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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1933
Page
4
Miss Maxine Riggsby and George Edward Brindley wed at nine Sunday morning in Boaz Alabama. The ceremony was performed by Rev Hobart Murdoch before close family. The couple plans a Decatur home after a wedding trip. Brindley is manager of the A and P store on Bank Street.
Personal items note Miss Elizabeth Ann Hutson will depart September 13 to resume studies at Woman's College Montgomery. Several locals travel for visits, balls, or family matters, including Howard College students, reports of illness, and moves to Birmingham and Decatur.
Pattern No. 5008x offers a pleated dress in sizes 4 6 8 and 10 with easy laundering and freedom for games. Version in monotone uses 2 1/2 yards of 35 inch material plus a yard for collar belt and sleeve bands. Send 15 cents and pattern request to Julia Boyd at Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau 103 Park Avenue New York with name address size and newspaper name.
W. W. Benson superintendent of Decatur public schools earns praise for hospitality shown to visiting superintendents. A letter from R. E. Moore Cullman County Schools thanks him for courtesies that enhanced meetings yet warns Decatur may not escape future conferences.
The list shows principals and teachers assigned to Ward 1 and Ward 2 schools, including Decatur institutions such as Mary B. Terrell, J. E. Pickett's Negro High School, and Negro East Town, with names like Eva Gargus, Nell Lawhorn, Ruth Sivley, L. P. Troup, J. Blair, W. J. Coyle, D. Reed, and Jettaleen Sheffield among others.
Virginians Gen Homer T Atkinson Peters burg and William L Hopkins Richmond were selected to head the United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans for the next year. Hopkins became commander in chief while Atkinson will continue as commander until the next reunion. Officers and an executive committee met to plan reunions and the 1934 convention site.
The first Chinese woman to receive an American honorary degree is Sootsing F. C. Woo. The University of Southern California conferred it in June this year. She holds the British Empire Order from 1926 for educational work among Chinese women. Dr. Woo heads St. Paul’s Girls' College in Hankong, China, a debt free institution with 350 students and a Chinese run board of trustees.
Mrs A W Hill and two other ladies visited Birmingham on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Sam F Evans and son spent the weekend with relatives near Pulaski Tennessee. Mrs James E Owen and two children return from Pulaski after visiting relatives. Mr A M Smith and son Clifford return from Tuscaloosa where A M Smith Jr enters the University of Alabama as a freshman. Miss Virginia Lee Carl returns home in Tuscaloosa after weeks visiting relatives here and in Trinity.
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