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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1944

Page

5

Tribute Rhythms and Weddings Highlight Trinity High Events

A Junior Senior party at Trinity High celebrated with patriotic table decor and a Miss Scharline Webb performance. Nearby, Edwin E Rodger and Miss Avia tion Cadet Rodger from Beaver Falls wed at First Methodist church with a lavender theme and three tier cake, followed by a Cadet Club reception. Public notices mention a Senior High PTA executive meeting, open house for Mr Boswell, and a Decatur Cotillion gathering at Carnegie Library.

United States Scharline Webb Suggs Edwin Price John Lile Manoryn Dens Bese Beaver Falls Edwin E. Rodger Alliquippa Southern Airways R. M. Howell Virginia Dae Bosco Aviation Roger N. Moore Arkansas W. E. Curry C. H. Timberlake

Local residents entertain and travel notes from area

Guests and family updates fill the week end scene with departures from Mass and Birmingham. Sallye Barnum Jacqueline Johnson plan visits to Sewanee while J W Chandler fights illness. R M Howell returns from Vanderbilt Hospital as Martha Howell arrives home. Sgt William Steed Jr back from overseas and Aussie service. Mary Augusta Bibb contracts chicken pox at Sherman Street home. Otto Jones heads home from New Orleans business trip.

Mary Augusta Bibb Sherman Street

Huntsville Club Hosts Mrs Drake Meeting Delegates Named

The Business and Professional Women’s Club met with thirty members and six guests in Huntsville. Delegates to the state convention in Montgomery May 19 to 21 were elected, with alternates named and $30 allocated for expenses. A bingo party report led to buying a $100 war board, and Miss Carrie Alexander and Mrs J T Alexander were praised for dinner preparation. The meeting closed with God Bless America.

A. J. Harris Decatur Leroy Drake Joel Bradford L. T. Nicholson Horace Moses Jimmie Gill Huntsville Weemens Club Meredith Woodall E. G. Hamilton Edna Holland Roberta Winton Clendora Bowden Erin Staten Business and Professional Women’s Club Montgomery Corinne Griffin Mary Louise Otte Gussie’ Bell Lila Prichett Elizabeth Roberts Carrie Alexander J. T. Alexander God Bless America Huntsville Clu

Treating Acne for Teens A Guided Skincare Plan

The article urges early acne care to prevent deep infections and scarring. It advises daily bland soap and warm water, thorough cleansing, hot moist applications, gentle drying, and a baking soda lotion. It notes avoiding rough treatment, using a comedone extractor, and addressing constipation along with dietary tips and reducing chocolate.

Dorothe Dix Advice Column on Marriage and Infidelity

A married reader asks whether to stay with a husband who has fallen in love with another woman. Dorothy Dix counsels forgiveness if genuine, cautioning about infidelity and urging careful consideration of family stability.

Miss DIX

Wrecked by Folly and Fear in a Dear Miss Dix column

A facsimile of a Dear Miss Dix advice column describes a reader seeking help for social anxiety and fear of talking to others. Perseverence counsel urges self-forgetfulness and focusing on others to ease nerves. A second letter from a husband confesses how flattery led to infidelity and divorce, warning that mental strain and lack of patience can destroy families.

Miss DIX

State Department weighs postwar international education agency

The plan would create an agency to aid rebuilding war damaged schools and promote free idea exchange. Fulbright says leadership must have prestige and the agency could operate independently or as a precursor to a broader international body.

Washington State Department Congress Fender I London Allied Ministers of Education Fulbright D-Arks University of Arkansas Political Organization of Nations Prome Europe Association of Nations United States Britain

Fitzpatrick Named Chairman of Local Committee for Economic Development

T H Fitzpatrick manager of the McGough bakery has been chosen chairman of the local Committee for Economic Development. He will form a committee and engage area firms to plan postwar job creation. The national group aims to stimulate immediate private industry preparations to provide peacetime employment after the war and to preserve a free economy and society. Local chapters operate with independence but seek guidance from the national body.

McGough Committee For

Agency Ties Control to Books and Teaching Demands

Officials debated whether the agency should dictate content in school books and lesson plans or leave teaching standards to educators, outlining concerns about influence and educational goals.

Glacial Era Finds Hint Earlier North American Inhabitance

Recent discoveries in the southwest suggest humans inhabited North America in the glacial period earlier than previously thought, challenging earlier arrival estimates and prompting renewed study by researchers.

Southwest North America

Also Mentioned on This Page

Trinity High Cornelian Roger Miss Boyer P. T. A. Executive W. T. Todd J. B. Wiley Jackson Street W. F. Boswell, Jr Armed Services Decatur Cotillion Carnegie Library Maynard Layman Helene Curtis Evelyn’s Beauty Shop Over Speake Kel Lind Grange J. W. Chandler Virginia Davis Boston Mass Cadet Mrs. Rodger Sallye Barnum Jacqueline Johnson University of the South At Sewanee, Tenn Cecil Cauthen Terria Ceia Fla Victor Vincinzi Cincinnati Ohio Nashville Martha Howell Birmingham Mrs. Howell W. A. Curry Memphis, Tenn Mrs W.E. Steed William E. Steed, Jr W. E. Steed New Calendonia Island Australia Sgt. Steed Otto Jones New Orleans W. T. Grant Second Avenue CLUB Mrs. Drake Herbert Norton Moulton Street Moulton St. Market OLEO Blackhawk Helen Follett Cass Daley Dorothy Dix Joe Jills The Bell Syndicate By James Marlow George Zielke Goidel Orange Pekoe Pekoe Amt First Avenue Moulton Prunes Lamb—Veal Luzianne Canova MR. Farmer Market First Avenue Moye Kobak Wilson Bank St
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