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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1936

Page

5

Society and church group notes from Decatur area

Various church and social meetings summarized including Woman's Auxiliary reports at First Presbyterian, First Methodist, Central Methodist, St John’s Guild, and other clubs. Topics covered devotionals, mission plans, birthday events, upcoming luncheons, and club dances with hostesses, chairs, and attendees named.

D. C. Shaw John W. Jones Pointer Elizabeth Wallace Federated Missionaries T. G. Morrow North Alabama Presbyterian Huntsville First Methodist Women’s Meeting Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church Mack Elam Woman's Society The Central Methodist Church Bruce Spencer Roy Hendrix Masters Roy Gene Hendrix

Miss Annie Louise McNeill Attends Louisville Races

Miss Annie Louise McNeill of West Point Mississippi and Mrs. Ernest Young traveled to Louisville Kentucky for the races and returned to Huntsville to spend several days attending sessions.

Annie Louise McNeill West Point Miss Ernest Young Louisville Huntsville

Little Girls Want Curls Like Jane Withers

Gladys Glad reports Easter parade fashions with mothers and children in smart outfits. She notes girls crave curls as much as mothers and shares a step by step method to create soft ringlets using soap wash, aluminum curlers, and bobby pins for durable front and back curls.

Gladys Glad America Reep Jane Withers Screen Jane

Figure Leonore Promises Quick Body Shaping

The text notes a method to firm the bust while slimming waist hips abdomen buttocks and thighs. It references a New Figure booklet claiming an 8 to 10 pound two week loss and offers beauty pamphlets for purchase via Miss Glad.

Leonore Miss Glad Colin Beauty

Local society notes of ill Lucien Bush and relatives

Friends and relatives gather with Lucien Bush and family as illness prompts concern. Dr Jasper D Bush of Baptist Hospital Birmingham visits from Birmingham. Edw in Cooper of Anniston, a law student, heads Students Senate at Birmingham Southern College. Several attendees travel to Huntsville and Birmingham for U D C events and other visits. Mrs Blackmon near critical illness. others attend hospitals and family gatherings in Florence Athens Montevallo and Scottsboro.

Jasper D. Bush the Baptist Hospital Birmingham Edwin Cooper Anniston Birmingham Southern Eugene R. Guy Cooper Pi Gamma Mu Kappa Alpha

MAKE THIS MODEL AT HOME Shadow-Proof Wrapped-Back Slip Pattern 4008

An Anne Adams wrap-around slip design offers a shadow proof fitted bodice and adjustable waist for various frocks. Pattern 4008 covers sizes 14 to 46 with 278 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16 and includes illustrated instructions. Send fifteen cents and your address to the Anne Adams pattern book department in New York.

Anne Adams New York, N. Y

Athens Bridge Club Celebrates Hostess Miss Malone Malone

Mrs Malone Moore hosted a large bridge dinner at Pryor Street with Mrs R C Martin and John Wilson winning high scores. Guests listed include Mr and Mrs Jack Tanner, Baylis Hightower, Dr and Mrs F G Peer, Mrs Ronald Gray Jr, Mrs M S Adams of California, and others. Elizabeth Malone hosted a second afternoon for Mrs M S Adams with gifts and prizes awarded to Martha Hightower and Mrs Edward Estes Jr. Additional notes mention spring flowers and attendees including George C Johnson and Fred Martin.

Malone Moore Pryor California H. N. Binford Mary Kathryn Martin Martha Hightower Edward Estes, Jr David Patton Washington, D. C Adams Meadames George C. Johnson P. W. Hendricks Harold Harlin Crutcher Edward Bates Baylie Hightower M. & Adama L. Rosenau Fred Martin Ronald Gray W. T. Clay John Wilson

You May Be Next at the Capitol Theatre

Local debut of the drama You May Be Next at the Capitol Theatre opens Wednesday. Stars Ann Sothern and Lloyd Nolan headline with Doug Dumbrille John Arledge and Berton Churchill in a secrecy hijack plot conceived by Henry Wales and Ferdinand Reyher.

Columbia Capitol Theatre Ann Sothern Lloyd Nolen Douglass Dumbrille John Arledge Berton Churchill Henry Wales Ferdinand Reyher Fred Nidle, Jr Mr. Reyher Albert Rogell Lloyd Nolan

Wanted wardrobe to trunk buy for Hinz cash Barber

A brief classified notice seeks a wardrobe to trunk for a person named Hinz. Cash payment offered through a barber contact, indicating a quick sale or exchange. No further details on location or size provided.

Hinz

You Are Next! Romantic Pair Foils Nation Jam Plot

The young lovers appear as a romantic team in a plot where they are wrongly linked to a scheme to jam national facilities. They use courage and wit to capture the real criminal and attain happiness together. Other cast members include Nana Bryant and Rob.

Nana Bryant Rob

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