Afternoon Tea Honors Recent Brides at Hall Event
Mrs. John Maynor of Birmingham and Elizabeth Anderson of Mooresville were the honored brides at a refined afternoon tea hosted by W. W. Bronaugh L. G. Connell and Ben Martin Jr. The setting featured white tapers pink gladioli Madonna lilies and pastel bouquets. A reception line welcomed guests and a 3 to 6 pm serving schedule marked the event attended by over two hundred guests. A separate buffet supper was hosted by Mrs. R. B. Freeman for son Billy Freeman and friends. The Commodore Stephen Decatur Children American Revolution Society will meet Saturday at 2:30 pm on Grant Street to elect officers and delegates to the state convention in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maynor
Birmingham
Mary Sue
Hardin
Elizabeth Anderson
Mooresville
W.W. J. Bronaugh
L. G. Connell
Ben Martin Jr
Lelia Cantwell
Seton Hall
J. B. Bradford
W. J. Duncan Jr
LeGrande Wilson
Athens
John A. Caddell
Franke Stone
Anne
Walton Anderson
Ashwander
Con
Maynor
Bronaugh
J. T. Jones
E. J. Polhill
T. C. Chandler
Joe Anderson
Harvey Pride
George Wallace Jr
Jacqueline Johnson
Ann Kimbrough
Martha
Frances Kilgore
Betty Jo Anderson
Bob, McNelly
Arnold_ Brown
Lee Damsky
C. A. R. Society
Commodore Stephen Decatur Children
American Revolution Society
Sandra
Ella Darwin Davis
Grant Street
Crochet Strip Furniture Pattern 663 Offer
Advertisement for crocheted furniture strips forming a chair back davenport and arms. Offers Pattern 663 with directions and stresses launderability. Requests fifteen cents and mailing to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York. Includes notice of 1946 Needlecraft Catalogue with free cuddle toys pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Central Garden Club to Hold Last Meeting Thursday
The Central Garden Club will meet for its final session of the year Thursday at 10 o'clock in Mrs. John Nelson’s home on Jackson Street. Officers will be elected and all members are urged to attend. An engagement is announced for Anita Doye Clark to Mr. Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Garden Club
John Nelson
Jackson Street
Miss Clark
Hunter
Robert Dewey Clark
Central Methodist
W. G. Pride
Grant Street
W. W. Dinsmore
Leonard Moody
John
D. E. Warren
J. W. Crow
Verdon Lowery
Raymond Britain
H. F. Sherrod
World Outlook
Korea
America
A. M. Richards
Crow
J. H. Branum
Circle Three
Zeno Bailey
Branum
G. M. Davenport
Vernon McGwier
J. W. Darrah
I. M. Eubanks
Napps
Marvin Eubanks
Wedding of Thomas Fillmore Hunter Planned for May
The article notes the wedding of Thomas Fillmore Hunter to occur in late May. It mentions family ties to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hunter and outlines surrounding social and church activity including First Baptist Circle Two meetings, plans for Miss Anne Joye Clark’s parties, and Central Methodist Circle sessions with devotional topics and social refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fillmore Hunter
W. C. Hunter
Births and family notes from Athens and nearby towns
Mrs. Thurman L. Green announces the birth of Ralph Travis on May 9 at home in Athens with eight pounds four ounces. Edna Rogers of Carey is the mother. Howard Jones and Warren Seymour are on a two week visit with Wash Jones in Ardmore. Mrs. Robert Lee Butner and husband on a Tennessee honeymoon had a car accident but both were unhurt. James Calvin Teeples and Hazel Black married May 4 near Hays Lik. Joe McCain visiting Pulaski relatives. Mrs. Frank Clem and family from Knoxville visiting here. Wiley Claunch of Pinedale to Powers hospital. improving. Mrs. Sybil Magnusson of Ardmore visited Magnussons and daughter Martha. M H Willingham and family visited Ardmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman L. Green
Athens 1
Ralph Travis
Frank Clem
Knoxville
Wiley Claunch
Pinedale
Powers Hospital
Sybil Magnusson
Ardmore
George Magnusson
Martha
Bro
M. H. Willingham
Eisenhower Praises Eighth Army In Japan Inspection
General Eisenhower wrapped up a three day inspection tour with praise for the Eighth Army under Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger. He said the Army is on the upgrade in efficiency and he felt warm inside about their performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyoto
Japan
Eighth Army
Eisenhower
Robert L. Eichelberger
Alan Mowbray
Clemtine
Weekend visitors and travel plans across multiple states
The text lists numerous local residents visiting relatives and traveling. It mentions families visiting in Nashville and Austin for business and government soil preservation work, a Prattville judge as a guest, Birmingham and Louisville trips, and illnesses including a severe eye injury and rheumatic fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Sherrod
Floyd Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Patrick Sandlin Jr
Sandlin
Austin
Texas
Are You Always Fastidious About Personal Daintiness
Summer heat raises concerns about body odor and personal grooming. Corsetieres note many patrons wear fine clothes but neglect undergarments and hygiene. Regular washing, skin scrubbing, hot baths with friction, and a cold rinse are advised. seek medical advice for glandular or nervous causes. salt may help exfoliate.
Provisional coalitions and strong-arm plans for Indian independence
Mackenzie discusses Simla conference failures and a bold New Delhi proposal. A provisional coalition government under Britain would include all parties, safeguard their claims, and push toward dominion status while continuing war effort and independence aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
England
India
Britain
New Delhi
N. B. Khare
Rome
Carmen Miranda faces return to Brazil and California ties
Hollywood star Carmen Miranda discusses her future moves as she plans a Brazil return next February after six years atop fame. She notes her ties to both Portugal and Brazil, and contemplates citizenship if she cannot work in either country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U. N
Carmen Miranda
Rio Deaneiro
Portugal
Brazil
California
Carmen
Hollywood miniature exhibit opens with life like cityscapes
A $250,000 Hollywood miniature exhibit opens soon in New York and tours the U S later, created by 50 technicians over three and a half years. It features Malibu Beach Hollywood Bowl Brown Derby Grauman’s Chinese and central Hollywood with hundreds of photos used to replicate every tree lamp post and sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
New—York
Easy to Make Dress Pattern 4757 by Anne Adams
Fashion pattern notice for a surplice style dress 4757 in sizes 14 to 42. Describes straight cut edge to resist stretching and ironing ease. Include size 16 details, yardage 234 for 39 inch fabric, price twenty cents, mail to Pattern Dept New York, request full pattern book for fifteen cents and free hat and gilet pattern inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Beer dealers urged temperance stance in public relations
George Eads of St. Louis Anheuser Busch public relations director told Alabama beer wholesalers the brewing and distilling industry must realize drunkenness is the greatest enemy of the trade. He stressed temperance in its relations with the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
George Eads
St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch
Alabama Declares Dairy Month May Through June
Governor Chauncey Sparks proclaims May and June as dairy month in Alabama to raise understanding of dairy farmers' problems. He calls dairy products essential to the human diet in the battle against malnutrition at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Moroline Jar Promises Quality and Abundant Supply
Moroline petroleum jelly offers a large jar at ten cents with soothing dressing for burns cuts scratches and chafes. It emphasizes high quality and generous quantity for mine use and general care.
The Matrimonial Problem Postwar Adjustments Rise
Dorothy Dix discusses war changed husbands as many return from conflict emotionally distant. She notes wives flocking to work to support homes, while a few couples may repair bonds after readjustment. Fate and circumstances, not fault alone, shape whether love endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck
Kismet
Shoe Soling Materials Trigger Small Increase in Repairs
OPA Price Executive B B Burton says shops may levy extra charges for three substitute soles including Avenue full soles O Sulli var molded brown and leather solar plastic half soles and Neo cord full soles. Additional 25 cent ceiling increases apply to semi fine leather soles for men and boys above size 3 1 2 while 15 cent bumps apply to smaller sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA Price
B.B. Burton
At Sea Again Pearl Harbor Looks for Sardine Signals
The sonar-equipped Pearl Harbor sails offshore trying to detect sounds of submerged sardines but the crew lacks a known sound to listen for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
All Bran claims relief from long term constipation
Unsold letter extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily laxative free cereal solution. A Shawnee reader credits 15 years of constipation relief after one month of daily All-Bran. The ad urges ten day trials with a money back guarantee and requests sending back the empty carton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Anderson
R-3
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
Kellogg’s
Omaha
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John D. Sherrill
Robert Hunter
Cliff Brown
David Wiley
F. D. Peebles Jr
Buddy Garrett
Nicky Moody
Ed Garrett
R. B. Freeman
By Souia Wheeler
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Tseae
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E. J. Pothil
East Vine Street
Henry Hobbs
Harry Rehberg
W. M. Bailey
Betty Burleson
Pothill
Joye Clark
H. R. Leeman
Earl Foster
Anne Joye Clark
Harry Pointer
New Smyrna Beach
Florida
Daytona Beach
Fla
Denmark, S. C
Gayle McDonald
Mrs
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Limestone County
Robert Broadway
Gen
Ike
Bennie Harrison Russell
Somerville
Thelma Louise McElroy
John A. Dickinson
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J. B. Dickinson
E. E. Dickinson
Diane
Dickinson
East Lafayette Street
Ormond Frazier and Sons
Larry Dye
Sheffield
A. L. Frazier
B. L .Malone Jr
Judge Baynard Malone
Sherman Street
Mr. Malone
Chattanooga
Greta Wert
Mrs. R. B. Freeman
Prentiss Clarke
Julian Bronaugh
Rickey
Louisville, Ky
Jan Potest
Roy Potest
Louisville
Helen Follett
Mackenzie
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Dr. Khare
Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
Lassie
Vera Hruba Ralston
Bill Eyrhe
Johnny Coye
Barbara Babbs
Redding Ridge
Conn
Lauritz Melchior
Detroit
June Haver
Robert Stack
Ciro’s
Bob Hutton
Joe E. Lewis
Sonny Tufts
Dick Haymes
Ann Miller
Art Linkletter
Lewis
U. S
Patent Office
Moye’s
Hallmark
Greeting Cards
City Park Flower Shop
Dorothy DIX
Bel Syndicate
G. I
Dorothy OX
Goidel’s Drug Store
the Beauty Bar
Beauty & Bath Salon
Turkish and Mineral Baths
Moulton
American Beauty Greenhouse
W. Moulton ST
Famous
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Division OF Infants Diaper Service
Ala
Decatur General Hospital
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