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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1952

Page

6

Local clubs host meetings and engagements across town

Mary Lou Dancy Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets at seven thirty on Memorial Drive hosted by Mrs Tracy Knight. Anita Johnson bride elect of Bobby Higgins is feted by Mrs Frank Vaughan Jr at Cornelian Court with a green white theme. PTA receptions and school events are planned at Decatur High and Austinville High. Legion and St Paul auxiliaries hold regular meetings as community groups announce scholarships and Girl State sponsorships. Wanda Harrison engaged to W G Shelford with June 7 wedding at St Ann’s. Altar Society hosts games night at St Ann’s. Questers Club dinner noted with park projects and charity gifts.

Mary Lou Dancy VU. D. G The United Daughters of the Confederacy Tracy Knight Miss Johnson Frank Vaughan, Jr Anita Johnson Bobby E. Higgins Athens Cornelian Court Legion Home Bank Street A. O. Blankenship Riverside Park Board Butler Hine Paula Garnett Mary Battle King Junior Chamber of Commerce Austinville High School Garnett Breck Reeves I. V. Timberlake Blankenship Ruby S. Jones L. V. Timberlake

Personal notices of travel and hospital updates from area families

Mrs Holmes Turner and children Abigail and Alvan will spend the weekend in Jasper. Mrs C A Moore is convalescing at Vanderbilt hospital Nashville after surgery. room 1324. Mrs Blount Robinson recovering at Decatur General after an operation. The Johnsons depart Thursday for Biloxi to attend the Southeastern Miller's convention. Miss Mary Faye Hunter returns home for summer and will study at Birmingham Conservatory under Dr Dorsey Whittington. Marian Bloodworth returns Sunday from Queens College to spend summer with her parents. Mrs Robert Agnew has returned home from Colbert County hospital Sheffield and is recovering. Mrs W E Morris and son Walker visit Mrs Robert Agnew in Cherokee. Albert Frahn slowly improving at home after three weeks with virus flu. The Hambrick and Harris couples depart Saturday for a week's vacation in Panama City Florida. Mrs J T Counts and Mrs R C Jackson visit their daughter Mrs Jimmy Hambrick. Mike Hambrick will stay with grandparents in Moulton next week. Barbara Sue McKee, one year old, ill in a Fort Worth hospital. former Carolyn Worley, daughter of Mrs P A Worley. Mrs Richard E Bartlett leaves for Fort Worth to be with her sister Mrs Paul E McKee.

Robert Agnew Colbert County Hospital Sheffield Barbara Sue Paul E. McKee Fort Worth Texas McKee Carolyn Worley P. A. Worley Grant Street

Ill and travel plans amid June Week at Annapolis

The report notes a patient at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield after an accident leaving a broken vertebra. Mrs. James H. Johnson travels from Cocoa to Miami to visit Mrs. Fred Stutz then returns to Decatur in about ten days. The Smith family and Elizabeth Arantz plan to attend June Week at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis with Carol Smith Jr. a graduate student, and Miss Ann Smith to sail to Europe from New York on June 10. Misses Emens and Garth, Randolph Macon students, will attend June Week at Annapolis and then return home by June 8 after the event. Some Mexican Indian tribes once believed they descended from trees.

Tuscumbia Colbert County Hospital Steffield James H. Johnson Cocoa Florida Miami Fred Stutz Johnson Decatur Carol Smith Charles Smith Elizabeth Arantz Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Academy Carol Smith, Jr Ann Smith New York Europe Margaret Ann Emens Witty Garth Randolph- Macon College Lynchburg Virginia Emens Miss Garth Athens

Mrs Ben Hecht Promotes Blue Bonnet Margarine and F N E

Mrs Ben Hecht endorses Blue Bonnet Margarine highlighting flavor nutrition and economy. The promotion compares two pounds of Blue Bonnet to one pound of pricier spreads and urges readers to remember the letters N E for all vegetable Blue Bonnet.

Ben Hecht Econom-e-el

Lindbergh Urged for House Inquiry on Publicity

Two Illinois Republicans urge the House to investigate why Charles A. Lindbergh’s government service has not been publicized. Reps Hoffman and Vail say a conspiracy of silence obscures the famed flyer’s deeds and allege the Roosevelt administration tarnished his reputation over World War I views. Meanwhile Mediterranean command changes hands as Vice Admiral John H. Cassady becomes carrier warfare chief, replacing Gardner as deputy air operations head.

Washington Illinois House Charles A. Lindbergh Richard W. Hoffman Richard B. Vail Lindbergh Mediterranean John H. Cas Matthias 8. Gardner Cassady

New Commander Takes Charge Of U S 6th Fleet

Villefranche France dispatch reports a new commander assuming control of the U S Sixth Fleet as the Atlantic alliance relies on the unit's strength and leadership amid evolving naval tensions and security duties.

Villefranche France U. S. 6Th Fleet

RANDR concentrate weight loss drink ad

An inexpensive home remedy claims four ounces of RANDR concentrate mixed with grapefruit juice makes a pint to drink twice daily. The ad promises quick slimming without exercise or starvation and offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.

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Chemstrand Corporation Parent-Teacher Association of Decatur High School Austinville PTA Woodall ST. Paul’s St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Marvin Wilkening Chestnut Street Wanda Harrison Floyd F. Harrison Wanda W. G. Shelford M. W. Irwin Cincinnati Ohio St. Ann’s Catholic Church Altar Society of Club OF Arts Davis Flora Davis Garnett Dement John Owen Fred Muzzey Questers Questers Club Wallace Meadows Trinity Mountain C. B. Kenton O. N. Williams Yancy Vaughan Meadows West Moulton Park Riverside Park R. L. Penn Williams Mrs. Robinson WSCS Paul Robinson Woman’s Society of Christian Service First Methodist Church Joe Wheeler Mesdames Murray King J. B. Kopp N. R. Carrell Robert Banks Julian Harris H. P. Still DHS Ronnie Lee L. P. Shaw Tommy White Noel Harris Bobby Bibb Anne Carrell Jimmy Wiley Carolyn Wyatt Aubrey Fuller Mrs. Holmes Turner Abigail and Alvan Jasper C. A. Moore Vanderbilt Hospital Nashville A. L. Johnson Biloxi Mississippi Mary Faye Hunter Athens College Birmingham Conservatory of Music Dorsey Whittington Conservatory Mary Faye Webb Hunter Marian Bloodworth Queens College Charlotte North Carolina Mrs Ben Bloodworth W. E. Morris Walker Albert Frahn Jimmy Hambrick C. E Harris Panama City J. T. Counts R. C. Jackson Moulton Mike Hambrick Richard E. Bartlett Daugh Mitchell Apthit Pfaff Sewing Machines A. E Hallmark Ira’s Book & Gift Shop E. Moulton Ter Penney Billy Joe Terry Mgr E. Moulton St Dwight Coing Cedars
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