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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
7
Hartselle schedules M Day at Morgan County High School with 1 30 assembly featuring talks by alumni and a beauty queen crowning. Afternoon football Reds versus Whites and a concluding dance cap the event.
Advert shows a laxative product pairing Senna with Syrup Pepsin to ease constipation and stomach upset. It claims doctors prescribe Pepsin preps and promotes child friendly taste. It urges buying Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna at your druggist for gentle relief.
The Morgan County High School P T A will hold its weekly study meeting Monday night March 24 at 6 30 at Mrs W V Pattillo s home. Miss Effie Lou Gaines leads the course. Readings include several local initiates into Lucullus Lodge Knights of Pythias Falkville with names such as Johnny McDaniel Pete Bailey Harold McClanahan Walter Tanner Gilman McClanahan Rufus Teague Horace Roberts Orville Tanner Monty Black and Alton McClanahan.
The text extols flatter figures through daily calisthenics and postural drills. It prescribes arm swings to develop the chest and waist trimming, morning and evening routines, skin care, and a preference for gentle evening walks over strenuous daytime workouts. It notes fatigue favors rest and leisure over late workouts.
Quick crochet guide promising inexpensive one piece designs for summers includes scarf and mat directions. Pattern 2812 offers two strand string projects with stitches illustrations and a mat photograph. send ten cents and address to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
Mayor J. P. Hodges returns to City Hall duties after illness. Frank W. Walters of East Morgan County is critically ill at his son George’s home. Charley Oden visits Mobile after staying with his parents. Pete Lawrence of the U S Navy visits his parents J W and Mrs J W Lawrence. Mrs Annie Thompson and Miss Etna Thompson of Somerville guests of Mrs Ernest Weinaman and Mrs Cecil Johnson. Emmett Bridges hosted visitors in Birmingham. The Rileys Cunningham family of Harriman Tenn are guests of John Houston and Mrs Mary Cunningham. Russell Prooster returns from Milton visit. Dick Winton improving after a serious illness. Miss Clio Levin of Decatur visits. Dr H S Lichtenstein returns from Chicago for his son’s wedding. A Lichtenstein and wife visit here. Thelma Hartsele Tynes of Birmingham guests of W V Pattillo. Charles Miller of Decatur visits Ol lie Holder and family. Mrs Walter Poole Jr and Betty Kay visit Birmingham. Mrs Frank W Walters improving at Benevolent Hospital after surgery.
Walter Murphree, a University of Alabama student, spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Thurman Murphree. W L Jacobs returned home from the Benevolent Hospital after treatment. Walter Starkey Jr formerly with an oil firm in Oklahoma visited community friends before entering military service. Kathleen Braly returned to the State Teachers College Florence to resume studies but is home due to her father’s illness. Mrs Bob Lindsay and Mrs Ross Hammons note events as the Capitol screens East of the River today with John Garfield.
Twenty four ladies attended a Woman's Society of Christian Service program at its home followed by refreshments. G L Braly improves from rheumatism. R M Johnson, 78, dies at his daughter's home with eight children surviving. Funeral at Fairview with Rev. Steelman and Rev. J O Ray. Survivors include Mrs Claud Vasser and Mrs George Martin. Various locals, visits and illness updates: Miss Mary Bertha Cox at Massey Business College. J D King and family in Somerset Ohio. Ed Hannah from Sheffield. Wilson and Robert Stewarts families. board meeting at Rev and Mrs J O Ray's home. Mrs Jewell Johnson ill with pneumonia but improving. Wilson Burlesons of Decatur visit parents. Leonard Moyers returns from Auburn for cousin Verne Zehner funeral in Knoxville. Lime Stone cemetery interment. Infant of Mr and Mrs Robert Downs ill with measles and pneumonia. Bee Lauderdale remains critically ill after house fire and brother’s death.
Athens residents report health recoveries and local business moves while community notes cover land deals and upcoming charity event. Figures include Limestone County officials J. Tanner and W. Crutcher, postmaster C. W. Sarver, and plans for Bundles for Britain charity on April 11 in Athens.
Uncle Sam calls for a B flat double bass horn player for the 12th infantry band at Arlington Virginia. The successful applicant must enlist for three years and can expect substantial footing in the Army music program.
The St. Paul civic opera faces a disruption as the draft removes all three top tenors from the chorus just as preparations for Martha proceed for an April production. The upheaval ends the ensemble’s current tuneful spell and challenges upcoming performances.
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