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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1935

Page

7

Athens Garden Club Hosts Better Homes Week Event

A Tuesday evening garden party and TVA electrical display were hosted by Mrs. Henry Binford and Mrs. R. C. Martin with guidance from H. F. Clark and Mrs. Lucy Donnell. TVA officials, garden club members, and Limestone county Home Demonstration women attended with talks on rural electrification and a kitchen tour ending at a tea. Willie Griffis returned to Athens to join a local beauty shop.

Athens Garden Club Henry Binford R. C. Martin H. F. Clark TVA Lucy Donnell Athens Electrical Dealers Association Binford Jack K. Crawford Chattanooga Clare Nale Nomist George Kable Industrial Division Knoxville, Tenn W. J. Nichols Department of Electricity of Garden Club Mesdames R. B. Patton W. B. Anderson W. T. McDainiel Bruce Nelson Roy Malone Elina Cartwright Zella Russel W. R. Hightower Mary Reed Hendricks Mary Archie Lawson Frances Hightower Elizabeth Malone Baylis Hightower D. L. Rosenall Odelle Stewart Limestone County Home Demonstration Club America Marion Spidle W. S. Nichols R. L. Thomas W. S. Garth W. A. Minsch W. P. Chandler State Secondary Agricultural School of Athens W. H. Johnson C. W. Sarver Amos Clanton J. M. Holt County Board of Revenue D. L. Rosenau Marion Spidie Earle Calvin Decatur Willie Griffis Birmingham W. P. Hunter

Measles Quarantine Sign Appears During Neighbor Visit

In Uniontown Pennsylvania on May 2 health officials posted a measles quarantine sign after siblings Harry Younkin, 15, and his sister, 11, visited neighbors. Mr Jennis Younkin seeks a court order to remove his children from the area.

Uniontown Harry Younkin Jennis Younkin

Mae West Curiosity Sparks Denver May Day Note

Denver records show a curious May 2 item about Mae West stirring public interest. The fragment hints at entertainment chatter and potential show business discourse without concrete details or outcomes.

Denver Mae West

Finding the Right Powder Shade for Women

An expert advises that powder shade matters as much as lipstick and rouge. Women should seek a shade matching their skin, avoid dead white, and blend if needed using tones in cream natural peach Rachel and ochre to achieve an invisible, natural finish.

English Channel Motion Picture Studios

Denver theater manager receives personal invitation from actress

E. P. Briggs, a Denver theater manager, sent a dime chain letter to a film actress. Hollywood replied with not only a dime but a written invitation to "come up and see me sometime."

de E. P. Briggs Denver Hollywood

Astor Family Expecting Baby At Hospital

Stork hovers over John Jacob Astor and his 19 year old wife Ellen Tuck Krench as Doctors Hospital discloses maternity accommodations booked for late July or August for Mrs Astor.

New York Stork John Jacob Astor Ellen Tuck Krench Doctors Hospital

Revival to Begin at First Christian Church

Rev Burton L Hoffman general secretary of the Alabama Christian Missionary Co operation will arrive Sunday May 5 to conduct a 15 day revival at the First Christian church corner 4th avenue east and Moulton street His visit is expected to aid the church and benefit the city The Rev W Barton Quarles is pastor of the church already here six weeks work under his leadership is growing and cooperation with Hoffman is hoped to yield a fruitful revival.

Burton L. Hoffman Alabama Christian Missionary Co-operation Jasper First Christian Church 4Th Avenue Moulton Street Hoffmanas W. Bartoh Quarles

Supreme Court decisions listed from Montgomery report

The Montgomery court released decisions on petitions for certiorari and writs in multiple cases. Writs granted or denied, rulings on rehearings noted, with several appeals from circuit courts in equity overruled or modified. Also reported: two Weymouth Trust Company messengers robbed of $20,000 on Old Colony Boulevard as four or five gunmen attacked their car.

John Hancock Mutual Life, Insurance Company Lena Large DeKalb Circuit Court John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Della L. Hill Lindsey DeKalb Boston Weymouth Trust Company Canoly Chester

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