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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1930
Page
5
A rich young man at a university kills himself while pursuing life’s meaning. The janitor, fond of a radio and world talk, contrasts the man’s intense study with simple, noisy contentment. The piece muses on happiness, knowledge, and missed connections.
The First Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary meets to study Romans led by Mrs. John W. Jones with seventeen members present. At Ninth Street Methodist, the WOMENS Missionary Society hosts a Mother’s Day program led by Louise Weaver and J. B. Collum with fifty children performing and flowers, songs, and a drive bulletin. Central Baptists Circle Two holds its monthly meeting at Mrs. J. O. Richardson’s home with devotional by Mrs. Mason Crow and new members Mrs. J. A. Gazaway and Mrs. W. Knight welcomed.
In Elizabethton Tennessee Mrs W Manning of 148 Watauga Avenue writes about twenty years of use of Thedford's Black Draught claiming it best for severe indigestion. She describes it as a purely vegetable cathartic laxative medicine made from medicinal herbs and roots for family use.
At West Gordon Drive home Mrs J R Nichol son the Holmes Turner circle of the Central Methodist Woman's Missionary Society held its monthly meeting. Mrs A W Reams led devotional on Luke 12 with topic Steady Workers. A social hour followed with spring flower decor and refreshments.
Friday night socials postponed for the Social Ser vice Club. Progressive Circle met at Mrs. Malcolm Beckham’s East Moulton street home with devotions and a social hour. Also reports on Mrs. Walker Circle on Johnson Street, a combined Guild and Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. Tidwell’s home, and the Would-Be Orators Club session at Central Methodist church. Several personal notices list outings visits and a birth day party for Dorothy Lee Greene. Encore events include many visits, travels, and medical update on Wallace Blizzard.
Miss Nan and Edna Holland, UT students, plan June 10 return for holidays with Mr and Mrs R W Holland. Mr Wesley Holland of Dallas to visit. Mrs W C McKinter and daughter from Dayton Tenn visit Mrs Godsey. W C Tucker and daughter Amelia of Clearwater Fla spend weekend with Mrs W C Holland. Amelia to enter Peabody Nashville for summer. Sydney Neher to graduate at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Anniston. Mrs John Raymond Conley of Birmingham visiting, staying a week in Decatur.
A humorous column on marriage roles and behavior in 1930, noting that women seek romance and steady signs of affection while men drift, joke about domestic life, and quote Mrs. Oldfield on female dexterity with a hairpin. Copyright 1930 King Features Syndicate.
New York society figure Mrs Eldred Warner endorses the black and white crepe vogue for evening wear. She attended a Central Park Casino event in a white crepe gown with large black floral pattern, jawline cut back, and no ornament.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt wore pendant coral and onyx ear rings with a short coral necklace at a Woman's Press Club function. She paired them with a simple black taffeta evening dress and a striking ribbon arrangement at the low cut back, her hair in a low knot.
A twenty year old seeks guidance after a breakup two years her senior. He promised marriage but dated others and vanished for months. The columnist suggests mailing a new address card, then making new friends and not waiting in a probationary role. A second letter from a thirteen year old asks how to win a classmate's love. the reply says there is no formula for love and urges patience.
A quaint description of a square neck dress pattern with a yoke and extra skirt fullness. Tiny sleeve caps are noted, with hints about embroidery and scallops. The notice promotes a Pattern Book of New Spring and Summer Styles for fifteen cents, with mail to The Pattern Department in New York City.
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