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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1934
Page
4
Society notes cover weddings of Perry-Livingston and Hargrove-Lankster families, plus Eliza beth Cloud and William Jones nuptials. Church meetings, Coca-Cola Club bridge, Missionary Society, and a senior high banquet are described, with birthdays, parties, and community group activities detailed.
Ruth Chatterton appears at the Princess in Journal of a Crime from Pirat National. The French drama by Jacques Deval is billed as her finest screen vehicle with powerful dramatic expression and high critical regard.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bibb of Belle Mina welcomed their three day old daughter Mary Carolyn at Baugh Infirmary. Visitors include Mrs. Walter Emery of Nolansville and Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Bailey. Miss Jane Malone underwent appendectomy at Benevolent Hospital. Joe Calvin returned from McCauley’s Academy in Chattanooga. Miss Nan Leathers of Morgantown visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson. Miss Mildred Nicholson, Bowling Green student, to return home next week via Memphis and Paris, with Derby attendance noted. Mrs. W M Gace of Hartselle visiting daughter Mrs. E. E. Hargrove. Lamont Schulenberger and wife to visit Muscle Shoals after arriving from Birmingham. Norman Harris and bride back from wedding trip and staying with Harris family before moving to their apartment. Mrs. O. F. McCulloch of Birmingham to visit mother Mrs. A. Edwards and attend Riverside High School graduation. Miss Ruth Ross to attend Rhododendron Festival in Asheville, with a Knoxville layover.
Miss Chatterton stars as the murderess supported by Adolphe Menjou Claire Dodd and a strong cast in a thriller about a husband writer and a love triangle. The plot centers on a murder backstage during a musical revue with Parisian life and glamour as the backdrop.
Butler P. A. Hine, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2214, received a letter from national commander James E. Van Zandt about the little round-up. He was urged to urge all members to join the event to organize a state department in Alabama with state support for success.
The AA Flapper will be eliminated at the Princess event. Geneva Goode will render piano numbers. Program includes Straw Hat strutters with Martha Vines and others, Back in the 40s featuring Mary Frances Matthews, Three Little Pigs with Dolores Cobb, Ruffled Pajamas chorus, Practice What You Preach blues with Virginia Fox, Black Pace Tapping Fool with Paul Buchanan, Dolly Dee ballet with Mary Ellen Henneberger, Six Tapping Sailors chorus, and Wrong Side of the Fence blues by Virginia Fox.
Miss Rubye Reeder leaves Saturday for Florence after spending the winter teaching in the local schools.
Albert Clapton has returned home after spending the year as a student at A. P. I. at Auburn to spend the summer holidays with family.
Daily Washington Merry Go Round notes the clash between small and large business during the Roosevelt era. It highlights Senator Steagall steering a measure to raise deposit insurance to 5000 dollars and include paying depositors in closed banks, opposing Glass favored use of federal funds to liquidate frozen deposits.
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