Decatur club awards and meeting notices
Miss Evelyn secure won the club trophy with Miss Boggs taking the guest prize at a Decatur Pilot Club event at the home of Mrs. James Wade. The group will meet next at Woodall's for a regular business session postponed from Labor Day. Mrs. Frank Brown and Mrs. Louise Hewlett chaperone a week long camp on Emity Mountain with several young participants.
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Lincom Kracevile
Alton
Williams
Knoxville
Tenn
Evelyn
James Wade
Miss Boggs
Decatur Pilot Club
Woodall’s
Frank
Brown
Louise Hewlett
Emity Mountain
Penick Jones
Jane Harris
Jane Ma
Ben Coolidge
Paul
Face Run Off In Governor Primary
Miss Anne Matthews hosted a bridge party at her parents home on Jackson Street with charitable refreshments. The item lists numerous Decatur residents and visitors including Mrs. B B Boggens Mrs Stott Mrs T B McGehee and many others visiting or traveling to Birmingham Huntsville Florence and Cincinnati for leisure and medical reasons. States activities at social gatherings and short travel notes for local people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Matthews
O. W. Matthews
Jackson Street
Bay Minette women visit. two Hodgsons depart
Mrs. W. M. Hodgson and Mrs. C. M. Hodgson of Bay Minette Ala. left Wednesday for home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McLeod. Mrs. A. C. Stott returned to Chattanooga Tenn. after a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Brock.
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Mrs. Stott Has
Denver, Col
J. L. Brock
Faye Ward
Tudcumbis
Virginia Hardin
McCoy
Fayette, Ala
A. G. Danforth, Jr
Bruce Westmoreland
Bruce, Jr
Memphis, Tenn
W. M. Hodgson
C. M. Hodgson
Bay Minette, Ala
E. W. McLeod
A. C. Stott
Chattanooga, Tenn
D. Brock
Revival Series to Be Closed Tonight at West Decatur
The revival at West Decatur Methodist Church ends this evening after two weeks of meetings led by Dr. John Freeman Owen. The pastor says the annual conference hopes for 100 new members, a target not met in two years under Rev. Wilson, though 79 have joined during his stay and substantial good has been accomplished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Decatur Methodist Church
John Freeman Owen
Wilson
Exercise Not Corsets Slims By Gladys Glad
Advice columns recount the decline of corset fashion from the Gilded Age to modern times and promote waistline fitness. It outlines exercises to slim the waist, improve flexibility, and maintain a toned silhouette, urging activity and proper posture for a slender figure.
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Gladys Glad
America
Ark
Home Beauty Remedies From Old Newspaper Notes
A dated list of DIY beauty tips includes applying plain castor oil to lashes at night to aid growth. Another item suggests a mouth rinse of borax peroxide and salt in warm water. A hand lotion made from rose water with glycerine is also recommended.
Fiancee of Douglas Fairbanks Spotted at Lido Beach
Lady Sylvia Ashley, British actress and reported fiancée of Douglas Fairbanks, vacationing on Lido Beach near Venice, Italy. She wears a colorful print bathing suit as a sun-glazed figure on the Italian shore.
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Blender
Sylvia Ashley
St Lido Beach
Venice
Italy
Lady Ashley
Douglas Fairbanks
Speake s School News Highlights Local Visits and School Progress
Rev Archer filled regular appointments at Speake s Sunday services and spoke at C Smith school where Pierce is principal again. Visitors Nettie and Gertie McKay from Decatur attended Lebanon church. W N Vaughn and Luther Hampton hosted guests. Floyd Stephenson and family from Zanesville visited. A ten day singing school by Powell of Lawrenceburg at Lebanon church drew large attendance. Stone school building progresses. High school classes start Monday September 9. Junior class hosting and ice cream gathering followed Sunday School with many named local children and families attending and helping.
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Archer
Lurene
Marie Pierce
C. Smith School
Pierce
Nettie
Gertie McKay
Decatur
Lebanon Church
W. N. Vaughn
Luther Hampton
Dr Owen's Return Set After Visit to Mother in Ohio
After visiting his mother, Dr. Owen plans to return home to Columbus Ohio for Sunday. The trip centers on family time before resuming duties in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Columbus
Ohio
Birmingham Plan Biyven Approval
Washington dispatch reports Orville Rush representing Governor Graves announced that all divisions of the public works department endorsed a Birmingham plan. Details and implications were not immediately disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Biyven
Washington
Orville Rush
Graves
Public Works
Birmingham approves industrial water system project
Administration engineering legal and finance had approved Birmingham's industrial water system and the project was to come before the works allotment board at its next meeting. Theodore Swann of Birmingham arrived to assist in examining the project. It was nicer when the next board meeting would be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Works Allotment Board
Theodore Swann
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Hargrove & Murdock
The
Cooper-Wells Welfare Association
Cooper Wellsians
B. B. Boggens
Bridge
T. BE. McGehee
Montgonery
Clutie. Bloodworth
Bell
Reed Rogers
John Baker
Denver, Colo
Lillie Baker
N. E. Calmes
Wharton, W. Va
Mrs
R. E. Catlett
Springfield
Mack Dinsmore
University of Alabama
Harry Pointer
Nellie
Huntsville
Jones
Will Wyker
H. H
May
T. M. Jones, Jr
Bars
E. N. Penick
Virginia Syler
Katherine Crumline
Hunteville
Miriam Quick
Mildred Ash
H. L. Peterson
Hendrix
Julian Bibb
Susan
Early Phinsy
Marjorie
Frances Connor
Miss Connor
Mrs. Connor
Nell Top
Hunt
Walter D. Sanders
W. E. Hefner
Florence
J. W. Williams
Jimmy Williams
Louise Williams
Fairfield
Mrs. H."r. Snow
J. W. Hunt
Mrs. H. Reid Sherard, Jr
Cincinnati, C
A. B. Chandler Thomas
Rhea
A. B. Chandler
Thomas
Kentucky
Laffoon
Grocer
Chase
Sanborn
Clapps
Armour
Ernest Livingston
Hollywood
James
Cagney
Edward G
Boris “Frankenstein
Karlofy
Ken Maynard
Dixie Lee
Doug
Sycamore and
Lafayette St
I. M. Rogers Building
Depot
Swift
Alaska
Lady Sylvia Ashley
Speake’ S School News
Lebanon
Joyce Bee Johnson
Martha Bee Johnson
Dorothy Kelsue
Eula Kelsue
Sue Helsue
Nannie Lee Kelsue
Aileen Sparks
Eloise Sparks
Evelyn Speake
Alma Gene White
Luvene White
Della Parker
Ruth Hamton
Edith Hampton
Ruth Steenson
Mary Ella Stephenson
Wilma ’S
Raymon Smith
Freemanith
Hoyt Watkins
James Watkins
J. D. Hembree
Leon Parker
Gladys Bailey
Eulas Oliver
Audrey Johnson
Jno. Lee Speake
Harold Speake
Eaton Stephenson
Irvin Watkins
Vwohl'f ‘Department Store
Hill's
Hill’s
Red Goose
Scheol
WEI BK
Miller's Corn
Pride of
Michigan
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