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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1944

Page

5

Central Garden club hosts rose themed meeting at Cottingham home

The Central Garden club met at East Gordon Drive with Mrs. T. J. Cottingham hosting and Mrs. Vernon McGwier presiding. Rose and chrysanthemum topics dominated the program with musical selections and a show of yearbooks showcasing floral designs.

Central Garden Club T. J. Cottingham East Gordon Drive Vernon McGwier T. G. Henry Francis E. Lester Redding Emens Thomas Moore Reichardt MacDowell John Nelson McGwier Floyd Smith R. B. Bagley T. C. Almon T.C. Almon R.B

Personal notices from Selma and Birmingham area

Mrs. Paul Vaughn of Selma visits her mother and sister. Robert Nunn of New Orleans visits grandparents. Mrs. Gilbert Key travels to Camp Shelby to join husband. Bob Newsom transfers to San Diego naval base. Bobby Catlett heads to Great Lakes for naval training. Seema Mrs. D. M. Carr visits Birmingham. Mrs. H. L. Huff recuperates in Colonial apartments. Miss Virginia Carswell spends weekend in Birmingham. Mrs. H. O. Troup in Birmingham. Plus household tips on softening sugar and cleaning milk bottles.

Gilbert Key John Martin Birmingham Camp Shelby Miss Bobby Catlett Great Lakes Great Lakes, Ill Seema

Dolls Wardrobe Pattern 4788 for Various Doll Sizes

Anne Adams offers pattern 4788 for a complete doll wardrobe to thrill young girls this Christmas. The pattern fits dolls 12 to 22 inches and includes yardage details. Order by sending 20 cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept plus name address and style number. add 15 cents for the Anne Adams Fall and Winter Pattern Book.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept West

Figuring Out Your Silhouette

An article on female silhouette care urges use of properly fitted foundation garments and expert fitters to craft a neat figure. It stresses posture, exercise, and diet to maintain a strong musculature and youthful lines, noting trends and dangers of neglect.

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Dorothy Dix Advice on Self Esteem and Marriage

A reader seeks help for a sister with an inferiority complex caused by parental scolding about looks and glasses. Dorothy Dix urges reframing faults as minor, removing her from toxic home dynamics, and hosting small social events to meet eligible men. A second letter from Mary, 43, asks about marrying a 34 year old, with Dix noting age differences matter little when both are adults and choices should be personal.

Miss DIX Dorothy Parker

Mor gan District Scouters Hold Second Training Meeting

The Morgan District Scouters training session met at the Lyons Hotel. John G. Trip lett discussed the Personnel Job of Scouting. A round table on local council operation followed with reports from Tom Fitzpatrick Frank Yaney Alvis Briscoe Chas Howell W R Riley and Tom Reynolds. Ned Frazier led patrol methods training and Henry Howell received a Tenderfoot Scout with A J Coleman and Dick Still assisting. The next meeting is set for Thursday night October 26.

Morgan District Lyons Hotel John G. Tripplett Boy Scouts of America James Rankin Tom Fitzpatrick Frank Yaney Alvis Briscoe Chas Ed Howell W. R. Riley Tom Reynolds Morgan County Frank Chenault Tripplett Ned Frazier Henry Howell Mr. Howell A. J. Coleman Dick Still Chas. Syer Eugene Chenault

British Play Invasion Dominates London Front Pages

London editors react to reports of the Philippines invasion. The Evening News and The Star editorialize that Japan faces consequences for Pearl Harbor and must hold MacArthur's forces. Commons members pledge responsibility in the Far East as American GIs seek updates from papers.

London Philippines The Evening News Japan Pearl Harbor the Star Pacific MacArthur Commons Ellis Smith Alathorite Far East

Dear Dorote y Dix Letter on Short Skirts and Fashion

A reader asks why grown women in modern outfits pull skirts over their knees. Cynic reply blames God and notes most women lack the legs some men wish to see, wondering how skirts and scanties became prevalent.

Dorotey DIX God

Crochet set for hat and purse pattern 529

Quick crochet project to lift outfits with a hat and purse. Use knitting worsted and finish fast. Pattern 529 provides hat and purse stitches. send 15 cents for the pattern and catalog along with name and address to Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York 11 New York.

Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N. Y

Funeral Saturday for Mrs Nichols

Funeral services for Mrs. Raymond Nichols 32 who died Thursday at her Austinville home after a two week illness will be held at eleven Saturday morning at Browns Chapel with Rev. C E Calvert officiating.

Raymond Nichols Austinville Brown's Chapel C. E. Calvert

Memorial service details for Mrs Nichols noted

Interment will follow in a city cemetery with Brown directing. She is survived by her husband a son Donald Ra a daughter Joan her mother Estelle Crow a brother Austin Crow and a grandmother Be Crow and several other relatives. Pallbearers include Cooper Sam Hall Winston Ed Meinhart Aldean Manner Herman Roberts. Mrs Nichols belonged to the Austinville Baptist church. The family will arrange flowers through the funeral tutor.

If linens must fold then folds with froning continued breaks

The sentence discusses folding linens and suggests that continued folding during the froning process breaks linen threads. It presents a fragmented idea without clear context or named entities.

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