Double Wedding Celebrated at Town Creek Parsonage
A Friday night ceremony united Amelia Moore of Courtland and Hollis Green of Wheeler with Martha Jenkins of Town Creek and William Terry of Courtland in a joint ring ceremony at the Town Creek Methodist parsonage. A later society gathering and social hour followed at a local hamburger fry.
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Methodist Church
Town Creek
Amelia Moore
Riley B. Moore
Mr. Moore
Courtland
Hollis O. Green
Wheeler
Martha Kay Jenkins
Robert Jenkins
William D. Terry
Dennis Mays
Lenzie’ McDougall
Baptist Church
Conquerors Enjoy Amburger Fry at Central Baptist
Mrs Tom Willingham leads central Baptist church class as the Conquerors host a Amburger fry gathering with attendees recounting fellowship and community.
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Amburger Fry
Tom Willingham
Central Baptist Church
Personal notices cross paths of travelers and visitors
Webster McLeod Jr returns to New York City after visiting home folks. The Austelles welcome home Malcolm Jr after a visit with Vera Austelle in Monteagle. Mary Augusta Bibb heads to Knoxville for a visit with friends. The Byars family visits in Birmingham. Dr Wayland McGlathery returns from New Orleans. Ed Wise returns to Dallas after visiting E M Wise. Propst hosts Mrs James Bradford in Birmingham. R M McGlathery visits relatives in Birmingham. F D Peebles and son Shine vacation on the Gulf Coast. Mary Ann Bagley Martha Higdon Jean Gregg Pat Wright Melba Halbrooks return from Montevallo. John C Bragg and wife return from Chicago after a medical meeting. John H Jones and others noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster McLeod, Jr
New York City
United Press
New York
Mary Ann Bagley
Martha Higdon
Jean Gregg
Pat Wright
Melba Halbrooks
Montevallo
Makeup tricks for a natural looking face and glow
The piece urges restrained makeup use to avoid a heavy painted look. It advises light rouge around the eyes for a fresh complexion, careful powder application in a “cosmetic sandwich,” and blending with a lambs wool pad. It notes evenly powdering neck and ears and matching face shade to neck for formal wear.
Weekend Visits and Travel Notices Across the Area
A long list of residents plan weekend visits and travels including Wil son Lake Cabin Getaway for Hill Ferguson and others, Tuscaloosa and Albany trips, Courtland and Oak Ridge visits, plus several family visits and social engagements at Decatur Country Club and with relatives. Name and place details include Wyker Jr, Morris Shipper, LeRoy McEntire Jr, R C Partlow, Noble Russell, Pollard Baptist church, Betty Jo Lauffer, Robert Tweedy Jr, Fannie Wallace, Foster Pointer, Lynnwood estate, Trinity Mountain, E B Garner, Decatur Club, Proctor Barnes, and many more across Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia.
Dedication of Church Slated at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Sunday marks dedication day at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with 9:45 A M Sunday school, 9:50 A M worship, and a 1:30 P M program in the auditorium. Dr Albert Smith of First Baptist Sheffield will deliver the dedication sermon amid special music by local choirs and a showing of The Story of Our Building Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
L. C. Radford
W. R. Wallace
Vernon Davison
Howard College
Bob Cromwell
Central Baptist Church
Sixteenth Avenue Church Choir
Albert Smith
First Baptist Church
Sheffield
Lake Chaug and Nearby News From Local Visitations
Lake Chargoggagoggmonchaug gagoggchaubunagungamaug is known locally as Lake Chaug. Alton Doody has spent three weeks visiting Phillis and Barbara Nungesser. Mrs Mary Boyd continues to improve at home after an operation at Decatur Clinic. Miss Bessie Peach heads to Lark Way Villa Florida for a vacation with Mrs Bailey Mrs Joe Hagler and Mrs Myrtle Williamson.
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Bernice Collier, Cullman
Mary Boyd
Decatur Clinic
Alton Doody
Phillis
Barbara Nungesser
6Th Avenue West
Bessie Peach
Lark Way Villa
Florida
A €."Bailey
Joe Hagler
Myrtle Williamson
Proposals Sought on Albany Post Office Building Lease
Local landlords were asked today to submit offers for a five or ten year lease on a building about 1500 square feet. The Albany station at Moulton Street and First Avenue, established in 1928, will see its lease end January 1 1949 with a new lease to follow. Proposals must reach Inspector W R Wooten in Chattanooga by July 25.
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W. R. Wooten
Chattanooga
Albany
Moulton Street
First Avenue
Inspector Wooten
Service to honor Pvt. Arville L. Roberts in Hartselle
Full military rites to be held Tuesday at Basham church for Pvt. Arville L. Roberts 24 of Hartselle 2 killed in New Georgia Island, Southwest Pacific August 21 1943. Interment at adjoining cemetery with Peck's handling. Surviving parents two sisters five brothers. Body arriving Monday 2:25 PM Decatur via Southern Railway.
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Arville
L. Roberts Hartselle
Basham
Cabe Smith
Walker Bynum
Fred Schlosser
John F. Thompson
American Legion
Hartselle
National Guard Company C
1343Rd Combat Engineers
Peck’s
Pvt
Roberts
New Georgia
Soutwest Pacific
U. S. Army
Jasper P. Roberts
Ruby Jones
Lucille Craze
W. Petway
Ben
Alvie J
Wilbur
Garland
Memphis
Decatur
Southern Railway
Forecaster Predicts Awful Summer Weather This Year
Forecaster George J. McCormack, famed for predicting last winter's snow, warns of an awful summer. He cites astro meteorology and outlines hot periods from late June to mid July, with relief mid July, and storm movement from the Mississippi Valley toward the Atlantic for July 3 to 5.
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Fair Lawn
N. J
George J. McCormack
McCormack
Mississippi Valley
Continental Divide
Atlantic
Disabled Veterans Open State Meeting In Capital Today
More than 200 disabled war veterans from Alabama are expected to attend a three day statewide convention in Montgomery. Gen. William E. Brougher of Camp Gordon and U S Senator John Sparkman will speak tomorrow. Sunday's program includes electing Alabama DAV officers and a speech by national claims director William E. Tate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
William E. Brougher
Camp Gordon
U. S
John Sparkman
Alabama Department of the Disabled American Veterans
William E. Tate
DAV
Highway Department hearing scheduled at capitol
The committee investigating the state Highway Department will meet at the capitol for some time. House Speaker W. M. Beck, chairman, said hearings will be granted to anyone who wishes to appear. Gov. James E. Folsom appointed the panel at the request of Highway Director Ward McFarland.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Capitol
House
W. M. Beck
Beck
James E. Folsom
Ward McFarland
Dear Miss Dix on Marriage and Familial Sacrifice
Dorothy Dix answers a reader about marrying a thrifty bachelor amid a spouse’s spendthrift family. She warns of the risk a wife may prioritize in-laws and children over her husband, urging careful cost accounting before commitment. She also addresses grief and remarriage timing after a spouse’s death, outlining social scrutiny and permissible timelines.
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Miss DIX
Daily Reader
Madam Rose
RHEUMATISM RHUMAZ claimed relief from muscular aches
Compounded for relief of muscular aches and pains caused by rheumatism. Sold exclusively through drug stores or write direct to New Nations Drug Co in Rogersville Alabama.
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Write Direct To New Nations Drug CO
Rogersville
Ala
Two Cars Collide on Highway 31 Nightly Left Turn
Police report slight damage with no injuries after a collision at Highway 31 and Prospect Drive Thursday night. W. W. Simpson 1211 Ni E was southbound turning left into Prospect Drive when Jack Day 409 traveling south struck Simpson’s vehicle at about 11 p.m.
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Highway 31
W. W. Simpson
Prospect Drive
Jack Day
Simpson
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice on Love and Crime
A letter asks about justified remarriage after loss and a separate note seeks guidance from Dorothy Dix about high school girls involved with jailed boys. The responses urge cautious realism, urging maturity, faith, and social responsibility in both situations.
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Dorothy DIX
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First Christian Church
Woman's Missionary Society of the
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Earnest McCulloch
R. D. McElrath
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Stewart
Fred Scarbrough
Ninth Avenue East
Harry Bell
Roy Garnett
Bill Flynn
Jack Bartlett
R. J. Thompson
G. B. Hamilton
Dudley True
G. B. Aldridge
Judson Waugh
Frank Richards
Scarbrough
Mack Livingston
Jan Rowzee
Garden Court
Mary Ann Russell
Nena Roberts
Josephine Sims
Jan: Warren
Penny Long
Beverly Culpepper
Billee Ward
Marylee Lynn
Shirley Braswell
John QC
Braswell
East Walnut Street
Owl Society
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Miss Braswell
Huntsville
Helen Elliott
Lamb- Pryor
William Eyster
Charles Eyster, Jr
Julian Bibb, Jr
Joseph Calvin
James N. Bloodworth
Edward Davies
Lydia E. Pinkham
Inkham
Malcolm Austelle
Malcolm, Jr
Mr. Austelle
Vera Austelle
Monteagle
Tennessee
Mary- Augusta Bibb
Knoxville
Sam Byars
Bill
Birmingham
Mrs. Byars
Lilian and
Maude Odom
Wayland McGlathery
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ed Wise
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Wise
E. M. Wise
S. N. Propst
James Bradford
R. M. McGlathery
F. D. Peebles
Shine
Gulf Coast
John C. Bragg
Chicago
Illinois
Dr. Bragg
John H. Jones
Caddell Drug Co
Elizabeth Arden
Lucien Selong
Yardley
Marcelle
Tabu
Hotel Lyons
Helen Follett
Hill Ferguson
John Wood
Frank Richardson, Jr
Mrs. Wyker, Jr
Wilson Lake
W. J. Duncan Jr
Morris Shipper
Florence
Flagg-Flanigan
LeRoy McEntire Jr
R. C. Partlow
Tuscaloosa
McEntire
Mr. McEntire
Clifton J. Russell
Annapolis
Maryland
Noble Russell
Russell
Charles Ed Howell
Ashland
Kentucky
Howell
Pollard Baptist Church
Betty Jo Lauffer
Robert Tweedy Jr
Columbia
Fannie Wallace
Hector Lane
Mrs. Foster Pointer
Oak Ridge
E. B. Garner
Mrs. S. A. Lynne
Lynnwood
Trinity Mountain
Cecil Carey
Carolyn
Foster Pointer
Carey
Mrs
Lee Damsky
Mr. Damsky
Hugh Greer
Jackson Edwards
Atlanta
Georgia
E. S. Loyd
Garner Pride
Decatur Country Club
Harold Cogswell
Louisville
Tolorida
F.proctor Barnes
Ferry Street
Frank Bowden
Moulton Heights
Terry T. Fry
Martha
E. S. George
Richard
John W. Sandlin
Ruby Sandlin
E. W. McLeod and Son
Webster
Sewanee, Tennessee
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Massachusetts Lake
Chaug
Pvt. Roberts
Capital
Sally
Modest Maidens
U.S
Patent Office
EL Ed
ARIES
Mar
Taurus
Gemini
LEO
VIRGO
Clay R Polgan
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Tiera
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Goidel
1St Ave
2Nd St. E
Jack Chancellor
Hollywood
Grantland
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