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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1937
Page
5
The Senior High School class of 37 was honored at a Friday afternoon tea from 4 to 6 at Leila Cantwell Seton Hall. Mrs. Joseph Pettey new president and Principal W. T. Jordan received guests along with faculty and the class sponsor Miss Lillian Ussery. About 250 students and parents attended.
Miss Mary White returns from Alabama College Montevallo where she studied the past year. W. W. Fussell of New Orleans visits Mr. and Mrs. Ben Z. Martin Sr. Mrs. G. R. Mason spends the week in Atlanta. Miss Hope Hiliard of Tacoma arrives to spend a few days with Miss White. Mary Sue Hardin of Hillsboro visits Miss Elinor and Evelyn Green. The Martins host guests in their new Walnut Street home. Mrs. M. S. Workman returns to Danbury Conn. after visits in Montgomery and Florida. Paul Dix and daughter Mary Vernon Dix plus Mrs. J. H. McMath travel to Montevallo for Alabama College commencement. Nell Beach Dix graduates Monday. Mrs. Mullins visits sister Nell Lynch in Nashville. Captain and Mrs. Rowden and Lula Kelley are in town. A. H. Kelley transfers back to Decatur. Mrs. E. D. Berry returns from Birmingham visits. Mrs. A. Markham stays with daughter Mrs. H. A. Malone on Fifth Avenue. Mrs. J. W. Clapton Mamie Kirby and J. N. Garrett drive to Montevallo for Mary Louise Garrett’s Alabama College graduation. Mrs. Kyle visiting relatives.
Readable fragments show Sandy Knight, a temporary radio announcer, driven from town after a humbling misunderstanding with a woman named Madden. He rescues a dog at a beach, faces scorn, and meets Ma reeia in a melodrama tone with a crowded cast of locals planning travel and visits.
Dr. Mel Leaman, former pastor of a Baptist church in Oklahoma, will fill the pulpit at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Stamford while Pastor Colbs is away. Members are urged to attend for a message directed to professing Christians.
Law now requires buses operating beyond city boundaries and carrying more than 10 passengers to have a first aid kit onboard. Sleep at the wheel linked to over 70 thousand annual automobile accidents nationwide.
A vintage sewing notice explains an Anne Adams princess frock with optional bodice ruffle and jaunty sash. It promotes easy to sew pattern 4429 in misses sizes 12 to 18, with yardage details for size 16 and instruction book inclusion. Orders for patterns and the book are sent to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York with payment.
In 1986 more than 28 million motor vehicles traveled 22 billion more miles over street and highway than in any previous year. This reflects a sustained rise in road use across the nation during the period.
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