Morning party and luncheons honor visiting Mrs Hoff
Mrs Early Phinizy hosted a Gordon Drive gathering to honor Mrs Louis Hoff of Texas City visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Julian Bibb. Dainty appetizers and iced drinks preceded a brief social hour with friends. Seance luncheon at Mrs Paul Robinsons on Canal Street featured bridge and fall flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Early Phinizy
Gordon Drive
Louis Hoff
Texas City
Texas
Julian Bibb
Paul Robinson
Personal notices of family visits and travel plans
Thomas C. White and son travel to Gleason to spend the weekend with Mrs. White and grandson. The Cox family from Greensville North Carolina will visit for a week with Mr. and Mrs. Ruth S. Thomas. D D McGehee leaves to visit relatives in Uniontown and Princeton Kentucky. The McGehee and Sheffield party heads to a Gulf Coast fishing trip with I M Sheffield joining from Atlanta. The Connell family attends the Horse Show in Hopkinsville Kentucky and stays with Ben Martin Jr. Monroe of Huntsville is related to Billy Connell. Miss Bessie Peach and Mrs Louis Joff of Texas City visit Beside Mr Patton. The Martins, Rogerses, and other relatives plan to attend the Horse Show in Hopkinsville Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Connell
Byville
Tenn
Ben Martin Jr
Bessie Peach
Louis Joff
Texas City
Tex
William Patton
Bes
Federal Funds Boost for Child Welfare Across Three States
Alabama Georgia and Florida will share 262 417 in federal grants for child welfare in 1946 47 tripling the prior year. Congress raised total federal support from 1 51 million to 3 5 million with a 20 000 uniform per state allotment and a remainder split by rural population. Katharine Lenroot said the extra help will expand services for neglected dependent and delinquent children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Congress
Children’s Bureau
Katharine F. Lenroot
Deeds Listed in Daily Records Pass Through Transfers
A sequence of real estate transfers shows Leona Long Cook moving to Roy Ernst Moses for 87.60 dollars and multiple other deeds including Ella Skeggs Crawford to W. B. Golden for 1 dollar and several large sums such as Dora N. Holland to Joe E. Terry 1575 dollars and James R. eee to Roy E. Moses 1.22 dollars among many entries. marriage licenses and a clothing care tip also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deeds Leona Long Cook
Roy Ernst Moses
Ella Skeggs Crawford
W. B. Golden
John Gillum
James V. Coggin
D. B. Green
Comner Jackson Henderson
Dora N. Holland
Joe
E. Terry
Dora _N.Holland
Joe E. Terry
Cleveland Jones
Douglas Sapp
Means
Louis J. Namie
T. A. Milam
Ernestine Ling
James R. Eee
Roy E. Moses
J. B. Piess
Sadie Humphrey
Hubert Ross
Ralph H
Ian S. Morris
S. A. Jones
J. W. Sidey Et “al
Jean Sivley Trimm
Ernest ‘S. Serena
Mabel S. Thompson
Jean Sivley
Trimm
JL. Chaney
Oe H. Woodall
W. S. Taylor
Southside Baptist Church Announces Services and Choir Direction
The Southside Baptist church announced morning and evening service programs led by Rev. B. B. Burks. The morning includes Prelude organ, hymns, Scripture by Rev. Montgomery, offertory by the organist, announcements, a special by Mary Ellen Deed and Marie Wiley, sermon by Rev. Burks, and a postlude. Evening service features Prelude, prayer, offertory, Scripture, a sermon, invitation, and benediction with organ postlude. the choir will be directed by Clyde Murphy and the young church members will lead portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
Baptist Church
B. B. Burks
Rev. Montgomery
Mary Ellen Deed
Marie Wiley
Jesus
Burks
Sons of God
Clyde Murphy
What Slim Lines Pattern 4834 Designed For
Pattern 4834 by Anne Adams promises a slim look with bodice ease and pleats. Includes illustrated instructions and has sizes 34 through 48. Supplies needed include 3 1 8 yards of 39 inch fabric and 1 2 yard contrast. Send 25 cents to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Loss in Weight Often a Gain in Fashion Advice
A historical column discusses shifting beauty ideals from extreme slenderness to balanced figures. It notes wartime eating habits and exercise shaping postwar physiques, emphasizes gradual dieting under medical guidance, and preserves bust development as a goal with deep breathing, gentle massage, and cold-water splashes as methods.
Dear Dorothy Dix on scandals and marriage costs
Dorothy Dix advises that silencing rumors is futile and outlines the consequences of infidelity. She warns that lovers endanger families, finances, and reputations, urging readers to weigh the high price of illicit affairs against marriage and child welfare.
Hymn Service Announced at Central Methodist Church
A special hymn and hymn tune service will be held at Central Methodist Church tonight at 7 30 led by Dr G M Davenport pastor and featuring well known hymns with a large chorus choir soloists and descants. Music director Dr Fagan Thompson and organist Mrs Oscar Napps will lead from the console with trombone and trumpet instrumentalists in the program. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
G. M. Davenport
Davenport
Fagan Thompson
W. V. Wright
Charles Howell
Edsel Holden
Paul Eubanks
H. N. Peurifoy
Clio Levin
Wives urged to strike for wage gains in domestic work
A speaker argues that many wives perform endless household chores for little pay and calls for a sit down strike until wages for domestic labor are adjusted. The proposal targets penny pinching husbands and seeks fair compensation for women’s labor.
Dear Dorothy Dix on using given names with in laws
A reader asks if it is proper for a wife to call her in law by given names. Dorothy Dix suspects the motive is avoiding Grandma and Grandpa and notes it is a matter of taste, with potential emphasis on honor and respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Miss DIX
H. C
Salvation Sermon Topic At Central Baptist Tent
Evangelist Porter Barrington spoke in a gospel tent behind Central Baptist church on salvation and born again living. He urged a changed attitude and visible joy as proof of salvation and emphasized living righteously under the Word of God. The topic for this evening was Science and the Blood, with future events noted by Tomor row and Bill Stroh performing The Glory Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Barrington
Central Baptist Church
God
Christ
Bill Stroh
Laura Wheeler crochet pattern for simple Needlework charts
Accidental toll motifs and crochet directions advertised by Laura Wheeler. The ad offers a 20 cent pattern via The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Avenue New York with name address and zone. A 15 cent extra buys the 1946 Needlecraft Catalog featuring 112 illustrations of crochet knitting quilts embroidery toys and crafts with a free cuddle toy pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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Society
B. M. Bloodworth
Mrs. Hoff
Young Marton’s Bible Club
Young Matron’s Bible Club
William G. Stone
Carlton Kelley
Kermitt Pitt
Leonard Moody
J. W. Lovelace Jr
M. H. Don
John
Man
Nazareth
J. D. Reed
Wilda Bowman
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Atlantic City
Thomas C. White
Tommy
Mrs. White
Gleason
Wiley R. Cox
Cecelia
Greens N
D. D. McGehee
Uniontown
Princeton
Yhn McGehee
Lester Shef
Gulf Coast
Montery
I. M. Sheffield
Anita, Ga
Monroe
Huntsville
Issiste
Billy Connell
Bill Martin
Miny
W. R. Sr
W.R. Rogers Jr
Ibyville
W. R. Rogers Jr
Tus
Mrs. Shaw
F. S. Hunt Sr
Ben. Britnell
Pontotoc
Wilson Orr
Helena, Ark
G. R. Mason
Oak Street
Harold Kuehnert
John Harold
River Forest
Ill
L. W. Elmer
W. R. Pirtle
Nashville, Tenn
C. A. Elmer
Auburn
John B. Hampton
Sheffield
Ala
Charles Howard Elliott
Hartselle
Roma Lee Ayers
Birmingham
Robert Louis’ Dutton
Danville
Marie Moody
Moulton
James Dalton Callas
Athens
Betty Lorrain Lumpkin
Grant ST
East Moulton
Estelle Ward
Kathleen Cameron
Ward
Moderne
Johnny Jones
Elva Howell
Etta Mae Beddingfield
MOY E’s
Helen Follett
Jean Love
N. J
Mary Lou Henderson
Ruth Lenfesty
Michigan
Lola Jacqueline Sanders
Vermont
Norma Lee Salisbury
West Virginia
Dorothy Callahan
Newark
Anne Wisener
Betty Cannon
Virginia
Violet Mellar
New York State
Marguerite Eileen McClelland
Louisiana
Sue Donegan
Dale Nunnally
Jacqueline Marie Jennings
Bess Myerson
America
Betty Nannalee Jones
Rebecca Jane McCall
Arkansas
Helen Sprinitis
New Jersey
Eleanor Kramer
Pennsylvania
Paula Jerome
Boston
Wilda Georgine Bowman
la Vonne Bond
Cincinnati
Patricia Alden Fenton
Louisville
Raye Donnelly
Colorado
Madonna Smith
Kentucky
Joyce Bleyne
Kansas
Constance Liddicoat
Detroit
Mary Eileen Kelly
Cleveland
Marjorie Ann Hanson
Omaha
Anne Mae Morse
South Carolina
Trudy Riley
North Carolina
Martha Cooper
Mexico
Marilyn Buford
California
Cloris Leachman
Joyce Fr
Illinois
Janey Miller
Atlanta
Rae Nichols
Massachusetts
Joan Turner
Connecticut
Nadine Fugett
Kansas City
Jeanne Carlson
Marilyn Tripp
Rhode-Island
The
Gell Syndicate
Agait Waitil
L. Banswer
Goidel’s Drug Store
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Belk Hudson
Second Ave
E. Vine
State National Bank
Eeauty Cenop
Meadow
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