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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1947

Page

6

Afternoon Party for Carol Jo Burleson at Fifth Avenue Home

Little friends and playmates gathered for a lawn party hosted by Dr and Mrs Joe Burleson on Monday afternoon. Children enjoyed toys a sand pile and paper hats with animal shaped cookies and gumdrops as favors were handed out.

Prospect Drive Beverly Ann Blackie Cubbie Petey Haswell Charlotte Leeman Buddy Lowther Brenda Smith Rand Bryant Pattie Wiley Russell Lynne Jr Jackie Wilson Tommy Guyton Carol Roberts Billy Watson Ruth Glass Lebar Barnett Charles Maze Susan Mitchell Tom Stone Nancy Joe Sims Hugh Edwards Norman Harris Jr Julian Aarris Jr Charles Green Steve Elkins Dean van Dyke Scoutie Beverly Ann Compton Compton Watson W. O. Jones Carol JO Burleson Joe Burleson Fifth Avenue West Larry Durham Randy Cheryl Troup Donald Parks David Byers Hilton Hagler Gail Alverson Barbara Taylor Wick Taylor Church Sittason Susan Fite Andy Anderson Amanda Ashwander Susan White Elizabeth Trimble Jack Lynn Ozier Julian David Harris Norman Harris, Jr Connie Stone Virginia Sissy Wood Isobel Wyker John Wyker III Noble Elizabeth Russell Pamela Cartwright Barbara Steve Branum Joan Renneker Adeline Pepper Sandra Bobby Schwachow Jean Anne Givéns Peggy Hays Johnny Edwin Sue Nungester Jeanette John Giles Bom Mean Jr Hank Cadell

Miss Martha Kilgore Returns from Auburn and Students Come Home

Miss Martha Frances Kilgore returns from Auburn where she spent the weekend. Miss Shirley Ann Braswell and Wendellyn Gray, students at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala, arrive home for the holidays.

Martha Frances Kilgore API Auburn Shirley Ann Braswell Wendellyn Gray Huntingdon College Montgomery Ala

Local Notes From Scottsboro and Nearby

Social items recount visits and travel by residents to Nashville Pensacola Biloxi Cincinnati and New York. Birth announced for Thomas Patterson. Garden Club Coterie Club and Sacred Heart Academy events noted with ceremonies, readings and a piano recital by Mary Ettice Burns.

Singing School to Close Friday at Woodland Mills

The two week program led by W. R. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace ends Friday night at Woodland Mills. It opens at 7 30 p m with a devotional and sermon by Rev L C Hill and features choir singing and special numbers by school and visiting singers. Rev I W Myers is pastor. The public is invited.

Woodland Mills W. R. Wallace

The Cult of Youth and Its Hurting Truths

Dorothy Dix argues youth obsession distorts both sexes. She notes elderly men seek hair restorers, middle aged women pursue youth, while true fulfillment comes with experience. Youth brings vanity, suffering, and sharp disappointments. adulthood offers steadier prospects and wiser contentment.

Orothy Dex

Local Social Notes Highlight Birmingham Visit And Family News

Miss Mary Augusta Bibb spent the past weekend visiting in Birmingham. Miss Martha Dinsmore has returned home after a visit with her sister Mrs Neil Jackson in Florence. Suzanne Filler had tonsils removed Monday at Decatur clinic and is reported doing nicely at home with her parents on Jackson Street.

GUILD White The First Methodist Church Thomas C. White East Vine Street Fred Trimble Leo Wright Arnold Brown Constance Peerson Martha Frances Kilgore Brown Allison Smith Izora Bonds Carmen Taylor Mary Elizabeth Emens Jackson Street Roece Mary Augusta Bibb Birmingham Martha Dinsmore Mrs Neil Jackson Florence Suzanne Filler Decatur Clinic J. E. Filler

First Sunday Sing Set for June 1 at Athens Courthouse

The regular first Sunday singing will be held at the Athens courthouse Sunday June 1 starting at 2 p m. The public was invited. The Decatur singers received a special invitation.

Athens Courthouse Decatur

Jones to Speak at Confederate Memorial Day Address

Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones of Montgomery said he would deliver a Confederate memorial address at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday. He was invited by the Confederate Memorial Committee of Washington for the observance ahead of Confederate Memorial Day next Tuesday.

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KEY Club Decatur Senior High School John Arnatz Carol Smith Dan Crane Jimmy Carl Charles Howell Bobby Golden Harry Brewer B. H. Tanner Moye’s Ee: Ff Tilm Rere Sterling North Alabama Richlieu Gorham Chantilly Strasbourg King Edward Greenbrier Lunt Alvin Chateau Rose International Goidel’s Drug Store Ephew Randson Dugger E. Moulton Cullman News George Perry Scottsboro, Ala Mrs. H. Wohl Nashville, Tenn Richard Watkins Pensacola Fla Biloxi Miss Mrs. W. T. Simpson Oak Ridge, Tenn Mrs. Grady Simpson Bon Tine Spines E. M. Bonds Wichita Falls Texas Dorothy Pitt Cincinnati Ohio Amelia Erdman Bronxville, N. Y Carl Arnold Jessie Smith Garden Club Arnold Oldacre John. J. Buchmann Veteran's Hospital Tuscaloosa Spencer Speegle Plowman Faulkner Mesdames H. C. Arnold John Buchmann Gladys Bright R. A. Culpepper Geo. Fehler Forney Fuller Leon Fuller W. H. Head Ivan Martin J. M. Oldacre Geo. Stiefelmeyer Elizabeth Schaefer Frank Stitt Mary Eva Hodges L. J. Vogel O. J. Jackson Henry F. Arnold Wallace Gibbs Joe C. Sapp J. G. Daves O. B. Hodges Thomas D. Beatty Bess Morrow J. Oldacre Martha Schaefer J.g.daves H. F. Arnold T. D. Beatty Joe Sapp O.B. Hodges O. P. Jackson J. M. Lee Bess Morow Sidney Orrow Sacred Heart Academy Mary Etlece Burns Ellis Burns Ettece Antante Tschaikovsky Liszt Racamaninoff Modest Maidens U. S Patent Office Farley Woolworth Singing School Dorothy DIX Bell Syndicate, Inc Uded 2Nd Ave Singer Sewing Center Miss Erdman Soult Gunter Credit Jewelry Second Ave Grant ‘St Caddell Drug CO Elizabeth Arden Lucien Selong Yardley Marcelle Rose Jewelry CO Another Rose Jewelry CO VALUE New Serbia Action Baga Action Huntsville
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