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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1946

Page

6

Society Notes Highlight Miss Whitman Bridal Event

Mrs. B. M. Bloodworth and Mrs. Stewart Jr hosted a Coca-Cola morning party at Hartsville in honor of Miss Marthe Lillian Whitman, bride-elect of Charles Hill Taul of Smithville Missouri. Guests enjoyed colonial bouquets, green and white decor, and a buffet reception.

Miss Whitman Om. Stewart Jr Marthe Lillian Whitman Charles Hill Taul Smithville Stewart Hartselle John Roberts Nunn Juanita John Chase Geralding Masterson Chase Kenosha Wisc Horace Lamon Wiley R. Cox Jr Charles Murphy Warren Shérrow Hill Woodard, Jr Maxine McCutcheon Constance Peerson Mary Stuart Terrell Jacqueline Johnson Mary Magdalene Hulme Sarah Coleman Ann Kimbrough Peggy Wilds Jerry Wallace William Simmons

Pattern 4508 Sewing Pattern and Fashion Book Offer

Slimming lines emphasize comfort for Pattern 4508 with set-in belt option and straight down line buttons. Sizes 12 through 48 listed and sewing price details plus an Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book offer. Also mentions a wedding reception scene with a three course menu and gifts for the bride to be.

Decatur Daily Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y Anne Adams

Important Meeting of Spinsters Club in June

The Spinsters Club will hold its June meeting Monday at 7:30 P.M. at the home of Miss Martha Dinsmore. The notice lists local residents and visitors including Mrs. R. E. Coffee and relatives in town for the occasion.

Spinsters Club Martha Dinsmore

Personalities and Travels Highlight Local Notices

Mr and Mrs J R Daniels leave for Mary Esther and Fort Walton Fla and plan return Tuesday of next week. Mr and Mrs Rex Pof enjoy a week visiting various points and spend another week in Mary Esther Fla. Mr and Mrs Donald Branum and daughter Barbara return from Memphis Tenn after Barbara's eye operation. Mary Nelle Mitchell of Birmingham arrives today to visit Lisa Edwards.

J. R. Daniels Mary Esther Fort Walton Fla Rex Pof Mary Esther Donald Branum Barbara Memphis Tenn Mary Nelle Mitchell Birmingham Lisa Edwards Eeee

Reorganization Plan Aims to Modernize Congress

La Follette urges streamlined procedures to cut waste and delays, proposing about 12 million dollars in annual savings. He argues that modernized machinery will ease budget pressures and improve routine operations while noting reforms alone cannot solve all government challenges.

Congress la Follette United States Congressional

Lip and Facial Expressions Reflect Your Disposition

The text links mouth shape to character, urging a smiling habit to project kindness. It contrasts dour everyday critics with cheerful people, noting repeated lines, sagging chin tissues, and facial wear from negative attitudes. Positive dispositions supposedly yield radiance and resilient lip muscles.

Rewriting Rules to Boost Congress and Sight as Brain Process

The text argues revising outdated rules and upgrading facilities to revitalize the national legislature, speed postwar problem solving, and restore faith in democracy. It also asserts sight is a brain process dependent on normal nervous system reactions.

Congress

Italy Votes on Monarchy or Republic in Referendum

Rome reports that 28 million voters were urged by King Umberto II to choose the constitutional solution in a referendum on Sunday. Falcone Lucifero, minister of the royal house, said the king wanted citizens to vote their consciences for Italy’s future.

Rome Italy Falcone Lucifero Umberto II

Dorothy Dix Dear Miss. A conflicted wife and a troublesome suitor

A wife fears leaving home for her Navy husband who neglects finances and lives with unwelcoming in laws. Dorothy Dix advises she stay with her mother and job, while her husband earns no real benefits, hoping he becomes practical. The second reader asks how to handle girls contacting a 17-year-old student musician, seeking a courteous way to end calls.

Dix Navy Merchant Marines Aroum Miss DIX

Teen romance advice column and social tips

A Bell Syndicate note discusses how a young musician should handle attention from girls. A Dear Miss Dix column explores why teenage boys date older girls and how breaks with boyfriends arise when those boys prefer older companions.

Miss DIX

Three Teenagers Discuss First Sweethearts

A remark states that almost all boys' first sweethearts are their teachers due to a lingering mother complex. The passage argues the preference stems mainly from older girls rather than teachers themselves.

Mobile man killed in second hit and run in a week

Mobile county authorities report the second hit-and-run death in a week. John L. Hardin, 28, of Mobile, was found dead on U S highway 42 near Semmes with an abandoned, slightly damaged car nearby as investigators seek if it is the vehicle involved.

Mobile Mobile County John L. Hardin Semmes Hardin

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B. M. Bloodworth Britain Miss Britain Raymond Britain Jane Britain James Meadows Danville Road O. C. Parker Columbia Wallace Meadows Margaret Ann Yarbrough Edward Meadows Earl Foster Modie Hough John B. Hampton Florence Lovelace Kathleen McGlathery Claude Barwood Paul Rodenhauser Charles Harvey Virginia Ann Foster J. A. Meadows Sr H. L. Davidson Ees Nashville R. E. Coffee Graves Pettey Fog. Brown Richard Coffee University of Alabama Charles H. Eyster Jr William _Eyster Charles H. Eyster Ramona Turner Austinville Allan Jones Knoxville Lynn Lumsden Tuscaloosa Horace Dryden William _Berrett Kessler Bill Hubert— Jr Montgomery H.H. May Mrs. Maytss Z. K. Goode Detroit, Mich Pauline Greer T.v—A Paris H. Reid Sherard Jr Germany W. E. Crawford California Points West Joseph Symes New Bedford Mass Nantucket Island Frank Malcolm Martin Florence Turner Memphis, Tenn Earl Alverson Washington and Lee University Messrs Alverson and Martin W. and L. Ies David Perkins Jr Clearwater, Fla Ben F. Martin Sr Billy Hine Mrs Butler P. A. Hine ExTe Causo Mille R. B. Graves Jer Dan Libby Chase & Sanborn Coffee Vienna Margaret Truman George Washington University Washington Helen Follett Ethel Smith Sally Wilson Ave Palmolive Fryers Dorothy DIX Dorothy Olx Bition Goidel’s Drug Store American Beauty Greenhouse W. Moulton ST Superior Cleaners Lee ST the Beauty Bar Beauty & Bath Salon Turkish and Mineral Baths Moulton Cole Moye Health Loyd’s Drug Store Phowf Chest of Drawers Bank Street Decatur
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