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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1936

Page

5

Kitchen Shower for Miss Evelyn Giles in Decatur

Last week social courtesies honored Miss Evelyn Giles who wed Mr John Mc. A Thursday kitchen shower hosted by Mrs I D Carlisle and Miss Ann Clare Carlisle featured few late friends and gifts for the bride. Music Study Club opens Leila Cantwell Seton Hall to visitors with flowers from City Park Greenhouse.

Evelyn Giles John Mc I. D. Carlisle Ann Clare Carlisle Woman’s Music Study Clu Decatur Leila Cantwell Seton Hall City Park B. L. Malone H. Reid Sherard Jady

Myrna Featured in Real Romance at Home

A society page notes Myrna is featured in Real Romance day at home with Mrs. Kimball Jones and Miss Mary Jones. Nearby items list visits, travels, and family news including Hart family fire loss and Dinsmore transfers.

Myrna Mrs. Kimball Jones Miss Mary Jones

Picnic outing supervised by local couples over weekend

A group enjoyed a pleasant picnic supper on Saturday evening atop the mountain. They were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Marion Shaffer and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harlow.

Ity Mountain Marion Shaffer J. B. Harlow

Personalities: Lott and Bloodworth family notes

Mr and Mrs J C Lott and their son Wayne Baxter spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jess Lott in Franklin County Mrs J N Chase and her son Ben from Jacksonville Fla after visiting their mother and grandmother Mrs Mary Bloodworth will leave Tuesday

Pete Lott Brother Jeas Lott Franklin County Lon Monk Bettie Crow Trinity J. C. Lott and Wayne Baxter Jess Lott J. N. Chase Ben Jacksonville Pla Mary Bloodworth Tues

Black-Draught A Laxative That Thousands Prefer

Black-Draught has helped thousands and is recommended for a purely vegetable laxative. It relieves constipation naturally and keeps bowels regular. Ralph Burch of Black Alabama endorses it for biliousness and constipation. Sold everywhere in 25 cent packages.

Ralph Burch

Hottest Days Mark 106 As Heat Proves Extreme

The article notes today and Sunday reaching 106 degrees, the hottest days of 1936 so far and within one degree of the August 1935 record high of 107. After a cooler spell, temperatures climbed again midweek, with 98 reached last Friday and over 100 on Sunday.

Mercury

SISTER MARYS KITCHEN BAKED HAM HOW TO COOK FOR SUMMER

Summaries practical summer ham dishes and methods for cooling and flavoring. It covers soaking ham in cold water for hours to improve taste and texture, then making ham rolls with bread crumbs jelly and mustard, baked and basted with fruit juice. Also discusses corned beef as a summer meat and serving suggestions with vegetables and sides.

Mary E. Daguenea

Advice for a 16 year old with short fingers seeks tips

A 16 year old asks Miss Glad how to improve the appearance of short, stubby fingers and unruly eyebrows. The column suggests nightly cold cream massage to slim fingers and a starch paste method plus castor oil to train eyebrows, plus notes pamphlets available by mail.

Glad Helena

Home Ideal Draws Splendid Crowds for Inspection

A large crowd attends an inspection event for Home Ideal with participants including art dealer figures and families from Hartselle, Athens, Florence, Birmingham, and Chattanooga. Names like Mrs. Werner Stewart, Willie Crutchfield, and Maude Crutchfield appear among attendees and organizers.

Art, Jr. Martselle W. T. Stewart Hartselle Werner Stewart Louisville, Ky Noel Carter Athens Maude Crutchfield Willie Maude Crutchfield Fest Crutchfield Chas. Williamson Leah Williamson Georgiana Stewart Joe BE. Wright Joe Henderson G. H. Stroup Cassie Reynolds Sheffield BE. M. Wise Flint Maggie Carpenter Gallatin Tenn Arleta Cook Falkville B. Stewart J. R. Tolleson Carolyn Stewart Edna Higginbotham Village Spring Als Juanita Lovelady Hillsboro Mildred Wilder Daytona Beach Fla W. W. Meredith J. A. Hartselle Knoxville Havel Hartselle Lynchburg Ohio C. B. Brown Cordova Earl R. Stamps Florence Gee Canterbury Birmingham W. F. Kauder Chattanooga Hartwell Holt

Roosevelt family enjoys get-together at Hyde Park

President Roosevelt and family members gathered for a weekend reunion in Hyde Park after his Philadelphia acceptance, with six of eight relatives attending, an event observers called a Roosevelt record for family gatherings.

Hyde Park N. Y Roosevelt Philadelphia

Director of Trade School Quits Post

Dr. J. A. Keller announced that W. E. Patterson resigned as director of the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden after about six years. Patterson left to enter private business due to reduced funds.

Montgomery Ala J. A. Keller State Superintendent of Education W. E. Patterson Alabama School of Trades Gadsden Patterson Keller

Miss Gilad Seeks Beauty Queries in Daily Column

Care of the Feet and two cents in coin for each, plus a self addressed stamped envelope, are required. Personal questions on beauty will be onsets Miss Gilad's daily column.

Glad

Anne Adams Pattern 4038 Se Se See at Home

Anne Adams promotes pattern 4038 a bright summer dress with off shoulder capelets and wide pleats. The pattern, in sizes 12 through 38, requires 39 inch fabric for size 16 and includes illustrated instructions. Order by sending 15 cents and include name address and style number. Pattern and book available from Decatur 4 Pattern Department New York.

Anne Adams Summer Fabric News Decatur West New York N. Y

Investigation faults State Training and Agricultural School

An inquiry into conditions at the State Training and Agricultural School criticized Superintendent G Newt Choate as either incompetent or indifferent to the duties of his office, noting growing difficulties in keeping the institution accredited.

State Training and Agricultural School G. Newt Choate

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Fred Rost Darlene Baron A. C. Earwood Mrs. Earwood Memphis Christian Endeavor Christian Endeavor Society of the First Christian Church Trin Martha Brows Man Sallie Barnum Ed Clarke Ed, Jr John Jones A. G. Danforth Lafayete A. Z. Batley Fanny Thompson H. K. Tankersley Homer Isley, Jr Corinth Jack Tankersley West Point Miss E. H. Wood Town Creek Jean Carolyn Wood Tootsie Bell D. Brock N. Winston Byna Dinsmore Will Marvin Dinsmore TVA Norris Dam Jean Young New York City Elizabeth Pride Nashville Tenm Jane Bragg Moulton John ©. Bragg Hubert Young and Daughtan Oe Mrs. L. T Pride of Pride Walter White Enid Young Dolly Greer Mrs Roy Poteet Herbert Rost Louise Patsy Ang Xham Mrs. Rost Tenth Avenue Guy Hart Cullman Boyd Drake J. M. Hart Pickwick, Tenn Miss Tone McCall Jackson Street Myra Loy Arthur Hornblow, Jr Hollywood Miss Loy E. E. Forbes Second Avenue Pau The Tn Noo Hee Goidel Rainey Rainey’s Beauty Shop Princess Today Robert Taylor Loretta Young Princess Theatre Gladys Glad America Trudy Rochelle Hudson Renson Decatur Live Fish Market County Grand Jury Moye’s Moye’s Beauty Parlor Amber Patsy Kelly Basil Rathbone Marjorie Gateson FOX Picture Darryl F. Zanuck Roy Det Ruth Raymond Griffith Agied Cleves Kinkead
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