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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1939
Page
5
An unusually delightful Saturday Club gathering occurred last week at Mrs. Arwin Draper’s Canal Street home with spring flowers and a program on housing presented by Mrs. A. T. Hanson. A Carnegie Library meeting is planned for the next session.
George Page of Tanner receives the Most Popular Boy title in a student body election at Athens College. The column lists a parade of local visits and health notes including Mrs. Doss’s improvement after illness, guests from Jasper and Birmingham, and travels of students and faculty between Tanner, Sylacauga, Columbia Missouri, Jackson, and Davidson College.
Mrs. Sue Simpson of Nashville Tenn gravely ill at great niece Mrs Clark Rountree's home. Hopkinsville folks James T Stewart and family visit grandmother Mrs D C Almon. first visit of ten week old James Clifton. Local brevity notes on flu illnesses recoveries and visits among families including Misses Estelle and Marjorie Russell, Miss Kathryn Timberlake, and Professor Eugene Speer Jr. with mentions of Decatur Huntsville Scottsboro and Scottsboro.
Illinois shows a real prospect for a women on juries bill as Sen. Harold G. Ward's measure passes the Senate with backing from women's groups and eye to Jan 1 1940. Other states debate constitutional amendments and waives on working wives, with Maryland Missouri Texas Utah Idaho Wisconsin and Connecticut active in varying ways.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ella Forbes 86 were held at Coldwater Methodist Church after her death Saturday at home in Coldwater Tennessee. Burial followed in Blanche Cemetery directed by Brown of Decatur. Survived by two sons W. E. Forbes Decatur J. B. Forbes Coldwater a daughter Mrs. Eula Blair Lincoln County Tenn plus grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Advice column notes that worry ages the face and offers steps to improve health and vitality through a balanced diet and a calmer mindset. It urges readers to replace fretful thoughts with cheerful ones and promotes overall wellbeing as the path to beauty.
The advertisement promotes Pattern 4044 by Anne Adams with a side-buttoned bolero and sleeveless top. It highlights a four-star design, sport version, and multiple sizes 12 through 40 with fabric needs and color ideas. The offer includes a sewing book and pattern set for fifteen cents each, or twenty-five cents together, plus order instructions.
Wheeler Lake sits at 550 feet and Wilson Lake at 503.5 feet above sea level. TVA officials expect water levels to stay steady for several days.
An ordination service for incoming deacons will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. Rev Macon of Athens will deliver the ordination sermon.
Classified advertising offers practical avenues to buy and sell items. Phone 46 for listings and assistance with placing ads across categories.
Senate judiciary committee unanimously approves President Roosevelt's nomination of William O. Douglas as associate justice. The 40 year old chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission would replace Louis D Brandeis who retired. Douglas is Roosevelt's fourth high court appointee and the nomination moves to the full Senate for likely confirmation.
Miss Claudia Weinman of Priceville received honorable mention for portraying Lacey Baxley in Laburnum Grove by J B Priestley, presented by the Auburn Players. She was a school leader at Priceville High School and active in activities.
A junior senior 4-H Club winner was announced in the county event. The student, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Weinman, achieved top marks in the honors division and earned praise for leadership and skill.
Millions of women have depended on Pinkham's Compound to feel better and share good vibes with friends and neighbors. The ad suggests the product helps tone up and smiles after feeling down.
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