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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
6
Circle activities of Westminster Presbyterian and nearby Methodist groups are reported, including devotional themes from The True Vine and Galatians, programs on local church history, Africa mission items, and social hours. Members from Tidwell, Hunter, Walton, Patterson, and others attend, with refreshments served and plans for future meetings.
A long reader letter submits a complex love triangle involving a wife described as faithful and unselfish, a devoted girlfriend, and a man torn between two women and a child. Dorothy Dix counsels that duty and the child’s welfare outweigh passion, warning that divorce harms children and that happiness may come from doing one’s duty rather than pursuing a hot romance.
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Minutes opening the meeting note roll call by Mrs. James Standridge and discussions of old and new business. Fourteen members and one visitor, Mrs. E. W. Corley, gathered in the church annex for a social hour with a salad course prepared by hostesses Mrs. Corben Templeton and Mrs. Horace Knight. The group moved to the auditorium for an evening program by Mrs. Knight on the theme Guidance.
The Bible study book Newness Of Life closed with all kneeling at the altar while Mrs. Mahlon Yarbrough sang God Be With You The Rainbow Girls Decatur Assembly No 26 will meet Thursday June 23 at 730 pm at the Masonic Temple to set dates for a hayride and skating party The Thursday Luncheon Club meets June 23 at 1030 am at the Decatur Country Club for bridge Mrs Thomas J Hendrix to host at noon Emblem Club Decatur Club No 127 meets tonight at 730 pm at the Elks Home Hostesses are Mrs Sam Stanley and Mrs A L Ryan Westside Presbyterian Auxiliary meets in Gray Home Monday The Woman's Missionary Society of Westside Presbyterian Church met Monday evening at
Mrs B J Hoppenjans and daughters Terry Mary Ann and Joan left for Fort Thomas Kentucky. Miss Mary Ann Hoppenjans will marry Mr William Meyer on July 2. Katherine Hoppers attends summer quarter at the University of Alabama. Frances Marie Farrer Mavis McCaghren Sarah Vinson Wanda Lee Harrison Laverne Landers and Mary Louise Alexander returned from a week in Panama City and Pensacola Florida. The Rowe and Thornhill families journeyed to Houston to visit Nancy Thornhill. Helen Russell Pitts and Mr Gann returned home after the Pitts Wallace wedding. John Minor visited his ill father Jeff Minor in Tuscumbia. Mrs T R Harrison and Margie Ellen returned from Florida visit with the Jennings Ganzolz family who named their son James Christopher III. Jennings is the former Kathleen Harrison.
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