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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1947

Page

5

Social and club activities in Frances Nungester home

Delta Kappa Gamma Mu Chapter met for an educational gathering with guest speaker O S Hageman on Education For Peace. Cub Den 7 planned typhoid shots and a social week. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts reported meetings and activities at First Methodist and First Baptist churches. Fellowship group organized old clothes drive for European relief. Central Methodist hosted a piano and voice recital featuring multiple students and solists with a long program of varied pieces.

Delta Kappa Gamma Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority Frances Nungester S. Tom Harvey Elizabeth Peer Elizabeth Houston O. S. Hagerman Den Joe Allen Price Frazier Girl Scouts Girl Scout First Baptist Church Girl Scout Promise Morgan County Health Department and Laboratories Yvonne Barrett Helen Anne Winston Elaine Gardner Betty Reeder Banks Taps Crystal Plunge American Red Cross Young Adult Fellowship Group Canal Street Paul Eubanks Central Methodist Church

Personal notes of residents feature extended travels

Local notices list Mrs Lahleen Kinney leaving for Opelika to be with her mother Mrs G Weber. Several families plan moves and visits including Mr and Mrs Oliver Wade moving to Line Street in June and relatives coming from Birmingham and Birmingham Southern College.

Lahleen Kinney Opelika Alabama G. Weber Oliver Wade Line Street Ely Brandes Birmingham Southern College Birmingham W. A. Elmer

Revival to End Tonight at Salvation Army Meeting

Captain Oscar Fuller announced the revival will run one more day due to strong results and large crowds. Colonel Harold P. Madsen will deliver the final message at 7 30 p m at 1331 Fourth Avenue South with public invited to attend this closing meeting. Over the week more than 50 conversions and reconsecrations occurred and about 3590 heard the gospel in song testimony and preaching.

Oscar Fuller Salvation Army Harold P. Madsen Fourth Avenue South Florence Madsen Decatur Salvation Army Hall

Farewell Party for Senior High Commercial Club

Miss Juanita Williamson president and Miss Hazel Stroud sponsor hosted a farewell party at Williamson’s home Thursday night. Members present included Betty Jane McRae Laura Caran Wanda Harrison Jean Williamson Sarah Vinson Margaret Simpson Peggy Joyce Hanks Virginia Nelms Martha Black Mary Joyce Davis Carolyn Roper. The club edited the Red and Black, the senior school paper this year.

Juanita Williamson Senior High Commercial Club Hazel Stroud Miss Williamson Betty Jane McRae Laura Caran Wanda Harrison Jean Williamson Sarah Vinson Maragret Simpson Peggy Joyce Hanks Virginia Nelms Martha Black Mary Joyce Davis Carolyn Roper

Labor Party Rebuffs Reds at Margate Conference

Britain’s Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Attlee, rejects a motion to join the British Soviet Society and scales back anti Bevin resolutions. The conference replaces much of the agenda with two composite motions criticizing Greece policy while reaffirming support for a Jewish national home in Palestine.

Margate Eng Britain Labor Party Ernest Bevin United States Clement Attlee Bevin Greece Turkey Palestine Holy Land

Educator Dr. Glenn A. Millikan dies after rock fall

Nashville news reports Dr. Glenn A. Millikan of Vanderbilt University died in Spencer Tennessee from head injuries after being struck by a falling rock during a mountain climbing expedition in Van Buren county. He and a party of eight, including his wife Claire Mallory, were in a rugged canyon near Buzzard's Roost when the accident occurred. Rescue teams transported the injured to safety but he died before extraction.

Nashville Tenn Glenn A. Millikan Vanderbilt University Spencer George McNeely Vanderbilt Buzzard’s Roost Tennessee U.S. Foresters McNeely Millikan

Fat Salvage Effort Praised by Agriculture Secretary

The American Fat Salvage Committee Inc. released a statement from Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson praising American homemakers for turning in over 600 million pounds of used cooking fats since 1942. He notes an average of about 20 pounds per U.S. family and urges continued fat conservation due to ongoing shortages of industrial fats.

American Fat Salvage Committee Inc Clinton P. Anderson

Memorial Fund Drive Making Splendid Progress

Veterans of Foreign Wars launches statewide drive to raise funds for a Memorial Home. Colonel W D Partlow Jr. reports posts began campaigns May 15 and must meet quotas by June 21 at the state encampment. Support comes from Alabama leaders including Neil O Davis and Frank P Samford.

Alabama W. D.partlow Tuscaloosa VFW Montgomery George Andrews Union Springs Robert Jones Scottsboro Pete Jarman Livingston Laurie Battle Birmingham W. D. Partlow, Jr Veterans of Foreign Wars W. D. Partlow Jr V. F. W._ administrative council Partlow W. F Neil O. Davis The Press Association Frank P. Samford State Chamber of Commerce

Mothers Union Mutual Help Association Advice

A letter from Mrs G E C outlines a Mutual Help Association where four young wives share childcare, housework, and meals to alleviate domestic drudgery. Dorothy Dix endorses cooperative clubs and suggests such unions can ease the modern home’s burdens.

Miss DIX Rothy Lucullus Mothers Cooperative Club New England

Major Mitchell Named Base Adjutant at France Field

Major Billy D. Mitchell son of Mrs. W. A. Mitchell Hartselle has been appointed base adjutant by Col Robert Baseler at France Field Caribbean Air Command Panama. He arrived in the Panama Canal Zone February 1946 after duties at Panama air depot and a ROTC honor graduate from Alabama. He was commissioned in infantry and promoted through ranks. he could bolster the baseball team at short or second.

Billy D. Mitchell W. A. Mitchell Hartselle Robert Baseler France Field Caribbean Air Command Panama Mitchell Panama Canal Zone Panama Air Depot University of Alabama France

Should I marry a pursuing 25 year old letters

A 60-year-old bachelor asks if he should answer a marriage proposal from a 25-year-old woman who insists she is faithful to him. The answer advised is to erase the letter and avoid the altar, noting a long history of dodging marriage makes him an expert at sidestepping the issue.

Dorothy DIX

Boston The Greatest Wood Market And Leather Center

Boston claims to be the nation’s leading wood market and the world’s shoe and leather hub asserting its status in trade circles. Local merchants tout diverse timber and leather trades with growing demand attracts buyers from across the region.

Boston United States

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