PTA Study Group Course Announced for Decatur Schools
The Decatur public schools PTA plans a combined study group course for the year with a meeting set for next Friday afternoon to discuss timing and location. Additional details will be announced later. Nine Street Methodist WSC and St John’s Episcopal Unit Two reported meetings with devotionals, prayers, and plans for missions work and fundraisers.
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Parent-Teachers Association of the Decatur Schools
First Presbyterian Circles
First Presbyterian
Will Wyker
T.M. Guyton
W. P. Russell
Barrett Shelton
Julian Hardy
A. J. Coleman
Wilson Orr
T. G. Morrow
Ben Bloodworth
First Methodist
Bruce Hill
A. C. Simmons
Hartwell Davis
J. E. Stone
H. A. Nungester
H. E. Sunderland
D. S. Echols
Redding Emens
Norman Harris
F. K. Gamble
Circle Four
S. H. Malone
E. E. Hargrove
Ben Martin Jr
Malone
Jumper and Blouse Pattern Offers Variety and Sizes
The notice promotes Simplicity pattern 4688 for a front buttoning blouse and a jumper with princess lines in multiple sizes. Includes pricing, ordering method from The Decatur Daily, and an offer for an Anne Adams pattern book plus a free corsage. It also details wedding party attendees and church circle meeting notes from local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
We Never Know Ourselves Dorothy Dix Observation
Dorothy Dix muses on human vanity and self ignorance noting people misjudge their own looks and faults while avoiding solitary reflection. She contrasts egotism with discomfort in facing oneself and explains the social urge to Entertainment over self contemplation.
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Heaven
Young Churchmen Hold Fine Meeting and Plans
The Episcopal Young Churchmen met Sunday at 7 p m with good attendance. Rev Eugene Chapman led prayers and the group sang with Betty Ware Wyatt at the piano. Dues were collected, minutes read by Margaret Walker, and plans discussed including September 24 home event and a September 30 Florence convention. The meeting closed with prayer.
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Episcopal Young Churchmen
Sally Hunt
Chapman
Betty Ware Wyatt
Margaret Walker
Ruby Sandlin
Eugene Chapman
Gordon Drive
Florence
Sanford Williamson, Jr
John W. Sandlin
Clio’ Walker
Bennie Malone
Personal notices from Boca Grande to Chattanooga
Mrs. Wyatt Barnes of Boca Grande Fla visits Mr and Mrs J H McMath. Mrs Lahleen Kinney to return soon from Opelika Ala. Miss Mary Alice Chick returns to Marion Ky after visiting Lt and Mrs W B Chick. Major Alex W Cortner Greenwood Miss reported prisoner of war details. Mrs G C Corley to return from Goodwater Ala. Miss Edna Holland and Mrs Miss You Lindell suffered ptomaine poisoning. Holland still bedridden. Mrs R J Hasty and sons from Tuscaloosa plus Mr and Mrs Paul Wade visit. Mr and Mrs R B Pressley Dallas TX visit their son Norman Harris. Mrs John Zanvit Nashville Tenn returns after visit. Mrs W H Lumsden leaves for Fayetteville Tenn. Mrs W R Johnson visiting Chattanooga Etowah Tenn.
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Edna Holland
Miss You “Lindell
Trinity Road
Mrs. Lindell
Miss Holland
R. B. Pressley
Dallas
Texas
Norman Harris
Chattanooga
Tenn
Summers in Two Honors at Columbia Air Base
Pfc. Russell R. Summers Jr. of Decatur earned double honors in a boxing bout against Bobby Jordan of Parris Island Marines and was named Guard Of The Week by Captain Robert D. Harmon at the Columbia South Carolina air base. Summers, now stationed there, was featured in the CAAB Winged Star with a story of his ring victory and a pen and ink sketch of the Decatur scrapper.
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Pfc
Russell R. Summers, Jr
Decatur
Columbia, S. C
Parris Island Marines
Caab Winged Star
Summers
I 9
Columbia
Parris Island
Bobby Jordan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Junior
New Yorker
Winged Star
Russell Summers
Parris Island Marine Boxing
Robert D. Harmon
Postwar divorce rate seen to rise says Ohio State psychologist
Dr. Carl R. Rogers told the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Cleveland that the postwar divorce rate will be high as war veterans struggle to adjust to civilian life. He noted fears of nearing forty divorces per hundred marriages and warned early postwar marriages may be unstable.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Cleveland
Carl R. Rogers
Ohio State University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Union to vote on back to work at Pullman-Standard plant
In Bessemer Alabama union workers at the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co plant will meet tonight to consider a back to work proposal. The plant has been idle since last Thursday and employs more than 900 people assembling freight cars for Army use. A classified notice seeks a nurse to attend the wife of Hardwick at 715 Canal Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Bessemer
Reconditioning Skin After Sun Exposure
A guide to revive and cleanse sun harmed skin using massage cream witch hazel and steam. Steps include soap and water scrub, gentle friction, applying cream with upward strokes, hot cloth steam, and finishing with light powder rouge and lipstick choices for autumn tones.
Crochet Patterns and Bids From Morgan County Board
A mixed notice offers crochet patterns for scarfs mats and motifs with a 15 cent price, plus a separate legal bid notice from Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control. The bidding calls for contracts bonds and deadlines around October 2 1944 with specified legal code requirements and officials.
Notice of Probate for W. M. Voorhies Estate
In Morgan County Alabama Probate Court the will of W. M. Voorhies deceased is presented by Edna Patterson Voorhies for probate. Notice to Mrs Amos Richardson Pulaski Tennessee Mrs Van Voorhies Pulaski Tennessee Mrs Laura Miller Chapel Hill North Carolina and all interested parties. Hearing set for September 18 1944 with opportunity to contest. Dated August 25 1944 Judge T C Almon. Aug 29 Sept 5 and 12 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Alabama
Morgan County
W. M. Voorhies
Amos Richardson
Pulaski
Tennessee
van Voorhies
Laura Miller
Chappel Hill
North Carolina
Edna Patterson Voorhies
T. C. Almon
Morgan County Advertises Public Road Paving Contract
Sealed bids requested for paving about 9.5 miles of Morgan County public roads from Woodland Mills to Morgan City via Union Hill with tar and slag. Material to be supplied by the county. bid must include certified or cashiers check of 500. Payments proceed biweekly with 85 percent of completed work approved by county engineer. final settlement within 40 days after completion. Work to be finished within 60 days of contract let.
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Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan County
Alabama
Woodland Mills
Morgan City
Union Hill
State Highway Department
Hartselle
Sheriff Sale of W. G. Sivley Lands in Morgan County Alabama
By virtue of an execution issued from the Circuit Court of Gilman County Alabama the case of Gertrude Sivley vs W G Sivley orders a sheriff sale of the Sivley property in Morgan County. The lands described total about 326.74 acres in Sections 15 and 16 Township 6 Range 2 West with a graveyard carve out and bounded by the East-West line. The sale to be held at the Decatur Alabama courthouse on September 18 1944 between legal hours. Sheriff W T Willoughby oversees the auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Alabama
Lyle
Birminghamesque Postwar Plans Outline City Master Plan
Birmingham plans for a new city hall an art museum a music hall enlarged municipal auditorium and school plus many street and park projects. The six member planning board rejects the postwar label and aims to master plan the city for the foreseeable future without political involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Score
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B. M. Bloodworth
Ninth Street
R. D. Compton
J. L. Fincher
A. Kizziah
W. M. Griffin
Kizziah
Howard McCulloch
Board of Christian Education
R. C. Neill
Episcopal Unit Meetings
St. John’s
Sara Jeffries
D. W. Clark
Holme Johnson
Deanie Preist
Cullman
Cooper-Welles
Lafayette Street Grammar P. T. A
Lafayette Street Grammar School
L. L. McCulloch
D. S. Hunt
Circle Two
R. P. Thompson
Dorothy Dix
Nature
Dean
Doan
Goidel’s
St. John's
Women’s Chamber OF Commerce
Women's Chamber of Commerce
Cornelian Hotel
Clio Levin
A. M. Roan
N. D. Segars
Falkville
Louise
Pat
Ernest Clark
Thomasville
Grove
Tate
Thornton & Minor
Decatur Foundry
1St Ave
Mrs. Wyatt Barnes
Boca Grande, Fla
Mrs
J. H. McMath
Lahleen Kinney
Opelika, Ala
Mary Alice Chick
Marion, Ky
W. B. Chick
Mrs. Casto
Jarvis
Baby Daughter
Hi, Tenn
Alex W. Cortner
Greenwood
Miss
U. S
Adjutant General's Office
Cortner
Thomas A. Bowles Sr
G. C. Corley
Goodwater
R. J. Hasty
Robert W
Tuscaloosa
Paul Wade
Nickey
Oliver Wade
John Zanvit
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Tenn
Talmadge Wright
W. H. Lumsden
Fayetteville, Tenn
Mrs. W. R. Johnson
Etowah, Tenn
Lorene Shirley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ernest Oliver
Gadsden
Louis Shirley
Somerville
Hardwick
Canal St
Helen Follett
Gail Russell
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
N, N.Y
New “Stage
Morgan
Board OF “Revenue “and “Control
Sim L. Howell
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
Over Speake
Hunter Furniture Company
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