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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1938
Page
5
Cupid Triumphs leader and two social circles report prayers and meetings with eleven and thirteen attendees. Circle Three ends season with a social. numerous Huntsville Birmingham and Florence residents listed for upcoming events, travels, and visits.
Mrs J W Shealey of Huntsville arrives Wednesday to visit Mrs Henry Sigman. Mr and Mrs Terry Drye and daughter of Birmingham were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs John Sandlin. Mrs John Sandlin and daughter Ruby were in Birmingham visiting relatives and attended Bishop Carpenter’s consecration. Mrs E S Morrow is up after an illness. Mr and Mrs A A Almand plan a Georgia Florida vacation next week. Edward Davis will visit his father in Cincinnati Ohio. Miss Kathryn Powers of Nashville visits with Mr and Mrs Rufus Adams on Wells street. Elizabeth and Ned Anderson visit relatives Mr and Mrs Joe Anderson at Belle Mina. Mrs John Ferreira and daughter Stella Louise of Springfield MI were weekend guests of sister Mrs W T Giles en route.
Lawrence County residents enjoyed a cream supper hosted by Mr. R. L. Hensley on Saturday night. Several local families and guests from nearby areas attended gatherings, visits, and a community singing with many neighbors noted among the attendees.
Anne Adams offers pattern 4839 for a summer dress with a matching bolero suitable for back to school. Includes step by step sewing instructions and sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with fabric yardage and pricing. mail order to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.
Mrs Charles W Sarver hosted seven tables of friends with a luncheon and rock party honoring Mrs Thomas Eubanks a former Athens resident. Guests included Mrs Buebanks Mrs J D Henry Mrs N R Nichols Jr and many others. Mrs F G Poor won bridge honors and refreshment followed with a late afternoon salad course. W B Rhodes returns from a two week vacation.
The federal government advertised a $6,500 annual post directing Social Security Board Regions five and seven. E Meyers announced open competitive examinations with applications due July 25 at the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington. Regions five cover Kentucky Michigan Ohio. region seven includes Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee.
A three day Alabama sheriffs and peace officers convention opens in Montgomery with 300 to 500 attendees. Sheriff Haygood Paterson presides as speakers discuss crime detection and control and the balance of study and fellowship.
President Roosevelt starts a day with no appointments to clear his desk of about 100 bills unsigned. He plans early rising and close attention to late congress measures needing action within days to become law. He returned last night to his Hyde Park home after speaking in Wilmington, Delaware.
Dr. M. E B Lazenby presiding elder of the Decatur district will preach at Cairo on Saturday at 11 o’clock and lead the quarterly conference after dinner on the grounds. Rev. Thelmer Vaughn is pastor. On Sunday he will visit Center Springs on the Somerville charge at 11 o’clock and hold conference in the afternoon with dinner served on the grounds.
The Decatur Ministerial Association voted yesterday to skip all regular meetings in July and August, a long standing custom during the summer revival season. The group will resume with the next regular meeting on the Monday after the fourth Sunday in September.
June 28 report from Nice Kitty San Francisco describes Officers Frank Kennedy and William King failing to flush a skunk from Mrs. John Conel's cellar. They tried chicken heads on a string but the animal remained wary. Normal air weighs one pound per 12 cubic feet.
Juliet Shelby argues facial wrinkles come from daily habits not just stress. She urges awareness of expressions, avoiding grimaces and exaggerated smiles, and recommends cheerful thought during chores to keep a pleasant, expressive face without aging it.
An 18 year old vacation Bible class instructor Charles Sylvester Self drowned while attempting to save five boys on a capsized boat at Oxford Lake in Anniston. Four youths aged 11 to 14 were pulled from the water by Self before he went under after becoming exhausted. A bystander rescued the remaining boy. None of the boys could swim.
Mr and Mrs Melvin and baby attended the Sunday service with Mrs Makey in Macedonia. Louise Hughes dined with Miss Roberts. Saddlemane guests of McAfee family and Roy Roberts, Woodland Mills, visited Claude Roberta and Quiller Knighten. Rev L E Town Decatur, Rock Springs pastor, was weekend guest of Hughes. Silas Leeman Birmingham visited West family. Parl Payne and Betty Parl of Atlanta stay with parents Childers. Marvilee Stephenson visits Decatur. McAvoy and Lake Roberts guests Wednesday. Farmers report delays from rain. Rocky Ford attendees at church.
The fragment notes radium as the world’s most precious substance resembling common salt in appearance and value, highlighting its rarity and perceived singular worth.
Rev J Vernon Rich of Huntsville launches a revival at Moulton Heights Baptist Church from July 3 to 17. Officials invite all to worship and hear scriptures explained by Bro Rich with services daily at 10:00 am and 7:30 pm.
J C Colley of the Baptist orphanage at Troy placed 900 fruit jars with Rev J F Ray for Decatur Baptists to fill with vegetables or prepare for shipment. About 500 jars have been filled so far and more volunteers are urged to contact Rev Ray.
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