Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1946

Page

13

Society Notes and U D C Installations in Local Meeting

Regular Lafayette Street School meeting moved to May 14 as a social event with Miss Alice Price in charge. Joe Wheeler Chapter U D C wraps year with installations and reports from Birmingham convention. new officers named and committees set. Little Angie Munn ill. Norwood piano recital at First Baptist Church features Miss Morgann Norwood and peers.

Lafayette Street Alice Price U. D.C Joe Wheeler Kitty Prewett Betty Burleson Oak Street J. T. Jones W. C. Bailey J. D. Bush W. L. Grimes H. H. Frasa General Patton Jones C. C. Johnson Birmingham Jess Shepherd Redus Collier D. A. Clements T. V. Harrison Eugene R. Guy U. D W. B. Neher Angie Munn Eighth Avenue East

Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Marriage and Habits

A reader asks about marrying someone with faults and whether such flaws worsen after marriage. Dorothy Dix counsels that faults grow with time and urges realistic expectations rather than illusions of a fairy-tale spouse. A follow-up asks about a shy partner who resists compliments and how to proceed.

Dorothy DIX Pat

Concert program and personal notices mix at university event

Music selections included Chopin and Mendelssohn performed by Miss Norwood with a vocal trio led by Shirley Braswell and Mary Allen Spencer. Personal items note university student Marjorie Russell at home, operation for Mrs. S. Russe, and several local visits and relocations among the region's residents.

S. T. Rollo Morgann Norwood Vna First Baptist Curch Shirley Braswell Mary Allen Spencer Wendellyn Gray Norwood Miss Norwood James N. Norwood Rollo Chopin Liszt Palestrina Shirley -Braswell Mary Mendelssohn Finlandia MacDowell Cyril Scott Godard Marjorie Russell University of Alabama S. R. Russe

Perk Up The Lunch Box Corned Beef Sandwich

A compact note extols a corned beef sandwich as a champion lunch box perk. It highlights chopped beef, minced pickles, mustard and mayo as key components.

DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE QUOTE

A cryptogram quotation precedes a themed crossword with clues across and down. The grid features entries like tax dis and baywin style fragments with several partial words and foreign terms. Yesterday's Cryptoquote attributed to Smith states Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Smith

32 Girl Scouts Meet at Community House

Scribe Jean Hooper reports 32 members attended Girl Scout Troop 2 at the Community House on Thursday at 4 p.m. The meeting opened with the promise laws and pledge to the flag, followed by the Girl Scout song. Jesse Johnson led the devotional with Hilda Long, and Jean Lucey Beil led a Scouting quiz. Troop 2 leader Lucey Beil was welcomed back after months away. the meeting closed with taps and refreshments.

Jean Hooper Jesse Johnson Hilda Long Jean Miss ‘Lucey ‘Beil

Bread lines worse than war for Maddox veteran

John Maddox, a 27 year old grocery clerk and World War II veteran, questions whether facing Normandy again or a crowd of bread hungry women is harder as 400 women wait in a bread line in Los Angeles on May 10.

S. Angeles John Maddox Normandy

Maddox Struggles as Doors Open Amid Injuries

Maddox began unclipping the doors when battle scars and a severed artery were noted. He sustained arm and hand cuts as the clash shoved him through a plate glass barrier.

Maddox

Also Mentioned on This Page

Phorie Mse Don's Floor Service Don Williams Enolam Blvd Waxing Don Namie’s Grocery 5Th Ave 2Nd St. W Goidel’s Drug Store Belk Hudson CO W. C. Sharp Mt. Pleasant, Tenn Baugh’s L. L. McCulloch On “Memorial Glenn Cook Bessemer Mrs. Cook Mr. Hathcoat Gay Rogue Shansty Echo Doris Hill Jefferson Hospital L. C. Hill Ray Croninger Mobile J.B. Schimmel Mrs. Croninger Anniston Ala Clyta'Gray Pitt Mrs R. M. Moehn Carroll, Iowa Vernon McGwier New’ York City Ray Ashwander New Orleans W. H. Anderson Wheeler Highway Francez George Sampson Crowley, la Redding Emens Fuschias Gladiolus W. Moulton Daily Crossword Birds of Prey Guido Ohio River Ger Choice Alaska Turk UXSC King Features Syndicate, Inc Garod Radios John Brahnon, Jr Lee ST Cole Moye's Mowe FTD Mul” Yi"oy Dorothy Gray Buttreys Department Store Francis Craig Decatur Armory Post 4190
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication