SOCIETY Notes On Federation Drive And Local Happenings
Clubwomen plan to back the General Federation of Women's Clubs in a nationwide Air Armada campaign to buy planes for the Navy as part of postwar goals. Alabama leaders and district officers are listed with committee roles while local society notes record visits, births, and Army service updates in Decatur.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
LaFell Dickinson
Brotherhood of Man
General Federation
Navy
Marvin G. Piernt
Baltimore
Federation
Cherokee
May Kayser
Minter
Jewell Hall
Scottsboro
John Lakeman
Haleyville
M. I. Cleveland
Birmingam
Kathleen Moore
Selma
J. C. Grimes
Auburn
T. E. Henderson
Andalusia
W. Bullock
Mobile
Moss
L. H. Houston
Hartselle
Family Security
Floyd Sherrod
Decatur
Department of Education
Virtues of Pioneers for Girls in a Changing World
A mother urges mothers to raise independent, hardworking daughters capable of self support after war. Emphasis on practical skills like cooking and sewing, higher education if possible, and not placing lifelong happiness solely in marriage. The piece blends Dorothy Dix’s voice with societal expectations for women and family guidance.
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Eden
Hugo Tanner Returns From Eleven Week Vacation
Hugo Tanner has returned home after an eleven weeks vacation spent with his grandmother Mrs. D. Ida Tanner in Somerville, and with his aunt Mrs. Harry Lyle and cousins Donald and Wayne, and aunt Mrs. Haskell Harris in Hart.
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Hugo Tanner
D. Ida Tanner
Somerville
Harry Lyle
Donald and
Wayne
Haskell Harris
Hart
Local News Highlights From Birmingham and Nearby Areas
Dr and Mrs R M Howell return to Birmingham to resume teaching in Jefferson County schools. Pvt Robert Jones U S M C returns to Parris Island after furlough visits. Lt Stanley Jones arrives stateside after overseas missions. Mrs C G Hardwick Jr recovering after Baptist Hospital operation. Miss Fanny Brown Collier leaves for Birmingham teaching duties. Miss Sarah Leeman to Montevallo for Alabama College sophomore year. A J Coleman Jr and Dick Still Jr visit Birmingham last week.
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Geraftdine Masterson
Alabama College
Montevallo
R. M. Howell
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Pvt
Robert Jones
Jervis Jones
Parris Island
Fanny Brown Collier
Sarah Leeman
A. J. Coleman Jr
Dick Still Jr
Simone by Lion Feuchtwanger reviews a bold French heroine
The novel traces a fifteen year old girl’s courage during the German invasion of France, paralleling Joan of Arc. Feuchtwanger blends romance treachery and patriotism in a tense moving narrative that links Simone’s fate to France’s larger story.
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Simone
Lion Feuchtwanger
France
Joan of Arc
Drédains
Orleans
Feuchtwanger
Chain-mail armor in medieval Europe
Chain-mail made of hammered iron links formed a garment worn as protective armor in Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries. It reflects the period's martial technology and battlefield attire.
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Europe
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First Methodist
First Methodist W. S. C. S
First Presbyterian Auxiliary
Woman's Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Church
Central Thodist
Centralist Church
Wesleyan Guild
The
First Methodist Church
Belle
Harris
Ruth Tanner
Martha Frances Kilgore
Cullman
Fred Rost, Jr
Decatur General Hospital
Tommy Ee
W. A. Hoppers
Goldsboro
N. C
David Hoppers
Seymour Johnson
Hoppers
Jesse Chandler
Johnnie Schrader
Memphis
Tenn
Katherine Hoppers
U. S. Navy Department
Washington, D.C
New York City
Dorothy Hester
Doris Hendrix
Russellville
Alabama
T. L. Baker, Jr
J. F. Graham
Mack
St. Vincent's Hospital
Virginia Hower
Winnsboro
C.C. Johnson
Tom. Hamilton
Betty Hazel
Melvin Ozier
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Philadelphia
York City
Kitty Ivy
R. L. Sturgis
Randolph Field
Texas
Bob Markham
A. B. Markham
H. B. Hutchinson
Fort Benning, Ga
Herbert Aghes
Elmer Loyd
Avery Roan
A. 1
Pat Patterson Jr
Richard Yaney
Sallye _Burnum
Shirley Bragg
Sarah Coleman
Jane Layton
Leighton
Jack B. Carr
Annie Orr
Jo Hamilton
Betty Lile
Alabama College At
George E. Mann
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Italy
Horace Frank Moore
el Paso
Moore
U. S. Army Air Corps
Pecos
Dorothy
Dix
Bell Syndicate
Alfred
Flemon R. Scott
Athens College
Milwaukee
Wisc
Fred Mann
Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Frances Milton West
Bet& Holesapple
Mary Louiselexander
Luther P. Chunn
Beatrice Chunn Gunn
Fort Worth
L. C. Fuller
Chunn
Army
Texas A. & M. College
Army Air Corps
Louisiana
Boca Fila
Chunn Wetch
Fort Lines
Carolyn Peurifoy
Marcus Byers
Huntsville
Elbert Caver
Olene Woodruff
Corinne Dickson
James Dewey Hollis
O. K. Hackley
O. K. Jr
Miami, Fla
A. J. Coleman
Martha Dinsmore
Mrs
Nial Jackson
Florence
H. D. Burnum
Sallye
Mary Emmly
Paul Burnum
Pervenny of Alabama
Tuscaoosa
Arnold Brown
James H. Johnson
Brown
Goldsboro, N. C
Lt. Brown
Betty Foster Pointer
New Yorkity
Martha Howell
Dugger
V. J. Elmore
F. von . Herrmann
Stanley Jones
States
C. G. Hardwick Jr
the Baptist Hospital
T.V. Harrison
T. V. Harrison Jr
Joan
Milton Burl Stansell
Othello Rodgers
W. R. Rodgers
N. E. Stansell
Falkville
An Y Parkeae
Carol Evans
U.S Pat
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