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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1933
Page
4
The page blends a Halloween verse by E. W. Compton Collier with a wave of local social notes. It reports weddings in Priceville and Cape Girardeau, club meetings, guild activities, and a Halloween event for youths at Central Methodist Church, with community figures and venues named.
Mr and Mrs A J Walker returned home after visiting daughter Mrs O L Mahoney. Mr and Mrs W L Padgett and son Billy plan to move to New Orleans Io. F A Grimeley and son Felix Jr will relocate to Robertson place Canal street. Earl Osamn and family visited son Earl at CMA Columbia Tenn. Fanny Wallace visiting Florence staying with friends. Jimmy Godfrey Jr improving after illness on Cain street. R R Rowe and family attended funeral in Mikton Tenn. Louis Atgend and daughters Mary Louise and Martha spent day in Birmingham. Momer Best returned home from Birmingham. Norma Smith education department supervisor visited briefly. Mabel Alien Evelyn Clayton and Earle Peete visited Birmingham. John D Wyker and F S Hunt to Newnan Ga for christening Evelyn Hunt Sanders. W B Morrow improving at home after two months confined. N J Coleman and Florence visitors. A W Holm and W C Watson spent day in Birmingham. Milton Marvey ill with malaria and flu.
A brief guidance piece notes that most girls in their teens need a supportive environment. It emphasizes parental guidance and education on coming of age and related responsibilities.
Huntsville Alabama governor elect John J. Sparkman will attend the Kiwanis District council meeting. Plans emphasize aiding underprivileged children vocational guidance urban rural cooperation and higher business standards. Lieutenant governors named by Sparkman take office January 1 1934 including Lewis Timberlake Sam Clabaugh Manuel Helburn and J G Greene.
Dean William H. Bernard of Athens College announces an extension class in principles of secondary education. The course is required by the state for high school teacher certification. It meets Tuesday afternoon October 31 at 3 30 in Ward 1 public school building. Teachers who have not signed up are urged to enroll or contact Dean Barnard by correspondence.
The eight year old Katherine Coder daughter of Mrs F Gardner of Hartselle died this morning at nine from diphtheria. Funeral services will be announced later.
Moody May Go Home During the Week says W P Moody of Owassa, father of Paul Moody, wounded when attacked and robbed on a Limestone county farm October 22. He shows rapid improvement and may be moved to his home in south Alabama late this week as doctors call his recovery remarkable despite serious wounds.
Mr and Mrs Kirkland Ratliff welcomed a son named Ronald Paul on October 30 The mother and baby are reported doing nicely at their Cain street home.
The article explains preparing entire meals in a single oven by pre assembling dishes in the baking pans. It covers long and short cooking methods, temperature ranges, and timing to have meals ready directly from the oven with minimal attention. It also notes the use of an oven heat regulator or thermometer and provides example menus for breakfast lunch and dinner.
Geraldine Masterson shows marked improvement days after undergoing tonsil removal surgery. Hospital staff report steady progress as she recovers.
A modern city life drama titled Beau ty features Madge Evans Alice Brady Otto Kruger Una Merkel May Robson Phillips Holmes and supporting players Eddie Nugent Hedda Hopper Fiorine McKinney Isobel Jewell Lovwise Carter John Roche and Charles Grapewin. The beauty salon setting and triple love plot echo Our Dancing Daughters style with each girl pursuing happiness.
Morgan County Board of Education adopts a resolution urging honesty and truthfulness as guiding principals for the school year. The board calls on teachers, parents, trustees, churches and civic groups to promote these values in all students.
The Tennessee river remained stationary with a gauge reading of two feet, keeping water levels steady today.
Ex serviceman Burt Ford known as the musical doughboy will perform at the Princess theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. He developed several musical novelties using a rifle pistol bayonet and pack-sack to produce notes and is a member of John C. Peterson Post No. 40 in Warsaw Indiana.
Morgan County workers launch an intense attendance campaign urging principals and communities to enroll every child of school age and keep them in school. The plan runs November 6 to 11 with meetings at central schools and visits by Prof. A R Meadows, Alabama supervisor, to assist in the push.
Carrie Gee, the negro home demonstration agent, organized a sewing room for colored women with help from the local Red Cross chapter. It will open Wednesday at the Elks Rest Club at Madison and Vine. It will employ widows and women whose husbands cannot work and distribute garments to the county's needy through Red Cross auspices.
The revival campaign continues this week at Decatur Gospel Tabernacle with Rev. C. Fraley speaking nightly at 7 00 p m He preached Departing Out of the Way stressing that education and good works do not save and that Jesus offers two paths the broad way to destruction and the narrow way to life Fraley a 20 year old Emanuel Bible Training School graduate is invited to preach the unadulterated word of God to the public.
The Missionary Societies of Central Methodist Church conducted their regular quarterly social Monday night at the church. A large gathering attended the event, sharing fellowship and reports of recent activities.
The weather bureau recorded a maximum of 86 degrees and a minimum of 54 degrees by 7 o'clock this morning.
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