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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1950

Page

7

Patriotic Picnic Menu From CECILY BROWNSTONE AP Food Editor

Plan an old fashioned Fourth of July picnic with barbecued baked beans and steamed brown bread baked in No. 2 cans. Serve crisp carrot and cucumber sticks, olives, pickles, and a watermelon dessert. Beans use navy beans tomato juice molasses chili powder mustard pepper and Worcestershire with salt pork. brown bread steams in cans for rounds and a raisin topping.

Cecily Brownstone Associated Press

Tanner Home Demonstration Club June Meeting

The Tanner Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Iva Stewart's home with 26 members present. Guests included Velma Wallace Bezett Ruth Hannah Carl Wilson and Robert Baugh. Mrs. Lewis Stewart and Miss Clodessa Norton presented Kitchen Conveniences. a bountiful meal followed.

Tanner Home Demonstration Club Iva Stewart Velma Wallace Bezett Ruth Hannah Carl Wilson Robert Baugh Lewis Stewart Clodessa Norton Luther

Hillsboro Club Meeting At Aday Home

Hillsboro social club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. William Aday’s home on Joe Wheeler highway. Mrs. Paul Cross led the program with scripture from John and prayer by Mrs. Laughlin Terry. Members joined in the month’s song Come Thou Almighty King and planned a dress revue in Moulton.

William Aday Hillsboro Joe Wheeler Paul Cross John Laughlin Terry L. Fretwell Moulton Moulton Fretwell

Mary Mary Quite Contrary How to Keep Hands Youthful

A domestic guidance piece advises women to protect hands while gardening and housework. It stresses washing, exfoliating with cornmeal, thorough rinsing and drying, daily lotion, occasional massages, and products like cocoa butter lanolin or baby oil. It also recommends cotton gloves for gardening and rubber gloves for cleaning tasks.

Hopewell Home Demon stration Club Meets at Wiggins Home

The Hopewell Home Demonstration Club gathers in Mrs. Harry Wiggins's summer living room for the June meeting. President Mrs. Sebren Garner presides as Miss Hawkins outlines fair booth plans and Farm Bureau dinner details. Members discuss camps, exhibits, and a planned Coy Atkins program on July 22.

Harry Wiggins Hopewell Home Demonstration Club Sebren Garner Bert Allen Gordon Battles Sarah Stephenson Garner Hawkins Decatur Lizzie Stephenson Loyd Burns Allen Baggett Bill Stephenson Miss Hawkins Farm Bureau Morgan County High School Chain Store Coy Atkins Flint Sunshine Friends R. B. Orr Friend

J Aday Serves Land Case Involving Mrs Tommie Terry

A July action lists J Aday delivering land into dispute with Mrs Tommie Terry as the principal parties. The brief notes a transfer matter tied to a property interest and a related claim or settlement.

J. Aday Tommie Terry

Center Point Reports On Fair Camp and Dinner

The Center Point Home Demonstration Club met in June at Mrs. Roxie Dobbs home with Mrs. Hazel Whitten as co host. Mrs. Dobbs led a devotional and prayer. Secretary absent, Mrs Mayo Barcliff read minutes and led roll. A camp in July and the County Fair were noted. Plans for a family picnic in July at Hatfield Lake were made. A color in the home demonstration by Mrs Mayo Barclift. Thirteen members and one visitor attended the social hour with refreshments.

Center Point Roxie Dobbs Hazel Whitten

Elevators Carried Vast Passenger Load in 1949 U.S.

In 1949 elevators in the United States transported about thirty times the number of passengers carried by railroads, indicating a dramatic shift toward vertical transit given urban growth and building activity.

United States

Family Goals Highlighted for Morgan Club Members

Ella Majors of Auburn presented the Morgan County Home Demonstration Club program on Family Goals. She stressed parental goal setting, responsibilities, and family harmony as keys to a well rounded child, noting four essentials: love, belonging, work, and achievement. Twenty six members attended with sixteen clubs represented.

Morgan County Home Demonstration Club Ella Majors Auburn

Union Home Demonstration Club Color in the Home

The June meeting at Mrs. Ruth Johnston's home featured a devotional, a group song, and a business session planning July pic nic and club camp. Mrs. B E Grubbs presented Color in the Home a color scheme demonstration with wall colors and materials from Miss Hawkins. Hostess Mrs Johnson and co hostess Mrs Dorothy Mae Fowler served ice drinks and cookies to seventeen members, twelve children, and one visitor.

Union Home Demonstration Club Ruth Johnston Maggie Grubbs B. E. Grubbs

Priceville Club Picnic Set for July 8

Priceville Home Demonstration Club met June 6 at Mrs Royal Henderson home with co hosts Mrs Joe Lipscomb and Mrs Benjamin Collier. Secretary presided in absence of President and plans for a July 8 picnic at the core were made.

Priceville Royal Henderson Joe Lipscomb Benjamin Collier Conley Sharp John Collier

Take The Sun But Take It Easy

Beauty editor Betty Clarke warns that a single long sun session can scar or dry skin and ruin a bronzed look. She advises gradual tanning, using lotion with sunscreen, avoiding noon to 2 PM sun, and timing exposure with a clock, starting with about fifteen minutes.

Pocahantas

Add A Medallion Crochet Pattern Ad

Crochet pattern offers a quick Add A Medallion accessory method with big and little medallions, charts photos and concise directions. Includes address for pattern request at Fy Needlecraft Dept New York and instructions to print name address and zone clearly.

Fy Needlecraft Dept. P Old Chelsea Station Tee York Ll N. Y

Wheeler Family Picnic Set For July Eighteenth

Wheeler plans a family picnic on July 18 led by club hosts Mrs Lillian Jones Mrs Charles Phillips and Mrs W C Daughtery. June meeting opened 10 30 am by president Mrs R E Phillips with the hymn Come Thou Almighty King sung and roll call noting How I Want to My Kitchen. Minutes from the previous meeting were read by Mrs J W Fudge and dinner attendees reported.

Lillian Jones Charles Phillips Wheeler Home Demonstration Club R. E. Phillips Gordon J. W. Fudge

Pattern Free Inside Book Offer

A brief notice promotes a free pattern included with the book and mentions a twenty cent price for a copy. The item suggests readers can obtain the pattern at no extra cost with purchase.

Arms Seized From Central American Tanker in Mobile Yard

Agents observed contraband aboard the vessel R. Hart at a Mobile ship yard. The seizure occurred after surveillance of the central American tanker earlier in the day.

Mobile Ala

Kitchen Conveniences Demonstration by Miss Norton

Miss Norton leads a demonstration on kitchen conveniences. A picnic is planned for July 18 at the club room starting at 6 30 PM.

Miss Norton

Civil War West Virginia Multiple Governments

During the Civil War West Virginia hosted three rival authorities: an exiled Northern government in Alexandria, a Confederate government based in Richmond, and a third government operating from Wheeling.

West Virginia Alexandria Richmond Wheeling

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Lawrence County Plainview Willie Owens Caddo Church Morgan County D. D. Norris Earl Payne Falkville Sarah Drinkard Limestone County Center Hill Club House Pisgah Bethel Maplewood Odis Pope Dunbar Furniture Company Tanner Club Aday Helen Follett Hopewell Wiggins Morgan Club Union Club U.S Patent Office Homemakers W. S. Fretwell James Roberts Betty Clarke Beauty Caure Whedn Grand Rapids Furniture News Park Furniture Company Wheeler
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