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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1938

Page

5

Society Notes Highlight Local Club Events and Gatherings

Friday events feature National Music Week observance hosted by Mesdames Erskine Chenault and Horace Griffin at Sherman Street home. Reports cover Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Auburn convention and multiple musical performances. Other items include dinner club gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Maury, Boni Amici party, Saturday Culture Club, Progressive Culture Club luncheon plans, and Betty Hunter birthday party with extensive guest list.

Mesdames Erskine Chenault Horace Griffin W. P. Baugh Stokowski Scott Brahms Carl Conley Mission of Music B. H. Wood T. A. Wilson James Whitcomb Riley Parl Calvin Baugh Mrs. Long Carrie Jacobs Bond Sonny O’mine Marion Moore R. M. McGlathery Ww. E. Curry Earle Calvin L. R. Nash Cubsters Walter Floyd R. L. Maury W. B. Markstein Boni Amici Club A. J. Houser Bonnie Parks Richard Yaney Lil- Man Houser Elmer Loyd Jr Park Joyce Lee Jack Hughes Bonnie Lee Murphree Gerald Fields Elizabeth Ann Chappel Bobby Catlett Nell Clarke Avery Roberts Beverly Hodges Paul Blackwell Eugenia Larady Roy Wyatt Jr Dolores Cobb Charles Abbott Virginia Gillam Billy van Ranson Willie Royce Collier James Sellers Betty Jean Gasaway Gil Crane Jr Marguerite South Earl Jones Dorothy Fitzgerald Freddy Voehringer Frances Nungester Kate Lile Sonny Houser Progressive Culture Club J. T. Jones J. W. Cunningham J. W. Darrah

Personal Notices and Visits Share Busy Weekends

Large list of local social visits and illnesses. Maryleen Duncan remains seriously ill with pneumonia at home of the Duncans in Clinton South Carolina. Families from Birmingham, Newberry and Decatur visit relatives in Hartsel and Birmingham. Several residents travel to Nashville Pulaski Corinth and Monteagle for visits or business.

Maryleen Duncan Joe Duncan

Camel Exercises and Diaphragm Work Promote Fat Loss

Central Press beauty writer warns against weight gain and positive signs of aging from weight on the diaphragm and buttocks. It prescribes camel back exercises for the diaphragm, buttock toning with floor walks, and stomach flattening with a weighted lift to 100 reps, claiming improved digestion and a youthful feel.

Central Press

Georgia group seeks religious educational civic nonprofit status

A proposed organization with no capital stock plans to operate as a religious educational social charitable and civic body for 20 years with renewal. The petition requests headquarters in Atlanta and allows branch offices. signers include J B Robbina W W Beenton Mrs C F Aiken and others from Fulton and Greene counties.

Atlanta Aiken J. B. Robbina William W.beenton Mes

Pattern 4804 Anne Adams Frock For Spring Wear

Anne Adams Pattern 4804 offers an afternoon frock with gathered bodice butterfly sleeves and flared skirt. Choose a soft flower print and trim with lace or organdy. Available in junior and misses sizes 10 through 18. fabric needs 314 yards for size 16. Send 15 cents for pattern and book details to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th Bt New York N. Y

Tribute to Mothers Observed at Central Methodist Church

The Central Methodist congregation heard Rev. J. H. Chitwood preach on And When Jesus Saw His Mother from Saint John 19 26. He contrasted ideal mothers with neglectful ones and urged mothers to train children in honesty and righteousness or face judgment.

Central Methodist Church J. H. Chitwood Jesus Chitwood

Ideal Mother Theme At Central Baptist Services

Crowds filled Central Baptist Church as Rev. John Cowell Jr. recovered enough to attend. Assistant Rev. Homer Britton led both services with messages on The Ideal Mother and spiritual renewal. The evening addressed the decline in college spirituality and urged steadfast faith per Hebrews Let Us. Several visitors joined the church.

Central Baptist Church John ©. Cowell, Jr Homer Britton Cowell Baptist Training Union

Patrolman Hub Thornton Spends Sunday in Selma

State highway patrolman Hub Thornton spent Sunday in Selma visiting his mother in a quiet family outing.

Hub Thornton Selma

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Paul Griffin McGlathery Curry MR. and Mrs. Maury Aileen Pope Elizabeth Eich Saturday Culture Club Leila Cantwell Seton Hall J. B. Wiley South J. B. Sewell Danforth Fich Ben Bloodworth W. W. Dinsmore Lillian Odom McCrary Birmingham Betty Hunter Danville Road Anne Hunter Juanita Nunn Evelyn Beard Hunter Charles ©Yster Ann Moyer Elizabeth Pirie Martha Jean Harriett Lee Higdon Mary Ann Jack Catlett Mary Jenneane Snooky Wilson Frances Esther Burt Burgess John Buster Leslie Doss Goidel Capitol Raoul Walsh Wallace Ford John Mills Anne Lee Grace Bradley American Cleaners W. J. Duncan, Sr Clinton 8. C BE. M. Adams Newberry Duncan R. T. Harris Jane Mrs. Harris Ellis Darby Hartselle Alexander City Ala Brown Darby Travis Decatur Evelyn Sneed Pulaski,Tenn Lelia Grubbs Hall Oak Street Sam White Phoenix City J. C. White Fred Bloodworth Gadsden Lucien Bloodworth J. H. Spiegle J. R. Hale Hi Abe Homer Hutchinson New Hope, Ala T. H. Hughes Wilmer Hall Alabama Mrs. Maury Shipper Florence Frank Vought Marion Robertson Jimmy Kyle J. H. Alexander D. C. Almon Nashville, Tenn R. W. Mullins W. C. Bailey Sam Stephenson F. H. Pointer Edward James Marion Mrs T. G. Morrow Corinth Miss H. 8. Green Mary Briscoe R. To Camp Bige Boggress Jeannette Dott Maynor Pauline Lamon W. H. Lumsden Lynn Fayetteville, Tenn Robert Murdock Baby Fayetteville Petersburg Pulaski, Tenn E. M. Chenault Nashville Tenn Chenault Charles G. Blackard Vera Austelle Monteagle,Tenn Opal McClung Carl Allgood America Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Bluebeard Edward Everett Horton David Niven Parrenson Chai’s Brackett Billy Wilder Alfred Savoir Rtton Andrews Gloria Stuart Ford POST Ben Franklin Morgan County Motor CO DODGE Oak Chevrolet Congo Fisher General Motors Chrysler Plymouth Pontiac Roosevelt Lee and Oak Sts Decatur, Alia
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