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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1941
Page
5
Hart selle society notes report Miss Harriett Holmes wed James Walter Moore of Detroit formerly of Hart selle. They depart for Detroit to reside. Social items include Spinsters meeting, parties for guests, Mizpah chapter election, and several engagements and receptions.
Mrs. L. R. Nash and daughter Martha return from Corinth Mississippi. Bill Nelson of the Army spends two weeks with Jough in Detroit. Carl Mitwede goes to Durham North Carolina to summers with grandmother Mrs J P Williams. Larry Ray and Gene Gasser of Cullman visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert Hauk while parents travel in Indiana Illinois Michigan. Carolyn Horn of Laverne Alabama visits aunt Mrs J Y Hamil. Mr and Mrs Lillard Compton plus Beverly Ann and Mr and Mrs Oval Sanders with Patsy Ann spend Sunday in Huntsville and Monte Sano. S B Cross remains critically ill at home. Mrs E Patterson and Patsy return from two weeks in Chattanooga and Atlanta. Mr and Mrs Oscar Morrow and Lane visit. Morrow returns home while Mrs Morrow and daughter stay through week. Howard McDonald of New York visits his mother and sister. T B Rogers Jr returns Monday from Blue Ridge NC after Christian conference. Mrs L D True visits relatives in Daisy Tennessee. Mrs W M Houston and two children return Sunday from Memphis Tennessee.
A healthful guide advises careful perfume selection based on facial and body traits. It urges sampling small bottles, avoiding overpowering scents, and matching fragrance to personality from fresh florals to woodsy notes.
Miss Carolyn Spivey of Scottsboro engaged to William B. Wilson of Athens with a July wedding planned. Miss Lucille Hacker and Kyle Wesley McDonald wed at an Athens area home the prior week. they will reside on East Pryor Street. Marian Elaine Braly married Clifford Bailey Braly Jr. and will live in Athens after a Natural Bridge trip. Numerous locals announce marriages, travels, and forthcoming leaves for military service and training.
Anne Adams pattern 4790 promises a line perfect slim dress with front panel shaping and back panels for a flattering waist. Available in garden sizes 36 to 50, it features soft fitted side bodice shirring and optional back half-sash. Send 15 cents for pattern. book and pattern set 25 cents. order from The Decath Daily Pattern Department in New York.
The piece discusses Stalin resisting Western Russian border provocations, peasant morale under German pressure, and Italy facing U S credit freezes. It notes German caution, asserting Berlin expects harsher U S action toward Italy than Germany and anticipates Axis credit policy influencing European stability.
The revival at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church started well with Rev. C L Dobbs delivering two sermons. Rev Ralph Field of Birmingham will arrive today to lead the remainder of the two week series with services at 10 am and 7 30 pm daily.
Arnold 1018 Wadaworth Street reached Decatur Saturday after discharge from the Canadian army. He suffered an eye injury in war maneuvers and was stationed at Camp Borden Ontario.
Instructions for a crochet panel inspired by the Statue of Liberty. Pattern 2680 includes chart and directions and lists materials. Send ten cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept in New York for pattern, include name and address.
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