Children Help Furnish Pediatric Wing With Community Parties
In Decatur area events hosted by families raised funds and items for a new hospital pediatric wing. Activities included pony rides for 40 children at Flower Hill Farm on two Saturdays, plus backyard cookouts for about 21 children and an outdoor supper for 20. A second birthday party for Mary Katherine Loyd drew 32 young guests, all contributing toward the pediatric wing. Other gatherings at Mrs. Allen Hamilton’s home featured Coke party amenities and shared hosting arrangements.
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Flower Hill Farm
Luke Pryor
Highway 31
Mark
Joan Michelson
Harold Michelson
Cathy
Susan Johnson
L. W. Johnsons
Mary Katherine Loyd
Elmer Loyd, Jr
Allen Hamilton
Hamilton
Bill Lovina
Robert Tweedy
Cold Almond Soup from Living July recipe
A vintage recipe lists 1 cup blanched almonds 6 cups milk 1 tablespoon flour 144 cup sugar 4 egg yolks and fresh mint. Blend almonds until fine and whisk with hot milk then combine and chill. Garnish with mint and serve to 6-8 portions.
Book Reviews Highlight Global Leaders and Iconic Figures
A series of book notices cover figures from India through Montenegro and Israel. Campbell’s India portrait emphasizes everyday people in mud villages and crowded alleys, while Hughes, Eyton, Djilas, Mitford, and Low are praised for examining nuclear energy, Israeli diplomacy, Yugoslav youth, Voltaire era wit, and the Girl Scouts founder’s enduring legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Campbell
Indiana
Alexander Campbell
Hughes
Eyton
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Walter Eyton
Yugoslavia
Montenegro
Voltaire
Mitford
Europe
Marquise du Chatelet
Emilie
Nancy Mitford
Lady
Savannah
Sultz and
Lawrence
Juliette Gordon Low
Misses' Summer Dress Pattern 4775
Curved silhouette with scoop neckline and pretend pockets. Pattern 4775 fits misses sizes 10 to 18 requiring 3% yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16. Includes printed directions and easy sew instructions. Send fifty cents plus five cents for first class mail to Anne Adams at Decatur Daily pattern dept. 243 West 17th Street New York NY 11.
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Anne Adams
Care Decatur
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
WSCS Meets In Courtland
The Courtland Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service met with Mrs. Lemar Davis at the church parsonage for a combined business and social gathering. Rev. Lemar Davis led the devotion before a covered dish lunch for Mesdames Clabhorn Edwards Terry Green Waldrop Terry Horton Terry and for Lemar Davis Jr. and the Rev. Davis.
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Courtland Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Lemar Davis
Mesdames
Katie Clabhorn
Thelma Edwards
Price Terry
Amelia Green
Omega Waldrop
Ava Terry
Linda Horton
Sandra Terry
Lemar Davis Jr
Bodley Family Heads to Gulf Shores Holiday
The Rev and Mrs James Bodley with their children plus Mr and Mrs Frank Chenault left for a stay at the Hardwick home in Gulf Shores. Bill Griffin of Cullman reported return from visits to Lake Placid New York and Dallas Texas after attending a Rotary district governors meeting in New York.
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Jimmy Hunter
Charlie Hammond
Hammond
Max Pickens
Maxidean Pickens
James Webb Hunter
Mary Faye Hunter
James Bodley
Frank Chenault
Hardwick
Gulf Shores
Bill Griffin
Cullman
Lake Placid
N. Y
Dallas
Tex
Griffin
Rotary
New York
Inside Another’s Heart Desire Captured
A fragment suggests longing to understand another person deeply. The line hints at emotional pursuit and intimate curiosity, conveying a timeless search for connection.
Movement of a dazzling creature reveals complex life
The description portrays a remarkable being as both delightful and maddening, good yet flawed. It celebrates enduring love and a life led with vivid personality, offering a candid portrait rarely found in literary biographies.
Showboat star Kathy Nolan reflects on life shifting to TV
Kathy Nolan recalls starting at 13 months on the Goldenrod showboat and performing five to ten shows in two weeks. She now co stars on The Real McCoys and has held roles on radio and TV, citing live audience interaction as the appeal of showboat life and expressing eagerness to return to Lure of the City aboard the Goldenrod at St Louis with friends including Capt Billy Menke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
Mississippi
Kathy Nolan
Kathy
Cincinnati
New Orleans
East Lynne
Stephen
Terry Ellsworth
Nancy
New York
Captain Kidd
Real McCoys
Walter Brennan
O Wendy
Mary Martin
St. Louis
Billy Menke
Rotary leaders tour after Dallas convention trip
On a special train to Dallas 15 000 Rotarians attended the national convention En route home they visited Howard Griffin and Mrs Griffin in Baytown Tex Mr and Mrs James Purnell and Michele will depart for New York and Wilmington Del Mr Purnell heads to New York City while family stays in Wilmington for a relatives visit Bayne Vaughan and son Bayne Jr depart for a Gulf coast vacation
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Dallas
Tex
Howard Griffin
James. Purnell
Michele
New York
Mington, del
Purnell
New York City
Wilmington
Bayne Vaughan
Bayne Jr
Gulf Coast
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Decatur
Mama
Elmer Loyd Jr
Ardock
Bank St
Decatur Public Library
Elizabeth Tillery
Fedders
Theo Hill Appliance & Furniture
E. Moulton St
WSCS
Courtland
Penney's
Penney’s
Firestone Velon
Towncraft
London
Penney’s Luggage
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