Society Notes Highlight Local Club Meetings and Parties
The Clara Cortier Service Class held a lively meeting at Mrs. John Patterson Jr.’s Seventh Avenue home with officer selections for 1939-40. The Saturday Culture Club met at Lelita Cantwell Seton Hall for a program on Dorothy Canfield Fisher. A birthday party for Betty Jean Johnson and Decatur Mothers Club activities filled the pages with social and civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Cortier
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School
John Patterson, Jr
Seventh Avenue
West
Dent
Raphael Sartor
E. 8. Loyd
Marion Blackwell
Charles Johnson
Timberlake
I. V. Timberlake
Satunday
Lelita Cantwell Seton Hall
Auditoriuum
T. Rollo
Rutledge ‘Thomas
E. Alverson
Melvin Hutson
Edward Timberlake
Jessie Wilson Howland
Sherrill Maner
Betty Jean Johnson
Betty Jane Royer
Wilma Dean Hargrove
Betty Jean
Norma Jean Whyte
Birmingham
Mary Jean Sittason
Sylvia Green
Joan Keim
Evelyn McGaha
Thelma Sherman
Katherine Henderson
Ruth McCulloch
Margaret Ann Brooks
Dorothy Mae Burkett
Mary Webb Rogers
Betty Jane Roger
Ladge Cheri Chandler
Gwendolyn Gray
Betty Ware Wyatt
Joyce Lee
Mary Sherman
de Wayne Bethany
Henderson Peebles
Allen Jones
Eugene Earl Jones
Edward Lee Ratliffe
David Byars
Raphael Thompson
Bill Stone
Jimmy
Ratliffe
Talmadge Meadows
James Belew, Jr
Morris Willerford
Frederick Stephenson Mittewede
Ralph Crafton
Maner
J. M. Reynolds
Claude Bethany
Harry Fulmer
Decatur Mothers Club
H. F. Sherrod
Eight& Avenue East
Sam Pruett
Sherrod
L. R. Murphree
Personal notices report multiple local health updates
Mrs C D Lamon is homebound on Fifth Avenue West with a sprained ankle from a fall. Mrs Louis Bell suffers flu at home this week. Lester Edwards is ill with flu and confined at home. Friends of Mrs Artie Dobbs regret her move to the Benevolent Society Hospital after a serious operation. Mrs Emmett Eubanks of Hart- is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Lamon
Fifth Avenue West
Lester Edwards
Artie Dobbs
Benevolent Society Hospital
Ben Mabsoy
Beauty Path Made Smoother By Obeying Laws of Health
Career girls learn daily health harmony improves appearance. Nutrition and regular meals prevent fatigue and aging signs. Nighttime baths and simple beauty routines replace hurried mornings. white henna mix offers a whitening method for body hair. readers invited to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Follett
Bedside visits and flu illnesses color local weekend
Selle sits by sister Altie Dobbs at Benevolent Society Hospital as Cooper family from Hartselle remains at her bedside after surgery. Lancaster visitor La Boon meets daughters J D Ligon and Virginia. J D Wallace suffers flu at home. Sirk Howell and daughter Nancy ill with flu. Lethel Smith and Kathleen Yarbrough return from Auburone visit with Jack Smith. Gillespie and Jenkins visit Elbert McCullough. Ballard and Hall join Babbs in Casper Wyoming as they motor to Wilson and Wheeler Dams for a Sunday outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Cooper
Hartselle
Altie Dobbs
Benevolent Society Hospital
Lethel Smith
Kathleen Yarbrough
Auburone
Jack Smith
ACPO
Ballard
Lelia Grubbs Hall
Babbs
Casper, Wyoming
Wilson
Wheeler Dams
Shelbyville Guests Join Hall for Weekend in Birmingham
Mrs Lelia Grubbe Hall hosted visitors from Shelbyville including Mrs J A Cullom and families Nellie Evans Tom Pettey James Reeder Vernon Cassela and Mise Maud Clary. Mrs Bubba left for Denver then Casper while Mrs Mabsoys ankle slows her and F A Grimsley illness limits activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia Grubbe Hall
J. A. Cullom
Shelbyville, Tenn
Nellie Evans
Tom Pettey
James Reeder
Vernon Cassela
Sarah
Mise Maud Clary
Birmingham
J. BR. Cassella
Model plane still missing after Delano Park display
James Wright sought his 48 inch model plane missing since Sunday afternoon. The motorized craft with vivid red and blue wings circled Delano park before a strong wind carried it toward the river. Last seen at about 2 36 p m it was about 2000 feet up and Wright noted it took six months to build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wright
Athena
Wright
Dr Dillard Heard At Central Church
Two instructive sermons were delivered at Central Baptist Church on Sunday by Dr E Dillard secretary of the Southern Convention formerly of Southside Baptist Birmingham. Many friends renewed old acquaintances. Next Sunday Rev Ingraham field representative of the Sunday School Board will speak at Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralist
E. Dillard
Southern Convention
Dillard
Bouthside Baptist
Birmingham
Central Baptist Church
Dr. Dillard
Seonaray
Central Church
Ingraham
Southern Baptist Convention
Notable Quote on Timeframe and Disappearing Funds
A cryptic remark noted the material valued at about 36 dollars with the wry line six months to build and three minutes to disappear. The comment highlights a humorous take on project timelines and costs.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson
Charles Harvey
Patterson
W. FE. Curry
Sgambati
J. B. Bradford
Ben Madison
W. A. Burt
Earl Calvin
Dothan
BE. M. Chenault
Mra. Murphree
W. W. Dinemore
Mra. 8 EE
Aleteatac
Crippled
Chenault
Programa
Calvin
Longfellow
W. P. Baugh
Breneau Alchemist
Gainesville
Sanders
R. L. Almon
Moultén
L. P. Troup
Carl Patterson
Claudia Moss
Methodist
Decatur District
Methodist Womans Missionary Societies
Decatur Central Church
Mason Crow
Berean Club
Carnegie Library
Virginia Graham
Bible Class
Central Methodist Sunday School
R. H. Wolcott
Mesdames
H. O. Troup
A. M. Richards
A. Z. Bailey
Coterie Club
Margaret Chenault
Jackson Street
Montgomery
Episcopal Guild
Episcopal Ladies Guild
JOE Wheeler P.T. A
Joe Wheeler
Aller's Beauty Shopperone
Grant St
Capitol
Tailspin
John Trent
Marjorie Reynolds
Bluebird
Second Avenue
Wyker’s
John D. Wyker & Son
Emmett Eubanks
Hart
DE Luxendard
Isi
Mrs. Legrand
Frances Powers
Athens
Ney Wilson, Jr
Mrs. Wilson
Decatur
Beauty Box
Mary Howard
la Boon
Lancaster
South Carolina
J. D. Ligon
Virginia la Boon
J. D.wallace
Sirk Howell
Nancy
Herman Gillespie
Carl Jenkins
Elbert McCulloch
City Park Flower Shop
Princess Theatre
Athens Nursery Company
Leroy Robison
Bubba
Denver
Col
Casper
Wyoming
Thomas White
Memphis, Tenn
Mrs
H. Malone
F. A. Grimsley
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Goidel’s
Rilling Koolerwave
St.Louis
Natchez
Caire
Ole Man River
York
Aly
Nmiine
Kee
Constance Bennett
Charles Ruggles
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