapolis visiting relatives. A number of locals head to Chattanooga Shocco Springs and Memphis for conferences and visits.
A 1930 King Features syndicated piece by Helen Rowland explores how bright home colors affect men. It claims men crave all warm, vivid hues in life, home, and wife, contrasting with women’s color passions.
Governors candidates attend with Mrs West of Birmingham and numerous dignitaries. The piece lists guests from Florence Huntsville Montgomery and Biloxi plus military figures, teachers and party leaders planning visits, tours abroad and charitable events.
Mrs. Terry, Frye and two children Eugene Jr and Baby Martha, stay a few weeks with Mrs. Mattie Simpson and Mrs. C. A. Edwards in Birmingham. Pete West, recently operated on for appendicitis at Baugh's Infirmary, is now suffering a severe malaria attack.
E. T. Burgiss, known for the Stamps quartet, will teach a school of music at the First Christian Church on Moulton Street. The program opens July 7 and runs for two weeks.
The many friends of A. Z. Bailey, prominent local wholesale grocer, will be gratified to learn that he continues to improve at his home following a recent illness and now is able to sit up for brief intervals.
A column by Nancy Lee covers teenage dating, afternoon outings, and crowding in foursomes. It advises no fixed rule to true love, suggests walking between two fellows for safety, and recommends inviting friends to restore harmony if a rift occurs with a boyfriend.
A pale pink pique sleeveless frock for warm days features inverted pleats and an unusual yoke. Bound with white braid at neck yoke and armholes, sizes 6 8 and 10, requires two 36 inch yards. pastel shades or all white or print options.
The notice requests careful wrapping of PIPTEEN CENTS coins, specifying payment for each pattern. It requires clearly printed NAME, STYLE NUMBER and SIZE for each item.
The Decatur Daily Pattern lists a mailing address at 243 West 17th St York City for pattern orders. The notice emphasizes SPRING and SUMMER stock priced at fifteen cents, with cents shown when ordered.
M T Koenigsmark visited on Thursday for business discussions. He stopped at local offices and met with executives to review upcoming projects.
Fire Chief Jones of the department takes delivery of a new Ford car to speed inspections and on scene action. He says the vehicle will aid prompt response and support daily chief duties.
When a raging headache hits, visit a drug store and ask for a new B O package. It claims to relieve sciatic, neuralgia or female pain in minutes, a shortcut over other formulas taking 1 to 3 hours.
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