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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1941

Page

5

Wesler Spence announce marriages Ruth Spence and Jewel Helms

Mr and Mrs T M Spence announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth Helen Spence to Carl Wesler Jr on May 21 1941 The Weslers reside at 211 West Gordon Avenue A second item notes the marriage of Miss Jewel Margaret Helms to Calvis Garrett on Sunday May 25 194 at Morgan City Alabama The bride from Louisville Kentucky previously lived in Decatur The Garrets reside in Decatur with friends invited to their home

T. M. Spence Ruth Helen Carl Wesler Jr Jewel Margaret Helms Calvis Garrett Morgan City Alabama Louisville Decatur Garrett

Montgomery Visitors Fill Page With Local Arrivals

Mrs. C. M. Davis of Montgomery plans a visit to her mother Mrs. B. Bem while Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rector Jr. and son J. M. ITI travel from El Reno Oklahoma to visit relatives in Morristown Tennessee. Numerous social notices list visits by Christine Bagwell Raleigh NC Harriet ta Miss Nellie Clarke Roan Auburn students and other residents visiting Birmingham Florence Cullman Paducah and Auburn during the coming days.

C. M.davis Montgomery B.bem J. M. Rector Jr J. M. Iti el Reno Okla Joel Coates Morristown Tenn Nellie Clarke Roan A. M. Roan Auburn A.P.T

France and Allies Face Shifting War Alliances

The piece analyzes the strained Franco American relations and Britain’s warning of action if Germany moves into French soil. It notes Syria as a potential hinge, Petain's resistance, Darlan’s cooperation with the occupiers, and risk to colonies as Allied options tighten.

France Germany Roosevelt Marshal Petain Hitler French Darlan Britain Vichy

Athens social notes and local events span a busy weekend

Mrs W CG Armstrong and baby Pat of Knoxville visit relatives in Athens. The Saturday Bridge Club at North Houston street hosts, with Elizabeth Malone winning high score and Mrs. Rosenau low. Matthews soon leaves for Gadsden as assistant county agent. Numerous bridge gatherings, sermons, and court notices fill the week as Athens prepares for cleanup and plants up week.

W CG Armstrong Pat Knoxville Elizabeth Malone David L. Rosenau Miss Malone Rosenau John W.* Wilson Frances Hightower D. J. Wilson C.johnson Weakley. Cunningham Frances Roberts A. 5. Matthews Gadsden Matthews Ethwah County Paul A. Ragatl William Clem Sue Billingsley R. H. McGuire D. L. Rose‘pall, Jr P.M. Hall Walter J. Bailey T. B. Chestnutt William A. Keeble Harry Taft D. O. Looney Fred Martin FG. Peer Joe Gentry Mary K. Roper John W. Wilson Charles H. Long James Beasley C. J. Hayden Grady Spence Jack Tanner Birmingham Cecil Naftel Warrior River Decatur Huntsville Athens College First Methodist Church Ashley Chappell First Methodist Church of Circuit Court

Make This Model At Home Soft and Feminine Pattern 4776

Anne Adams Pattern 4776 offers a cool softly feminine dress with a front skirt yoke and shoulder yokes for trim lines. The dress can be made in misses and women sizes with gathers or darts, fabric options include soft sheets or prints. Send 15 cents for pattern alone or 25 cents for book and pattern to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.

Anne Adams Anne Adama Decatur Daily Pattern Department West 17Th St New York N. Y

Legs Parade in Short Skirts and Veal Paprika Recipes

A feature on fashion notes praise for stockings and garter comfort, urging proper fit and posture with corsets, then shifts to a veal paprika recipe with garlic, butter, sour cream and paprika. A Tuesday menu follows with breakfast to dessert items and costs about $1.45. The piece closes with census figures on US copper mines 1989 byproduct counts of gold and silver.

United States

Glassware makers report near 100 million unit output

Census Bureau reports factories annually produce close to 100 million drinking glasses tumblers goblets and barware to meet demand across the United States.

America S. Needa Census Bureau

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Wesler Spence Garrett-Helms Goidel’s Lada ROXAY Gertie Foote Susis Norwood Daisy Quattlebaum Cullman J. R. Hule Ted Hule University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Christine Bagwell Raleigh, al Harrietta Martha Francese John Martin D Re Smiley John A. Caddell Gorham Sherard Jack Smallwood G. S.gaden Joe Duncan Elisor Adams Newberry, N. Wa J. B. Stone Bebe Stone M. L. Patterson Baugh, Tenn W. M. Voorhies Baugh’s W. N. Cowden Leon Huthnance Breuner Smith Florence G. ©. Davidson Elkin Whyte Charles Grayson Charles H. Johnson Billy Steed, Jr Billy ‘Dunecan John D. Grimes A.P. I Charles B. Hart Theda and Beatrice Charles Quincy Hart L. E. Hart J. W. Brewer Louisville, Ky Walter Lée Jackson Quince Eddens Fletcher Eddens Nell Martin Connie Clarke Paducah,Ky E. M. Bishop McNeill Apartments Roline Teasley Waverly, Tenn Dolores Hardage Petain Athens Robert Redus Leon Macon First Baptist Church Athens High Methodist Church Lyle McCutcheon Wallace Barber & Beauty Shop Lady Eve Charles. Coburn Eugene Pallette Mickey Mouse Color Move Beauty Shop Produced By Harold Llyod Richard Wallace George Murphy Lucille Ball Edmond O’brien Dora Flementa Sean Alicea Joan Perry Matt Maxwell UDC Alabama Division United Daughters of the Confederacy public@lion Lydia Pinkham ARK American Pat O'Brien Gale Page Ronald Reagan Donald Crisp Evelyn Speake Warren & Ratliff Penney Penney’s Street Show Second Avenue
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