May Festival at Athens College Promises Historic Pageant
Athens College will present the May Festival on Friday May 6 at eight in Founders Hall. Miss Mary Noble Oliphint directs a large cast in hoop skirts with satin gowns and rosebud crowns as they reenact antebellum southern memories to old melodies. Proceeds go to college debt and endowment. tickets are sold by Decatur district chairmen Celia Bonner Davis and Freda and Doris Cowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens College
Mary Noble Oliphint
Founders Hall
Jean Patty
Athens College Trio
Trinity School
Celia Bonner Davis
Freda
Doris Cowan
Decatur
Miss Stuart Peebles Returns From Auburn Dances Weekend
Miss Stuart Peebles has returned from Auburn where she spent the weekend to attend dances. Mr. and Mrs. Murray King and baby are at home for a few months with Mrs. Eugene Collier. Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens and son of Memphis, Tenn., were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
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Stuart Peebles
Auburn
Murray King
Baby
Eugene Collier
George Stevens and Son
Memphis, Tenn
W. D
Nel Johnston
Susan Bibb
Cranston Gray
Sewanee
Monteagle
Tenn
Louis Hoff
The
University of the South
Nancy Hackworth
John Carlyle
Jim Payne
Scottsboro
Mrs. R. T. Sheppard
Great Singing Stars and Local Social Notes
Pinkard on Gordon Drive and Mr Stevens head to Birmingham with Mrs Stevens and their son. Weekend visitors include Will Wyker family and Wierhies at Wilson Lake. Several residents travel to Florence and Birmingham for plays and visits. many relatives are noted among Columbus and Decatur connections.
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Pinkard
Gordon Drive
Mr. Stevens
Will Wyker
Billy Wyker
W. M. Wierhies
Wyker
Wilson Lake
Mary Wells
Ruth Elizabeth
Columbus
Decatur
Public Health Advice On Wearing Paper Sandals
The article urges daily use of paper sandals in public places to prevent a contagious irritated condition. It stresses cleanliness and timely treatment, noting the 50 percent rate and the goal of having clean feet by summer.
Treating Athlete's Foot Aims To End Reinflection
A central press health column warns about athlete's foot, a common skin ringworm affecting up to half of high school and college students. It outlines causes from public pools and gymnasiums, symptoms between the toes, and urges medical guidance and thorough, regular treatment to prevent reinfection via shoes, stockings, and floors.
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Julint
Shelby Central Press
How to tell if soap is fully rinsed from hair
The method says to rub a small hair strand between fingers. If it squeaks under pressure, the hair is free of soap. If it does not squeak, rinse again until it does.
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Cornelia
No title present for mineral lubricant note
The passage cautions that mineral oil is not a good skin lubricant and can worsen dryness with regular use. It recommends sweet almonds as an almost perfect alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Vernon Rich to Lead Baptists Revival Campaign
Rev. J. Vernon Rich of Huntaville will lead a revival at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church starting the second Sunday in June. Services will be held twice daily with hours to be announced after intermission.
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J. Vernon Rich
Huntaville
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Negro drive for crippled children to close tonight
The fundraiser will end this evening with a meeting at 7 30 at the Cumberland Presbyterian church on West Cherry street. Music will be provided by the Decatur Negro singers under chairman Mamye L Irvin.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
W. Cherry
Decatur, Negro Singers
Mamye L
Irvin i
Barn and Contents Destroyed by Fire at Five Acres Farm
A large barn and its contents on the Neville farm at Five Acres, five miles west on Joe Wheler highway, were destroyed by fire late Saturday night. Owners suspect a tramp may have sheltered there during heavy rain and dropped a cigarette. Estimated loss is $1,200 with no insurance. two mules, six calves, fertilizer, cotton seed, and corn were also lost.
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HM. K. Neville
Joe Wheler
Here
Also Mentioned on This Page
la Fiesta Club
Valley Country Club
Joe Wheeler
Association
EF. M. Chenault
Horace Griffin
Decatur Mothers Club
First Christian Missionary Societies
Womans Missionary Society
Young Ladies Missionary Society of
First Christian Church
Lyons
BE. W, McLeod
Ted Major
B. 8
Loyd
Loyd Lively
Alan Wallace
Ll. P. Troup
Womans Music Study Club
Palmgren
Eva Love Wyatt
Cecil Timberlake
Choral Club
Virginia Prince Calvin
Betty Foster Pointer
Mis
Joe Pettey
Marion Vickrey
von Weber
W. R. Norton
Piano Fund
Kirby Leon Morris
Kirby Leon Jr
Pee Bus, Ga
W. N. Cowden
Florence
State Teachers College
Frances
Greensboro
N. OC
Mrs. Rutledge Thomas
Friends
Birmingham
A. J. Walker
Chattanooga
Town
O. L. Mahoney
W. P. Baugh
Frank Lide
Walter Worth
Jefferson, N. C
John W. Jones
Owen Cook
Evanston, Il
Early Phinizy
Jack Tankersley
Tommy Carson
R. A. Worley
Grant Street
W. G. Gardner
New Orleans
C. W. Matheny
W. Crucker
Athens
J. B. Bradford
Louisville
F. H. Kirby
Washington, D. C
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Golden West
California
Princess Theatre
Walter Pidgeon
Leo Carrillo
Buddy Bbsen
Leonard Penn
Priscilla Lawson
Bob Murphy
Olin Howland
Cliff Edwards
Billy Bevan
Brandon Tynam
H. Warner
Monty Woolley
Goidel
Fred
WMFO
Fred 8. Hunt, Jr
Ala
Woodall
Alexander
Freda Dupes
Jacksonville, Fla
Evelyn’s Beauty
Over Speake, Warren
Thomas S
Tobe) Woodroof
Melvin Hutson
Decatur Daily
Thos. S
Alabama
Thos
Tobe
Woodroof
Allen
Beauty Shoppe
Kleen-Ezy
South
Ty Tad L
Olympe Bradna
Pretty Feet
Vernon Rich
American Cleaners
Capitol
Tangled
T Y Eilers Nell Harmiton
Tim
Tyler
Rob Rechtay
Robert Z. Leonard
of Education
Morgan County
Geo. T. Woodruff
Decatur, Ala
Robin Hood
Onaga
Sigmgnd
Romberg
Fantape
Leo
Buddy Carrillo
Ebsen
Isabel Dawn
Boyce DeGaw
WM. Anthony McGuire
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