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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1956

Page

5

Personal Notices Highlight Local Guests and Travels

Miss Connie Coward of Bessemer and George Clem of the University of Littlefield and Mr. Littlefield are mentioned among social visitors. Thomas J. Kelley Jr. left on a business trip to Michigan, St. Louis and New York. Billy Evans visited Tuscumbia to see his great-uncle Walter Miller. Dr. and Mrs. Sam Pruett and son Jimmy visited Birmingham. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tweedy and Dr. and Mrs. Christopher of Jasper were guests of Mrs. Tweedy. Billy and Candler Crim visited parents en route to Sewanee to visit Dawson Crim. Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Hamilton of Nashville were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Hamilton. Mrs. T. G. Crane, recovering from a broken hip, will move home Monday. Miss Margaret Ann Yarbrough is a patient at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kirkpatrick mentioned. William Kruidenier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kruidenier, is recovering from mumps.

Thomas J. Kelley Jr Michigan St. Louis New York Billy Evans Robert Evans Tuscumbia Walter Miller

Luncheon Hosted by Mrs Greene and Mrs Jones at Lyons Hotel

Mrs J H Greene and Mrs John H Jones presided as hostesses in the Lyons Hotel private dining room. A long table displayed garden flowers and asparagus with a dessert course for about 60 guests.

J. H. Greene John H. Jones Lyons Hotel

Cooking Is Fun Mandarin Pork Chops and Sides

Step by step pork chop dish blends flour spice coating with browned chops finished in a pineapple soy sauce glaze. Includes broccoli steamed rice cloverleaf rolls and fruit tea, plus oven finishing and serving instructions. Also quotes biblical commentary on Abraham and Isaac and family dynamics focusing on obedience and parental favoritism.

Decatur Music Club Plans Tuesday Meeting at First Presbyterian

The Decatur Music Club will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church to elect officers for the year. Members and guests are invited. National Music Week features piano solos by Copland Bach Beethoven and Brahms while the Women’s Chorus directed by Mrs. Lipkan performs Rodgers and Hammerstein Billy Rose Adams and Noel Coward pieces. The Executive Board convenes at 7:30 p.m. at the church.

Decatur Music Club First Presbyterian Church Aaron Copland Bach Beethoven Brahms Peter Lipkan Rodgers and Hammerstein Billy Rose Adams Noel Coward

My Family And Yours The Family As A Creator Of Persons

Poem exhorting readers to harness inner destiny and divinity. Urges self mastery over environment to attain bliss, framed by Ella Wheeler Wilcox's inspirational voice.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Plastics Make Life Easier for Busy Children

Plastics transform home interiors as painters scrape and parents tailor rooms to a child’s taste. Durable washable plastics in wallpaper, curtains, and furniture ease upkeep and safety, with resilient wire framed chairs in white vinyl complementing modern play spaces.

Favoritism and family tensions in biblical context

The text discusses hatred and resentment rooted in Biblical history, noting that every child should feel equally loved within the family. It argues favoritism remains a major source of family difficulties and cites Isaac as an example of bias impacting relationships.

Abraham Isaac Rebekah Essau Jacob Eamieeiaetenianie Eimanene Mothe

Garden Club Meetings and Flower Show Schedule

Calendar notes a Tuesday night meeting in a lab room hosted by Mrs. H M Betterton and Mrs J Yarborough. Brookmeade Garden Club meets Tuesday at 10 in the home of Mrs Huland Ryan on Country Club Road. Federated Garden Clubs of Madison County host their annual flower show at First Methodist Church annex Huntsville on Thursday May 10 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Brookmeade Garden Club Huland Ryan Country Club Road Federated Garden Clubs Madison County First Methodist Church Huntsville

Smart Girls Sew For Carefree Wardrobe

A high school girl with a busy life finds time saving fashion by sewing her own summer cottons. Local experts say fabrics with dry smooth finishes stay crisp and require no ironing. A ready to wear cotton skirt features patchwork, edgings, eyelets, and a washer dryer routine for quick care.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Miss Biles Ethel Ann Biles Delbert Williams Jr Thomas Orr Emmette Barran Boyd Drake B. D. Cagle Cagle R.O. Biles Delbert Williams Marjorie Williams Sidney Shackleford Cloyce Purdom Jimmie Faulkner Farrell Tucker Jack Patterson Connie Coward Bessemer George Clem The Uni- Littlefield Mr. Littlefield Sam Pruett Jimmy Birmingham Charles Tweedy Mrs. Christopher Jasper Mrs. Tweedy Billy and Candler Crim Sewanee Dawson Crim University of the South C. M. Hamilton Nashville J. G. Hamilton T. G. Crane Decatur General Hospital 13Th Ave S.E Margaret Ann Yarbrough St. Vincent’s Hositaleen Ee Oem Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kirkpatrick William Kruidenier Robert Kruidenier Pamela Jane Spears James H. Spears Buster Cowan Decatur Calvin Spears Mr. Spears Pamela Kyle Sullivan Wb Park Flower Shop Danville Rd Sicily Steven Lamar Tanner John W. Tanner Danville 1 M. Tanner Jr Olan W. Braswell Shumake Furniture CO Chester of IV A+ Ff FURNITURE CO Bank Street Music Club Hazel. Wray Roy Wray Somerville Joseph E. Wood Stewart Afb Smyrna Tenn Gertha K. Wood Dresden William L. Wood Shiloh Baptist Church AP News Ira’s Book & Gift Shop E. Moulton St Your Hallmark Dealer Iary H. M. Betterton J. Yarbrough Smart Girls Vna Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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