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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1949

Page

15

Stephens Chapter D A R Holds Regular Meeting At Grimes Home

The Stephens chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at 3 o clock Thursday in Mrs. W L Grimes home on Grant Street. Mrs Rayburn Neville presided as regent and officers were elected. Members discussed attending the state meeting in Birmingham March 9 10 and guests were present for a salad course afterward.

Neville H. T. Gil D. C. Shaw Birmingham Crawford Reeves Marian Boswell

Figure Shaping and Beauty Treatments in Hollywood

The article discusses figure re molding and beauty salons in major cities, especially Hollywood, offering reshaping through diet, exercises, and devices. It notes stars demand shapely figures, and outlines methods like Indian clubs, bar chins, stationary bikes, and cabinet baths to reduce fat and tone the body.

Hollywood

Woman's Auxiliary St John’s Church Meeting Preview

Mrs James E King is noted as second high. The club gathers next week at Mrs Garner Pride s home for a regular monthly business meeting. The Woman s Auxiliary of St John s Episcopal urges members to attend Monday at 3 pm in the Parish House for important discussions. The Pilot Club of Decatur plans a Thursday evening business session March 10 at 7 in the Mutual Savings and Life Insurance Building Bank Street.

Second High James E. King Garner Pride ST. John's Church St. John’s Episcopal Pilot Club Pilot Club of Decatur Mutual Savings and Life Insurance Bank Street

Personal notices from Decatur area

Robert H Liston of Bristol Tennessee will arrive March 11 for a weekend visit with his aunt Mrs W H Long and Judge Long at their home on the Austinville Flint Road Decatur friends grieve Mrs Hattie Couch Evans of Tul sah Oklahoma former Decatur resident passed away at her Tul sah home Thursday Miss Ruth Sneed Florence State Teachers College will return today to resume studies after visiting homefolks Mrs J T Jones is recovering after an operation at Jefferson Hospital Birmingham Ed Johnson left Saturday for Shreveport to join the Spring training with the Shreveport club

Robert H. Liston Bristol Tennessee McCallie Military School Chattanooga W. H. Long Judge Long Austinville-Flint Road Decatur Hattie Couch Evans Tulsa Oklahoma Ruth Sneed Florence State Teachers College Florence J. T. Jones Jefferson Hospital Birmingham

Anti-Communist Oath Plea Proposed for Officials in Alabama

General Gorgas post No. 1 in Birmingham urges a state law requiring all state county and local government officials and employees to sign an oath they are not communists. The resolution was adopted unanimously at a meeting last night.

Birmingham Ala Gorgas American Legion Alabama

Why Men Prefer Divorcees, Dorothy Dix Column

A reader asks why men favor divorcees over single women and Dor othy Dix suggests that insight into male choices is elusive. She notes divorcees appear experienced and skilled at courting and homemaking, making them appealing matrimonial risks to some men. A young man, Ben, contemplates suicide after failed acting efforts. Dix condemns self harm.

Miss Dix Dorothy Bieried Irma

Advice to a Dreaming Stage-Strike Youth

A stern mentor cautions a 19 year old reader against quitting and urges him to become a self made man. He argues the boy lacks education and training and should seek honest work to prove whether he has talent before pursuing acting dreams. Dear Miss Dix is answered with a shy suitor scenario and a party invitation suggestion.

Howlin' Mad Smith and the Marines in World War I

General Holland M. Smith and Percy Finch recount Howlin Mad Smith's WWI memoir of the Marine Corps role in Japan and the Pacific. The book portrays his leadership, amphibious warfare innovations, and the Marines fight for equal service recognition against traditionalism, bureaucracy, and apathy.

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Grimes Regent Vrs Rayburn Neville J H. Tolley W. *. Rauschenberg E. J. Polhil Treas‘urer Harry Wyatt Fredelant Sr Answr Shaw J. Frank Barrow Texarkana Arkansas J. W Clapton D. A. Nh Cathedral of the Pines Rindge Ringe New Hampshire Sons of the Tennis Tidwell Laura Davis L. A. Neill Luke Pryor Lyons Hotel Fred S. Hunt, Jr Canal Street Barrett C. Shelton Hartselle E. Moulton Charles Lambert Herman Lambert 7Th Ave Charles RED Goose RED Goose Shoes Helen Follett Courtey Mgm Cyd Charisse Hazel Davis Etoyle Davis Guntersville Ed Johnson Shreveport Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiana Johnson Mr. Johnson Erskine Chenault Frank Oakes Kate Oakes Nashville Buttrey’s Dept. Store Farley’s Farley SPE Second Woolworth's Dorothy DIX Ben Sally King Features Syndicate, Inc Worl Margie Bell Syndicate, Inc O. P. Stinson White 2Nd Ave Elry Store Holland Gladiolus Turner Coal & Grain CO Checkerboard Store Moulton St Arkay Jr Gay Gibson Koret California Buttrey— Department Store Treaual ONC Book Review Holland M. Smith Percy Finch Marine Corps Dale Carnegie Ale Carnegie Mr. Carnegie Gibson Ira E. Moulton St Graating Card North Alabama Hallmark
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