Marriages of Ruth McBride and Carrie Young
Miss Ruth McBride wed Mr. Robert Milam and Miss Carrie Young wed Mr. William Flynn at Central Methodist Church. Double ring ceremony officiated by Dr. Archibald with organ music by Mrs. Troup and songs by Rev. Homer Best. Attendants included flower girls Suzanne McBride and Mona Ray Kelley. After a short wedding trip both couples to live in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth McBride
Robert Paul Milam
Carrie Eugene Young
William Oscar Flynn
Central Methodist Church
R. Lambuth Archibald
Florence
Herman O. Troup
Gurnie West
Hartselle
Homer Best
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miss McBride
James Blanton McBride
Mr. Milam
Robert Adkin Milam
Flynn
J. W. Flynn
Ray Kelley
John McBride
Young-Flynn
McBride- Milam
Mildred Ray
Holland Cook
Hilda Vaughan
Adam and the Apple Ailments In Old Remedy Ad
A historical ad urges readers to try Udga tablets for stomach ulcers pains indigestion gas and heartburn claiming relief from excess acid. It promotes a 25 cent box with a double your money back offer and lists Ideal Drug Store and other drugstores as vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idel
Tiny Pet Motifs for Needlecraft Pattern 561
Embroider charming pet motifs for nursery linens frocks and bibs. Pattern 561 offers fourteen transfers sized 2 1 2 by 3 to 6 by 7 3 4 inches with stitches materials and colors to use. Send eleven cents in coins to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Mizpah Chapter elects officers for new year
At the Mizpah Chapter No 19 C E S annual meeting officers were elected for the coming year including Mrs Christobel Ford as worthy matron and Dr A M Roan as worthy patron. Other officers listed include Mrs Mary R Thompson associate matron and J E Thrasher associate patron with secretary treasurer conductress and trustee positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christobel Ford
A. M. Roan
Mary R. Thompson
J. E. Thrasher
Lettie W. Warner
Thomas Brooks
Luna Mce- Kelvey
Edward Norwood
C. E. Uptain
Beef Shortage Pressures Military Meat Supply
Chicago June 16. War Meat Board reports the nations armed forces face a critical beef shortage. The War Food Administration orders restrict civilian beef sales, directing packers to reserve 45 percent of weekly steer and heifer output for military use, down from 65 percent for civilians. A regional official disclosed a crackdown on a major veal black market, suspending permits for ten Wisconsin buyers turned local slaughterers who supplied the illicit Chicago market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
WFA
O. Pollock
War Foods
Wisconsin
Pollock
Vacation travel to be tolerated warns ODT
Washington reports vacation travel is unessential but allowed if travelers stay put once they go. It cautions against roaming for leisure as troop movements and military traffic rise, noting civilian tourism will be uncomfortable this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
DDT
Greying hair dilemma teaches self choice and change
The column shares a story of a woman who dyed her prematurely grey hair for years, then shaved and wore a wig before growing white curls at sixty. It argues grey hair can be empowering, urges natural aging, and warns against prolonged dyeing, noting younger women face different pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Follett
Cullman Plant Sees 2000 Fryers Weekly and Idle Locker Space
Louis Hauk owner operator of Cullman's cold storage locker plant says the county preserves substantial quantities of food with over 2000 fryers processed weekly and 200 lockers in use. He notes capacity to rent 500 more lockers and that beef pork fruits vegetables and poultry are frozen for future use. A revival begins June 16 at First Baptist church led by Dr Claude M Miller and Rev A D Neel with morning services at 9:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hauk
Cullman
Hauk
Hank
First Baptist Church
Claude M. Miller
Birmingham
A. D. Neel
Troy
Ala
J. E. Marion
Young Democrats May Skip National Convention
Washington June 16 The nations organized Young Democrats with eleven years of activity may forego their national biennial convention this summer if W J Primm Jr chairman of their committee has his way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. J. Primm, Jr
Local Notables Attend Weekend Wedding and Health Updates
Eugene Young and Mr. William Oscar Flynn wed at Central Methodist Church. Attendees include Huntsville and Florence couples, Birmingham residents, and military personnel. Health notes list Alan McBride improving at home, Prince Jones Jr at Jefferson Hospital improving, plus several local residents announcing hospital stays and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Young
William Oscar Flynn
Central Methodist Church
Paul Milam
Huntsville
James Milan
Florence
Fred E. Bass
Birmingham
Ross
Bevis
Courtland Air Base
Prince Jones, Jr
Jefferson Hospital
Double wedding guests mingle with Ruth McBride and Paul Milam
Among out of town guests for the double wedding ceremony were Miss Ruth McBride and Mr. Paul Milam and Miss Caéfrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth McBride
Paul Milam
Miss Caéfrie
Invasion Training By Yorkshire Men And London Drivers
James M. Long reports on England's coast where young Yorkshire farm lads and London truck drivers train for amphibious assaults. Recruits, mostly draftees, practice in four to ten man crews to land tanks and men on hostile shores, using light steel craft built for shallow water and assembled from British and American components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
England
Drake
Nelson
Yorkshire
London
Dieppe
North Africa
Britain
United States
Dunkerque
Hitler
Notable Cullman Family Obituary Details
Daughters Mrs Annie Smith and Mrs Serry Smith and Mirst Frank Graham are named along with four brothers one sister thirty five grandchildren eighty one great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Pallbearers include Joe Smith Ethredge Fowler Leo Smith Dever Fowler Roxie Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Smith
Mirst Frank Graham
Serry Smith
Cullman 2
Joe Smith
Ethredge Fowler
Leo Smith
Dever Fowler
Roxie Smith
Funeral Held for John D Fowler 98 in Vinemont
Funeral services for John D. Fowler 98 who died Friday morning at his son’s home in Vinemont were held at 2 p m Sunday at Etna Baptist Church with Rev Virgil Sizemore officiating Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery Drinkard directing Survivors include two sons J J Fowler Vinemont 1 and J H Fowler Huntsville and three more in the line of the obituary fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Fowler
Vinemont
Etna Baptist Church
Virgil Sizemore
Drinkard
J. J. Fowler
J. H. Fowler
Huntsville
Five Distinct White Races Represented in Nova Scotia
Report notes five distinct white groups in Nova Scotia English Scotch French Acadian Irish and Hanoverian presence detailed in a regional ethnographic survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Pin-Neat Pinafore Pattern 4434 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams offers pattern 4434 for a pinafore dress with princess lines in misses sizes 12 through 20. Fabric options include pique or gingham. back, sleeves and ruffles optional. size 16 needs 338 yards of 35 inch fabric. price is sixteen cents for the pattern plus ten cents for the Summer Pattern Book. Orders to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Meet The U S Army's First Distaff Doctor
Washington reports Major Margaret Craighill the first woman doctor in the U S Army Medical Corps begins duty in the Surgeon General's office. she aims to lead in preventive medicine and push for active roles for women doctors beyond WAAC assignments. Craighill, from North Carolina, trained at Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins and led the women’s Medical College of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Margaret D. Craighill
United States Army Medical Corps
Surgeon General
Women's Medical College of
Philadelphia
Greenwich
Conn
Waacs
Craighill
Portland
Margaret
University of Wisconsin
Johns Hopkins
Mary V. Craighill
Williamsport
Southport
N.C
Amelia Earhart
J. L. Vickers
Greenwich, Conn
Melissa
Missy
Hem
Solon Pushes Bonus Plan For World War II Vets
New York congressman Joseph C. Baldwin promotes a plan to pay a 300 to 400 dollar bonus to all World War II service members including Merchant Marines, with payments issued at discharge rather than years later. He says total cost would be about a billion dollars, less than past war bonuses, and describes the bill during a Fort Benning stop while touring with Capt. Henry L. Munson. The article notes his wartime infantry service and a brief anecdote about hurdling a fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
New York
Joseph C. Baldwin
Baldwin
Henry L. Munson
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Adam
By Laura Wheeler
Miss Otte
Venetia Hauk
Cornelian Rose Otte
Mary Ellen Schlosser
Mary Louise Otte
Alfred Sacks
Hilda Gasser
Gladys Karter
Irene Boyke
al Gasser
Ernest Hauk
Linda Gasser
Irene Woreco
Betty Ann Hauk
Marvin Wells
Ladonia Kullman
Mary. Louise Otte
Decatur
Miss Thomas
Rutledge Thomas
Muriel
Ann Gray
Jeffersonville
Ind
Thomas
Constance Peerson
Esther Morris
Annie Sue Cain
Geraldine Masterson
Vicki Vola
Cornelia Rose Otte
Ottis
Ralph Pence
Claude Schlosser
Miss Hauk
Mesdames
Hilda
Irene Woerz
Nedonia Kullman
Erwin Ruehl
Bertha Ruehl
Asa B. Fuller
Forney Fuller
Camp Leonard Wood
Missouri
Leslie Waller
Jean
C. A. Stiefelmeyer
West Coast
Campbell Evans
Albertville
Geo. Stiefelmeyer
W. J. Cottingham
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cottingham
Drew R. B. Dodson
Clara Lotta
W. R. Hendrix
O. C. Gibson
Blountsville
Quentin F. Schenk
Fred E. J. Schenk
St. John's Evangelist Lutheran Church
Navy Air Base
Oakland
California
Corpus Christi
Texas
Alan McBride
Helen Sneed
Macon
Henry Helfrich
Rebecca Helen Sneed
Charles Henry Davidson
Chenault Clinic
Prospect Drive
Laverne Crow
16Th Avenue East
Nashville
Vanderbilt Hospital
Frank Price, Jr
An Rageea
Carlton Kelley
University of Alabama
William Wyker Jr
Frances Carter
Greeneville, Ala
Will Wyker
Alfred Hodgins
Wilburn R.” McClusky
Boca Raton, Fla
Yale University
New Haven, Conn
Reed
Buddy) Rogers Jr
U.S. Army
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Joe Renneker
Casio Rucker
Dothan
Reed Rogers
Alan FP. Archer
Camp Grant
Rockford, Til
Priday
A. T. Hanson
Coco Oller
Goidel’s Drug Store
Evelyn’s
Speake
Warren & Bailiff
Sally's
Sallies
U. S. Army
Solon
Fiji Islands
City Park
Ail Zu
Ere
Imexsana
Moye
Peete Seis Ih
Dillehay’s
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Belk’s Bargain Basement
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