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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1935

Page

5

Society Dance for Miss Harris Held at East Church Home

Miss Jane Todd hosted a Friday night dance at her East Church Street home honoring Miss Anne Frances Harris of New Orleans. Guests danced to blue lights and enjoyed punch as Harris wore yellow satin with gardenias. the event featured a large list of attendees and was part of a series of community society notices.

Harris Jane Todd East Church Street Anne Frances Harris New Orleans Edward Meadows Jane Peyton John Felix White Dorothy Morrow Fred Trimble Frank Ragin-King Sonny McCaler Mary Ruth Durham Bob Adams Eleanor Green Alfred Wilson Evelyn Green Donald Branum Frances Craig Harry Bailey Marjorie Phinizy Smith Trimble Jane Malone Harold Smith Sarah Neville Harry Sunderland Eleanor Vines H. Pepper Imogene Burleson Noel Carpenter Virginia Hardin Harold Watkins Carolyn Zeitler Herman Nebrig Ruth Francis Bobby Anderson Hélen Lyle Bill Francis Peggy Brown Harold Vanehn Mary Bess Jones Birmingham Frank House Billie Green Paul Buchanan Billie Sittason Johnnie Giles Harvey Pride Jack Morrow Red Kimball Homer Tankersley Harold James Riggs Earl Riggs Joe Riggs Edward Cecil Robertson Sammy Stephenson Carl Hubert Gibson Betty June Parker Thomas Edward Hurst Geraldine Craig James Ladell Watterson David Chandler Sarah Bobby Humphrey Don Watterson Thomas Claire Wilson James Leven Davis Joe Tommy Riggs Lewis Frances Milton West Arthur Billings, Jr Norman Ange Bob Carl Pettey Laura Lentz Mabel Clair Mary Allen

Personal notices of travel and illness in Birmingham area

Mrs A F E Humphrey spent Thursday in Birmingham. Miss Aldah Goidel suffers a pneumonia attack at her parents home on Jackson Street. Mrs Charles H Johnson returned from Birmingham after funerals for Amy Carle and Tom Moore. Several families travel to Louisville for the Derby and to Detroit and Canada for visits.

St. John’s Guild Herman Whaley Grant Street A. F E. Humphrey Birmingham Aldah Goidel Mrs H. O Goidel Jackson Street Charles H. Johnson Amy Carle Alabama Tom Moore Effie Moore

Baldwin to Edit Alabama Road and Works Magazine

Bill Baldwin will be editor of a new Alabama Road and Works magazine set to debut around June 1. W. Roy Brown of the Alabama Press Association says George T. Watterson and Baldwin will join as publisher and editor, with Brown as business manager. The monthly will promote Alabama industrial development and paved highways, detailing state public works and Highway Department activities.

Bill Baldwin New Road and Works Magazine Alabama Public Works and Highway Journal W. Roy Brown Alabama Press Association Mr. Brown George T. Watterson Wilson Printing Company Montgomery William J. Baldwin Southern Amiesite Asphalt Company Birmingham Alabama State Highway Department Brown Watterson Baldwin

PEP-O-LENE Gasoline Listed at 24¢ Bargain Price

People’s Service Station advertises PEP-O-LENE gasoline at 24¢ and a bargain price of 18¢ per gallon at the Lee Street and First Avenue corner location.

People's Service Station Lee St First Ave

Beauty care begins at base of throat

An article by Jean Muir urges women to start facial care at the neck base to maintain overall beauty. It recommends cleansing, scrubbing, and toning the throat area with upward strokes, plus targeted treatments for dry, wrinkled, or discolored skin and a nightly skin food routine.

Jean Muir Jean

Dionne Quintuplets Guardians Award Father’s Raise

The new Dionne guardians vote to increase Olora Dionne’s monthly allowance by 25 to 100, drawn from the trust fund. Original guardians receive 4400 total from the Surrogate Court. Dr A R Defoe gets 500 in addition to 200 monthly. Ontario declares Adopt a Child Week starting May 28, marking the quintuplets first birthday.

Callander Dionne Olora Dionne T. F. Battle A. R. Defoe David A. Croll Toronto Ontario

Captain Stickney to Go to Texas School

Captain Louis 8 Stickney of Decatur Alabama is relieved from duty as an instructor at Fort Monmouth New Jersey to join the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas College Station Texas and report by June 30 1935. He began as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1917 and transferred to the Signal Corps as a Captain in 1929.

Louis 8. Stickney Decatur Alabama Signal School Fort Monmouth N. J Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas College Station Texas War Department Stickney Organized Reserve Corps Infantry Regular Army Signal Corps

Goose with enormous egg draws Palouse crowd

Ed Wiley exhibits a prize goose that laid an egg measuring 1134 inches around and 834 inches in diameter, drawing local interest in Palouse Washington.

Palouse, Wash Ed Wiley Wiley

Noted Alabama editor joins new public works publication

In a gubernatorial campaign of Alabama the editor aided Governor Bibb Graves' candidacy and will now lead a public works journal. Associates say the magazine aims to advance the state while private business interests remain unaffected by sponsorship.

Alabama Bibb Graves Public Works Journal Brown

Mortgage Sale Notice in Morgan County Alabama

The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans will sell the described mortgaged property in Morgan County Alabama due to default on the indebtedness secured by the 1922 mortgage to Benjamin F Holmes and Frances J Holmes Also known as Francis J Holmes the mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 296 Page 26 in the Morgan County Probate Office The sale is conducted under the power of sale in the mortgage agreement with Justice to satisfy the entire balance due.

Alabama Morgan County Benjamin F. Holmes Frances J. Holmes Francis J. Holmes Federal Land Bank of New Orleans

Make This Pattern At Home And Made In Double

Instructions promote Pattern 2201 by Anne Adams with home sewing tips for seersucker and printed percales. Describes a comfortable full-back dress and notes sizes 12 through 42 with fabric yardage for size 16. Includes order details for pattern and fashion book priced at 15 cents and 25 cents for both.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department West 17 Street New York City

Mortgage Sale Notice in Morgan County Alabama

The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans offers property at public auction on June 1, 1935, in Decatur Alabama. The sale secures mortgage debt plus expenses including a reasonable attorney's fee, covering the Southeast quarter of Southwest quarter Section 17, East half of Northwest quarter and Northeast quarter of Southwest quarter Section 20, Township 8 Range 1 West.

Court House Morgan County Decatur Alabama Towit Federal Land Bank OF New Orleans

Mortgagee's Sale of 120 Acres in Morgan County Alabama

The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans will sell at the Morgan County courthouse the 120 acre tract described as the west half of the northwest quarter Section 1 and southeast quarter of the northeast quarter Section 2 Township 7 South Range 3 West at the Hantsville Meridian Alabama. Sale to satisfy the mortgage executed January 16 1927 by BE L Isley and Sadie Belle Isley. Attorney for Mortgagee O He Eyster notes reasonable attorney's fees.

Alabama Morgan County BE. L. Isley Sadie Belle Isley Federal Land Bank of New Orleans Court House Morgan’ County Decatur Towit Hantsville Meridian

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First Presbyterian Auxiliary First Baptist First Baptist W. M Gena First Baptist Church Market Street Central Baptist Y. W. A Central Church Cotillion Club John W. Jones Skeggs Crawford Alabama Federation of Music Clubs Central Methodist Church West Decatur Missionary Society Decatur Mothers ’ Club Edmond Garrett Belle Mina Decatur Mothers Club A. M. Roan Chub Bertha Timberlake Comittee Sam Stephenson Schupled Williams Jas Central P.T. A Bible School Zeromen Raphael Sarter Bige Boggess Murray King James E. King Apalachi Fla Dr. W. P. Baugh Louisville, Ky Joe Duncan Louisville Almon Ferguson Tulsa Okla Cece W. A. Ferguson C. B. Ferguson C. A. Edwards Mrs. O. 8. McCulloch Elwood Tarpley Detroit Mich Canada John Bragg E. 8. Loyd Helen Bogworth H. D. Greer A. L. McGeorge Columbus, Miss Phillip Gilchrist Mary Jones Huntsville Claire Bloodworth Susie Brown Tarpley Betty Landers John R. Hargrove Landers, Jr Harry Jane Sarah Ann Mt. Pleasant Tenn Toots Billy Elkins Clyde Nichols Barbara Ann Little Rock Ark Fourth Avenue West Betty Jean Gasaway America B. C. Forbes Magazine New York Goidel East Vine ST Second Ave Cain ST American Cleaners Gladys Glad Nora Nee Cotton Papa Dionne Quins Captain Stickney OC. H. Byster Mortgagee O. He Eyster Attorn Tru
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