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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1946
Page
5
Society McClary met on Johnston Street to transact business and collect items for a refugee box. They voted $1 for the Philippine House building fund and $8 for the District A. F. W. C. Scholarship Fund. Mrs Tim Lyons and two others were appointed to the membership committee.
Decatur high school seniors were honored by the Kiwanis club at Greystone restaurant with principal speaker Ralph B Alabama Polytechnic Institute and a musical number by Edsel Holden and Jack McCulloch. The ceremony included a keynote talk, sponsor Mary Robertson, and a look at postwar life challenges.
John O. Lively of Biloxi visits sister Mrs H W Head. Mrs G C Smith of Ardmore Tenn visits daughter Mrs Marie Smith Gilbert, joined by several Ardmore and Huntsville sisters. J P Sims travels to Philadelphia to aid Sgt Reuben Sims at Valley Forge General Hospital. Lt Kathleen McGlathery, Army nurses corps, on terminal leave at home with parents after duty at William Beaumont Hospital. Lt McGlathery visits Dallas and Davenport with nephew Michael. Mr and Mrs C H Eyster plan a Monday trip to Chattanooga with company.
Union School will present a play The Jester Solves A Mystery Friday night May 24 at eight oclock. The public is invited to enjoy an evening of mirth and fun.
Representative George E Stone Jr of Mobile County announced a bill to facilitate voting machine use for the 1947 legislature. He spoke at a county officials meeting held to discuss avoiding delays on long ballots.
Legal notices announce administration for the estates of Edward H Woolard and Mary Willis. Essie Lee Watkins and W Purser are named as administrators with claims due per law. Notices urge creditors to present claims within the statutory period or be barred. May dates referenced include May 10, 17, 24 and April 19, 1946.
Dorothy Dix counsels a wife worn by rival ex wife comparisons to stay with her husband. A reader asks about strict monitoring and trust, and Dix warns against spying and calls for prioritizing her husband and child.
Five evenings of study in the Baptist Training Union Manual are set to begin Monday at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. Rev. Russell Ware, California state Training Union secretary, will direct. Daily morning and afternoon sessions will cater to the campaign, and Rev. L. C. Radford urges attendance by all, whether or not enrolled.
Loula Dunn of Montgomery Alabama was elected a vice president of the Child Welfare League of America during a meeting held with the national conference of social work. Leonard W. Mayor of Western Reserve University was reelected president.
Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd president of Maryville College Tenn declared that sentiment for a reunion of Presbyterian churches of the North and South has continued to grow steadily. The Red Cross was founded in 1881 with the President as its president and the War Department as its auditor.
You always win on quality and quantity when you buy Moroline petroleum jelly. Large jar 10. For minor burns bruises scratches chafes chapped lips hands. Get Morolina.
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