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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1936

Page

7

Cotillion Club Called Meeting Plans Summer Event

The Decatur Cotillion club will hold a 2 p m Friday meeting to discuss summer plans, including a June 16 gathering at Valley Country Club. Neighborhood society items note Mission Board activities, center services, and inter racial recreational efforts aided by the National Youth Administration.

Decatur Cotillion Club the Valley Country Club Mission Board Tt Barnes City Mission Board Barnes Sara Jeffries Federated Missionary Societies and W. H. Ritter H. S. Roberts Miss Bell Westsk’e Center Ray Lovenins

Mrs. J. A. Tidwell Recovers at Grant Street Home

Mrs. J. A. Tidwell remains steadily recuperating from a six week illness at her Grant Street residence.

John Caldwell Baby Mrs. Duke Cullman. Ge J. A. Tidwell Grant Street

Louise Lyman Miss America contestant travels from Europe

Louise Lyman, once named Miss America, arrived in New York from Europe after being summoned to Hollywood for film work. The note says she could have saved travel by being called earlier.

Louise Lyman Hollywood New York Europe

4 Sister Mary's Kitchen Dessert and Sandwich Craft

A bakery style guide details pastry tube use for rose decorations on sandwiches with cream cheese and heavy cream plus fillings like olives pickled vegetables and shrimp. It covers bread choices cream cheese mixtures bread trimming and decorative piping for attractive borders. Also covers ribbon and checkerboard sandwiches, rolled varieties and proper wrapping and chilling techniques. A related finance excerpt extols mortgage insurance and its value to lending stability.

Local Social Notes and Mortgage Appraisal Details

Ville Tennessee visitors return to see Mrs. Brock and Mack Dinsmore in Washington. Eldon Jones moved to Saunton Virginia. Echols and Wallace family trips to Birmingham. Helen Bynum back from Courtland visit. Kathleen Lively improves after illness. Text also discusses mortgage amortization, FHA insured loans, and appraisal processes as trusted, thorough values.

Purposes of FHA Detailed by Official Tonight

The official explains FHA mortgage basics including a small insurance premium, impounded funds for expenses and losses, and insurance protection to encourage banks to lend on liberal terms. Loans cover up to 20 years, not exceed 16 000 dollars and not exceed 80 percent of appraisal value. Monthly payments of principal and interest must fully retire the debt at maturity.

FHA

Borah Scores Anti Lynchng Bill as Issue

Senator Borah presses anti lynching legislation amid campaign. A Seattle speech framed the bill as a key issue while opponents from London and others conceding nothing to those claims.

Borah London Knox Seattle

Fragmented quote on coercion as cure for economic ills

A fragment argues coercion as an unalterable remedy for economic ills in business or agriculture. The incomplete text hints at swift conversion to gold and a firm stance on coercive policy.

Man Found Dead in Paris Bachelor Apartment

Police found Luigi Mayer an Italian valet to a Paris antique dealer dead in a luxurious bachelor apartment after a frantic call from a young woman described as American or of good family. She said Mayer was her fiancé and police kept her name confidential, calling her a victim of misfortune.

Paris Luigi Mayer Mayer

Young People Hold Meeting Tonight in Decatur

Decatur Young People's Union meets at Austinville Methodist church at 7 30 this evening. Each department to bring the secretary's record book. Tonight's gathering is the last before delegates attend the Assembly at Montevallo June 3 9.

Decatur

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Cotillion Club New Jersey First Methodist Ritter Mattie Jones J. B. Harlow Charles E. Norton, Jr Club Entre Meres Owen Wise Canal Street Coca Cola Club R. W. Shepherd Travis Callahan Bostick Elliott L. R. Murphree R. E. Rogers J. W. Elliott V. O. Bostick H. P. Still J. Y. Hamil H. E. Dryden Jr Wilmer Hall E. W. McLeod Dryden Jane Crawford Margaret Ingram Florence Jean Harrison Birmingham Luther Reynolds City Joe Wheeler Pickwick Dam TVA W. E. Crawford Fred Knight Washington, D. C Joe Duncan Billy Nashville Mr. Duncan M. A. Dinsmore Chattanooga, Tenn Marvin Brock Dinsmore Emil Kespar Elsie St. Mary's Hospital Passaic Frances Frank Felix Ferdinand Papa Kaspar Erie Little Ferry’s Garlander Ont Little Ferry N. J Ferdinand Kaspar St. Mary’s Hospital Emil Kaspar Kaapars Quads Hllen Kaspar Ralph Ellen Erie Railroad Prince Guy Kibbee Summerville Buddy Eesen B. G. DeSyive David Butler Lauree Richard Adolph Zuker Sillaram Faith Baldwin Seriecomer Fonda Swarles Beulah Bondi Henriette Crosman Walter Brennen Paramount Picture William A. Seiter Walter Wenge Charles Gravitt Foley, Ala Mary Howell Charles E. Norton, Sr Capitol Bob Steel the Kid Ranger Ines Hting Russell Sister Mary's Kitchen Mary E. Daguenea Stat Mrs. Eldon Jones Saunton, Va Echols Alan Wallace Helen Bynum Courtland H. H. May Murdock Apartments Kathleen Lively Mrs Lloyd Lively Kirby’s Beauty Shop Alabama Business Institute Wallace Barber and Beauty Shop
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