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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1949
Page
7
Woman's Society of Christian Service circles meet in four homes and the church parlor for afternoon sessions on China Twilight Or Dawn lessons Gains And Losses. Talks cover devotionals, prayer, and social hours with visitors. Band concert and Good Fellowship Class announce events.
A miscellaneous shower celebrated Mrs. alph Scott nee Audria Mae Hill, a recent bride, at Mrs. Jutas Hill’s Danville home. Guests enjoyed ice cream and cake as gifts were displayed and hostesses assisted by Mrs. Grady Stephenson.
Circle one of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Ninth Street Methodist church met at Mrs. W. M. Griffin's home on 6th Avenue South Monday afternoon at two thirty. Mrs. Rolf Smith led with song Work For The Night Is Coming and Mrs. Raymond Ward offered the opening prayer. After business, Mrs. Griffin gave a devotional from John Chapter 14 with the theme Home.
Reverend L Leona Aggola a 25 year missionary to China returns home for deputation work and will speak at Hartsville Church of the Nazarene Wednesday at 7 30 PM She served in China under the National Holiness Missionary Society and will share her gripping Gripsholm interment and repatriation account pastoring invitation extended by Rev M C Garrison.
A slate of new officers was presented. Mrs. E. G. Maples led the afternoon program on Modern Poetry and introduced Miss Mary Frances Green who spoke on Modern Authors. One new member, Mrs. H. B. Norwood, joined. A sweet course was served to nine members and one guest, Miss Green, by the hostess during the social hour.
Ernest Byford of Decatur has been appointed patrolman on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. A 2 year Navy veteran, married with two children, 29 years old, holds a private pilot license and nearly completes training for a commercial license. His addition is expected to boost refuge patrol efficiency and other work. The article also notes Baptist Sunday school activities and a Girl Scout event honoring Marguerite Hall with a covered dish supper.
Mrs. Frances Keltner lies critically ill at her daughter’s home in Mobile, with Frank Wells and others from Nashville Birmingham and Monroe at her bedside. Others recover from mumps at home in Nashville while friends plan Birmingham theater visits and recent trips to Holiday On Ice.
The notice promotes pattern 4980 with flattering necklines and gathers in sizes 12 through 40, requires 314 yards of fabric for size 16, and includes illustrated instructions. It invites readers to send 25 cents for the pattern to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept in New York, plus a spring Pattern Book by Anne Adams with a free four-store pattern and a 15 cent copy offer.
The text notes William the Conqueror established his authority as the foremost lord in France by the age of 24, marking his early consolidation of power and influence.
Full military honors will be accorded Pvt Jack D Beshears at burial Friday at 2 30 P M at Union Hill church Rev Robert Glenn to conduct services Burial follows in adjoining cemetery with Peck directing American Legion post 52 Hartselle to serve as pallbearers and conduct military portions His body will go to his mother Mrs Maude Beshears Lacey's Spring after arrival in Huntsville Thursday night The soldier who died in the Battle of the Bulge December 16 1944 was 19 He leaves his mother two sisters Miss Thelma Emone Washington D C Mrs Modie Edwards Decatur and a brother Joe Lacey's Spring.
Two California Florida endurance pilots Bill Barris and Dick Riedel in the Sunkist Lady plan another lap toward Miami to challenge the 726 hour sustained flight record. They refueled after arriving from Meridian and had logged 154 hours by midnight. The return trip to California would start Thursday via Tallahassee New Orleans Beaumont San Antonio El Paso and Tucson if weather permits.
Florence Ala March 22 Florence State Teachers College will form its first college football team this fall Dr E B Norton president announced at a student mass meeting Norton named a committee last December to study adding football Student groups urged representation on the gridiron No coaching staff or schedule announced Alabama state teachers colleges at Livingston Jacksonville and Troy already have teams.
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