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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1950

Page

6

Summer Pattern 4901 for Girls Sizes 6 14

Anne Adams offers pattern 4901 for girls sizes 6 through 14 with a wide square collar and dress-up options. Seam instructions are complete and tested for fit. send twenty-five cents for pattern 4901 to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. Also promoting a new Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book with general vacation clothes and bath sarong diagrams.

Inich Anne Adams Decatur Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N .Y

Personal travel notices and visits across states

Mrs. Floyd Sherrod visited Memphis with her daughter Mrs. Patrick Sandlin of Flat Springs Arkansas who will stay with her parents for several weeks. Betty Akers to spend weekend in Tuscaloosa for the Delta Sigma Phi Carnation Ball with escort George Coggin. Reverend Earl Barnes travels to Orange Texas after visiting his mother Mrs W T Barnes. Frances Marie Farrer accompanied her uncle home for a visit. Mr and Mrs John Davis return from New Orleans after Cotton Buyers Convention. Misses Sarah and Christine Vinson visit relatives in Fort Worth. W L Daniel and Mrs Vera Guise of Tuscumbia visit Daniel's sister Mrs W T Barnes in Memphis. Mr and Mrs James Rankin return from Montgomery. Mr and Mrs J W Wyker Jr spend several days in Memphis. Friends report Mrs T B Thompson improving at Hargis Hospital Birmingham and to return home next week.

Floyd Sherrod Memphis Tennessee Patrick Sandlin Flat Springs Arkansas Betty Akers Tuscaloosa University of Alabama George Coggin Earl Barnes Orange Texas W. T. Barnes Frances Marie Farrer W. L. Daniel Vera Guise Tuscumbia T. B. Thompson Hargis Hospital Birmingham

Union Hill High School Commencement and Related Events

Union Hill High School will hold a commencement sermon in the school auditorium on May 20 at 2 30 P M. Class night is May 24 at 8 o’clock graduation night May 25 at 8 o’clock. The sixth grade graduation is also May 24. Union Hill Boy Scouts enjoyed the Decatur camporee Friday and Saturday led by Lionel Speed. Mr and Mrs J O Hughes hosted a chicken supper and weiner roast for the faculty and senior class Monday night.

Danville Danville High School L. S. Draper Hartselle Walter Jackson Decatur Schools Fay Bridges Clara Brown Union Hills High School Union Hill Boy Scouts Decatur Lionel Speed J. O. Hughes Charlie Hill Carl Bowling

Explaining the FEPC bill and its reach in brief

The piece outlines the proposed Fair Employment Practices Commission with five presidential appointees and a 20000 dollar top salary for the chair. It would ban workplace racial religious or color discrimination for employers and unions meeting size thresholds, with many interstate commerce and government-exception caveats and a process of complaints hearings and possible court appeals.

Washington FEPC Truman Congress Fair Employment Practices Commission Senate United States Supreme Court House

Community Notes Include Visits and Local Events

Mrs Lola Cudlip spent the weekend with kin in Huntsville. Arthur Prince and family plan to arrive from Belton Texas to visit Alonzo Prince and relatives. Arthur teaches vocational ag at Belton. Prayer service will be held at Lonnie Hornbuckle's home. Mr and Mrs Lynn Bowling visited Donnie Lynn in a Birmingham hospital. A large crowd attended the Rescue singing. The tenth grade enjoyed a picnic last week.

Lola Cudlip Huntsville Arthur Prince Belton Texas Alonzo Prince Arthur Lonnie Hornbuckle Lynn Bowling Birmingham Donnie Lynn

Dorothy Dix on delaying marriage and choosing security over love

A reader asks how to handle engagement doubts when time and age push for marriage. Dorothy Dix argues that chasing security can lead to unhappiness and urges patience, warning that rushing to wed without love produces regret and fault lines in a marriage.

Age No Barrier Under $5 Laws

Decatur Social Security chief Ware Foster warns workers in Decatur and Morgan County that all employed in covered jobs must have a Social Security number, regardless of age. Wage records up to 3000 dollars yearly determine future retirement benefits and survivor eligibility, with employers required to report wages.

Ware Foster Decatur Social Security Administration Alabama

Silence or confession in wrongdoing and love advice

A reader is urged to keep silence about a wrongdoing to avoid harming others and personal disgrace. Advice cautions confession as cowardice, warns of ruined relationships, lost trust, and social fallout, and urges bearing the burden privately. The second segment praises a supportive partner who listens and shares ambitions, noting luck in finding such a girl and recommending love and gratitude.

Prince Charming Miss Dix Bell Syndicate, Inc

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