Local Society and Club Notices Highlight May Events
Decatur society notices announce Mary Young and Charles Boley marriage set for May 13 at Southside Baptist, with Riverside high school graduates planning home at 717 Second Ave. W. Also listed are La Fiesta Dance at Valley Country Club with Rene local orchestra, Decatur Mothers Club meeting at 4, Thursday Contract Club outing at Trinity Mountain, U D C luncheon at Miss Annie Wakeler home, Apes Club at Town Creek Masonic Temple, tea for Bride Elect Louise Davis at Vera Austelle home, Backward Dance by Sub Debs at Valley Country Club, and Berean Study Club year-end gathering at Mrs. Frank Emens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Valley Country Club
Rene
Vera Austelle
East Lafayette Street
Louise Davis
Town Creek
Malcolm Austelle
Miss Davis
Courtland
Afternoon social events and music week observations
Mrs W A Burt and Mrs John Banks Sewell hosted a civic gathering for National Music Week with Mrs Marion Vickery performing and Rev Edward V Ramage as guest speaker. Tea followed in the dining room as members and guests enjoyed confections. Nearby visits and informal gatherings marked the week, including Mrs George M Stowers’ welcome in town. The Girl Scout Lone Pine troop plans a Puppet Show at Fort Stephen Decatur Friday May 19 at 4 pm. A street grammar school senior picnic at Woodall's followed, with Fayette Street PTA hosting a seniors picnic at Seneca Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Burt
John Banks Sewell
Marion Vickery
Paul Eubanks
Edward V. Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
England
Scotland
Fort Stephen Decatur
Girl Scout
Lone Pine Troop No. 2
Personal notices from town and travels of families
Mrs. Joseph Woods of San Fran will visit her mother Mrs. J. H. Calvin and attend church assembly in Cleveland and Davidson College exercises in North Carolina for Joe Calvin’s graduation. She then plans a June departure for Alpha Gamma Delta convention in New Jersey and a visit to Goucher College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Woods
San Franto
J. H. Calvin
Goucher College
Baltimore
Even Forward Looking Beauties Must Also Look Backward
Dear readers are urged to keep the back in view as a fashion asset. The piece discusses back care, routines at beauty shops, and facial massage with hot compresses followed by a patina of creams and scents. It warns to choose experienced operators for permanents and notes styling tips with brilliantine for lasting tresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Follett
Beauty Box Editor Seeks Inquiries for Beauty Problems
Readers are invited to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor care of this newspaper. Include a stamped addressed envelope for a reply and address inquiries to the editor.
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Beauty Box
Decatur Trees Cherished Despite Blight and Winds
Decatur still boasts rich arboreal wealth though many maples and oaks have suffered from blight and high winds. Garden Club officers urge citizens to conserve and protect the beloved streetside trees, recalling Grant street plantings from 1887 and celebrated crepe myrtles amid the leafy arcades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. Henkel
Grant Street
Henkle
Decatur
Garden Club
Line Street
Dixie
Zacchaeus Finds Salvation in Jesus Visit
The sermon centers on Luke 19 10 and the tale of Zacchaeus who, though once lost to greed and vice, finds grace as Jesus passes. His transformation from I rob to I restore marks the moment salvation enters his house with the declarative statement today is salvation come to this house.
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Zaccheus
Jesus
Bartimaeus
God
Hartselle Women Host Styleful May Events
A sequence of community gatherings in Hartselle featured a Mother's Day luncheon at Mrs. William Coat’s home with Book Lover's Club members and guests, a Troop 1 Girl Scouts meeting with new officers, and an Afternoon Club Dutch Luncheon at Mrs. G W Wiley’s house. Other activities included the Hartselle Juvenile Music Study Club at Birmingham events, Eleanor Rice Williams hosting a “Flea” party on Main Street, and the Short Story Club cycling party and home gathering for refreshments and games at Miss Sarah Ann Bennett’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Book Lover'’s Club
William Coat
Frances Brown
Beverly Wray Bareliff
Martha “Litt Whitman
Roberta Clark
William Cost
Guy Roberts
Luther Roberts
R. C. Brown
KE. P. Thornhill
Horace Roberts
Houston Johnson
R. L. Carlson
FE. A. Elliott
Robert Perry
Oliver Blizzard
Molly Cochrane
Hartselle
Methodist Church
Jessie Nelle Lee
Betty Jo Stewart
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Robbie Quinn
Ruth Bradley Puckett
Cold Springs
Modie McCutcheon
Frances Lee
GW. Wiley
Main Street
Alabama
Birmingham Conservatory of Music
Clara Boyce Larkin
Peggy Groover
Birmingham
Hartselle Club
Alabama Federation of Music Clubs
Mias
Eleanor Rice Williams
Kaat Main Street
Misa Buford Kracke
Mesdames J. C. Glasscock
J. W. Horton
Robert Brown
Walter Poole, Jr
Arthur White, Jr
Glenn Mitchell
Hewlett Roan
Titus Aldridge
Laura Howle
Ruth Thompson
Buford Kracke
Evelyn Howell
Ruby
Hodges
Ruby Martin
Jessie Mae Tolleson
Short Story Club
Sarah Ann Bennett
Zelma Jean Payne
Hazel Payne
Jean Waldman
Gwedolyn Payne
Virginia Smith
Martha Lillian Whitman
Massey Home Demonstration Club Meets May Meeting
The Massey Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. C E Howse on Friday afternoon May 12 for the monthly session. Mrs. Jones led the roll call and discussed The Greatest Need of the Children in the Community. Miss Rowe was absent. Mrs Howse gave a lesson on Home Sanitation and Control of Insect Pests. Members received leaflets to help budget canning. A new member, Mrs Caperton, was added. One visitor, Mrs Summerford, joined a contest with Mrs Hardwick winning the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey Home Demonstration Club
C E. Howse
B. C. Jones
Caperton
Summerford
Hardwick
Loyalty Campaign Shaped by Churches
Rev. Luther Uéry and Rev. Olen Cornelius organized a joint banquet for men from the Baptist and Methodist churches to promote the Loyalty Campaign. A large turnout attended and plans for the campaign will be rolled out to the churches' young members next week. The effort officially opens Sunday May 28 with a church membership roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Uéry
The
Baptist Church
Olen Cornelius
Methodist Church
Stunday
Sweet and Young Style Pattern 4152 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams designs a dainty girls pattern with a rounded neckline and lace trimming. The pattern 4152 fits misses and women in sizes 14 to 42, requires 314 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16 plus 2 yards lace edging, and costs 15 cents per pattern. Order from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department, 243 W. 17th St., New York.
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Anne Adams
Anne Ada
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
W. 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Volunteers Sell Poppies On Poppy Day in Decatur
Mrs. A. N. Parker reports a larger volunteer force for distributing memorial poppies on Poppy Day, May 27, with many young women in Decatur eager to honor World War dead. The effort supports veterans and dependent families as the city pays tribute to sacrifices of 1917 and 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
A. N. Parker
Parker
Decatur
America
Three New Cases of Infantile Paralysis Reported in Charleston
The state health department reported three new cases of infantile paralysis in Charleston bringing the total to 80 since the outbreak began last November. Health officer Dr James A Hayne said there was no indication of wider spread in other parts of the state.
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Columbia
8. C
State Health Department
Charleston
James A. Hayne
Hal Blair and Nelle Payne and Others Named
Individuals Hal Jean Blair Nelle Payne Billy Walters and R Q Rollins are listed in a brief social or public record item with names and potential relationships or notices. Further context appears limited in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Jean Blair
Nelle Payne
Billy Walters
R. Q. Rollins
Montgomery bid opening for Muscle Shoals bridge approach paving
The state highway department will open bids June 2 for paving approaches to the new highway bridge over the Tennessee river at Muscle Shoals. The contract for approach paving completes the $1,240,000 project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
Classified Ads Promote Local Households
A brief editorial notice notes that Classified Ads serve as the household advertising medium with Phone 46 for Ad Taker inquiries.
Revival At First Methodist Draws Large Crowds
Dr. M. M. Davidson presiding elder leads revival at First Methodist church in Tuscaloosa district. Services run 10 to 11 am and 7 30 pm with a children’s service at 4 pm. Kenneth Hennesey directs the choir as groups of children attend afternoon meetings. The revival continues through Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
M. M. Davidson
Tuscaloosa
Kenneth Hennessey
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Decatur Mothers Club
Mesdames L. R. Nash
Earle Calvin, Sr
Nash
East Walnut Street
T. A. Wilson
Joe Wheeler
U. D. Co
Annie Wakeler
Wheeler
Apes Club
Masonic Temple
the Valley Country Club
Brean
Berean Study Club
Frank Emens
George M. Stowers
Ben Madson
A. G. Danforth
Mrs. Stowers
Helen Bynum
Annelle Spearman
Jennie Lee Kelley
Athens College
W. L. Spearman
Auburn
Rudolph
William Harry, Jr
Martin
Baby
South Highlands Infirmary
Reed Rogers
Margaret Ann Rogers
Estalen Bell
N. W. Sutton
Cuthbert
H. M. Jernigan
Aliee Wilson
A. J. Harris
Virginia Wilson
North Carolina
Frank Cook
Columbia, Tenn
T. M. Jones
Lafayette
Capitol
Fred Macmurray
Ray Milland
Andy Devine
Wyker
Certainteed Universal
Wyker's
Beatty Shops
Myrna Loy
Joyce Kilmer
Goidel’s
Seneca Springs
Trinity Mountain
Canada
Queen Elizabeth
Gulf of St. Lawrence
United States
Earl Glenn
Johnston Street
JAM
DR. M. M. Davidson
Moye
Moye’s
Beauty Shop
Aprincessz
Walter Wanger
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