First Methodist Woman's Society Meets With Guests
The First Methodist Church Woman's Society opened with prayer led by President Mrs E N Price. Guest speakers Dr and Mrs Marshall Murphy, retired missionaries from Southern Rhodesia, were announced for March 27. Mrs Reneau Carrell noted the mission education secretary duties and Rev E M Barnes delivered the morning talk titled The Church Then and The Church Now, discussing the church as described in the Book of Acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
E. N. Price
Reneau Carrell
Missionary Education and Service
Marshall Murphy
Southern Rhodesia
First Methodist Church
H. L. Tidwell
E. M. Barnes
Barnes
Personal notices update call-in details and deadlines
For personal items or Around the Valley items, call 353-4655 between 8 30 a m and noon. Any turned in after 9 a m will appear in the following day's paper.
Closing prayer ends church program draws attendees
A church program concluded with a closing prayer after a reading from the Book of Acts and reflections on what he hopes to see in the church today.
Forest Chapel Methodist Women Hold General Meeting
Forest Chapel Methodist Wo man’s Society of Christian Service met at the church with president Mrs. H. J. Jones leading the song My Faith Looks Up To Thee. Mrs J O Breeding presented The School Dropout A Primary Concern. nine members attended and Mrs J M Smith closed with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Chapel
Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
H. J. Jones
J. O. Breeding
L. L. Burns
S. A. Garner
A. J.legg
Jones
Garden Club Installs New Officers
Four Seasons Garden Club met at Mrs. W. Leroy May to install its first officers. Mrs. J. E. Barthelemy of Travelers Garden Club led the initiation. Mrs. John B. Smith gave a state bird report. Mrs. Bob Henderson shared a March gardening and rose planting guide. Mrs. Robert Smith discussed lawn seeding and fertilization. Three new members and six visitors were welcomed. Refreshments followed.
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Four Seasons Garden Club
W. Leroy May
J. E. Barthelemy
Travelers Garden Club
Alabama
John B. Smith
Bob Henderson
Robert Smith
Mothers Club Elects Officers at March Meeting
At the Decatur Mothers' Club gathering held at Mrs. George Salesky's home, new officers were elected led by President Mrs. M. H. Jones and Vice President Mrs. Charles McGill. The event featured a book review, committee reports, and a dessert service as members discussed the upcoming A. F. W. C. meeting in Hartselle on April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Mothers’ Club
George Salesky
M. H. Jones
Charles McGill
Rowland Compton
G. R Bethune
John Bayley
Leon Tune
Holmes Turner
Engagement notices deemed tasteless by newspaper policy
The paper states it does not publish engagement pictures of young women who are married divorced or widowed even if they reclaim their maiden name. It condemns announcing engagements or large weddings on grounds of bad taste and age considerations.
Miss Virginia Roberts to Wed Ronald Johnson
Hartsel le announces the engagement of Miss Virginia Lois Roberts to Ronald Eugene Johnson. The couple plans a June 3 wedding. Roberts is a nursing graduate and Hunts College attendee. Johnson attended Hunt ingdon College and works at Baker Manufacturing Co.
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Virginia Roberts
Ronald Johnson
Ingdon College
Montgomery
University School of Nursing
Birmingham
Johnson
Huntingdon College
Baker Manufacturing Co
Goren on Bridge Ends in Narrow Victory for South
In a six hearts contract West led queen of clubs and South built a late comeback. North signaled every ace and South advanced to six hearts after careful play. West blocked declarer with a strategic spade ruff, but East ruffed to score the final setting trick as North tried to cash the ace.
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Queen of
Altha West
South
North
West
Declarer
East
St John's Episcopal Women Hold Monthly Meeting
St John s Women of the church met in the Parish House for their regular monthly gathering. The program Give Yourself a Rose was presented by Mrs John Eyster with ideas for physical mental and spiritual lifts. Mrs Ben Stevens opened with devotion and prayer and Mrs George Hall presided over the business session before lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Women of the Church
Parrish House
John Eyster
Ben Stevens
George Hall
Estimated 400000 Americans contract pneumonia yearly
Health officials estimate that about 400000 people in the United States develop pneumonia each year, highlighting the disease as a major public health concern and prompting ongoing prevention and treatment efforts nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Georgia wedding ties Adams and Hooper in Decatur
Miss Lee Ellen Hooper of Newport News and Jimmy Wayne Adams were married February 20 at Decatur Presbyterian Church with Rev. M. E. Harky officiating. The bride, a Richmond senior, will teach in Atlanta. The groom, a University of Alabama graduate, works at Rich's. A separate note mentions a new radiation detector for silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lee Ellen Hooper
Jimmy Wayne Adams
Decatur Presbyterian Church
M. E. Harky
Dexter Hooper
Newport News
Jimmie M. Adams
Elizabeth Peden
Daniel Carruthers
Atlanta
Richmond Professional Institute
Richmond
University of Alabama
Rich’s
Calendar notices for women items send by Thursday
Sunday Calendar items for the Women's Department should be called in by Thursday of the preceding week. For other women’s interest items call 353 4612 or 353 4655 during 8 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Women's Department is closed on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Department
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Paul Smith
Verlon Whaley
D. L. van Meter
George Evans
First Methodist
Forest Chapel Methodist
J. M. Smith
Ariel
Wess
Patterson
Garden Club
Firmne Ade
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Mothers’ Club
Carl Schwachow
John Chenault
Salesky
E. M. Chenault
Jon
Virginia Lois Roberts
Johnson’s
Goren
Charles H. Goren
The
Chicago Tribune
Decatur Apothecary
Reliabl
Ista
Grant St
St. John’s
Georgia
Mrs. Adams
BOS Cine
America
6Th Ave
S.E
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Rt Af
Atkins
Chrysler - Plymouth, Inc
Lee Street, N.E
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