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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1944

Page

5

Circle and Berean Club Meetings Highlight Local Society

First Methodist W S C S Circles met with multiple hostesses and members, studying The Call and The Answer, led by Mrs. J E Stone and others. The Berean Club opened its year with president Mrs H F Sherrod, planning three musical concerts and a year of faith studies.

Circle One R. E. Coffee G. R. Mason Gordon Sherard J. E. Stone A. A. Nungester Reid Sherard, Jr F. K. Gamble A. J. Harris Norman Harris R. M. Howell Robin Thomas Circle Four J. T. Jones S. H. Malone Berean Club H. F. Sherrod Abraham W. F. Rauschenberg John Nelson Seneca Burr Rayburn Neville J. D. Bush J. W. Darrah F.,.k.gamble Eugene R. Guy

Powder Choices Reflect Skin Type and Older Roles

A fashion advice piece discusses selecting complexion powder for dry oily and light skins and advises adjustments by age and diet. It contrasts makeup use with broader social observations on wives and working men, noting empathy and potential reform in handling lazy partners.

Dorothy Dix on a Lazy Husband and a Wife’s Pride

A Dorothy Dix column laments husbands who fail to earn and provide. It highlights a wife’s loss of respect when a man cannot stand with other men, borrowings and meals handled by others damage pride, and a marriage dissolves when a wife loses admiration and the family bears the burden.

Harry G. Rice Louisville Mary Esther Everett E. Gifford Durand Wisconsin Douglas Georgia St. Andrew's Episcopal,church Alex B. Hanson Aubrey Williams Joseph Barnby Mendelssohn John Hanson James Lillich Curtis Helgerson Gifford A C Gifford Wallace Gifford Durand, Wise Ithy Mother Endell

Society Notes: Local Bridegroom Grooms Party Attire

Miss Jane Pirtle and several acquaintances celebrate a social occasion. The bridg on this occasion wore a pastel woolen dress with brown shoes.

Jane Pirtle Thomas Stevenson Rosemary Liebert J. H. McMath Beard Irwin

Mrs Jimmy Edwards Improves After Operation at Decatur General

Mrs. Jimmy Edwards is improving at Decatur General hospital after an operation on Monday.

Jimmy Edwards Decatur General Hospital

No, they did not deserve this burden of hunger

A dated syndicated aside argues that women endure hardship after marriage to support idle husbands, urging wives to bear the burden and work harder while men loaf.

John Tom Percy New York Charlie

Plans completed for Sparkman family reunion at Oak Ridge

Plans were completed for the Sparkman West Roberts family reunion to be held Sunday at Oak Ridge. Rev Thelmer Vaughn will preach at eleven o'clock and Bob Sparkman of Italy Texas will speak at 130 o'clock. A large attendance is anticipated.

Sparkman

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