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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1944

Page

5

Local P T A and church groups feature meetings and plans

Society notes from Lafayette Street Grammar School and Central Baptist W M S detail a March library meeting with Dr Howell sermons and a talk on Boys and Girls Together, election of next year’s officers, May Day fete plans, and a trip for a P T A convention delegate. Also covered are district W M A luncheon, Episcopal parish Thank Offering, and multiple social events for Miss Jones, Fleming host series, Zetomen Club meeting with spring decor and program, plus morning party plans for a May 22 wedding.

Lafayette Street Grammar School T. A W. M. Rice Ben Bloodworth R. M. Howell First Methodist Church Parent-Teachers Magazine Mary Banks Terrell Hf. Winston Montgomery C. M. Murdock S. J. Hocking C. H. Winston C. H. Tinderlake W. J. Coleman Miss Roberts Central Baptist W. M Central Baptist W. M. S Annie Laurie Sivley Evelyn Sivley John Green Jesse M. Rogers First Baptist Church China

Taboo no more claims of CARDUI for relief of pain

An old Taboo phrase is cited while describing CARDUI as a tonic that stimulates gastric juice flow and aids digestion. It is claimed to help relieve functional periodic pain when stored and taken as directed, supported by a 62 year record.

Park Hotel Fashion Show Clues Tie Dancer to Syria Verne

In a tense park setting detectives Grange and Argus grill Dancer about a murder linked to Syria Verne and a Whitsun Club tie. Argus tailors an undercover path to Miss Curtis at a Park Hotel fashion show, where Cyn­thia Lane's blackmail hints surface amid model dressing-room chaos.

Syria Verne Grange Dancer Argus Whitsun Club Martinelli Steele Mabel Lucky Lucky Gambrini Ellen Curtis Syria Park Hotel James Eenie Meenie Meinie Moe Miss Curtis Ellen Dorry Carstairs Inspector Grange Pierre Sturgis Ken Cynthia Lane Cynthia Sturgis’ Studio Miss Lane Honey Green New Jersey Jersey Honey Roger Flagg Johnnie Powers Harry Conover Babs Lee King Features Syndicate

Ezra The Scribe Lesson Opens Methodist Circle

Verses of the club theme song were sung as Mrs. Mason Crow presented and taught the Ezra The Scribe lesson. A social ice course followed. Circles One through Four of First Methodist W S C S held Monday meetings with prayers, Bible lessons, and business sessions led by various members. Roland Berry is confined to bed with illness at 208 Ninth Avenue West.

First Methodist Julian Harris Peck A. C. Simmons J. E. Stone G. R. Mason J. B. Fleming Circle Two D. D. McGehee Comer Ezell D. S. Echols McGehee Circle Three J. Y. Robb Rufus Peerson Norman Harris William Crutcher Circle Four Mattie Jones S. A. Lynne S. H. Malone Roland Berry Ninth Avenue West

Dorothy Dix Urges End to Office Party Orgies

A reader claims office parties have grown into costly late night orgies forcing families to cut Christmas plans. He cites six December events at expensive venues with heavy drinking and necking, arguing wives should be invited and the war effort not harmed. The prompt asks officials to end such office parties.

Dorothy DIX

Personal notes on Oklahoma City visitors and Birmingham events

Mrs. Otto Owen of Oklahoma City visits relatives and to be with Mrs. Wiley Owen recovering in Nashville. Mrs. T. L. Baker Jr and others attend the Russian Ballet in Birmingham. Vera Austelle and others travel to Birmingham for a Volunteer workers conference. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jordan attend A. E. A. Sessions in Birmingham as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M Ward.

Otto Owen Oklahoma City Okla Wiley Owen Nashville, Tenn Friends Vanderbilt Hospital T. L. Baker, Jr Dalton Fowler Emil Kotcher Lou Giles Birmingham Vera Austelle W. B Neher D. D. McGehee Iris Finley W. T. Jordan J. M Ward

Dear Dorothy Dix Advice on a Complicated Love Triangle

A nearly 19 year old woman writes that she loves a married man with a wife and three children. She lives with them, is treated as family, and is torn between leaving to protect the wife and staying as the husband pleads. She seeks guidance on the affair and future steps.

Dorothy DIX

Warned Worrying Affair Endangers the Servant

A worried girl is urged to leave the man who carries on an affair behind his ailing wife. The advice emphasizes his low character and the risk of disgrace, urging rupture and escape to find a respectable home and a future with a decent suitor. It counsels fleeing immediately and reconsidering love for him.

You, You Will Hate Him.

A Bell Syndicate release hints at a provocative public figure or controversial stance, signaling a sharp, opinionated take likely about a political or social adversary. The fragment suggests a bold editorial or opinion framing.

The Bell Syndicate A Inc

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