Society Highlights Benefit Bridge Sales and Local Teas
Athens Alabama May 29 local Bundles for Britain chapter hosted a benefit bridge and rook event at Mrs. D L Rosenau home. Eight bridge tables and three rook tables filled the rooms with white lilies and pink roses. prizes awarded to Mrs Herbert Dupree and Mrs Grady Davis while low scores went to Mrs Baylin Hightower and Mrs Horton Lewis. A seated tea for bride elect Miss Harriet Irwin followed at the Timberlake home with flowers and light refreshments. Dozens of local residents attended community notices and social updates throughout the day.
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Athens
Ala
Bundles For
Britain
D. L. Rosenau
D. J. Wilson
Herbert Dupree
Grady Davis
Baylin Hightower
Horton Lewis
Robert Stinson
Marjorie Irwin
Cecil Timberlake
Harriet Irwin
Terry Lockline Moore, Jr
Mobile
Alabama
Jack Doss
Hartselle
Malcolm Austelle
Miss Charlotte Broadus to Spend Summer in Watch Hill
Miss Charlotte Broadus will leave in June for Watch Hill Rhode Island to spend the summer months. Mr and Mrs Pinkney Pruitt of Charlotte NC announce the arrival on May 28 of a baby daughter.
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Ter
Charlotte
Pruitt
Mary Broadus
Broadus
Ann Berry
Birmingham
Leroy McEntire
Alan Wallace
W. P. Russell
R.T. Sheppard
Mary Dell
Blessed Sacrament Academy
Charlotte -Broadus
Watch Hill
Rhode Island
Mrs. Pinkney Pruitt
Charlotte, N. C
Daugh
Decatur Laymen Hear Boyd Hargraves On It Can Happen Here
The Decatur Methodist Laymen's League met at Central Methodist Church with J. W. Darrah presiding and Sam Malone Jr as secretary. Guests from surrounding areas attended, followed by a banquet hosted by the Central Methodist Society of Christian Service. Boyd Hargraves of Chattanooga delivered a stirring address on the dangers of war and religious laxity, urging stronger lay Christian work and noting June 8 as Laymen's Day. Dr. Pitts closed the gathering with prayer.
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Decatur Methodist Laymen’s League
J. W. Darrah
Sam Malone
Central Methodist. Church
Decatur
Central Methodist Society of Christian Service
Church School
United States
Darrah
Boyd Hargraves
Methodist
Chattanooga
Hargraves
Congressional Committee
Europe
Asia
Jesus Christ
Crete Battle Seen as Key Yet Not Decisive
The piece argues Crete’s fall would not end the Eastern Mediterranean struggle but would boost German operations by securing a critical base and Suez access. It notes heavy German losses in transport planes and parachutists, stressing the impact on future invasions of Britain and overall campaign costs.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Crete
Mediterranean
Greece
Hitler
British Isles
England
Supply Pastor to Arrive Next Month
Edwin Roehrs of St. Louis, a seminary graduate due June 6, is expected to arrive mid June to serve as supply pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran church during Rev. E. T. Town’s leave of absence. Town will direct religious and reception centers for Lutheran churches near army training camps.
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Edwin Roehrs
St. Louis
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
E. T. Town
Lutheran Church
Irwin Moore Wedding Guests Arrive in New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, returns here to attend the Irwin Moore wedding next week hosted by Miss Harriet Irwin. Mrs. Ernest Edgar Jr of Mobile plans to arrive Friday for her brother Terry Locklin Moore Jr's wedding.
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Ferdi Pointer
Montgomery
Mr. Pointer
New Orleans
Harriet Irwin
Irwin- Moore
Ernest Edgar, Jr
Mobile
Terry Locklin. Moore, Jr
Postman's Holiday Colum Tells of Axt’s Golf Walks
In Washington D C on May 29 Private Philip L Axt of the 34th Infantry spends his leave walking near the Forest Lake Golf Course hoping to add two Carolina titles to his amateur list.
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Colum , D. C
Philip L. Axt
34Th Infantry
Forest Lake
Carolina
Exercises for the Legs and Calf Shaping
A health note promotes leg workouts through calisthenics to balance proportions and improve walking. It advises starting with measurements of knee calf and ankle, setting realistic timelines, proper posture, high leg lifts, rope jumping, and bicycle pedal motions while ensuring muscle engagement from hip to calf.
City approves street improvements on multiple Decatur avenues
An ordinance authorizes grading and concrete curb and gutter for extensive paving on 4th Street North 8th to 6th, 6th Avenue West 2nd to 4th, and many surrounding streets in Decatur Alabama. It outlines roadway widths, drainage, sidewalks, and assessment of costs to abutting property owners.
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4Th Street
8Th Avenue
6Th Avenue
2Nd Street
Moulton Street
8Rd Avenue
1St Avene
4Th Avenue
2Nd Avenue
3Rd Street
Wilson Avenue
Market Street
3Rd Avenue
7Th Street
6Th Street
11Th Street
7Th Avenue
9Th Street
10Th Street
16Th Avenue
Grant Street
Tower Avenue
Jackson Street
Somerville Road
Wadsworth Street
Riverview Avenue
19Th Avenue
4Rd Street
1St Avenue
Holly Street
Ferry Street
5Th Avenue
South Avenue
8Rd Street
Std’ Avenue West
Sid Street
4Th Avenue West
6Th
7Th
8Th Avenues
7Th Avenue West
Gordon Drive
16Th A
Ceasevine
Maple Street
Market’ Street
Columbia Circle
Wadaworth Street
Olive Street
Annd Wadaworth Street
Watter
Gordon Prive
4Th Avenue Weat
Sth Avenue Weat
J. W. Goodwin Engineering Company
Birmingham
Alabama
Plate Luncheons and Garden Salads for Entertaining
A recipe style note outlines simple garden salads with lettuce cucumber tomato and onions plus a dressings method. It lists a day menu including poached eggs baked bean sandwiches catfish potatoes and garden salad with French dressing and bread. It promotes Meta Given's Plate Luncheons booklet available for 10 cents with a 3 cent stamp to plan future entertaining.
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Meta Given
Meta
Decoration Pattern by Laura Wheeler Embroidery
A home decoration pattern by Laura Wheeler Embroidery with materials list requires sending ten cents in coin to Needlecraft Dept. 2 Eighth Avenue New York NY. Include pattern number name and address in plain writing.
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Eighth Avenue
New York
City to hear protests on street improvements in Decatur
The city plans curb and guttering and driveways with costs split between federal Works Progress Administration and Decatur, Alabama. Assessments will be charged to abutting property and a public meeting is set for Sunday in May 1941 to hear remonstrances and objections.
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Works Project Administration
Decatur
Alabama
Widow seeker seeks wealthy bachelor three-time married
The Observer reports a classified ad from a Moultrie woman seeking a widower or bachelor. She prefers someone with money and notes she has been married three times but has not been without a husband for more than 13 months at a stretch.
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Moultrie
The
Observer
Advertiser
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Washington, D.C
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Lula Wade
S. E. Winter
W. H. Winton
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Auburn
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Raleigh, N. C
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