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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1933

Page

4

Presbyterian Auxiliaries Meet in Circles at Homes

Women of First Presbyterian and Central Baptist circles gather Monday afternoon for devotionals, mission discussions, and penny-a-day offerings. Circle leaders include Mrs. Kirby and Mrs. Bloodworth. proceeds support church deficit funds and mission boards amid social hours and refreshments.

Presbyterian F. H. Kirby First Presbyterian Church H. Wilds East Walnut Street Ben Bloodworth Circle Three E. C. Shaw E. W. Méieod Ghaw B. Bartee First Christian Church S. M. Thompson Circle Treasury Thompson J. B. Harlow

Charity Circle Socials Highlight Monthly Gathering

Mrs. Nona Aldrich hosted a East Gordon Drive event with a club trophy awarded to R. L. Maury among three trihales in a refined supper setting. Circle meetings at First Methodist and First Christian churches reported strong attendance and plans for bazaars and a Country Store on November 1.

Central Methodist Socerty W. G. Pride Ruby Carswell Graves Millinery Carswell Levitarius

Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets for Women Ad

Modern medicine for periodic pain relief and prevention. Not just a pain killer but a medical tonic marketed to address female troubles. Sold by druggists with 50 cent size.

Lydia E. Pinkham

Circle Three Meeting and Social Draws Members and Guests

Circle Three met with Mrs J J Rose hosting and fall flowers brightening the home. The group sang My Faith Looks Up To Thee and heard Bible study on Joshua. A social hour followed with Dorothy Adkins singing, and a Silver Tea plans discussion occurred.

George Williamson Circle One First Methodist Missionary Society Jesus Lover S. D. Johnson C. E. Timberlake L. J. Ramage Lipscomb J. G. Finley Circle Two D. D. McGehee R.E. Hewlett James Duncan Redding Emens Murray King L. G. Sturdivant G. R. Mason Circle Three J. J. Rose C. D. Patterson W. F. Rauschenberg J. H. Brannum Black Joseph Roy Hendrix A. H. Nabors Phillip Humphrey Lether Smith Roy Odom Bailey Oscar Napps Emerson McCulloch Sittason Humphrey Nallie Bobbitt Haslett

Boxer to marry Mrs Madeline Dick in Paris wedding

Italian heavyweight Enzo Fiermonte announces plans to wed Mrs Madeline Dick widow of John Jacob Astor. He will leave boxing for the ceremony after arriving in New York from Bermuda where she is recovering from a broken arm. The couple intends a Paris wedding once she recovers.

Enzo Fiermonte Madeline Dick John Jacob Astor New York Bermuda

Slim Sum merville and ZaSu Pitts at Princess in Her First Mate

Slim Sum merville and ZaSu Pitts star in Her First Mate at the Princess theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. Amateur artists can mail or bring in drawings to resemble the pair for a chance at guest tickets. winners posted on a theatre board. The comedy team, husband and wife, delivers a farcical plot drawn from a Broadway play with Craven and Merkel.

Slim Summerville Zasu Pitts Princess Theatre Slim Long Island Sound ZaSu Frank Craven Una Merkel

Personal notices from Birmingham readers date

Raymond Conley of Birmingham visits his parents J C and Mrs Conley. Mrs A Steinhart of Greenville arrives to spend winter with daughter Mrs W B Markstein. Charles C Johnson to Athens for Georgia NYU game weekend. Evelyn and Edward Hefner return from Knoxville for Alabama Tennessee game. Cy Graham confined to bed for four weeks. Elizabeth Rich with parents in Fort Davis. Katherine Haynes attends Knoxville wedding. Carl Watson wedding guest in Union Springs. Local couples Odo Smith guests J B Harlow two weeks. A B Rhea family to Nashville for new home. Leona Waugh at home with sister on Fifth Avenue. Mrs John Halbrooks visiting Birmingham. L C Parham family to move to E L Thomas apartments Johnston Street. Wilbur Couch returning to Nashville after Shelbyville stay. wife joining later.

Cy Graham Grant Street

Surprise Numbers Planned For Sing

Community sing to be convened Thursday night at Fairview Baptist Church at 7 o clock. Surprise quartet and duet numbers will be performed and the public is invited to attend.

Fairview Baptist Church

Jefferson County Singing Convention Planned at Cain Creek

The Jefferson county singing convention will convene at Cain Creek two miles west of Warrior next Sunday. A large number of singers from this section are expected to attend.

Jefferson County Cain Creek Warrior

Civil Service Exams Announced For Alabama Posts

The U S Civil Service Commission opens open competitive exams for senior and junior stenographers and typists with salaries from 1260 to 1620 dollars a year. Applications due November 7 1933 in Washington DC. Exams held in Decatur Anniston Birmingham Dothan Florence Gadsden Mobile Montgomery Selma and Tuscaloosa. Inquiries to H Yarbrough Decatur post office.

United States Civil Service Commission Washington, D. C Alabama Decatur Anniston Birmingham Dothan Florence Gadsden Mobile Montgomery Selma Tuscaloocca H. Yarbrough

Choir Banquet Planned for Central Baptist Seniors

Plans are in place for a banquet Friday night November 3 honoring the senior choir members of Central Baptist Church.

The Central Baptist Church

Wood for R F C men available in Decatur

It was announced that all R F C workers in Decatur may order firewood for winter from the courthouse welfare office. Elmer Bussey donated timber from a 20 acre tract on Somerville road. About 40 workers are cutting and will distribute 16 inch logs as applications arrive.

R. F.C Decatur Genercelty Elmer Bussey Austinville Somerville Road

Attendance urged for Morgan County trustees opening day

Miss Ola Barnard attendance supervisor asks Morgan County school trustees to ensure every child enrolls on opening day and to monitor regular attendance. She emphasizes keeping children in school as vital for learning and notes that steady attendance yields lasting knowledge gains.

Ola Barnard Morgan County Caoctghan Omais

Busy Week For Presiding Elder Sturdivant Faces Conference

Dr. L. G. Sturdivant presiding elder of the Decatur district enters a busy week as the annual conference date nears. He oversees meetings, preaching services, and administrative duties ahead of the gathering.

L. G. Sturdivant Decatur

Picnic Supper For Jr. Choir Planned

Members of the junior choir at Central Baptist church will enjoy a picnic supper Friday night. All members were invited to attend and about 75 are expected.

Central Baptist Church

Business trip brings T J Jones home from Birmingham

T J Jones of the Decatur Ice and Coal Company has returned from a business trip to Birmingham, reporting on recent markets and potential shipments.

T. J. Jones The Decatur Ice and Coal Company Birmingham

Budget Wise Kitchen Rules for Low Income Families

A guide on nourishing affordable meals citing food value basics and budgeting tips. It discusses dividing the weekly food allowance into portions for fruits vegetables milk bread meats cereals and fats emphasizes cereals dried fruits and root vegetables and highlights cheese and fish as economical protein sources.

U. S. Food Administration

Tomorrow's Meisu Menu Feature

Breakfast includes chilled tomato juice, creamed cereal with dates, toast, milk, coffee. Luncheon offers potato and parsley soup, toasted cheese sandwiches, apple sauce, molasses bars, milk, tea. Dinner lists barley soup, rye bread and butter, beets, potatoes baked and stuffed, shredded cabbage, pepper salad, dried apricot, whipped cream.

W H Gregory Offers Data On Cotton Loan Program

The article outlines producer liability under the 1934 cotton loan plan, conditions for government sale, consent requirements from interested parties, and selling terms with brokers or cooperatives, plus a contact to W H Gregory, county agent, at Hartselle.

Secretary of Agriculture New Orleans Co-Operative W. H. Gregory Hartselle

Also Mentioned on This Page

Central Baptist Ww. M. 5 E. M. Lee Mission Board Car! Sones A.L. Prasier Elbert Weaver E. T. Cunningham J. F. Smith P. Sandlin Betty Burleson Kirkland Hardy Circle Four Jeddy Ryan Johnston Street Ryan Forrest Hosey Clifford Knight Wade Wright Methodist Berean Club Carnegie Library First Baptist Society East LaFayette Street First Baptist W. M Central Methodist Circles Thelma Jarvis Philadelphia Clem & Scott Beauty Parlor Colgate Goidel Dick Fennell Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Fennell Boxer Mrs. Dick Cannou the Lovebirds Summerville Raymond Conley Mrs J. C. Conley A. Steinhart Greenville, Ala W. B. Markstein Charles C. Johnson Athens Evelyn Hefner Edward Hefner Knoxville Tenn Elizbeth Rich Fort Davis Ala Katherine Haynes Union Springs Carl Watson Knoxville, Tenn Ike Scheer James Arthur Garnet Larkin Levin Carrie Jones Olney, II Odo Smith A. B. Rhea Nashville Leona Waugh Mrs. Winton Fifth Avenue South John Halbrooks Elmo Martin Wilbur Couch Shelbyville Mr. Couch Mrs. Couch Civil Service Elmery Jr. Choir Phe Julia Boyd Park Avenue N. Y Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau N.Y Sister Mary’s Sister Mary Nea Special Service Bureau Eighth Ave New York, N. Y Decatur Daily Commercial Print Department Princess Ann Harding Double Harme Hon Stephenson Iline Mitzi Shelton And Summerville and Pitts Gim
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