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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1930
Page
7
A narrator recalls a night of roasting a friend named Joe by al mercial peers. She hides a letter exposing their gossip and offers him a chance to change, returning home with a confession of genuine friendship from the neighbor who reads the letter aloud.
The Saturday Club gathered at Mrs. B L Malone's Enolam Oaks home for a 5 30 pm business session before a six o clock picnic in the Enolam Oak grove. Mrs L P Troup reported on the Alabama Federation convention in Dothan and officers were installed by Mrs Penney. A Junior Saturday Club also joined for a delightful lunch under the trees.
Dr and Mrs Berry occupy a new apartment with Mrs Jessie Thombs and family. Lum family returns from Birmingham after his mother's death. Mary Pitts’ failor to Nashville. Greer couple visit David Lipscomb College in Nashville for commencement. F E Pitts of Belle visits daughter Wilson Taylor. Elizabeth Ann Hutson to spend June with parents. Bob Jones College student. Friederici family to relocate to Cincinnati. H H Wilson returns from Johnson City to visit her mother. Sarah Ruth Emens tour abroad via New York June 30, visiting England France Switzerland Belgium Germany Italy and more. John R Turner returns from missionary society conferences and attends Randolph County Reciprocity Day events. Marcia Bullard visits Athens. Callahan hospitalized. Whitworth Grayson of Mobile visit Nona Morrow. Huntsville guests. Kilgore Martin Lanier to Greenville for Southern Military Academy commencement. Julia Levin to Alabama College Montevallo. Purifoys visit Muscle Shoals. Pete West returning from Anniston after appendicitis. A B Dodd family visit to Anniston and A M I. Penland family to Cincinnati for Presbyterian Assembly. Park called to Nashville for sister’s illness.
A parade of local residents attends graduations and weddings across Birmingham and Montgomery. Mrs Edwin Tant and Mrs J D Bush head to Birmingham Southern College for commencements. Miss Mary Saterfield’s wedding to Frank Trotman is set for June 4 in Atlanta. Families visit kin in Florence and Columbus while bankers and students travel to conferences and dances.
A 1930 column argues women seek steady life partners over adventure. It satirizes dating dynamics, noting married men attract other women while single men fear commitment. The piece defends personal boundaries, listing toothbrush, bank book, and husband as non negotiables.
Exquisite summer party and dance frock with cape collar and flared skirt offered as pattern 1930 in organdy voile crepe de chine batiste or georgette. Includes picoted edges, moire satin belt, white or pastel shades with contrasting ribbon, sizes 8 to 16, yardage listed, simple instructions, order by sending fifteen cents in coins to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.
Franklin Moore and Herman Papenberg return to Alabama from Greensboro to spend holidays with parents. Miss Allene Pope of Central high school leaves for Wilsonville. Miss Mary Robertson of Riverside high school plans summer with her parents in Guntersville. Mrs Hall of Montgomery visits Lelia Grubbs Hall before returning home. Mr and Mrs Robert Tennett Simpson and Mrs Lucas of Florence travel to Montgomery to visit Captain and Mrs Hall later this week.
Henry Hartung returned from Huntsville where he spent the weekend with relatives.
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