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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1952

Page

5

Local social notes from Lawrence County events

Miss Doris Voss visited home from Bessemer. D J Filyaw of South Carolina visited J W Densmore and Manor Filyaw. Joe Cahela of Bessemer visited friends and relatives. Ellis Terry of Austinville visited B J Cabela family. Mr and Mrs Alvis Carrol stayed with Leroy Richerson. Herod Terry left for Houston with wife to join later. Chalybeate Home Demonstration club to meet next with Mrs Luther Bryant.

Doris Voss Bessemer D. J. Filyaw South Carolina J. W. Densmore Manor Filyaw Joe Cahela Ellis Terry Austinville B. J. Cabela Terry Alvis Carrol Leroy Richerson Herod Terry Houston Texas Chalybeate Home Demonstration Club Luther Bryant

Dear Miss Dix: Trust and truth in a troubled engagement

A reader asks if confidence was betrayed by a fiancé who lied about money and work. The columnist explains most people lie in varying degrees, notes bragging as deception, and suggests the groom’s lack of family ties and need for love shaped his behavior.

Miss DIX Mona F. S

Paper price hike prompts SNPA call to cut costs

Chattanooga reports the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association urges Canadian newsprint producers to reconsider a proposed $10 per ton increase. If adopted, publishers will cut costs with narrower rolls, less news content, and reduced marginal circulation.

Chattanooga Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Board of Directors SNPA Southern Newspaper Publishers, Association

Dear Miss Dix and Advice Columns on Family, Friendship

The text presents multiple advice columns about love, deception, family dynamics, and loneliness. It discusses judging a partner by wealth, creating a home, and a 13 year old seeking female friends, advising self discipline and loyalty. It ends with a couple seeking to adopt a daughter and criticism of the idea.

Miss DIX

Appeal Planned by Times-Picayune Nation News

The Times-Picayune plans to appeal a U S district court ruling that it violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by forcing advertisers to buy space in both its newspapers The firm will seek high court review of the decision and its advertising practices in New Orleans.

New Orleans Times- Picayune U. S Times-Picayune Publishing Company High Court

First Methodist Vacation School Opens June 2

First Methodist will hold a church vacation school from June 2 to June 13, meeting daily 9 to 11 a.m. Activities include study courses arts and crafts and recreation for four departments. Staff includes beginners Mrs Woltmann Sherard Avery Jones, primaries Mrs Hall Davis Russell, juniors Mrs Harris Durham, intermediates Mrs Coley Wood McGwier, director Mrs Kenton and co directors Mrs King and Mrs Ed Price.

First Methodist Paul Woltmann Reid Sherard Troy Avery Joe G. Jones Lilbourne Hall C. T. Davis Noble Russell Julian Harris Bob Durham Jack Coley Jack Wood Vernon McGwier C. B. Kenton Murray. King Ed Price

Bloodmobile Visit to Falkville June 4

Seven communities join Red Cross bloodmobile at Falkville school gymnasium June 4. Community chairmen include Falkville Thomas Teague Massey Price Bryant Lacon Jerry Hart Eva Sherrel Vinson Cedar Creek Elbert Young Leesdale Bill Fricke Cove Springs C. H. Crowe.

Red Cross Bloodmobile Falkville School Gymnasium Falkville Thomas Teague Massey Price Bryant Lacon Jerry Hart Eva Sherrel Vinson Cedar Creek Elbert Young Leesdale Bill Fricke Cove Springs C. H. Crowe

Miss Marjorie MacDougall Tops Class of Nurses in Bed

Charlotte town Prince Edward Island Hospital honors Miss Marjorie MacDougall who led her nursing class while confined to bed for three months by rheumatic fever. She received the award in bed.

Charlottetown P.elpi Marjorie MacDougll Prince Edward Island Hospital

Adoption Dilemma and Advice Prompt

A newspaper column argues there is no bias in single sex families and urges adoption to help childless couples. It warns a reputable agency may reject a family with a preference for a daughter and cites Dorothy Dix guidance in leaflet D-10.

Dorothy Dix Miss Dix

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Lawrence County Moose Home E. Moulton Schick Conti Castile Shampoo Fann Sceigies Noreen Colgate HALO Veto Deodorant DR. Lyons Usterin Pin Nese Gillette Ishing W.T. Grant Second Ave Muriel Nissen Rhoda M. M Bloodmobile Fisk Ance Decatur Johnston St Service
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