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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1943

Page

9

War time food reserve program planned in Decatur

Extension service workers announce a county program to teach homemakers canning drying brining and storing food. Schedule starts Tuesday at Somerville Road School with PTAs assisting and continues Wednesday at the Junior High and Thursday at Lafayette Elementary. The effort aims to curb waste boost home gardens and ensure five billion jars of canned foods in 1943 are edible.

Alabama Polytechnic Institute Decatur Erin Rowe Bess Crowe Kirent Teachers Association Victory Gardens Somerville Road

Cold permanent waves promise comfort and gentler styles

The article highlights a new cold permanent waving method that requires no tight hair stretching. It uses lightweight rods and two lotions to create softer, stronger curls that last months. It adds that the process is gentler on hair and suitable for various hair types and colors. It also notes an accompanying dispatch about Lieutenant Nesbit’s assignment with the Australian Navy and his ties to Decatur and Columbia TN.

Personal notices and visits among Gulfport families

Mrs. E I Hartselle and family of Gulfport Miss visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Wardalow and other relatives in the city. E I Hartselle underwent an operation at the Hamil clinic Friday morning. Prince Jones Jr is reported doing well at Jefferson hospital in Birmingham after an operation Wednesday morning. His mother remains there at his bedside. Miss Juanita Nunn expected to return home today from New Orleans where she visited her brother and sister Mr and Mrs George Nunn. Mrs R A Nunn confined to her home ill. Lieutenant Fason E Smith formerly at University of Alabama transferred here as director of physical education at S A T S, joined soon by Mrs Smith and their son Rush. Mrs Deema Stull of Atlanta Ga will leave Monday after visiting Mr and Mrs J S Bradford. Aviation Cadet Louis Mann of Memphis State Teachers College on a thirty day furlough with his parents while recuperating from a broken ankle from Miami Beach. He has been a patient at Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis for the past two months. J R Daniels attended a class reunion last week in Atlanta. Ralph Brooks of Birmingham was a business visitor here Friday. Leo Pou chief attorney for the Interstate Commerce Department in Atlanta was overnight guest of his brother Rex Pou. Mrs Rex Pou is much improved.

Dick Wardrow Ninth Street Methodist Sunday School Bee Line Highway E. I. Hartselle Gulfport Wardlow A. Kissiah Matthew Carwile Otto Reeder C. R. Neill Carlie Smith Virgil Monk Prince Jones, Jr Jefferson Hospital Birmingham Juanita Nunn New Orleans George Nunn Fason E. Smith University of Alabama Louis Mann Memphis State Teachers College A. C. Mann Miami Beach Kennedy General Hospital Memphis Leo Pou Interstate Commerce Department Atlanta, Ga Rex Pou

Bride's Poem Read Amid Joyful Reception

After a luncheon guests enjoyed seated contests that proved merry. The couple wore white dresses with red rosebud corsages. Attendees included Miss Young Miss McBride Mrs Johnny Aycock Mrs Sam Evans Miss Mary Frances Matthews Miss Orris Hines Meinhardt Mrs Frank Richards Mrs Homer Stovall Miss Ruby Templeton and Mrs Milford Walker. W E Nesbit of the United States Navy Intelligence Department who has been in Australia for three months and promoted to lieutenant (j g) was named attache to the Staff of the Commander of the Southwest Pacific Forces.

Miss Young McBride Johnny Aycock Sam Evans Mary Frances Matthews Orris Hines Meinhardt Frank Richards Homer Stovall Ruby Templeton Milford Walker W. E. Nesbit Inteligence Department United States Navy Australia J. G Southwest Pacific Allied Naval Command

Local notables and travelers listed in social notes

Mrs. and Mrs. Roy McCurry visit Panama City while Henon Pearce, recently second lieutenant, returns home on leave before Harvard study. Families travel to Vernon Alabama for a funeral and to Atlanta for a Peanut Convention. Several members move households to Cleveland Ohio and Chicago. Jewel Tucker undergoes tonsil removal in Decatur clinic. Mission trip from David Lipscomb College departs for Syracuse. Scroggins family plans move to St. Louis after joining Frank Scroggins there. Mrs. C C Howard and Margaret Ann head home to Deep Run NC.

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Soctest Gordon Bibb First Ward Joe Wheeler Lafayette Lafayette P. T. A Troy Baker Parent Teachers Association Intelligence Department The Signal Corps Fort Sheridan, I Harris Lakeshore Drive Chicago Day-Winton W. M. Wassom Ala Mamie Wasson Winton John Russell Day St. Thomas Catholic Church Father Darneing Central Methodist Central Methodist W Winston Geraldine Parker Bertha Parker Town Creek Hazelwood High School Miss Parker Hazelwood Ann Gray Jeffersonville, Ind Sara Jeffries As Neill Philip Pointer First Methodist C. S J. W. Murphy Thomas S. Eddins Circle Three Paul Robinson Canal Street First Presbyterian Auxiliary First Presbyterian Church Edith Quinn Majorie Scroggins St. Louis Betty Hunter Patsy Patterson Ann Smith Lois Town Billy Scroggins Mary Anne Bagley Alice Smith Ann Coleman Joan Phelps Martha Bagley Sammy Pruett, Jr Charles Voehringer Jimmy Tatum Don Shelton Hattie Orr Edith McClure Pauline Inglis Judy Standridge D. L. Murphy Miss McClure Ninth Street South Miss Orr Hartwell Waugh Thelma King Cecil Wace Margaret Faulkner Laura Whitten Sue Clift Nora Walker Sue Orr Hartselle Bessie’ ’ French Louise Lamon Clio Parker Willie Beard Rutledge Thomas Muriel Columbia Stephens College Miss Thomas Valley Country Club Tennessee Ambassadors Fayetteville Martha Ann Gregg Jack Hughes Bonnie Parks Ned Anderson Lillian Houser Rex Rankin Jerry Wallace Ponsonby Kyle Elizabeth Ann Chappell Bobby Billis Billy Wright Mary Jean Sittason Richard Molar Marie Ryan A. J. Coleman, Jr Jean Link Sidney Chenault Wendellyn Gray Robert Layton Leighton Jo Hamilton George Wallace, Jr Dot -Hin Lynn Lumsden Ida Hall Hill Robert Gish Athens Shirley Bragg Horace Dryden Martha Scales Avery Roan, Jr Ann McEntire Buddy Townsend Peggy Wilds Brad Bibb Bailey Sallye Barnum al Jones Wanda de Mitchell Florence Mildred Ray Christobel Ford Cornelian Ruth McBride Eugene Young Nesbit Navy Maury Democrat Tenn Gulfport, Miss John Wardalow City Hamil Clinic R A. Nunn Mrs. L. D. True Captain A. E. True U. S. Navy San Carlos Cal Deema Stull J. 5. Bradford J. R. Daniels Atlanta Ralph Brooks Mother Evelyn’s Beauty Shop Speake Warren & Ratliff Marie Uiser Agriculture Besview Second Ave W. E Nesbit Canali Street Roy McCurry Panama City, Fla Frank C. Brown Roy Fite, Sr Providence Rhode Island Henon Pearce Fort Belvoir J. M. Pearce Pearce Harvard University S. N. Propst Vernon John Cobb Cobb David Hurt Mrs. C. M. Scaies Martha Billy Fay Marvin Samuel Winton John Reussell Elizabeth Oldacre Cleveland Ohio Jewel Elizabeth Tucker G. D. Tucker Decatur Clinic Misses Vera Annie Myri Hendon David Lipscomb College Syracuse N. Y Frank Scroggins Mrs. Scroggins C. C. Howard Margaret Ann Deep Run North Carolina Permen Rainey’s Beauty Shop Clopton Tru-Ly Dairymen America Decatur, Ala
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