Mizpah Chapter installs officers and society notes
Local reports cover Mizpah Chapter No. 16 O. B. S. installation ceremonies for 1943 44 with officers Christobel Ford and others installed. Other items include Cotillion Club notice, Morning at Home honors for three brides, and the Torrens Kraatz wedding at Courtland Army Air Field with Lt Torrens and Miss Janet Kraatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mizpah
T. D. Brooks
Lola McKnight
C. D. Lamon
B. R. Ross
H. N. Peurifoy
United States
Mary Joe Reeves
Paul Eubanks
William W. Woods
Baltimore
Maryland
Woods
d’Hardelot
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Marion Walker
Batavia
N. Y
J. H. Minnich
Kingsport
Tenn
State Teachers’ College
Albany
Psi Gamma
Torrens
Boonville
Courtland
Mount Eagle
Tennessee
Enolan Boulevard
Decatur
Personal notices of military trainees and travelers
David Wiley stationed at Great Lakes for Navy training. Tom Wiley Jr. of Alabama medical student returns home for summer with parents. Mrs. Leslie Doss and son visit from Bessemer. Paul Tidwell of the Army leaves for Annapolis NC with wife and baby heading to Hartselle. John D. Sherrill begins Army air corps training. John Howland resumes Army duties after furlough. Mrs. 8 N Fespsi visits Cullman. Middlebrooks family back from South Alabama. Mrs. Crawford visiting in Atlanta with Lynne family. June Osborne returns home from Florence after weekend visit with Martha Dinsmore. Mrs. Buford Barnett returns to Selma. John Barnett to Auburn and Duke University training. Mrs. C. C. Johnson visits Birmingham. F. D. Peebles Jr. called to active service, Sewanee training. Withers Peebles Jr. to Duke for Marines training. Buddy Townsend ordered to Tulane for training. Betty McGehee to visit Anniston. Mrs. E. B. Garner to Birmingham after visit. Corporal Bennett Sims returns to Fort Knox. Maj. and Mrs. Lovelady and son Hugh Greer to visit Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Greer. Lieutenant Skeggs Crawford returns to Texas after visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Barnett
Selma
W. W. Dinsmore
John
Auburn
Duke University
Boss of the domestic works in wartime home life
Advice urging women to maintain civil defense duties while keeping a bright orderly household. Emphasizes calm, grooming, proper dress for housework, short naps after lunch, balanced meals, milk for calcium, and children’s sleep. Encourages involvement in the Victory garden and assigning home duties to kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mama
Mordan County Social Notes and Visiting News
Rev P A Green fulfilled his regular Fourth Sunday appointment at the M E church. Funeral attendance for Larry Self includes Mr and Mrs H G Self and many relatives from Decatur Boaz Birmingham Blountsville Auburn and Ootaco among others. Mrs L H Merrell is improving at home. Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs Fred Morgan’s. Cpl Neamon Childers of Sioux City Iowa and wife visited relatives in Joppa last week.
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P. A. Green
M. E. Church
Jay Winn
Mary Stewart
Neda
Helen Stewartin
Larry Self
H. G. Self
H. F. Sherrod
Floyd Jr
Dottie Lamon
Decatur
T. Cantrell
Boaz
Julian Butler
Birmingham
Janate Blackwood
Blountsville
Bulin Wilks
Auburn
Bailey
Ootaco
R. M. Holmes
Harry Battles
Grand Rapids
Ohio
B. F. Turrentine
Manford Chaffin
Leoma
Tenn
Fred Morgan
Woodrow Hambrite
Cpl
Neamon Childers
Sioux City
Iowa
Joppa
Justice Norwood reports to Morgan County Board on fines fund
Justice G. W. Norwood presented his semi annual report to the Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control, remitting 660.50 to the fines and forfeiture fund. He began his term January 20, 1941 and handles hearings on misdemeanors in his office at 519 12 Bank Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Norwood
Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
Norwood
Bank Street
Missionary to Speak at Grant Street Church of Christ
A former missionary to South Africa will address the midweek Bible study at Grant Street Church of Christ this evening at eight o'clock. The visiting speaker will share experiences from the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy Short
South Africa
Grant Street Church of Christ
Decatur stores plan four day holiday closings
Decatur retail stores will close all day Monday July 5 for Independence Day. The closure is the first of four full holidays voted by the retail merchants division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, with Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas Day as the other closings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
E.S. Loyd
Retail Merchants
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Summer Wardrobe Pattern for Two-Piece Suit
The Anne Adams pattern 443 a two piece summer outfit offers a smart bodice top option that can reuse an old slip. Available in misses and women sizes 12 to 42, with yardage details for size 16. Send sixteen cents plus size name address and pattern number to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Weat 17Th St
New York
N. J
Retailers Extend Hours for Weekend Holiday Shopping
Open Saturday night until 8 30 to give shoppers time for weekend holiday purchases. July Fourth falls on Sunday and retailers vote to observe Monday as the holiday following the national custom.
Quotas Set For Cotton Under New Farm Plan
County agent representatives will be in the county courthouse this week to set next year's cotton allotments for the Decatur beat farmers. The new plan allows one fourth of tillable land in cotton, replacing the old field-measured method with a planimeter map measurement. R. C. McWhorter assisted the process, noting the shift due to manpower and transportation constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A County
Decatur
R. C. McWhorter
Church VBS Teaches World Wide Evangelism Theme
Children attend the vacation Bible school at the church where the central theme focuses on world wide evangelism taught by the teaching staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalle
Farmers planimeter aids Detar Peat planting estimates
William Sims Mary Alice Hargel and Livingston work with Morgan County officials at the courthouse to help farmers determine the next year’s planted area using planimeter measurements. The effort supports local agriculture across multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sims
Mary Alice Hargel
Livingston
Courthouse
Morgan County
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T. B. Middle
Dick Kenn
Trinity Mountain
W. G. Pride
W. P. Baugh
C. D. Patters
M. L. Kelley
J. HoBranum
H. Stevenson
A. Z. Bailey
Miss Olene Jr
Raymond Brittain
W. H. Day
Marion Vickrey
J. W. Lovelace
John McBride
C. B. Osborne
Ruehl
Lee
John Stewart
F. H.pointer
B. Garner
Cecil Carey
Opalusas
Edward James
Vincennes
Ind
Leo Wright
Chattanooga
Vivian Ann, Howell
Cotillion Club
Decatur Cotillion Club
Carnegie Library
Ann Brooks
Christobel
W. E. Hyde
Last Thrasher Sr
Texas
A. M. Roan
Mary R. Thompson
J. E. Thrasher
Lettie W. Warner
H. E. McKelvey
Edward Norwood
Joseph Symes
J. B. Thrasher
E. A. Edwards
J. P. Sims
Adah
Gussie Bell
Ruth
W. A. Cramer
Esther
Carl Gibson
Marthy
Wessie Allen
Flecta
J. BE. Philpot
Warden
D. L. Allen
Sentinel
Elyn
Beauty Shop
Speake
Warren & Katliff
Moth
St. Joseph
Kaedy
Bask
Ohl’s Department Store
David Wiley
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Tom Wiley
University of Alabama
T. M. Wiley
Leslie Doss and
Som, Leslie Jr
Bessemer
Paul Tidwell
U. S. Army
Annapolis
N. C
John D. Sherrill
Army Air Corps
John Howland
8. N. Fespsi
Cullman
T. B. Middlebrooks
Points
South
Alabama
Tives
Crawford
Atlanta, Ga
Seybourn Lynne
June Osborne
Florence
Martha Dinsmore
C. C. Johnson
F. D. Peebles, Jr
Sewanee, Tenn
United States Naval Reserve Corps
University of the South
Withers Peebles, Jr
Mooresville
Durham, N. C
U. S. Marines
Buddy Townsend
U. S. Naval Reserve Corps
Tulane University
Betty McGehee
U.T
Anniston
E. B. Garner
F. H. Pointer
Corporal Bennett Sims
Fort Knox, Ky
Sim Lovelady
Hugh Greer
Carlisle, Pa
H. D. Greer
Skeggs Crawford
Rela
Moye
Goidel’s Drug Store
Gale’ Sondergaard
Helen Follett
Mordan County
Brooks Lindler
Justice
Sunshine Cleaners
Second Ave
Clycos
Marine Corps Women’s
Lo Reserve
Coca-Cola Company
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