Saylor Hosts Sixth Birthday for Son Jerry
Mrs L E Saylor greeted guests on Sixth Avenue South for her son Jerry's sixth birthday. Children played games before refreshments centered by a large white cake with six candles as Jerry blew them out. Guests Delorise Bailey Billy Ray Briscoe Thom Meadows Gene Lorene Shelton W C Vasser Harriet McCulloch Myke Tyler Roger Poole Bobby Jimmy Bell Wayne Keihl Glendon Julian Ronnie attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Delorise Bailey
Billy Ray Briscoe
Thom Meadows
Gene
Lorene Shelton
W. C.vasser
Harriet McCulloch
Myke Tyler
Roger Poole
Bobby
Jimmy Bell
Wayne Keihl
Glendon Julian
Ronnie
Drawstring Dirndl Pattern Offer and Local Social Notes
Pattern 4751 by Anne Adams offers a no seam one piece dirndl stitch with instructions for girls sizes 6 through 14 and yardage details for size 10. Also includes notes on summer pattern book, Mizpah Chapter 19 O E S officers election, Cotillion Club picnic, and a marriage announcement for Imeldia Louise Ozbolt to Pfc. George E. Mann with ritual details and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Blush Ozbolt
Eva
Alabama
Imeldia Louise
George E. Mann
U. S. Army
A. C. Mann
Personal notices from town residents during wartime
Word has been received from Okinawa of the promotion of Jack D. Carr to first lieutenant. Mrs Annie Orr, grandmother of Carr, is in this city. Residents report multiple family visits and illnesses, with reunions in Birmingham, Knoxville, and Mooresville. Wooten improves in Memphis hospital. Floyd M Free recovering from surgery in Decatur General Hospital.
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Okinawa
Jack D. Carr
Annie Orr
Mrs
D. M. Carr
Birmingham
Floyd M. Free
Cullman, Ala
Decatur General Hospital
Baileyton notables listed in local social note
Smith, Thomas Lenn and Lamar Barnett, Earl Self, Press Briscoe, of Baileyton, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Truman to leave Washington for brief vacation
The White House said President Truman plans to adjourn the San Francisco United Nations conference as scheduled. He will depart by plane at 8 A.M. Eastern War Time tomorrow for Olympia, Washington, for a short rest before flying to San Francisco Friday afternoon.
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Washington
White House
Truman
San Francisco
Charles G. Ross
Olympia
Wash
Change of Hair-Do Essential
HELEN FOLLETT discusses choosing a new hair style, noting a first class hair dresser considers facial features but remodeling may be needed. Some women have talent for hair training while others struggle, making professional weekly shampoos necessary. A new hairstyle can refresh appearance, age, mood, and confidence.
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Helen Follett
New Fast Cure for Scabies Claims Quick Relief
Doctors from the United States Army Medical Corps report a three hour treatment for scabies using washing, baths, an ointment of sulfur and other ingredients, followed by zinc oxide, wrapped in sheets and blankets, with sterilization of clothing. In 266 patients, 217 were cured and five developed minor skin inflammation.
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Simon 8
Rubin
Harvey Blank
Medical Corps
United States Army
Home Demonstration Club Holds Tea and Sewing Clinic
Mrs James Teague hosted the Danville Home Demonstration Club gathering with roses and garden arrangements. Mrs Guy Smith led devotional and business, Miss Rowe supervised a sewing machine clinic where machines were taken apart cleaned tested and reassembled. Contributions for the Russians were collected and refreshments with a sugarless sweet course were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Teague
Danville Home Demonstration Club
Paul Revere Led First American Board of Health
Paul Revere served as president of the inaugural Board of Health in American history, guiding early public health measures and community welfare initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Revere
Board of Health
English reformer John Howard championed prison cleanliness
John Howard, an Englishman, rose to prominence by fighting for decent clearliness conditions in prisons, inspiring reforms and reevaluating jail hygiene and treatment.
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John Howard
Dear Dorothy DixAdvice Columns on War Letters and Teen Dates
The column urges war wives to understand wartime hardships and censorship that limit letters from soldiers. It also answers a teen dating question, advising mothers to allow healthy social growth to avoid rebellion. A lost billfold notice and a brief home-life note appear among the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Abolition of sales tax tokens discussed by Decatur merchants
The Alabama Department of Revenue replaces tokens with a bracket system for retailers. A Decatur Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday at 10 am in the Lyons Hotel assembly room will gather retail leaders to voice wishes, with state legislative action pending. Other retailer matters and July Fourth plans will also be discussed.
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Department of Revenue
State of
Alabama
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Lyons Hotel
W. W. McGwier
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
McGwier
Moroline HairTonic Ad Promises Lustrous Hair
An old advertisement touts Moroline HairTonic with a pretty lace and lustre bottle, priced at 25 cents and marketed as available everywhere to improve hair grooming.
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E.M. Bloodworth
Goidel’s
Equipm
2Nd Ave
ENT CO
Remington Rand Agency
Texcel
Lyon
Decatur Daily
P.“O
Station O
New York 11
N. Y
Mizpah
Mizpah Chapter
Masonic Temple
Cotillion Club
Decatur Cotillion Club
The
Valley Country Club
Cotillion
Pinckney Pruitt
Eugene A. Graves
Richard Parr
Mann
Ozbolt
Mrs. S. I. Nichols
Cecil Kirkpatrick
Greer Black
Tommy
Morris Black
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mrs. Berthold Kennedy
New York City
Belle Mina
George McCrary
Knoxville
Tenn
Orville Hundley
Mooresville
Frank Haggard
City Park
Purex
Betty Field
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Sally
Bel) Syndicate. Inc
John R. A
Johnny Jones
Edna Whittemire
J. L. Appling
9Th Ave. W
Eve
WSM Grand Ole Opry
Big Tent Theatre
1St Ave
Decatur Transit Co
Bill Monroe
Blue Grass Boys
Lew Childre
Alabam
Sally Ann
Loyd’s
Moye's
the News-Age-Herald Station
Lydia E
Pinkham
Macon
Georgia
Salvation Army
BELK
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