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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1939

Page

6

Anniversary Party Highlights Social Gatherings

Mra Alton Martin celebrated her fifth anniversary with a Penny Gemwarcny afternoon at 318 Fourth Avenue West. Guests included many named friends and family who enjoyed games and a birthday cake with refreshments. The society notes also cover Legion Auxiliary events Silk Stocking Club dances and various club meetings.

Mra Alton Martin Betty Gean Fourth Avenue West Donald Hovis Kay Lane Gayle Sims Roger Taylor Hampton John David Hampton Elizabeth Grubbs Babye Ruth Ratacelle Julia Holesapple Charles Holesappie Joan Martin Mateland McCulloch Wayne Bentley Harold Watkins Kenneth Wright Betty Joyce McMeans Mary Evelyn Cau American Legion Auxiliary of Decatur American Legion Leila Seton Hall Evelyn Royer Billy Dowlin Polfs Elizabeth Walker Geneva Rose Phillips Jean Sheppard Ruby Walker Bobby Hill Shirley Ann Jacobs Dowin

Anne Adams Spring Pattern 4040 Promotes Simple Pleated Panels

The Decatur Daily Pattern Department promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4040 a dress with soft panels and two belt options. Sizes 12 through 40 offered fabric guidance includes 278 yards 39 inch fabric for size 16. Book and pattern priced at 25 cents order details included.

Anne Adams Dreas Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th St New York N. Y

Personal News Notes Mixed Illnesses and Visits

Local column lists residents and relatives visiting or ill with pneumonia and flu. Anne Caudill Hambrick and several others are reported ill at home or traveling to visit relatives in Birmingham and Knoxville, with multiple flu cases and pneumonia in the community.

Anne Caudill Hambrick

Flu confines Ear Lee at home. Carey Johnson visits

Ear Lee is confined to his home with a flu illness this week. Miss Carey Johnson of Birmingham is a visitor here today. Mrs. Jackson Edwards of At-

Dow Patterson Otto Fischer East Church Street Ann Miller McEntire H. D. Greer Grant Street Robert Blackwell Lee Carey Johnson Birmingham Jackson Edwards Sir Thomas Lipton Seven Nations Lipton

Riverside High seniors run Penney's sales floor for a day

On Saturday the J. C. Penney Co store hosts 18 Riverside High school seniors serving as sales staff for a day. The group includes Doris Lee Edith Mae Schimmel Lurleen Thrasher Elizabeth Davidson Dorothy Swatzell Elouise Sparkman Kathryn Timberlake Edna Huddleston Kathleen Brazelton Ted Hale A G Campbell Paul Masterson Eldridge Cockrell Dave Tingle A B Hervey Omar Glass Sidney Evans Iberta Lee Jolly.

J. C. Penney Co Riverside High School Doris Lee Edith Mae Schimmel Lurleen Thrasher Elizabeth Davidson Dorothy Swatzell Elouise Sparkman Kathryn Timberlake Edna Huddleston Kathleen Brazelton Messrs Ted Hale A. G. Campbell Paul Masterson Eldridge Cockrell Dave Tingle A. B. Hervey Omar Glass Sidney Evans Iberta Lee Jolly

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