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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1938

Page

5

May Day fete at Huntingdon College features global festival

Huntingdon College hosts an international folk festival and crowning of Miss Frances Middlebrook of Mobile as May Queen on Saturday May 7. Alumni from the south gather for the annual campus celebration with fashioning attendance of Miss Jane Todd in the Queen’s Court and a traditional ceremony.

Huntingdom College Frances Middlebrook Mobile Huntingdon College Huntingdon Jane Todd Ione B. Todd Walter HM. Todd Montgomery Harold Watkins

Personal notices from Decatur area readers

Miss Carolyn Wood travels to Birmingham for ear treatment with her mother, Clyde Vaughn, and baby. Clyde Wayne plans to visit Irvin and Mrs. Holland in Hillsboro. Mrs. Everett Pettey returns to Gainesville after visits in Decatur and Hartselle, with a Birmingham stopover. Dr and Mrs Fred Cann head home to Evergreen after visiting Elizabeth Ramage and Rev Ramage. Daniel Gilchrist Jr and Phillip Gilchrist II drive to Louisville to visit a brother and attend the Derby. June Douglas of Bronsin Michigan visits sister Mrs Paul Griffin. Mrs G W Pettey of Columbus is mentioned in local notices.

Womans Music Study Club L. P. Troup Jackson Street Troup Paul Eubanks E. D. Whitman Irvin Mitchell Wanda Harris J. G. Hamilton Clio Lovin W. R. Norton Louis A. Neill Atlee H. Hoff Marion Vickrey Charles E. Malone Jr Elbert Patterson Eva Love Wyatt Marjorie Phinizy Virginia Prince Calvin Betty Foster Pointer H. Reid Sheperard Sr T. Rollo W. . Baugh Fritz Schubert Thomas W. Wilson W. E. Curry Oscar Napps Ann-Clare Carlisle Horace Griffin Paul Griffin June Douglas Carolyn Wood Birmingham E7r. Wood Clyde Vaughn Clyde Wayne Irvin Holland Hillsboro Everett Pettey Gainesville Fla Decatur Hartselle Fred Cann Evergreen Ala Elizabeth V. Ramage Rev. Ramage Daniel Gilchrist, Jr Courtland Phillip Gilchrist Louisville Garth Gilchrist Kentucky Bronsin, Mich Mrs

Make This Anne Adams Button-Back Frock Pattern 4802

Summers ease and style in a breezy sports frock with a buttoned-back design. Pattern 4802 offers short yoke-sleeves, round neckline, waist yoke, and pockets for mobility in seersucker, percale, or chambray. Sizes 12 to 40. 31 4 yards fabric for size 16. Pattern 15 cents. book 15 cents. order via The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th New York

Athens Woman's Missionary Society Holds Monthly Session

The First Methodist church hosted the Limestone County Athens unit as Mrs. R L Malone led spiritual life and Mrs H D Looney spoke on Christian Homes. President Mrs W S Garth oversaw reports while James H McCoy addressed East Limestone High graduates.

Woman's Missionary Society First Methodist R. L. Malone H. D. Looney Baylis Hightower W. H. Daniel Tupelo John 8. Crutcher Jr Nashville Vanderbilt School J. Fred Hughes Roaring Springs Texas Athens Hughes Dr. Hughes Dixon

Injury Fails To Prevent Her Voting

Mrs. Fp A Cowan an 86 year old widow of Franklin A Cowan of Moulton Lawrence county voted in the Tuesday election though unable to walk after a fall three years ago. She says she has failed to cast a ballot only once since women won the vote due to illness and remains interested after a governor’s face down.

Lawrence County FP. A. Cowan Moulton

Students Tour Ice Cream Plant In Decatur

Twenty five members of the junior high home economics class and their teacher Mrs Esther Hunter visited the Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery plant at 703 Bank Street this morning. They studied milk pasteurization and modern ice cream making methods, calling the tour instructive and of great interest.

Esther Hunter Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company Bank Street

Conference trip planned by Alabama travelers

Clyde Vaughn will attend the Conference of the Traveller's Protective Association of Alabama in Mobile this weekend, accompanied by Mesars and Bayless of Athens and Lackey of Hartselle.

Clyde Vaughn Mesars, Bayless Athens Lackey Hartselle Traveller's Protective Association of Alabama Mobile

Pinching Treatment Is Good Home Facial

Beauty writer Juliet Shelby advises a budget friendly at home facial using a deep pinch and press technique. After cleansing, begin at the throat and face, pinching along the jaw line to the ear and temple, then gently over the eye area to complete the cycle.

Juliet Shelby Central Press

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Wheeler P. T. A Joe Wheeler P. T. A S. H. Blackwell Elizabeth Jones M. B Euzelian Eurelian The Central Baptist Church Cary Fifth Avenue Lynne A. Lynne Ferry Street J. R. Hunter Betty Danville Road Young People’s Society of the First Presbyterian Church F. 8. Hunt Literary Club A. B. Pickens O. S. Hagerman Alfred Hodgins Hagerman J. T. Nelson American Oak Leather Company J. W. Clapton G. R. Mason R. R. Banks Banks Sarah Jeffries J. R. Daniels Masonic Hall Claudia Moss Palm Green Luxemburg Gardens Cecil Timberlake the Green Cathedral Carl Hann Brahms Thomas Wilson von Weber Wyatt Schubert Curry Mr. and Miles J. Waddell Jay Randall Griffin Jo Mra. Morace Griffin Fred Graves Goidel’s Stort American Cleaners Capitol Mae West West Young Man Bone Wee Rabdolfh William Scott OLD Hotel Valhermoso Springs Dimity Batiste Bemberg Sheer SILK Wohl’s Department Store Rollins Hose Ligon Second Avenue Blviry Weaver Ozarks Hillwilly Abner and Cicero G. W. Pettey Columbus Agnes Sanao Herkimer, N. Y International Ladies’ Garment Workers of Ameri House Labor Non- Partisan League Washington Limestone County June Lang Nortney Cox ORCH Valley Country Club Wrothers Goidel’s Whitman Goidel Deanna Durbin Universal Picture Herbert Gail Patrick Arthur Treacher Wm Frawley Lamba Pi Sigma Fraternity of Central High School Jean Humphrey Emily Neville Priday Fraternity Rafe All America Weaver Brothers Elviry Stap-Sitty Mitty Weaver Bros Emry
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