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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
4
Margaret C. Shelfoo-Phone Detatur 86a reports a full society calendar with meetings at Firat M and St John church events on Canal Street, a back club gathering Friday evening featuring Mrs Harris and Mrs Wyker plus Driskill.
Socials at Holmes lawn on Line Street feature games and watermelon as Misses Dorothy Holmes Barbara Randle and Ben Holmes host. Canal Street party honors Cullman visitors with prize winners and gifts. Church social at St Johns planned. Canal Street Rook Club meets with prize and salad. Friday Thirteen group tops a game with a prize. Wedding announces Maude Lillian Chapman to John Paul Jones at Cumberland Church with a Nashville trip to follow. Several local residents listed as visiting relatives, trips and hospital updates.
County orders concerted effort to rid the cotten fields of the boll weevil before damage worsens. Farmers hoe and pick off weevils, use destroyers, and form a clear plan to prevent infestation. Community updates include Ira Harlow’s visit and YPMs at Central Methodist planning an ice cream supper and welcoming new members.
The page lists chorus groups and soloists led by Miss Margery Rainey and Mr. Marvin Rankin, with titles such as A Little Close Harmony and Watchword. It names multiple contributors including Carrie Jacobs Bond pieces and Nightfall in Granada. Directors and choir members are enumerated, including Mrs. W. K. McNeill, Mrs. A. A. Hardage, and Mr. B. B. Pickens, among others.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and loss of our beloved wife and mother, W. F. Hicks and Sons.
A fragmented excerpt reflects on aspiration as a lasting joy and a steady source of revenue through pleasure. The archaic phrasing mentions spiritual richness as a goal and quotes Robert Louis Stevenson on joy and wealth.
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