Socials Chronicle Highlights From Central District
Eugene Vassar hosts Gleaners class with thirteen members and two visitors at Ninth Avenue home. P. T. A. seniors plan meeting topics. Alathean class enjoys a dish supper and a short play. Afternoon tea at Southern Bell honors two Decatur trainees with St Patrick Day decor and staff reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Vassar
Gleaners
Central Artist
Ninth Avenue
EM. Chenault
Sidney Chenault
B. L. Malone
Personal News From Decatur and Surrounding Areas
Lt. and Mrs. W. M. Tomanovitch now reside in the McNeill Apartments Decatur after moving from Chicago. Miss Mary Robertson visits Birmingham family, while Mrs. N. F. Jackson and Adele of Florence plan weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dinsmore. Dr. Jackson to join Sunday. Miss Mary Jolly from Louisville guests of Miss Dinsmore during college holidays. University of Alabama students Mary Blankenship Babye Bess Beatty and Clyta Gray Pitts spend holidays at home. Mrs. Norman Lovelady travels to Boston to be with husband at Cushing General Hospital. Mrs. Raymond Thornhill attends Norfolk to join Sea Bees husband. Melba Jean Langford returns home for holiday weekend from University of Alabama. Al Frank Yaney in St. Joseph Missouri on business. wife and son Richard accompany to Nashville then Columbia for visits.
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Mary Blankenship
Babye Bess Beatty
Clyta Gray Pitts
University of Alabama
Frank Yaney
St. Joseph
Discoveries of Guam by Magellan in 1512
The report notes that Guam was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Magellan in 1512. It mentions the historic voyage and the navigational context of early 16th century exploration.
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Guam
Speedy Dressing a Fashion Dare Will It Last?
A humorous critique of rushing to dress in five minutes. The piece enforces careful fitting of foundation, stockings, lingerie, and makeup, arguing quick prep harms neatness and symmetry. It urges slow, precise preparation for true fashion, preserving polish and propriety.
Bad With Good in Marriage Dorothy Dix
A wife writes that after 17 years of marriage she and her husband have repeatedly separated and each year pursues others. Dorothy Dix warns they lack true love and duties, urging commitment through hard times to stabilize the marriage, ending with homekeeping happiness as the goal. The column addresses persistent infidelity, emotional detours, and the need to settle down.
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Dorothy DIX
Margo
City Council Meeting Discusses Hogs and Police Car
Last night the city council considered hog raising petitions in several neighborhoods, pending Morgan County Health Department approval and health hazard review. The council voted to buy a new 1942 Plymouth for the police department, with an old car exchanged. A jitney and out of town taxi meeting is set for Tuesday March 21 at 7:30 in city hall. The council adopted a resolution establishing five aldermen elected from the city at large under Alabama law.
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Morgan County Health Department
A Bellaire Column On Ending a Long Engagement
HELEN T tells a reader that long engagements exhaust both sides and often lead to calling off the affair. The advice urges the 23 year old to end the engagement, noting lingering vows ruin prospects and leave one stuck between married and single states.
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Helen
Pay Plan Studied For War Plant Workers Dismissed
A Senate military affairs subcommittee reviews an industrial demobilization bill offering severance pay to workers laid off as government contracts end. Proposed plan limits dismissal pay to one week per six months worked, max six weeks or $200.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs
The Original Meaning of Coffee
The article notes that the word coffee derives from meanings of strength, with historical reference to the Arabs calling it quahwah. It discusses linguistic roots and cultural associations of coffee's vigor.
Cocoa Beans as Taxes under Aztec Emperor Authority
The Aztec emperor imposed cocoa beans as a tax, using them as a key revenue and tribute resource. Officials collected beans from tributary communities, linking their value to state power and ceremonial wealth.
Relief for chafing with medicated powder coating
A medicated powder forms a protective coat between skin and irritated areas to ease and soothe chafing. The product claims to shield sores from further irritation while providing relief.
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Shelton
Maxeeman
J. A. Garnett
James
Dick Mahaffy
Eugene Vast
T. Nalge Jr
Rs. James Wright
Marvin Dougherty
Mahaffey
First Ward School
W. T. Jordan
A. J. Coleman
Kathleen Harrison
Mary Joe Reeves
Paul Eubanks
Central Baptist Sunday School
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Alphedious Miller
Ethel McWhorte
Decatur
Josephine Meinhardt
Willie Hodges
Dwight L. Mixson
J. O. Townsend
J. L. Appling
Ruby Templeton
Margaret Dodd
Margaret Perry
Farrell Tucker
Helen Newsom
Moroline
Ando Oe
Moye
Goidel’s Drug Store
Thole
Amic
Bacon
Lamb
Kib Lamb
Carl’s
Texas
Prunes
Clorox
W. M. Tomanovitch
Chicago, Ill
McNeill Apartments
Mary Robertson
Birmingham
Mary Jolly
Louisville
Martha Dinsmore
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
Dinsmore
W. W. Dinsmore
Norman Lovelady
Boston
Mass
Cushing General Hospital
Raymond Thornhill
Norfolk, Va
The
Sea Bees
Melba Jean Langford
Herbert
Moulton Street
Moulton St. Market
Blackhawk
Bologna
Helen Follett
Carole Landis
Miss DIX
Triflers
Coun
Helen T
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Carmen
Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
Orer
Oklahoma
Dave Rose
Diana Shore
Pixieland
Louis Armstrong
Porgy and
Bess
Leo Reisman
Goodman
Tschaikowsky's
Concerto No
Gershwin
Beethoven
Prokofieff
Peter and the Wolf
E.E. Forbes & Sons
Piano Company
Second Ave
First Avenue
Moulton
Owder
Coquina Shell
Ok Health
Loyd’s Drug Store
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