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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1937

Page

6

Social Calendar Highlights From Canal Street Gatherings

At Canal Street homes parties and teas mark a busy social week. Mrs. Woods receives a gift as she leaves for California while Mrs. Wyker wins bingo and Mrs. Chandler takes high at a bridge gathering. Florida visitors share tea on East Vine Street. shower honors Mr. and Mrs Shaffer before their Hopkinsville move. Week end guests, Phi Kappa Delta plans, and Lake Wilson launch party for Miss Edwards and Miss Lyle round out the social notes.

Canal Street Jackson Calvin Rudolph Clarksville Lewis C Joseph Woods Calinas Will Wyker i T. C. Chandler Woods Lake Wilson Gladys Edwards Norma Lyle Decatur Edgewater Beach Charles Landers al Braden Pete Henderson Jessie Wilson Howland Kathryn Timberlake Raymond Mitchell Sheffield

Personal Notices From Decatur Busy Social Scene

Mr and Mrs Marion Schaffer and son relocate to Hopkinsville Kentucky. Master Prank P McKenzie of Hamilton Alabama visits aunt Mrs J C White. Friends of Mrs J C White will Mrs McKenzie now improved after illness. Mr and Mrs C Noble announce birth of a son on June 8. They live in Birmingham after leaving Decatur. Mrs J V Murphree returns from Tuscaloosa visit with daughter and granddaughter. Miss Annie Mae Richards of Birmingham visits Decatur this week. Mrs J Lang reportedly improving at Benevolent Society Hospital. Miss Sarah Gordon of Chattanooga by the bed of her sister Mrs J Lang at Benevolent Society Hospital after an operation. Miss Viva Ledford returns from extended western vacation via Los Angeles Hollywood and Pasadena California. En route home she spends time at Dallas Texas for Centennial Exposition. Mr and Mrs Al Harvey Mrs Arthur Morrison and James Adams of Birmingham will tour points west and visit the Texas Centennial at Dallas. Miss Virginia Hower a University of Alabama student will guest Fourth weekend with Mr and Mrs C Co Johnson. Eldridge Cockrell continues to improve after operation at Benevolent Society Hospital. Judge and Mrs Seybourn Lynne return Thursday from wedding trip east and will stay with their parents Mr and Mrs S A Lynne. Friends learn Miss Susan Bibb undergoing treatment at Benevolent Society Hospital.

C. Noble Decatur Birmingham Viva Ledford West Los Angeles Hollywood Pasadena Calif Dallas Tex al Harvey Arthur Morrison James Adams Points West

King of Virginia Leads Six Nations Show Champs

The sixth annual show sponsored by St. John's Church Guilds concluded with King of Virginia, owned by Maddux Whitley, taking top gaited sweepstakes and five-gaited honors. Verdant competition featured Ben Howell riding Pride of Memphis and Hazel Young guiding Jungle Princess in major classes. King of Virginia, a six year old Kentucky-bred stallion, has placed no lower than second in 17 shows this season and is valued by observers at about $3,000.

Pred Caruthers Shelbyville Tenn Ben Howell Memphis Pete Walton Lee Rose W. 8. Hewitt Albertville Anderson Alabama Birmingham Sabres Sergeant Dugan Plantation Jim Dandy W. H. Anderson Fred Walker No Limit Allen Tuscumbia O. H. Hathcoat Decatur Lady of the Hour Maddux Whitley Hewitt Jungle Princess Hazeline Young Rose Bud C. W. ‘Wilkinson Birmingham B. “H. Brock Lawrenceburg Allen L. D. Rolse Montgomery Floyd Caruthers Marian Boswell Carmel Queen W. S. Hewitt Shady Satan Peggy Simms Estill Springs Henry Hughey D. H. Brock Virginia Ed Stalcup W.H. Anderson Kentucky St. John's Church

Minstrel Show Planned by Sunday School Groups

An old time minstrel program will be presented Thursday evening by the junior and senior departments of the Sunday school at First Christian Church. The show begins at 7:30 and the public is invited to attend.

The First Christian Church

Nations without subsidized opera

The United States and Great Britain are the only two large modern nations in the world that do not have government subsidized opera.

United States Great Britain

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