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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1933
Page
4
The nineteenth annual convention of the First District A F W C was hosted at the First Methodist Church in Tuscumbia on October 14. Delegates heard reports, viewed an art exhibit, and honored winners including the Louise Jones gavel and poetry award to Miss Mary Wallace Kirk.
The Decatur Garden Club will gather Tuesday at 3 30 p m at West Moulton Street residence of Mrs P Gilchrist for a business meeting open to all interested. A quiet ceremony united Miss Pauline Gilliland and Olen Wesley Sanders with Rev J D Pickens officiating at Southside Baptist Church. They plan to live in Decatur where the groom works at Central Market. Also note wedding on Saturday Miss Lucy Stewart wed Mr Joseph Clarke Sutton at the pastor's home with Rev J D Pickens officiating. The couple reside on Eleventh Avenue West. The Wednesday Eight to visit Mrs T C Chandler Wednesday afternoon at her McNeill Apartments home.
Mr. and Mrs W R Johnson and son visited Elkton Tenn. Mrs F Perry left for Kansas to be at her ill mother. Mr Valentine and son moved to the Gardner Duplex East Vine street. Guests included Frances Thornton Betty Lou Apperson M G Farley and Nore Gillespie. Henry Cullom visited his son Henry Jr in Columbia Tenn. Harris family spent weekend in Columbia. Leroy McEntire and son visited Birmingham for a football game. Green Collier Neeson and Rolfe drove to Birmingham for a brief visit. Jos Burleson and Henry Oullom were noted in activity.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B Reeder hosted a large Halloween themed dance on South Beaty Street Athens with couples from the area invited. The event served a midnight plate of delicacies and doubled as a farewell before the Reeders leave for Oklahoma.
Jr. of C. M. A. and families in Columbia Tennessee and nearby towns hosted weekend guests. Numerous visitors from Florence Hartselle Birmingham and Louisville attend events in Montgomery for grand chapter O E S. Several members and relatives are noted visiting or recovering from illnesses with travel plans and school connections.
Readers are reminded that The Daily reserves the right to accept or reject any communication. Submissions should be limited to no more than 300 words and must be suitable for publication.
William Dennis was confined to the house during the past week suffering from a severe illness. He is now able to be out.
A reflective prose piece urges readers to view life as a mysterious but beautiful ascent. It emphasizes interdependence, compassion for others, and the moral reward of helping fellow humans as one pursues meaning and virtue. The author quotes Christine Gosling on service and reward.
Rev Ross G Ninness preached on Hell to a large congregation last night with services continuing this week at 7 PM He will preach tonight on Peace as interest grows at each service.
W C Spain a well farmer from Somerville Route 2 was a business visitor in Decatur on Saturday.
The Tennessee river remained stationary today with a river gauge at two feet recorded at seven o clock.
The article praises SISTER MARYS KITCHENS simple economical meals using corn cereals with milk for nourishment. It explains hominy and cornmeal varieties, their processing, vitamin content differences between yellow and white corn, and notes meals with a sample menu including breakfast lunch and dinner.
The article notes corn and wheat have similar dietary properties and that dried hominy should soak and cook long in ample water. It provides a recipe for Hog and Hominy featuring one cup hominy grits, four cups water, salt, and four sausage cakes, with steps to boil, double boiler cook, overnight reheat, and serve with butter and sausage.
More than 1 000 Alabama Eastern Star members begin their 33rd annual session at the Masonic Temple Montgomery. State officers include Effie Moore Birmingham Ethel Garri son Ashland Florence Newson Montgomery Mary Youngs Montgomery. Guests honored with breakfast and visits to the Masonic Home before a banquet and closing business meetings hosted by the Montgomery chapter.
The Alger Sullen Lumber Company donated 80 acres to Alabama state for the Little River state park. State forester Col Page S Bunker says the total park area reaches 1120 acres. The site is slated for a Civilian Conservation Corps camp this winter. Twenty acres of the new addition hold flowering dogwood and include three springs, one large enough to supply water for a village.
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