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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1944

Page

5

Sub Deb Dance Hosts at Valley Country Club Night

The Sub-Debs and subs hosted a Monday night dance at the Valley Country Club. Roses and colored lights decorated the club while a local orchestra played. The event featured many Sub Deb members with escorts, plus a list of attendees and social notices about upcoming gatherings and campus concerts.

The Valley Country Club Sub Deb Betty Simmons Frank Wiley Betty Ware Wyatt Sidney Chenault Shirley Braswell Paul Blackwell Sue Emens Billy Tay Paul Yarbrough Barbara Hale Ben Summers Betty Jean Gasaway Ray Frederick Mimi Jones Dan Speake Earle Joyce Lee Richard Marlar Marie Ryan A. J. Coleman Jr Nancy Wilson Billy MacFerguson Willie Royce Collier Butler Hine Jr Martha Ann Gregg Charles Burt Beverly Hodges Jimmy Fite

Hay vs Grain Nutrition in Livestock Feed

Good quality hay provides about two thirds as many digestible nutrients as grain or feed mixes. This comparison highlights tradeoffs between forage and concentrate feeding for livestock diets.

Flower print cross stitch pattern sale

You can purchase a transfer pattern of spray 13 by 19 inches with a color chart and directions. The offer includes a needlework pattern booklet of linens and garments for fifteen cents and an extra catalog for fifteen cents more, sent to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York.

Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N. Y

Good Manners and Personal Charm in Society

A lifestyle primer on elegance stressing posture, restraint, and dignified conduct over mere clothes. It urges graceful carriage, controlled voice, and courteous behavior as essential to real charm, plus a Dorothy Dix column condemning suicide as cowardly and urging men to work for their families.

Dorothy DIX The Bell Syndicate

Adultery Sin In Both Sexes In Dorothy Dix Advice

Dorothy Dix discusses marital fidelity noting adultery harms both spouses equally. She urges the husband to examine his own conduct before judging his wife and suggests forgiveness, reconciliation, and renewed marriage vows. The column also dismisses old beliefs that women must wait for proposals and argues for honest emotion.

Starch From Corn and Sorghum Used as Tap Substitute

A sticky starch made from corn and sorghum is described as a substitute for tapeosa. The text notes its use in certain applications where adhesive properties are required.

Anne Adams pattern offers easy sew designs for busy lives

Today's Pattern from Anne Adams sells pattern 4827 for misses and women sizes up to 44 with wide yardage. The ad touts ease of construction, left or right orientation, and a twenty cent price plus a larger 32 page pattern book for fifteen more cents with a free pattern inside.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept Westith St New York N.Y

Milk Output From Morgan Limestone Counties Noted

During the past month 929 Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone county farmers delivered 927.28 pounds of milk to the Decatur cheese plant. The record shows 910 Morgan county producers, 217,605 pounds from Limestone, and fewer from Lawrence. F W Burns notes April was excellent and May should show increase.

Morgan, Lawrence Limestone County Decatur B. G Hall Morgan—county Lawrence F. W. Burns

Largest WAC contingent arrives in Naples for Mediterranean duty

Naples reports the arrival of 32 officers and 357 enlisted women, the largest WACS contingent ever sent to the Mediterranean. About half of the group will proceed to stations in the Middle East, bringing total Mediterranean strength to nearly 3,000.

Naples WACS Mediterranean United States Middle East

Rate increase suspended in Alabama freight tariffs

The Alabama Public Service Commission suspended until January 1 1945 the freight rate increases that had been authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1942.

Montgomery Alabama Public Service Commission Interstate Commerce Commission

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Lillian Houser Bonnie Parks Jerry“ Wal Jack Thomason Frances Milton West James Sellers Wanda del Mitchell Florence Miss Wyatt Louis Stickney Jr S. T. Rollo Somerville Road School Grieg Mona Ray Kelley Alan McBride Herman Weston Anne Adele Tucker Eleanor Chenault Sandra Davis Marian Bloodworth Ella Darwin Davis Beverly Smith Dora Lucile Clark Carolyn Sue Odom Mary Faye Hunter Linda Breeding Maxie Dean Pickens Marjorie Claire Cain Patsy Morgan Elizabeth Calvin Josephine Tyler Martha Porter Bailey Stanley Valgene Stanley Atlanta John C. Bragg Sim Lovelady William S. Kirby Mrs. Stanley Miss Hartshorne C. H. Eyster Kathryn Hartshorne New York City Philip Pointer Owen Watson Eufaula Ala Watson C. B. Bartee Trinity Mountain T. M. Jones, Jr McClure Louise Ham Bernice McClure Birmingham Knoxville, Tenn Lord —Lively Aran Annie Sue Cain C. M.A Columbia, Tenn Loyd Lively Jr R. E. Oliver West Palm Beach, Fla Monteagle, Tenn Charles Orr Hartselle Decatur General Hospital Otto” Jones R. C. Hewes Lynn and Bobby Marcia Green Corinth Miss T. G. Morrow W.T. Crawford Baileyton Route 2 W. J. Briscoe Yonkers Jessie Mae Tolleson William Stone W. H. Phillips Elexis Jane Berkeley California Grady Phillips Will Phillips Savannah Tenn Luke Sellers Oakland Cal Alameda Air Base T. H. Henry Memphis Wless Stokes Robertson Jackson, Miss Gene Fair Mississippi Mrs la Vene Terrace Apartments Nona Fort Jones Nashville Martha Stahlman Bill Stone, Jr Jackson Street Esther Morris Bristol Sullins College Pat Nelson Detroit Mich Henry A. Richeson Henry, Jr Chattanooga, Tenn Emile M. Neville Eighth Avenue West Richeson W. F. Boswell, Jr Sant Birmingam Helene Curtis Evelyn’s Beauty Shop Over Speake 2Nd Avenue Thayer Baby Shumake Bank Street Reeder McClure U. S. Army Air Corps Alabama College Montevallo By Laura Wheeler Bran Goidel Anderson Business College Grant Building Helen Follett Benny Venuta Pot Dorothy Om Miss DIX Gladys Moye Leo Palmist Highway 31 Lily Charme Cae Fr Fas Tequest Guidel’s Drug Store Belk’s Donmoor Bayon Longies Belk Oxfords Little Boys North Alabama Belks K. T W. W. Glass, E. C R. T. Sheppard Rec
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