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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1949
Page
13
Dorothy Roe reports that American brides spend near 5000 dollars on a formal wedding including gown, accessories, and reception. A trousseau runs about 593.50, plus 2000 for furniture and 1000 for the ceremony, with 50 to 100 gifts averaging 1300. She notes rising costs, options to wed cheaply, and favored ring styles.
Miss Marie Pruitt and James Leon Watkins wed at Central Baptist Church with Reverend Paul Roberts officiating in a May 6 ceremony. The event featured ivy decor, white gladioli, and music by Mrs. Matthews and others. Attendees included out of town guests from Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Advertisement notes pattern 931 with instruction for crochet motifs and edges. Details include transfer patterns, two 5 by 132 motifs, full directions, and a 6 by 24 inch piece. Send twenty cents for pattern, include name address and zone, to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. Brooklyn box. Also announces Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book for fifteen cents with illustrations and free pattern.
Bobby Catlett returns to Auburn to resume studies after a trip to Eddyville Kentucky for his grandfather C C Catlett s funeral. Mrs Frank Collins and Mrs Roy Collins of Decatur travel Saturday to visit Mr and Mrs Frank Collins Jr and Mr and Mrs W E Brown and family in Houston Texas. Miss Marjorie Mills visits relatives in Bir. Anthony F Jones and daughters Rebecca and Diane move from Country Club Road to Dallas Texas for their future home. Mrs Walter Sturdivant of Marion Alabama visits daughter Mrs Redus Collier and husband on Line Street. Miss Marvy Joe Lawrance spends weekend with relatives in Birmingham. Redus Collier and son Christy return from Auburn for Dr Ralph Draughon s installation as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce will host 42 pupils from Fairview junior high for a city tour Tuesday starting at 10 a.m. The group will visit Farm Industries, Home Oil Mill, Cooper Wells, The Decatur Daily, Alabama Flour Mills, and Whiteway Dairy, with luncheon in a downtown cafe and a motion picture of the Wolverine plant shown.
Trinity High School will honor nine graduates this year with a baccalaureate sermon by Rufus Underwood of Grant Street Church of Christ today at 11:00 AM in the high school auditorium. Class night and diploma ceremony follow on Thursday May 19 at 8:00 PM. Graduates include Sara Ruth Jeffries Norma Jean Baddingfield Birdie Jane Thrasner Latene Rutherford Salutatorian Carol Bogle Valedictorian Ted Etheredge James Terry Charney Joe Philips Edward Basden.
Clark Hungerford, president of the Frisco system, said a large face lifting program on the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad is largely to be completed this year after a tour of the 214 mile Alabama route. Hungerford and officials inspected Mobile terminals and offices during the weekend visit following Frisco's recent acquisition of control of the AT and N.
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