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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1952

Page

4

Riverside P T A Officers Installed Tuesday 29

Riverside School P T A held a regular meeting in the school auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Joe Guyton served as president with Amanda Hunt and Vicki LeDuke leading the devotional. Officers for 1952 53 were installed by Mrs John Wilson Taylor with Mrs C T Davis as president and Mrs Cooper Frazier as treasurer.

Riverside P.T.A Parent Teacher Association of Riverside School Joe Guyton Amanda Hunt Vicki LeDuke Marie Roberts Cooper Frazier Guyton Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers Montgomery P.T.A Mary Banks Terrell Annabelle Wright John Wilson Taylor C. T. Davis E. W. Fisher

Beta Sigma Phi Observes Founders Day Banquet

The private dining room of the Lyons Hotel hosted Alpha Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority for its Founders Day banquet Wednesday at seven o clock. The event celebrated the sorority s second birthday with a formal gathering and table setting.

Lyons Hotel Alpha Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority

VFW Auxiliary Meeting Tonight At Club Room

The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW meets tonight at seven thirty in the club room on Second Avenue. Attendance is urged as this is an important meeting for all members.

Decatur Country Club Business and Professional Women's Club Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W Second Avenue

Personal notes from Wichita Falls and Montgomery social round

Mrs. Robert Sittason of Wichita Falls Texas and Miss Shirley Braswell will spend the weekend in Montgomery to attend the May Day festivities at Huntingdon College. Mrs. Charles Harvey has returned from a visit in Atlanta and Bainbridge Georgia. Mrs. Rufus Warren and Mrs. Maxie Speake Burleson will leave Friday for a two week visit with Miss Earl Joyce Lee in New York City. Miss Lee will accompany them home.

Robert Sittason Wichita Falls Texas Shirley Braswell Montgomery Huntingdon College Charles Harvey Atlanta Bainbridge, Georgia Rufus Warren Maxie Speake Burleson Earl Joyce Lee New York City Miss Lee

Geneva Row Back in Geneva County

A dispute over appointing election officials in Geneva County returns to the same issue. The Alabama Supreme Court orders the Geneva circuit court to stay out, directing no action on a mandamus petition to force naming election officials named by the county Democratic Executive Committee.

Montgomery Geneva County State Supreme Court Circuit Court Geneva Supreme Court Democratic Executive Committee E. C. Boswell Bowen Simmons Marion Rushton

Beta Sigma Phi Founders Day Celebrates 21st Birthday

Mrs. Leon Dumas opened the meeting of Beta Sigma Phi as members repeated the Opening Ritual. A chicken dinner followed with a reading of a founders day message by Katharine Thompson. Miss Margaret Ann Yarbrough presented a poem This Is The Year. Officers were installed in candle light ceremony with Frances Kirkpatrick as president and Mrs. Dumas named Beta Sigma Phi of the year candidate.

Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Lyons Hotel Vic Bubbett Margaret Ann Yarbrough Cooper McClanahan Frances Kirkpatrick Bobby Ellis Ed Uptain Virginia Burleson Leon Dumas Eugene Wright Frank

Tuning Fork Invention Date Recorded

A historical note records the tuning fork as having been invented in 1711 by an early instrument maker.

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