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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1930
Page
5
A reflective piece on children building toy houses on a sunlit porch and the narrator pondering why people favor small intimate homes over grand mansions. It contrasts simple play with desires for status and wealth, ending with a personal wish for a door suited to house size.
Visitors honored Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hargitt at their Fifth Avenue South home with games and a late dessert. Auxiliary circles of the First Presbyterian Church reported good attendance and progress on the Daily Vacation Bible School survey program.
Mrs F M Menear reports rapid relief from stomach and liver troubles after using Konjola. She describes pain relief, improved appetite, and sleep, noting that six to eight bottles are recommended for best results. Konjola marketed in Decatur Albany and by local druggists.
A collage of social notes from Athens and surrounding towns. Visits include Mrs. R L Furst to Garden City Alabama, Mr and Mrs Don Beauchamp from Birmingham to Mrs W H Aycock’s, and Sally J Prather returning from Huntsville. Various relatives travel and illnesses are reported.
A humorous meditation on marriage and romance from 1930. The piece by Helen Rowland contrasts the seeking of a stable husband with the lure of lively partners, critiques prudishness, and skewers social stereotypes about women and money, ending with a witty quip about beauty sleep and mischief.
The Would-Be Orators celebrated a Saturday afternoon birthday on the Calvin home lawn at Oak street with dainty refreshments. Miss Julia Levin, president, will host a club reception Monday night at her 1105 Ferry street home, replacing the regular meeting. The program featured three speeches: A Formal Tea by Melvin G. Ozier, Reception Teas Etc by Joy Flautt, and Formalifies by Miss Levin.
Gorman Jones Jr and Allene Jones of Sheffield visit grandmother Mrs Lem Jones before entering Fort McClellan Anniston for a four week Citizens Military Training camp. Glenn Bradford leaves for New York City to be with brother George Weber after an opera. Miss Jennie Davidson visits Birmingham relatives. Mr and Mrs C R Jacobs spend two weeks with family in south Alabama and Florida. Miss Jane Bacon at home on Fourth Avenue South. Mrs Ben Campbell and family visit Manchester Tenn. Mrs John Lide Brock leaves for Okmulgee Okla after visiting Mrs Frank Lide. Mrs Fowler of Huntsville visits Mrs D L Blackwell in Decatur. Miss Maureen Bobbitt and Sarah Blackwell return from Birmingham visiting relatives and friends.
Mr and Mrs F B Waggoner of Bartlesville Oklahoma visit sister Mrs E E Clem. Mrs 8 F White visits her daughter and relatives in Sheffield. Mrs J R Daniels will spend days in Montgomery this week. Mr and Mrs S O Nelson return from visiting daughter Mrs R L Keneippe in Mt Carmel Illinois. Miss Lula Buchanan visits grandmother Mrs John Nelson in Athens Alabama and recently returned from Dr Cross sanatorium in Gadsden improved. Mrs Leroy McEntire visiting relatives in Memphis Tennessee. A T Z Bailey confined at home ill. Mrs Bessie Elam of Springfield Tennessee is guest of daughter Mrs Roy Billings and Mrs V A McNamee and children of Birmingham visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Arantz. Miss June Aycock has returned.
Lorraine Winton, seriously injured after a fall from the southern approach to the Swan Lake railroad bridge, was reported resting well and improving at Benevolent Hospital today.
Mr and Mrs Walter G McLane, badly hurt in an auto crash near Athens, continue to improve at Benevolent hospital and can sit up in wheel chairs. Miss Addie Mai Michael, injured in the same crash, remains in a plaster cast.
Advertising copy describes a dainty girls dress pattern 1925 with a bias bound yoke and tiny button shoulder fastenings. It notes fabrics like percale gingham and pique, sizes 3 4 6 and 8, yardage details for size 4, and a 15 cent pattern price with simple instructions and order directions.
An advertisement states Our Book of Patterns for adults and children costs fifteen cents but ten cents when ordered with a pattern. It instructs readers to address all mail and orders to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department at 243 West 17th Street in New York City.
Jack and Merrell Doss arrived from Chattanooga where they attended Baylor Military Institute. Jack Crittenden from Vanderbilt University will spend the summer at home. Miss Katherine Pattillo hosts Miss Dorothy Abbey of Boston Miss Margaret Matlock of Birmingham and Miss Evelyn Garrett of Ensley. Earl Glasscock leaves for Fort McClellan Anniston for weeks. Mr and Mrs Henry Dozier of Birmingham visit here with L S Echols. Mrs D D Goodman and children return from Tennessee. Lois Lyles of Tenna nt visits Miss Eva and Ernest Mettewe de and Carl Wichman depart Fulton Missouri for summer with parents.
Menu notes show a day menu with strawberry preserves fresh rhubarb sauce and multiple courses. Directions describe washing hulls bleeding berry layers with sugar heating to a boil then chilling sterilizing glasses and sealing with paraffin.
Associated Press reports Mary Powell of Melbourne Australia, fiancée of Capt. Charles Kingsford Smith, is preparing for a wedding as he readies an attempted Curragh Ireland to New York Atlantic flight.
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