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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1947

Page

7

Junior Music Study Club Elects Officers

The Junior Music Study Club elected next year’s officers Mary Ann Bagley president Gene Brown vice president Martha Bailey secretary and Jeanne White treasurer at the last meeting hosted by Miss Betty Tuck with co host Miss Nancy Ann Thomason The program featured dances readings and music followed by a social hour.

Betty Tuck Nancy Ann Thomason Miss Thomason Kathryn Ann Wiley Miss Tuck John O. Braswell Mary Ann Bagley Gene Brown Martha Bailey Jeanne White Marian Watson Chaminadeé God of Nature Beethoven Mary Emily Barnum Stenson Mary Pettey Bessie Eleanor Hamilton Mary Anne Bagley

Kindergar ten Crochet Doilies Pattern Offer

Handmade crochet doilies two sizes 13 and 19 inches with Pattern 944 directions by Laura Wheeler improved charts photos and concise directions. Send twenty cents for pattern to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York 11 New York. 15 cents extra for 1947 Needlecraft Catalogue with 102 illustrations and free instructions for five household accessories.

Laura Wheeler Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N. Y Pattern Dept West 17Th St Anne Adams

Local social notes list visitors and travels across several states

Dr and Mrs L A Neill returned from a Mexico City visit. Carolyn Blair, orthopedic nursing consultant, heads to California for a Physiotherapy Association event while California Day for Cerebral Palsy is observed. Mrs Guinnie Puckett Jr and son Jimmy visit Auburn family. Clayton Duble of Hershey PA to see Warren and D L er. Eloise Latham and Sarah Aday plan Cook Springs camping. Emma Hunter and Anna Nabors visit J R Hunter family. Donna Lynne Murphy arrives with Charles Murphy to visit Mrs J R Hunter.

Carolyn Blair Alabama Crippled Children’s Service Birmingham California Physiotherapy Association Pacific Grove Cal Clayton Duble Hershey, Pa Warrence D. L. Er

Affray Costs Soldier Life in Tel Aviv and Haifa

In Tel Aviv a British private was killed and three others wounded when gunmen described as members of the Stern Group fired a machinegun on a crowded street. In Haifa three British officers were wounded during a barrage at a cafe as UN investigators toured central Palestine amid Arab boycott tensions.

Jerusalem Tel Aviv Haifa Stern Group Alexander Rubowitz United Nations Investigation Commission Palestine Palestine Arab Executive

Ellis services to be held on Sunday

Funeral services for John E. Ellis seventy one died Thursday at Decatur General hospital after pneumonia attack will be held Sunday at 2 PM at 508 Sycamore Street. Rev Otis Kirby will conduct burial in city cemetery directed by Brown. Survivors include widow mother and several relatives.

John E. Ellis Deccatur General Hospital Sycamore Street Otis Kirby Brown

Local notes of visits and travels across states

A daughter travels from Los Angeles to Birmingham to be met by Mrs. Hunter and Betty and Jack Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Murphy and others return from a six week motor trip visiting children in Hollywood and Los Angeles, with stops in Salt Lake City Denver Kansas City and St Louis.

Los Angeles Birmingham C. H. Murphy A. W. Sharpley H. D. Murphy West West Coast Huel Murphy Charles Murphy Donna Lynne Hollywood Calif Salt Lake City Utah Denver Colo Kansas City St. Louis

Dorothy Dix urges vacations for mothers and wives

Dorothy Dix argues that mothers deserve a real vacation away from home duties to restore energy and happiness. She suggests separating duties with a nurse, enjoying new scenery, and returning rejuvenated with renewed patience for family life.

Papa Rome Dorothy DIX

Bomber Units Active Again In Army Air Reserve

Col H L Badham announced activation of the 19th bomber wing three heavy bomber groups at Marietta Georgia Montgomery Alabama and Birmingham Each group will have four squadrons and the wing will include 3000 to 4000 reservists The wing is attached to 14th air force with headquarters in Orlando

Birmingham Ala H. L. Badham Army Air Reserve Marietta Montgomery 14Th Air Force Orlando Fla Marvin W. Goodwyn Clarence L. Abercrombie Duane E. Thompson Mobile Macon

Will Defend Southern Suh in Birmingham Letter

Police in Birmingham received a letter from Judge John Keller of Petaluma California asking for “little Southern chivalry” and enclosing a $1 bill as a notary fee. He sought a bill of sale for an automobile bought by a former Mississippi woman now in Santa Rosa to resolve license plate legal trouble.

Birmingham Ala John Keller Petaluma Calif Floyd Eddins Eddins Keller Santa Rosa

Greenville Jackson Biloxi Miss Cities In Brief

Brief notes list Greenville South Carolina Jackson Mississippi and Biloxi Mississippi as locations mentioned in a regional update. No further details provided in the fragment.

Greenville, S. C., Jackson, Miss., and Biloxi, Miss

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B. M. Bloodworth Central Methodist W. 8. C W. 5S. Co. S Central Methodist Church W. 8 Ninth Street Methodist Church Rolfe Smith O. N. Pepper St. John A. Kizziah Bob Johnson Smith Kizziah Arthur Owens Jim Smith W. E. Herndon Holt’s Beauty Shop Strand Theatre Hartselle Fowler S. K U. S. Ss. Vulcan Newport Rhode Island Mrs. L. A. Neill Mexico City Mexico Guinnie Puckett Jr Jimmy Auburn Bennett Sims Eloise Latham Sarah Aday Cook Springs Emma Hunter Anna Nabors Boothton, Ala J. R. Hunter Murphy Goidel’s Drug Store Garrison's Joe Wilder Huntsville Paul Crawford Paul Crawford Jr Paul II Theo McKee Dewitt Creel Cha Bessie Gillespie Florence H. O. Hasglock Georgetown, Ky Beatrice Frazier Mary Holland Thomas C. White Tommy Susan Mrs. White Gleason, Team Martha Pryor Decatur General Hospital Leonardo da Vinci Maxine Dox AAF Maxwell Field Maxwell Miss Maddox Army Air Forces The Bell Syndicate Princess Theatre Decatur Fay Clifton H. J. Wenzel Beeline Highway Daniel Deine Ationery CO Eo Order Second Ave 2Nd Ave EF. Vine ST Alabama
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