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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1939

Page

5

Bride-Elect Margaret King Honored At Tea Social

The social tea honoring Miss Margaret King, a bride-elect for mid May, was held Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Joe Duncan's Country Club Road home with hostesses Mrs. Duncan and Miss Kath leen Hodges. The Berean Study Club plans a meeting Wednesday at 3 15 p m with Mrs W Per as hostess at East Cain Street residence.

Berean Study Club Margaret King Joe Duncan Country Club Road Duncan Kathleen Hodges

Personal Notices of Social Guests and Travels

Montgomery residents W A Dougherty and wife visited sister Mrs J R Daniels en route to Washington DC for a business mission and will attend the New York World's Fair. Numerous others, including Mrs A J Coleman and daughter Sarah, Mrs Louis A Neill, Mrs D D Burleson, Miss Frances Rauschenberg, and many travelers and relatives, spend weekends in Birmingham or travel to events and family homes across the region.

W. A. Dougherty Montgomery J. R. Daniels Mr. Daniels Washington, D. C New York Louis A. Neill Birmingham State Federation of Garden Clubs James E. Penney

Little Girl Dresses Urge Slim Waists in Fashion

In a column on beauty and fashion, readers are urged that slim waistlines are mandatory for new little girl dresses and evening robes. The piece links weight to health and offers diet tips and light exercise, urging moderation rather than elimination of fats and sweets. It notes practical tips for exercise and invites readers to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box editor.

Roosevelt Hosts Danish Crown Prince at Historic Landmark Ceremony

In Rhinebeck New York President Roosevelt Secretary Morgenthau and Postmaster General Farley attended a ceremony with Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid. The group dedicated a reproduction of the town’s first home built in 1700 noting Victorian architecture as less in taste than early Dutch colonial styles. Frederik laid the cornerstone alongside the president and Mrs Roosevelt during a picnic.

Rhinebeck N. Y Roosevelt Frederik Denmark Aday Pitchess- County Po Morgenthau Treasury Department Farley Crown Prince Princess Ingrid Iceland

Pattern 4072 Back-Closing Dress Idea by Anne Adams

The Decatur Daily features Pattern 4072 by Anne Adams for misses and women with sizes 12 through 40. Choose checked cotton or white fabric with a yoke pockets belt and prepare the book of summer styles priced at 25 cents for book plus pattern. Send 15 cents for pattern with size name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Book of Summer Styles.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily St. New York

Pastor Starts Game Room Project At Athens Church

Dr. Robert Glenn pastor of the First Christian Church of Athens has begun a new method to keep younger members active in church life. He is fitting up a complete game room in the church basement to engage youth.

Glenn Athens Ala Robert Glenn First Christian Church of

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