Society Installation Of Officers At First Christian Church
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian church held its June meeting with seven members present. The vice president presided, reports were given, yearbooks ordered, and installation of officers for the new year held. A historical review traced the society and Alabama mission history, followed by prayers and a devotional. Later, piano pupil recitals at Mrs. W. Y. Martin's home featured students and a reception for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society
First Christian
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Ernest McCulloch
R. D. McElrath
McElrath
Hannigan
Mabel Akers
Herman Safley
Sam Thompson
McCulloch
Dorothy Akers
Alice Cumming
Handigan
China
National Christian Convention
Cincinnati
Caroline Pearce
Maria Jameson
Alabama
B. F. Hall
Moulton
T. Fanning
Piney Grove
Morgan County
Marion
Alabama Christian Missionary Society
Selma
Woman’s Missionary Society
Greenup
Wedding Shower and Local Church Social Notes
A square dance blouses tea celebrated Miss Betty Sue Yarbrough’s upcoming June 26 wedding to Tom my Holland with garden flowers and pastel taffeta gowns. Guests included Mrs. Philpot and Mrs. James Yarbrough, while decor featured a miniature church and white flower centerpieces. In another event, Miss Mary Stuart Terrell hosted a dinner at Decatur Country Club for Miss Jerry Wallace and Mr. Jack Pitts ahead of their June 18 wedding, with gardenias and roses on display. The Lena Harvey YW A will meet June 14 at 7:30 PM at Miss Juanita Bowers’s home, and the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Gleaners Class hosted a wiener roast at Woodall’s with families attending.
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Hopson
Joanne Elliott
Mrs. Martin
Schumann
Betty Martin
Banjo Picker
Wright
Anne Sivley
Clare de Lune
de Bussey
Patsy Stephenson
Me Call
You
Whitson
Friedman
Sara Ruth Aday
Pieczonka
Earle
Tschaikowsky
Mary Elizabeth Poole
Brahms
Patsy ,Stephenson
Rochelle Baxter
Myra Johnson
Lynn O’donnell
Betty Sue Yarbrough
Tommy Holland
Pat Edwards
Sara Nell Pettus
Philpot
James Yarbrough
T. J. Holland, Sr
Edwards
J. A. Davis
Johnsie .Bolte
Margaret Ann Yarbrough
Neal Cagle
Decatur Country Club
Mary Stuart Terrell
Jerry Wallace
Jack Pitts
Lena Harvey
The
Central Baptist Church
Juanita Bowers
12Th Avenue West
Officers elected by gleaners class at Sixteenth Avenue
At a regular meeting in Mrs. Mitchell Williams home the Gleaners Class of Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church elected officers for the coming year. Mrs Gordon Buck was named president with Mrs Kenneth Easterling as vice president and Mrs Mitchell Williams as secretary. Social chairman is Mrs Edward Morrow and group commanders are Mrs Bean Lee and Mrs Dewey Richards.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Woodall
Eugene Lamon
Wayne
Gordon Buck
Sandy
Bean Leg
di Rinda
Mitchell Williams
Tommy
James Hamilton
Kenneth Easterling
Edward Morrow
Ralph Hoover
Gleaners
Bean Lee
Dewey Richards
Laura Wheeler Neediecraft patterns and advice column
A vintage notice advertises Laura Wheeler Neediecraft crochet patterns with diagrams and prices, inviting readers to mail orders. The page also presents a long advice column response to a reader about a forbidden love between a young woman and her stepfather, noting the tragedy and societal implications.
Chapel Hill Woman's Society meets at church weekly
The Chapel Hill Woman's Society of Christian Service held its regular weekly meeting at the church. Vice president Mrs Estelle Mitchell led the session. Mrs Vera Plant spoke on talents and how to use them, with Mrs Edna Holland discussing China's greatest church and Mrs Velma Hampton presenting a Brazilian home theme. Reverend D C Piess closed in prayer.
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Chapel Hill W
China
Velma Hampton
D. C Piess
Anne Adams pattern ad offers sundress and book
An Anne Adams pattern advertisement promotes a square-front V-back sundress, Pattern 4854 in sizes 11 13 15 17 with fabric needs. It invites readers to mail 25 cents for the pattern to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York and add 15 cents for the Summer Pattern Book featuring a travel wardrobe and free shampoo and make up smock pattern.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
West 17Th St
New York
Three Minerals Mined and Used as Asbestos
A report notes that three distinct minerals have been mined and used as asbestos substitutes or substitutes in insulation. The article outlines their mining, properties, and applications while comparing health concerns to traditional asbestos fibers.
Health of Hair Is Important
The article emphasizes daily brushing and vigorous scalp massage to maintain hair health. It warns against careless shampooing and soap residue that weaken hair and disrupt permanents. Dandruff is discussed as a fungus needing scalp cleansing with hot oil or mineral oil. It advises thorough brushing, targeted oil application, and ten minutes of scalp massage before washing and rebrushing.
Warner Sartor resumes Alabama law studies after visit
Warner E. Sartor left with his parents at 306 Jackson Street to resume law studies at the University of Alabama following a week spent with family. He stopped in Birmingham to visit Mr. and Mrs. John W. de Yampert during the trip and attended the commissioning and reactivation of the 541st U S Marine Corps Fighter Squadron as a Reserve Marine Officer.
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Warner E. Sartor
Chester _L. Sartor
Jackson Street
University of Alabama
Sartor
Birmingham
John W. de Yampert
U. S. Marine Corps
Dear Miss Dix Advice: Women and Sarcasm in Dating
Dorothy Dix counsels that sarcasm ruins relationships and urges readers to tame their tongue to attract men. A letter-writer asks whether to keep her secretary job or marry a banker. Dix jokes about hiring the next secretary and advises marriage, with a satirical nod to a difficult secretarial dynamic.
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Miss Dix
Lonesome Jane
Dorothy Dix
Greta
Top U S earners show million-dollar pay slipping
Treasury figures for 1947 reveal few reach or retain million-dollar pay in corporations. Charles P. Skouras tops the list at 810000, with Betty Grable the highest paid woman at 208000, while many executives and media figures appear in the top ten and over 200000 earnings. Taxes erode large salaries, with federal rates nearing 675000 on 800000 income.
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Washington
Treasury Records
Leo McCarey
Treasury
America
Charles P. Skouras
National Theatres Amusement Oc., Inc
Fox West Coast Agency Corp
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
Skouras
Vincent Riggio
American Tobacco Company
Preston Sturges
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
E. H. Little
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co
A. A. Somerville
R. T. Vanderbilt Co
Seton Porter
National Distillers Products Corp
William Randolph Hearst
Theodore Seltzer
Bengue, Inc
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
G A. Bryant
The
Austin Co
Advice on Leaving Home to Test Family Ties
A voice counsels a young person to spend a year away to test love for a stepfather. It notes the mother is middle aged and urges giving her the truth if departure proves impossible. The message frames duty to mother as a core obligation and decision rests with her.
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Absree
Gray Approved for Army Secretary Post
Washington June 13 Senate approved Gordon Gray for Secretary of the Army by unanimous consent. Gray a Winston-Salem North Carolina publisher and former Undersecretary of the Army holds the top post.
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Gray
Washington
Senate
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
N. C
Work at one of the South's finest hospitals
Eight hour day with good working conditions offering monthly earnings from $190 to $210 plus two meals. Apply by writing or wiring Touro Infirmary in New Orleans Louisiana.
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South
New Orleans
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B. M. Thompson
J. M. Philpott
C. H. Edwards
2Nd Street West
Miss Wallace
MR. Pitts
Lena Harvey Bishop
Y. W. A. Central Baptist
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Wodall’s
Jiffy Crochet
Wekabel
Laura Wheeler
P.O
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Flame S
Kentile
Cal
Leon Edwards
Waverly
Schumacher
East Moulton St
Helen Follett
Frances Denney
John Shelton
Seldon and
Melburn
Vernice Osborne
Gussie Mae Wright
A. J. Terry
Crowder
Mississippi
Buster Terry
Brenda Carol
Huntsville
Richard Watkins
Gulfshore
Metal Crafters
Decatur
Ala
Russell Stover
Norcross
Hallmark Cards
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Moulton St
Dorothy
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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