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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
7
Summer menu notes emphasize light yet nourishing desserts after vegetables. Veal fricassee with stock derived from a cheesecloth bag, quick browning, and a flour-thickened gravy pairs with bread noodles and buttered asparagus. Layered strawberry pie uses gelatin and whipped cream topping with fresh berries.
A day’s meals list includes breakfast items of grape juice cereal cream eggs toast milk and coffee. Luncheon features vegetable hash lettuce sandwiches peanut cookies and a chocolate egg shake. Dinner offers veal fricassee bread noodles buttered asparagus, tomato cheese salad, strawberry pie and milk with coffee.
N B Mason won re election as mayor of Marion after a city vote. Mason received 282 votes while challenger J C Locke garnered 139 votes in the Wednesday election tabulation.
Detroit police today announced that four men admitted they participated in the execution of Charles A Poole found shot to death may 18 in Dearborn township The four said Poole was slain after being accused of beating his wife who was in a maternity hospital Poole had earlier been arrested for vagrancy and was employed as a WPA worker The body was found beside a road with eight bullets fired into him and the gang leader warned Poe you have beaten up your wife for the last time
Miss Ann Claire Carlisle is entered in the Walther League district talent quest in New Orleans. She will compete in the piano contest. District winners receive round trip tickets to the International convention in Houston to compete there.
The Association of American Railroads reports 781 447 carloads of revenue freight for the week ending last Saturday. This marks a 12 512 car increase or 19 percent from the prior week, a 98 497 rise or 16.9 percent from a year ago, and an 69 116 gain or 11.3 percent from two years ago.
Lieut. L C Pattillo of Hart selle leads Morgan county committee aiding local youths to enroll in the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort McClellan Anniston July 29 August 27. Vacancies remain and prompt action is urged for early applications. Scholarships are offered by institutions and all expenses including travel uniforms and medical care are paid by the government.
The Walther League of St. Pauls Lutheran met at Miss Louise Holtman's home. Officers elected include president E H Buettner and Louis Nebrig, vice president Nebrig and J W Carlisle, secretary Mrs W P Adams and A C Carlisle, treasurer Katherine Schneider and Louise Holtman. June meeting at Mrs W F Fricke’s home.
Tuesday reports show Arthur York and son Don returning home to Asheville after visiting Mrs. BE Ham. Denson Cannon and wife from Albany GA honeymooning in Alabama Tennessee and Georgia. J B Orr and T E Crittenden back from Memphis and Pleasant Hill Mississippi. Various friends and family members visit Birmingham Jacksonville Florence Knoxville Nashville and St Louis with trips to religious conventions and colleges.
Dainty afternoon frock pattern 4018 offers a chic yoke and sleeve design with two front bows for a dressy finish. Choose contrasting yoke for dual looks, suitable in silk or cotton, with sizes 14 through 42 and yardage noted for size 16. Order through Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York.
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