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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1949

Page

7

Somerville Road piano recital features Visual Method pupils

Pupils from the Visual Method Classes of the Somerville Roll School present a piano recital at seven thirty tonight on Somerville Road. The program spans grades with pieces such as Happy Evening, Humpty Dumpty, My Yellow Birds, Old MacDonald, Rock A Bye Baby, and many others performed by named students across first through sixth grades.

Somerville Road Somerville Roll School Ronald Smith Ann Dean Sandra Hitt Joan Owens Kenneth Terry Cherie Stedam Robin Frankie Speegle Kenneth Bolding Kay Baker

Worship Service at West Point Slated

A worship service will be held at West Point church Saturday evening at 7 30 o clock. The public was invited to attend.

West Point West Point Church

Cosmetics Faithfully Use Your Beauty Kits Daily

The piece urges women to use their cosmetic and beauty items regularly rather than letting them linger unused. It highlights refills for lipsticks powders and eye shadows, suggests gift ideas for birthdays, and promotes practical items like a white backed brush and a transparent plastic case to keep powders sanitary. It notes new cosmetic counter displays and encourages consistent daily use.

Duty of parents to save for old age and mold children

Dorothy Dix advises parents to devote effort to child upbringing but also to secure their own financial future. She warns against overemphasis on offspring, noting spoiled children and the risk to aging parents. The column blends paternal responsibility with independence and warns against sacrificing parents’ security for children.

Miss Dix Dorothy DIx Johnny Mamie Savings Bank

Hulse Painting Presented to TVA Wildlife Refuge

A waterfowl oil painting by David Hulse, 23, of Decatur was donated to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. The work shows two male and two female mallard ducks in flight with rushes in the foreground and has impressed refuge staff and state game wardens for its accuracy. The painting will hang in the refuge manager’s office as central decoration.

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Decatur David Hulse Moulton Street Hulse North Alabama

Woman Overboard Over New Perk Soap Claims

Mrs. Wm. Henterly of Cleveland praises New Perk Soap for making clothes whiter than ever and credits Armocel as the miracle ingredient that removes grayness. She urges others to try Perk as their washday steady.

Wm. Henterly Maplewood Rd Cleveland

Exports Drop in Mobile District in 1948

The Mobile district shows a $19.4 million decline in exports in 1948 from 1947, totaling $82.6 million, with Mobile and Gulfport ports included. The previous year set a record at $102 million. Note mentions some African and Indian gold mines reaching about 9 000 feet deep.

Mobile Ala U.S. Department of Commerce Gulfport Miss Africa India

Pasteeth Powder Helps Secure Dentures Comfort

An ad for PASTEETH powder claims it secures upper and lower plates for firmer fit and reduced odor. It emphasizes a non acidic alkaline formula with no sour aftertaste and encourages purchase at local drugstores.

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