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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
5
Powling Pipkins of Trinity announces the marriage of their daughter Doris Pipkins to Mr Willard Bowling on May 18 at the home of Rev Bud Bynum in Austinville. Bowling is the son of Edna Bowling of Lee and both are Trinity High graduates. Attendants were Miss Fay Berry and J D Johnson, both of Trinity.
Thomas Adams Jr student at Bowling Green School of Commerce and Business is home for a vacation visit. Mrs J W Darrah is ill at her Jackson Street home. Atlanta and Carrollton Georgia residents and others lunched with Mrs New Barfield including Mary Eva Hodges of Cullman. Mr J M Rector Jr and son J M III of El Reno Oklahoma arrived to visit Mr and Mrs Harold Doss and left Tuesday night.
Mrs J A Ussery hosted a bridge gathering with guests Mrs Uhland Reed of Florence and Miss Francis Bynum. prizes awarded to Mrs Hood Harris and Mrs Redd. Hazelwood High School seniors were hosted by Miss Thalma Steinberg. Epworth League gathering featured Moulton as attendance banner winner. Local visits included Hokett and family from Chattanooga and Auburn weekend trips. Several residents plan commencement activities at University of Alabama and Auburn. Joe Agee Jr transferred to Harrisonburg Virginia to play catcher. Northwest Alabama Baseball League president W A Tomms attended Russellville meeting.
Neighborhood news lists social visits family gatherings and illness from Morgan County and Rocky Ford. Items mention Edith Vest Ozelle McNutt and others with visits to Decatur Athens Enon and Forrest Chapel and a funeral for Uncle Sim Wallace at Forrest Chapel. Calvin McNutt to return from Talladega and many locals attend decorations and services.
The article urges daintiness as essential in the beauty game emphasizing good taste and order. It advises tidy stockings gloves and purses and warns women to attend to hair nails skin and makeup from hand care to cold cream cocoa butter or lanolin with nightly massage to prevent wrinkles.
Senator James A. Simpson proposes a substitute to replace Bruce Henderson's amendment that would end earmarking of state funds and declare education an essential government function. The plan envisions lump sum general fund appropriations rather than per pupil allocations.
Multiple Alabama home demonstration clubs met in May with programs on child care dress revues and Better Homes Week. Clubs named officers and committees, awarded prizes for dress and vegetable seed identification, and planned county rallies and next meetings.
Anne Adams Pattern 4469 offers junior miss sizes from 11 to 17 with a demure at home party frock. Features include wide reared neckline with optional ruffles or edging and bows, walat darts, and back tie options. Send 15 cents for pattern book and order from The Daily Pattern Department.
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