Society Events Highlight Memorial Drive Class and Community News
The Memorial Drive Methodist church Sunday School class enjoyed a barbecue supper at Woodall's with officers elected for the year. The Thursday Club hosted guests and awarded prizes at bridge, and Somerville Road P T A announced a Halloween Carnival at the school. Miss Wilma Jane Patterson was honored at a Hull 606 launching luncheon and served as sponsor at the October ceremony at Ingall's Shipbuilding Yards.
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Friendly Circle
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Woodall
Leonard Carl
R. P. Thompson
Morris Minor
A. L. Craig
C. P. Parker
T. M. Jones, Jr
Paul Wolfer
Boston
Mass
S. H. Wilds
T. C. Chandler
W. E. Kimbrough
C. B. Bartee
Jack Smallwood
Wolfer
W. P. Dozier
Miss Patterson
Wilma Jane Patterson
Cornelian Hotel
Ingall’s Shipbuilding Corporation
Ingall’s
Hough
Local Personal Notices From Florence and Decatur Area
Miss Mary Claire Randle travels from Fort Worth to Washington to join Air Corps HQ. Families visit for Florence Decatur football. cheerleaders from D H S attend. War Department confirms Charles Owens Rector reported missing is killed in action July 7. Mrs Rector and relatives visit Vernon Alabama. Sherrill Manor of Akron visits after Betty Jean Johnson’s death. Lt Henry J Zarek of Warrensburg, Missouri, staying a few days.
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Mary Claire Randle
R. B. Bagley
Fort Worth
Texas
Washington, D. C
Air Corps Headquarters
War Department
Charlie Owens Rector
U. S. Navy
Florence Richardson
J. O. Richardson
36Th Avenue North
Birmingham
Rector
Brown T. Johnson
34Th Avenue North
Vernon
Alabama
Sherrill
Akron
Ohio
Sherry Gayle
Betty Jean Johnson
Life size doll pattern offered by Needlework Dept
An advertisement details a life size 32 inch doll pattern with yarn hair and size 3 clothes, priced at fifteen cents. The offer includes a second pattern and a 32 page needlecraft catalog for an extra fifteen cents, with promo mail instructions to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York. Local notices mention Florence Decatur games and funeral attendance, plus social updates on residents and a ship launch in Mobile.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
New Manager Named for Roxy Theatre
Floyd Smith resident manager of Crescent Amusement Company announced Ray McCulloch, formerly Princess assistant manager, as the new Roxy theatre manager. McCulloch, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest McCulloch, has three years with the company.
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Floyd Smith
Crescent Amusement Company
Ray McCulloch
The
Princess
Roxy Theatre
Mr.McCulloch
Ernest McCulloch
Public education dominates U S schooling enrollment
About ninety percent of students in the United States attend public schools, reflecting the dominant role of public education in the national system.
Toning Midsection Muscles in Daily Exercise
Helen Follett urges every woman to focus on midsection toning. She describes torso twists, floor touches, and brisk walking as effective, low impact methods to reduce waistline, trim thighs, improve digestion, and boost overall vitality.
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Helen Follett
Dorothy Dix Advice on Faithful Duty in Marriage
Dear Miss Dix advises a married man facing a two- woman entanglement to remain loyal to his wife, noting the transient appeal of “stolen kisses” and the burdens of broken vows, and urges him to prioritize his wife over the other woman. A second letter asks about jealous wife strain, with Dix stating there is no cure for jealousy and recommending endurance or separation.
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Miss DIX
Cade
Mr. Cor Eiaee
Steel Plant to Be Closed in Gadsden
About 2,000 Republic Steel workers face a work stoppage after open hearths blooming mill rod and sheet mills were shut yesterday. The company cites lack of materials and an automatic pump installation in its by products plant as the cause. CIO United Steelworkers official R. M. Poarch comments.
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Gadsden
Ala
Republic Steel Corp
R. M. Poarch
Cio-United
Dewey and Bricker Photos Vanish in Mobile Courthouse
Officials search for the missing large photographs of Thomas E. Dewey and John W. Bricker after they disappeared from Mobile county courthouse hallway. Patterson demands restoration. Democratic leaders question the loss attributing it to overzealous partisanship while noting Roosevelt and Truman photos remain.
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Mobile
Ala
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Mobile County
J. E. Patterson
Dewey- Bricker Club
W. H. Holcombe
Roosevelt
Truman
Patterson
Sheriff Holcombe
Gessner T. McCorvey
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Scout Week Proclaimed By Mayor Summer
Mayor H R Summer proclaims Girl Scout Week from October 29 to November 4. The notice cites Girl Scouting’s aims in character building and citizenship training and honors founder Juliette Gordon Low whose birthday is October 31.
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H. R.summer
Girl Scout Organization
Aed
Juliette Low
H. R. Summer
Steelworkers Strike Over Unauthorized Workload Increase
Steelworkers of America says a job cutoff caused the stoppage. He notes remaining workers face added duties and call the walkout unauthorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelworkers of America
Tioup
One Yard Pattern 4725 Christmas Apron
A sewing pattern promotes Pattern 4725 for a Christmas apron with scallops and heart pockets. It offers sizes small 14 16 medium 18 20 and large 40 42 and notes small size requires one yard of fabric.
City Proclaims Girl Scout Week in Decatur
The mayor H R Summer proclaims October 29 to November 4 as Girl Scout Week in the City of Decatur. The notice formalizes observance by local government.
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City of
Decatur
H. R. .Summer
Pattern book offer from Anne Adams Fall and Winter styles
Advertisement urges readers to send twenty cents for a pattern and fifteen cents more for the Anne Adams Fall and Winter pattern book. Includes address in New York and notes a free hat and muff-bag pattern printed in the book.
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Pattern Dept
17Th St
New York
Anne Adams
Great spawning ground near Bermuda noted in Atlantic
Fragmentary report mentions a spawning ground south of Bermuda in the Atlantic and notes extensive freight and passenger train activity across the United States with more than 40,000 trains daily.
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Bermuda
Atlantic Ocean
United States
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Major Riley
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Bob Wilson
Jim Wilson
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Mrs. Sherrill Maner
Robert A. McMasters
Jean Link
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Arthur Johnson
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R. W. Anderson
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H. F. Sherrod
Mobile Drydock and Shipbuilding Co
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Otto Fischer
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Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
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ROXY
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Esther Williams
Dorothy Dix
Dorothy OD
Bell Syndicate, Inc
City Park Flower Shop
Caddell
Walgreen Agency
We, Prescription Service
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Moye
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