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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1944
Page
7
The First Christian church youth group held a weiner roast in Delano Park on Friday night with eighteen attendees. After roasting, they played games and sang songs, marking a final gesture from the scavenger hunt and dinner held at Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Freer’s home recently.
Otto Fischer and Neal Speake Jr visit Marion. Mrs Andrew J Jones Falk ville visits son Guy Jones and J G Woodruff. Mrs J H Tolley to April 1 from Birmingham. M J Lee and Barbara of Bessemer visit J R Nicholson. Mrs Wiley Owen moves from Vanderbilt to Nashville friend home. Mrs Winston Bell and daughter travel to Aniston due to husband joining Army. Mrs John Pointer Florence visits sister Milton Harvey. Tommy Jo and Tex Thomas ill with mumps. Jane Pirtle ill with chicken pox. Otis Jeffries home on furlough from Camp Barkeley. George Buliss and family of Memphis visit. Wayne Lamon ill at home. Mrs Ray Walden visits husband at Camp Shelby. Mrs George W Brown of Lexington and Mrs Hugh Graham of Birmingham visit J H Anderson. Mr and Mrs J L Ford at McNeill Apartments while Lt Ford at Courtland Air Base.
A historical note states that the colon and semicolon were first employed in English punctuation during the 16th century, marking a milestone in textual conventions.
Winnie the working girl tackles war bonds taxes and rising costs by building a versatile Easter outfit from a single well chosen suit. She buys a gray all wool New York model suit at 25 dollars with accessories including a flower hat 8.95 gloves 1.50 a jabot and gilet 3.00 and open toe pumps 5.95. The same suit is used for office Red Cross classes and country weekends with business like accessories such as a brown cloche hat gloves blouse and calf pumps. The outfit promises durability and value for spring and beyond.
The community near Pleasant View reports Mrs. Moses Evans at Benevolent hospital for an operation. Visitors include Mrs. Dave Betterton with Kenneth Kelly and Callie Looney, Frazier Looney with Wesley Hogan, and others. People like Whit Evans, Frank Yates, Pvt Brice Hogan, and Opal Wright are mentioned with local travel and family visits as measles circulate.
AP Features Writer Clayton Irwin profiles Georgia Gibbs on Broadway, noting her refusal of flashy gowns in favor of tailored suits. The piece traces her rise from Fredda Gibson to Georgia Gibbs, the rebranding with a new image, and her stance on glamor, singling out her pride in hits like Shoo Shoo Baby and her determination to stay true to her style.
SHREVEPORT La March 25 Tests for oil will be made at 4500 feet in the Hunt Oil company well. Details indicate preparations are underway for substantial subsurface testing and assessment of extraction potential at depth.
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