Meeting of Executive Board of Decatur W S C S Held at Pattillo Home
The Decatur District Executive Board of the Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. W. V Pattillo's Hartselie home on March 22 for a spend the day session and officers training. Sixteen members attended with Mrs. J. M. Plant as guest. reports from zone leaders highlighted new and reorganized societies and one hundred percent memberships.
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Decatur
Pattillo
Woman’'s Society of Christian Service
W. V Pattillo
Hartselie
D. D. Me
Gehee
Spiritual Life
W.b.crutcher
Zone
Grace Hogan
Zone Three
Moss Chapel
Priceville
Oak Ridge
D. L. Grizzard
Grizzard
E. W. Corley
Christian Social Relations
L. L. McCulloch
Missionary Education
Austinville Methodist Girls Society to Meet Tonight
The Girls Society of Christian Service at the Austinville Methodist Church will meet tonight at seven o clock. All members are urged to attend as plans for Sunday evening’s program will be made.
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Girls Society of ‘Christian Service
Austinville Methodist Church
Tacky party entertainment at Elks Club Friday
Decatur Emblem Club No 127 sponsors a costume friendly tacky party at the Elks Club Friday March 25 at 730 pm. The public is invited and those not in costume will face a penalty. The event promises plenty of entertainment. Rainbow Girls meet at seven thirty tonight at the Masonic Temple with postponed initiation due to illness. Madonna Circle of Central Methodist Church meets Tuesday at 730 pm in the church parlor with Bible lesson and program. Sixteen members and two visitors attend social hour after refreshments.
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Decatur Emblem Club No 127
The
Elks Club
Rainbow
Decatur Assembly No
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Madona
Central Methodist Church
Madonna
Central Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Raymond Britain
Holmes
Turner
Joe Flynn
Robert Hutson
Mary Smith
Charles Clark
Jimmy Adams
Orman Anderson
Rev Keenum Accepts Call To Pastorate At Fairview
Rev Keenum, former pastor at Okiona and Highland Park churches in Tuscumbia, accepts a call to pastor Fairview Baptist. Now in evangelistic work, he has seen hundreds convert in revival meetings across the South. He is well known in Decatur and among the 40 young ministers chosen under Dr John C Cowell Jr. He married Levisia Wade. Mrs. Edgar L Henson and Ilene Deese plan a Florida visit for a family birthday.
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Per Covell Pegieer
Fairview
Keenum
Okiona
Tuscumbia
Highland Park Baptist Church
Southland
Jesus
Decatur
John C. Cowell Jr
Central Baptist Church
Levisia Ann Wade
Henry Wade
Pact Held Hope And Threat Too
U S statesman John Foster Dulles warned the North Atlantic pact could halt war or trigger a third world conflict depending on Soviet interpretation. He urged careful restraint and clear purpose as Charles Bohlen noted the pact complements UN efforts, not a substitute. Lectures in Philadelphia also covered broader Cold War themes and shifts in global power dynamics.
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Lee Linder
Philadelphia
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
U. S
United Nations
Kremlin
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Bohlen
United States
Y Bohlen
Congress
Cidre Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Russia
Local residents return from extended visits across states
Mrs Robert Harris and Mrs Comer Ezell are due home Thursday after a three week Florida visit with Mrs Ben Martin Sr in Clearwater. Miss Mimi Jones Miss Earl Joyce Lee and Al Jones come back from a three week Alabama trip to the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa. Mrs J M McKay Union Springs and Mrs Richard Shively Birmingham visit sisters Miss Mary Keenan Lettie Gorman and Mrs Henry Hartung. Maurice Jones returns to Tuscaloosa to resume studies after spring holidays with his mother Mrs Jervis Jones.
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Henry Hanson
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Mrs
A. T. Hanson
F. D. Peebles Jr
F. D Peebles
Robert Harris
Comer Ezell
Ben Martin
Clearwater
Florida
Mimi Jones
Earl Joyce Lee
al Jones
J. M. McKay
Union Springs
Alabama
Richard Shively
Birmingham
Mary Keenan
Lettie Gorman
Henry Hartung
Maurice Jones
Jervis Jones
Plans Shaped for Auction Sale by Local Church
Plans are completed for an auction sale on April 16 sponsored by the Memorial Drive Methodist church associated board of stewards. The auction lot across from the farmer's market will host hundreds of articles to the highest bidder with proceeds to the church and free refreshments provided during the sale.
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Associated Board of Stewards
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Rate Increase Fees Are Heard by ICC Hearings
Southern textile mills push for limited relief if ICC approves further freight rate hikes. Rupert L. Murphy of Atlanta, spokesman for about 205 mills in Alabama and Georgia, argues no general rise is warranted now as regional ICC hears a proposed 13 percent increase. Railroad counsel cites inescapable costs and essential transport for coal and cotton to reach markets. David Knapp Jr. — general manager — leads noted testimony.
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Southern Textile Mills
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rupert L. Murphy
Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Murphy
ICC
Charles Clark
Washington
David Knapp, Jr
Attorney Leads Gulfport in Special State Senate Race
Gulfport attorney R B Meadows Jr 36 led in a four man field for the state senate with 40 of 43 precincts counted in Harrison and Stone counties he held a 51 vote edge over Howard McDonnell of Biloxi. The result followed a campaign where logistics and local issues dominated voter interest.
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Gulfport
Miss
R. B. Meadows Jr
Harrison and
Stone
Meadows
Howard McDonnell
Biloxi
Witnesses oppose toll increase in ville Tennessee
Ville, Tenn., was another witness against the increase. He is now a traffic supervisor.
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Socte I Y
Zone Two
Paul Hampton
Basham
D. D McGehee
S. J. Nethery
Status of Women
A. G.jones
Winston Powell
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Clio
Dewey Clark
Laneheon
J. M. Plant
W. B. Crutcher
Charles Leopard
M. D
Austinville M. Y
Carolyn Roberts
Bill Spears
Care
Frances McRight
Tommpy Allen
Billy Gene Woodall
Mary Lou
Bernice Storm
Barbara Ryan
Austinville
Haywood Reams
John Stewart
Edgar L. Henson
Ilene Deese
Chattahoochee
Mrs. Henson
Annie Gainous
Thomas P. Hinman
Paul J. Longshore
A. H. Giles
Lou Giles
Joe Luker
Joan
10Th Avenue East
Philip Jay Hermann
St. Luke's Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Ann
R. E. Catlett
Carol C. Smith
Annapolis
Maryland
Jack Catlett
Carol Smith
J- R. Hunter
Eileen Trafford
Ethel Rhinehart
Elizabeth Houston
Alabama Education Association
R. W. Orr
Charles Wooten
Helena
Arkansas
H. N. Peurifoy
Gila Pritchett
Children’s Dept
Tommorow
Sherry
Maner-and-daugher
Sherry Gayle
S.A Lynne
Skeges Crawford
Judge Seybourn Lynne
Lynne
Fred Hunt, Jr
Amanda
Rickey
Rita Baker
Norma Haddock
Future Teachers Association
Phillips High School
Baker
Barrett C. Shelton
Charles Kortrecht
Collier
Tennessee
Tom Andy Bennett
8Th Avenue West
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Mary Jane
Rothmoor Sterling
Gotham Junior League
Loeb-Hoch
Trey’s Department Store
Darling
Bates
Pastryz’ Shop
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