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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
7
Dorothy Dix extols bachelors as gifts from God while noting family pressures push men to marry. She also urges fair division of chores, advising the wife to demand partnership, and dismisses a 12 year old’s romance with a sharp scolding.
Pattern 518 transfers of 16 motifs and Laura Wheeler improved pattern with charts photos and directions mailed from The Detaturn Daily Needlecraft Dept Brooklyn NY. Send twenty cents for pattern and fifteen cents for the Needlecraft Book containing 104 illustrations and beginner easy designs.
A formal noontime luncheon plan featuring creamed chicken or seafood Newburg in shells with buttered asparagus followed by Strawberry Chiffon Pie. Dessert uses fresh strawberries and pineapple, with optional miniature bride’s cake, plus chic table settings and window shade etiquette.
Jerard Jennings the child prodigy, born December 1943, will show at Riverside High School on Tuesday at 8 pm. He spoke by 6 months and could add multiply by age two. He has appeared on CBS and NBC and reportedly has an IQ over 200. His December Waldorf Astoria congress event drew acclaim.
An Anne Adams ad promotes a housedress and sundress pattern 4884 in sizes 12 through 40 with size 16 using 4 3 8 yards of 35 inch fabric. The pattern offers easy sewing with illustrated instructions and fit testing and requests twenty five cents in coins sent to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York.
Lawrence County Oak Grove invites all to attend decoration on the third Sunday in May. Eugene Jett visited Byron Standridge Saturday night. Bernard McCluskey stayed with James McCluskey family Sunday. Jerry Standridge petted with grandparents Harley and Mrs NeSmith. Mr and Mrs John Ne lams visited Ben Morgan's family Saturday. Mayene Morgan spent the weekend at home. Loyd Standridge and family visited Wade Whitlock and kin Sunday. Olaf Gray and daughter Thelma Ruth visited Chester Standridge and wife Tuesday.
Decoration Day will be observed at Lebanon Church on May 22. Regular services and Sunday school start at 10 o clock, followed by morning worship. A special program is scheduled for 2 o clock in the afternoon.
Jerard Jennings gave his first professional concert in New Haven before a capacity crowd and earned a tumultuous reception. He then appeared in Bridgeport New London Providence North Haven and Bristol with spontaneous acclaim and brilliant critical plaudits. Decatur engagement arranged by Epsilon Sigma Alpha.
The Eva high school commencement sermon will be delivered Sunday at 11 by F. E. Burleson of Hartseile. The program includes processional, songs by Eva Glee Club, prayer, announcements, offertory, anthems, and benediction. Several local residents are listed as guests and participants.
Lawrence County news mentions Mr and Mrs Gordon Alexander and daughter Carolyne of Decatur visiting Lawrence Alexander and family. Several families from Cullman Hartselle and Birmingham paid visits to the Lackey and Alexander households. Local youths Elene Hill Pollie England Garlin Alexander and Russell Alexander were in Moulton on Saturday with others visiting friends and relatives.
Harmony and community notices from Union Chapel to Harmony church recount visits and services. Families such as Briley Mills Gillespie Heaps and Briley share gatherings with neighbors and kin. The column notes wiring progress and rainy weather slowing farm work as W E Mills and others visit relatives.
Melton Fulmer is reported on the sick list as Cullman visitors conclude a visit to Burnett.
Historical report notes the emperor Nero paid three million dollars for a vessel of rare glass. Grand purchase reflects wealth and imperial taste during the era.
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