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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1950

Page

6

Fish Fry and Socials Highlight Local Society Notes

Mrs. W. M. Puckett hosted a fish fry in Somerville with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Perce Turner and daughter Andrea and the Hulsey family from Birmingham among others. Other items cover Alice Adele Chenault’s sixth birthday circus party, Lutheran bake sale, Lutheran Ladies League supper, and various church society meetings and gatherings across Decatur Athens and Huntsville with showers, luncheons, and Mother’s Day programs.

W. M. Puckett Somerville Perce Turner Andrea Ira Hulsey Roy Richard Hazel B. W. Garrett Paul Birmingham Harold Puckett Nor Alice Adele Chenault Jack Montgomery Tuscaloosa Belle Chenault Alice Adele Belle

Personal notices from Birmingham and nearby towns

Mrs W P Reeves returns from the Southern Baptist Convention in Chicago and serves as Alabama WMA state president. C K Neville and children Sarah and Paul travel from Evansville to visit relatives. Rex Pou and J R Daniels plan to join Horace Dryden in Birmingham en route to Dallas. Bill Papenburg undergoes surgery at St Vincent's Hospital. Isobel Wyker visits grandparents in Greenville Tennessee. The McLaughlin Chat ham wedding in Birmingham hosts guests including Mrs Dewey Morris Peggy Eaves and Betty Fox.

Rex .Pou J. R. Daniels Birmingham Horace Dryden Dallas Texas Tuscaloosa Bill Papenburg St. Vincent's Hospital Dewey Morris Peggy George Eaves W. T. Fox Betty Crank J. McLaughlin

Thrift, trust, and a wary wife in Dorothy Dix advice

A Dorothy Dix column discusses thrift as duty, contrasting thrift with miserliness and urging fairness between spouses. It includes guidance on handling meddlesome friends, temptation around attractive coworkers, and a repentant husband facing an unrecoverable loss of his wife’s trust.

Miss Dix stingim@ss Dorothy DS Thrift Hill Dorothy Dix

Gift from Mrs. Wolfer Honors Judson College Class of 1930

Mrs. Paul Wolfer of Decatur presented Judson College with a crocheted tablecloth created over a year from 1,000 medals for the alumnae luncheon honoring the class of 1930. The piece will accompany the Jewett silver service at the senior tea and serves as a formal occasion cloth.

Miss Sittason Raymond Britain Danville Road Britain James Meadows Mary Jean Sittason Maurice Meadows Swansonia Gasaway James Gasaway 10Th Avenue East Sittason Jack Thomason James W. Meadows Chapel Hill W.s.c.s Woman's Society of Christian Service of Ellen Gibson Ada Ferguson Paul Wolfer Judson College Marion Alabama Decatur Emmie Frances Pohill Jewett Wolfer C. B. Thompson Camden Berta Nichols Nicholsville Judson Dru Collins McCollum Judson Alumnae Association

Second Trial Lengthens Sentence in Birmingham Slaying

In Birmingham Alabama on May 12 a circuit court jury found 76 year old attorney Richard L Williams guilty of second degree murder in the 3 year old slaying of Thomas E Hobgood. The verdict raised his prison term by five years compared with the prior sentencing.

Birmingham Ala Richard L. Williams Thomas E. Hobgood

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Mrs. W. M. Puckett Man Puckett Gail and Ettamae Puckett Flint W. S Woman's Society of Christian Service Flint Methodist Church Percy Chunn Lutheran Ladies Auxiliary St. Paul's Lutheran Church Lutheran Ladies League Lutheran Ladies League of St. Paul's W. P. Adams I. D. Carlisle R. F. South D. O Athens Huntsville Hatfield Lake Juvenile Music Study Club Patsy Ruth Harvey Grant Street Kay Davis Janie Braswell Oak Ridge W.S.C Oak Ridge Louise Bailey Dennis Wallace Olen Cooper Dean West Earl Legs Forest Chapel Circle W. P. Reeves Chicago Illinois Southern Baptist Convention Reeves W.M.A C. K. Neville Sarah and Evansville Indiana H. K. Neville W. A. Ellner J. W. Wyker, Jr Malcolm Austelle Malcolm Baltimore Maryland Isobel Wyker Mrs. W. G. Carter Greenville Tennessee Warren City Park F.T.D Haviland China Gainsborough Gotham Rosalinde Gloria Regents Park Rose Annette Clinton Madison Griffin Jewelry CO Princess Theatre Aurelia Summery Decatur Shoe Store Second Ave Orpha Sallie The Bell Syndicate, Inc Bake Sale Ladies Griffin
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