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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1958

Page

7

Brookmeade Garden Club Picnic Meeting Held at Meadowbrook

The Brookmeade Garden Club met Tuesday at Mrs. L. E. Stone’s Meadowbrook Road home with 16 members and one guest, Mrs. Edith Hess of Indiana visiting her niece, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson. Outgoing president Mrs. T. Z. Bailey received a parting gift. Arrangements of spring flowers featured.

The Brookmeade Garden Club L. E. Stone Meadowbrook Road Edith Hess Indiana Kenneth Johnson T. Z. Bailey

Salem Methodist Women Plan Annual Social

Fourteen members attended the Salem Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting Tuesday. Mrs. Ruel Foote presided and Mrs. D. R. Roper opened with prayer. A social, Vacation Bible School refreshments, and program duties were arranged. A picnic lunch followed the short business session.

Salem Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service Ruel Foote D. R. Roper Grady Chasteen Cecil Adcock Leonard Roberson Walter Cole Roper Marvin Edmondson R. P. Hargroves

Miss Johnson Hosts Bridge Party for Pediatrics Wing

Miss Helen Johnson led a dessert bridge to aid the pediatric wing of the new hospital. Prescriptions as tallies and apothecary jars with pills decorated tables, with a white and gold ceramic pestle as a centerpiece. Winners were Mrs. Robert Banks, Mrs. James Hambrick, and Mrs. John Wallace.

Helen Johnson Robert Banks James Hambrick John Wallace

Forest Chapel WSCS Meeting Honors Mothers Day Program

The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Forest Chapel Methodist Church met at Mrs. W. E. Ward's home. Mrs. S. A. Garner led a Mothers Day program with assistance from Mrs. R. B. Bridges Mrs. W. P. Roberts Mrs. Leslie Wood and Mrs. W. E. Turney. Members visited Falkville Rest Home earlier and distributed reading material to patients. Hostess served refreshments after the program to nine members.

Woman's Society of Christian Service Forest Chapel Methodist Church W. E. Ward S. A. Garner R. B. Bridges W. P. Roberts Leslie Woodall W. E. Turney Falkville Rest Home

Personal notices from Birmingham and surrounding towns

F D Peebles Jr underwent surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham this morning. R H Jervis is convalescing at home after a Huntsville Hospital stay. Irby Sherrill and family from Los Angeles visit Decatur and Moulton relatives, with travel planned home early next week. Mrs Richard Gregg and daughters Patti and Candy of Aberdeen Maryland, Navy Chaplain C L Seaton and family visit relatives in Alabama.

F. D. Peebles, Jr St. Vincent’s Hospital Birmingham R. H. Jervis Huntsville Hospital Irby Sherrill Los Angeles Luther Sherrill John E. Blythe Decatur Bill Sherrill Moulton Richard Gregg Patti Candy Aberdeen Navy C. L. Seaton Seaton Pammie San Diego California George S

Daytime dress pattern teaches waist and skirt style

Pattern 4750 prints a Misses size range 12 to 42 with a nip at the waist and a 6 gore skirt. Pattern requires 4 1/2 yards at 35 inches for size 16. Directions are printed on pattern parts. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class mailing to Anne Adams for Decatur Daily address.

Anne Adams Care Decatur West 17Th St New York N. Y

Chinese Look Flatters More Than Chemise

Designer Tina Leser promotes the oriental sheath as a slim unbelted answer to sack dresses. She emphasizes figures from size 6 to 20, exotic fabrics, and a globe trotting background shaping her New York collection with silk sheaths, pajamas, and Mandarin coats.

Tina Leser Tina Philadelphia Honolulu New York Jim Howley India Thailand China Japan Africa Arabia

Current Best Sellers List Digest

Compiled by Publishers' Weekly, highlights top fiction and nonfiction titles. Notable fiction includes Anatomy of a Murder by Gunther… wait, The Winthrop Woman by Seton. Ice Palace by Ferber. North by MacInnes. The Sergeant by Murphy. Nonfiction features Masters of Deceit by Hoover. Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Kerr. Inside Russia Today by Gunther. Kids Say the Darnedest Things by Linkletter. Madison Avenue, U.S.A. by Mayer.

Smith Winthrop Seton Ice Palace Ferber North Rome Mac Innes Murphy Hoover Kerr Russia Gunther Linkletter Madison Avenue U.S.A Mayer

Danville Plans Bible School

Danville Baptist Woman's Missionary Society met at the church to plan a Vacation Bible School. Registration opens June 7 with classes June 9 to 13. Principal will be Mrs. Luer Johnson. WMS president Mrs. James Teague presided. program participants include Mrs. Lewis Sims, Mrs. Frank Martin, and Mrs. Hugh Lindsey.

Danville Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Luer Johnson James Teague WMS Lewis Sims Frank Martin Hugh Lindsey Jessie Lindsey

Buyske Delayed En Route to Guam Station

Chaplain Seaton Buyske on delay traveling from the Naval Training Center in San Diego to his new naval station assignment in Guam. Mr. Gregg will join his family later for a vacation visit before returning to Aberdeen.

Local Happenings in Morgan County Honoring Decorations and Visits

Community notes from Hopewell and nearby towns recount guest speakers at Cedar Creek Decoration, visits by Rev Floyd Parker and others, family reunions, cemetery decorations, hospital admissions, and travelers from Birmingham and East Gadsden. The May 2 Decoration at Prince Cemetery and Mother's Day gathering are highlighted.

Floyd Parker Cedar Creek John Ingouf H-C. Prince Clay Morris Birmingham Bert Allen Hoyt Eugene Morris Massey Herring Cemetery Janice Morris Charles Nolen Clara Battles L. L. Williams Albertville J. L. Wallace Cullman Ada Bellall Alex Craze Craze Earl Roberson Lee Roberson Dorothy Boger Kathy Wallace Neel H. C. Prince Nashville W. W. Starkey Paul Prince Eddie Boger J. C. Boger Children’s Hospital Hopewell Lizzie Stephenson

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AAUW American Association of University Women Decatur Branch Warren Jones James Hines John Kramer Brookmeade Personal Products Corporation Milltown N. J Miss Johnson Forest Chapel WSCS Sis Dorothy Roe Associated Press Women’s Tunter Grmiture Company Sealy Matching Foundation Hunter Manor Furniture Company N.E Bob Thomas Larry Durham Decatur High School Montomery Bob R. R. Thomas Larry R. O. Durham D.H.S American Legion Publishers’ Weekly Danville Plans Bible School Morgan County Gladstone Isley Dobson Ship'n Shore Adam Eee Second Avenue Moulton Street
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