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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1948

Page

5

Music Study Club Holds Meeting at Legion Home

The Music Study Club met Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. at the Legion Home on Bank Street with Mrs. John Chenault presiding. Junior and Juvenile clubs presented a program with multiple piano solos and readings, followed by refreshments served by hostesses.

SIC Study Club Music Study Club Legion Home Bank Street John Chenault Juvenile Music Study Club Ed Price the Lady Nell Daly Phyllis Warren Carolyn Sue Odom W. Y. Martin Jean White B. P. Cartwright, Jr W. K. Wilder E. Y. Berry E. D. Whitman A. T. Hanson

Farewell Plans For Retiring Members Noted

A list of young ladies names the Misses Bill Kimbrough Maryleen Duncan Harriet Lee Higdon Margaret Ann Emens Ann Coleman Elette Blackwell Peggy Elliot Carolyn Eliner Elizabeth Arantz. Plans for a farewell party for the retiring members were made. Delicious refreshments were served.

Bill Kimbrough Maryleen Duncan Harriet-Lee Higdon Margaret Ann Emens Ann Coleman Elette Blackwell Peggy Elliot Carolyn Eliner Elizabeth Arantz

Treat Dry Skin With Nightly Cream and Massage

Dry skin requires year round attention with heavy night creams and kneading massage. Use a thick emollient overnight, avoid hot or cold water, and follow with a skin freshener. Diets high in fats and oils may help stimulate sebaceous glands and improve the complexion.

Cotillion Club Postpones May Meeting to Monday

The Decatur Cotillion Club announces its regular May meeting will be held Monday at 7 30 PM in the Lyons Hotel Annex instead of tonight. All members are urged to attend. The Good Fellowship Class of Central Methodist Church also postpones its party to Friday May 14 with a Sunday notice for details.

Nona Fort Jones Decatur Mary Emily Barnum Gene Brown Marian Watson Mary Ann Blackwell Jean Gregg Cotillion Decatur Cotillion Lyons Hotel Good Fellowship Central Methodist’ Church William Jones Gordon, Jr Spray N. C Protestant Episcopal Church Church of the Good Shepherd Raleigh Missionary District of Alaska

Story Telling Hour At Public Library Saturday

Mrs L A Neill will lead story telling at the Public Library Saturday afternoon from 3 to 4 o clock with assistance from Miss Pauline Chunn and Miss Betty Gunn. Members of the Library Club Citizenship club and River side High School homeroom of Mabel Poer plan a hay ride and picnic at Hatfield tonight with chaperons Mabel Poer Florence Smith Helen Mattox and Mr and Mrs W T Jordan.

Library Club Citizenship Club Mabel Poer Riverside High School Hatfield Florence Smith Helen Mattox W. T. Jordan

Bible Study Club Meets Thursday Evening

The Young Peoples Bible Study Club of Fairview Baptist Church met Thursday at 7 thirty PM at the church. Miss Mavis-Sims led a business session after prayer and plans for a Mother's Day program were outlined. Lindsey Terry presented the Esau and Jacob story.

Young Peoples Bible Study Club Fairview Baptist Church Mavis-Sims Esau Jacob Lindsey Terry

Evansville woman returns from funeral of Horace Neville

Mrs. Ben E. Dupont has returned home to Evansville Indiana after attending the funeral of the late Mr. Horace Neville. Harold Lichenstein, a student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, is the expected weekend guest of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Max Lichenstein.

Ben E. Dupont Evansville Inana Horace Neville Harold Lichenstein Alabama Polytechnic Institue Auburn Max Lichenstein

Dorothy Dix Advice on Temper and Healing Hurt

A reader explains his wife’s temper traced to a troubled childhood and says understanding and love helped their marriage. Dorothy Dix notes that many wrongdoers act from frustration and hurt rather than criminal intent, citing Cable’s stories about forgiveness and compassion.

Dorothy Dix Dorothy Nx Cable

Domestic life tensions and a meddling mother in law

A reader notes how romantic fantasies and neglect fuel marital strife while a wife asks if she should sacrifice family peace for a mother in law living nearby. The columnist cautions against yielding to a domineering elder and urges firm boundaries to protect health and happiness.

R. H

Dear Dorothy Dix Soap and Water Solution

A reader asks how to handle a husband who refuses hygiene. Dorothy Dix answers with humor suggesting practical jokes like turning the hose on him or fumigation to force cleaner habits, noting no wife should live with an imperfect ablutioner.

Miss Dix Dorothy Dix

New Look Spring Pattern Book Promotes Anne Adams Style

Pattern 4890 offers gay breakfasts and a slenderizing fit with sizes 34 through 50. It requires 334 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 36 and costs twenty five cents to order from The Decatur Daily pattern department. Also advertised is a catalog of easy styles for the whole family for fifteen cents more.

Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. P. O Brooklyn N. Y Laura Wheeler Pattern Dept West 17Th St New Youn 11 N.Y Anne Adams

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