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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1939

Page

6

Flower Hill Funeral and Community Notes

Services were conducted by Rev. W Henderson and Brown for Mr and Mrs Harvey's kin with Pastor Joe Henderson also present. Attendances include Nancy Ausborn and children at Sunday dinner with Johnnie Sims, and Wilburn Alred funeral guests from Sheats Chapel. Decoration day planned at Clardy cemetery May 28 with a May 24 work meeting to clean and repair graves.

W. Henderson and Brown Ray Tipper Dave Peebles Hillsboro Joe Henderson Harvey Nancy Ausborn Johnnie Sims Joe Harvey Jesse Moore Junior Ausborn Edward Nobie Willie Tipper N. G. Olinger Veola Miller Sheats Chapel Wilburn Alred Dawson Cottingham James Moore Sherrod Gaines Tuscumbia Wheeler Sharp Pauline Rose Hamet Terry Courtland Johnny Hutto Flower Hill Clardy Cemetery

Transfusion Gives Boy Chance To Live In Chester

A 12 year old boy Jimmy Duffy Jr received a life saving blood transfusion from a donor described as one in a thousand. The donor Mrs William Mullin of Washington matched the same blood type and had recovered from the rare blood infection known as gold bug. The donor learned of the appeal while visiting relatives in Chester.

Chester Jimmy Duffy, Jr William Mullin Washington Jimmy

Anne Adams Summer Pattern 4153 for Full Figure Fit

The Anne Adams Pattern 4153 offers a full figure dress with two sleeve options and a low neck rolled collar bow finish. Sizes range from 34 to 48 with fabric length per size and complete sewing instructions. Order includes book and pattern for 25 cents or pattern alone for 15 cents.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th St New York N. Y

Local notes on visits and illness in Lawrence County

Community members report illnesses and family visits across Lawrence County. Mrs. Lancaster remains ill while relatives and neighbors drop by to help and share time, with several social visits noted on weekends and weekdays.

Sunday School Attendance and Local Festival Notes

Cullman County scene notes several absentees from Sunday school due to Mt. Zion decoration. The Cullman strawberry festival last Saturday drew many from Vinemont and attendees reported a good time. The report mentions visits, illnesses, and community efforts around the pastorium renovation and T B E L class project.

Mt. Zion Cullman Vinemont Gertrude Dickinson Lilly Ember Greenville North Carolina Ossie White Dan Rehberg John Dreghorn B. H. Nunnelly Bowden Georgia Tandy Wilhite Eastland Texas Sim Wilhite Our Baptist Pastorium T. BE. L H& Guest Homer Blankinship Beleford Henry Wilhite John Lintons

Birth Announcement and Local Visit Notes in Union Grove

Mr and Mrs John Harding announce the birth of a baby boy named John Jr born May 24 in Union Grove Alabama. Mrs Bessie Lemley and daughter Helen spent Friday in Huntsville. Stan Wilson and Daisye Wilson Prince of Huntsville visited the community recently. W B Lemley returned home Friday after a month with relatives in Cincinnati Ohio. Mrs Sallie Black mother of Mrs Walter Mock was a visitor here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Balord Cobb spent...

John Harding John, Jr Bessie Lemley Helen Huntsville Stan Wilson Daisye Wilson Prince W. B. Lemley Cincinnati Ohio Sallie Black Walter Mock Balord Cobb

Mother's Day events and local visits noted in Corinth area

A large crowd attended the Mother's Day program at Johnston's Chapel and the Decoration at Mt Vernon. Sunday notes include Bruce Bonds as evening guest, visits by Mrs Creola Burgess and Mrs Grace Evans, and several weekend guests. The community invites all to Decoration at Corinth Baptist Church on May 21.

Johnston’s Chapel Mt. Vernon Corinth Bruce Bonds Stanley Holland Gene Speer Decatur Earl Morgan J. H. Rigby J. D. Bonds Howard Evans O. W. Hogan Vera Freeman Johnston Chapel Creola Burgess Grace Evans Corinth Church of Christ Pletcher Morgan Little Ozell McClellan Johnnie Laney Ebeneezer Loona McClellan Bonds Eva Morgan Wallace Tennessee Georgia Blair Vivian Guthrie J. H Rigby Corinth Baptist Church

Glamour Shadows and Eye Shadow Tips Feature

Glamor shadows on Sonja Henie style tips describe expert eye shadow application. The piece urges careful creamy pigment use near lashes and outward sweeping strokes from inner corner to the brow line for a tinted lid.

Beauty Box Diction Offers Visual Care Tips

The note invites readers to request beauty guidance from the Beauty Box Editor Warp and to send inquiries with a stamped self addressed envelope. It promises tricky, subtle tips in blues mauves purples greens and bronze tones and urges readers to pay their money and take their choice.

KU German Exchange Scholarship Suspension

The University of Kansas and German universities suspend the nine year exchange scholarship plan indefinitely, announced by the chancellor due to unsettled international conditions.

Lawrence, Kas University of Kansas

Annual Decoration at Basham's Chapel Services

Basham's Chapel holds annual decoration services on Sunday. Sunday school begins at ten o'clock, followed by decoration and a sermon by Rev. Z R Carpenter at eleven. Afternoon singing is planned.

Basham Z. R. Carpenter

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