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The Decatur Daily from Decatur, Alabama • 6

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The Decatur Dailyi
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SIX THE DECATUR DAILY, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1947 SOCIETY MRS. B. M. BLOODWORTH, Editor Phone 1352 MISS McGUIRE BRIDE oF ELGAN L. BLACK Miss Chappelle McGuire, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. O. F. McGuire o. Tuscumbia, became the bride of Mr.

Elgan L. Black of Decatur and Sheffield, in ceremony on June 17th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Underwood in Decatur, with Mr. Underwood, minister of the Grant Street Church of Christ, officiating.

The bride was attired in a dress of white crepe and white accessorwith which she wore a purple throated orchid. She was attended by Mrs. E. L. Jolly who wore figured crepe with gray accessories and a corsage of gardenias.

Mr. Elbert Lee Jolly of Decatur, was Mr. Black's best man. Following the ceremony, the left trip to Gadsden, Lewisburg, Tenn. and other points of interest, Upon their return they will home with the bride's parents on Tuscumbia 2.

Mrs. Black is a graduate of Deshler high school and attended David Lipscomb College, Nashville, for two years. She has been employed with Reynolds Metals Company and unti' recently, was with the Sheffield Power and Water company in Sheffield. Mr. Black attended school in Lewisburg.

He served in the medical corps of the United States Army for three and one-half years. He is now employed at Spry's funeral home in Sheffield. MISS MADDOX BECOMES BRIDE OF MR. HAYS The marriage of Miss Gladys Imogene Maddox, daughter and Mrs. Atticus Golson Maddox, Hartselle, Alabama, William 1 Hays, son of Mrs.

William Hays and the late Mr. Hayes, of Fort Payne, Alabama, took place June 28th, at Woodlawn Methodist church at Birmingham, Ala- Summer Permanent Wave Specials! $15.00 Rilling Kooler Wave $12.50 $15.00 Creme Wave $10.00 $12.50 Oil Wave $8.00 $10.00 Oil Wave $7.50 $10.00 Duart Oil Wave $6.50 $8.00 Rilling Oil Wave $5.50 $6.00 Oil Wave $4.50 or bring a friendand get 2 for $8.00 $5.00 Oil Wave $3.50 COLD WAVES $10.00 UP Let A. L. Moye give you wave. 25 years experience.

He won the International Master prize at permanent waving. Four other expert operators to serve you. If you want the best, go to Moye's. PHONE 732 MOYE'S BEAUTY SHOP NORTH ALABAMA'S BEST SHOP bama. Dr.

S. O. Kimbrough officiated. Mrs. Sharp, pianist and Mr.

Phil Wakley presented traditional nuptial music. Gladioli in tall baskets and palms banked the altar. Numbers of canin wrought iron candelabra diene used for lighting. The candles were lighted by Mrs. Lester E.

Wooten, of Somerville, Alabama, sister of the bride. She wore a peach crepe dress with brown accessories and a corsage of white carnations. The bride, given in marriage by her brother-in-law. Mr. Lester E.

Wooten, wore a blue crepe afternoon dress with black and white accessories. She carried a white satin covered prayer book marked with an orchid and showered tuberoses tied with white satin ribbons. Miss Mary Agnes Maddox, of Birmingham, Alabama, another sister of the bride. was maid-ofhonor. She wore ashes of roses crepe afternoon dress with white accessories and corsage of pink carnations.

Mr. Jack Hart, of New Orleans, Louisiana the groom as best man. Mrs. Maddox, mother of the bride, was attired in a grey mesh gown with white corsage while Mrs. Hays, mother of the groom, was gowned in a printed sheer with white corsage.

Immediately after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lawrence, of Birmingham, Alabama, with whom the bride has made her home for some time. Guests were registered in the bride's book by Mrs.

Irby Charles Haarleson of Fort Payne, sister of the groom. The bride's table was covered with a lace tablecloth and was centered with a triple-tiered embossed cake topped with a miniature bride and groom. Carnations and gladioli with ferns in large bowls were used at either end of the table. The cake was cut by the bride and the groom in the traditional manner after which it was presided over by Mrs. Wooten.

The ices were served by Misses Mary Agnes and Sue Anne Maddox. Following the reception, the couleft on a wedding trip after which they will be at home in Talladega, Alabama. For traveling, the bride wore a black and white tailored linen dress. Her accessories were black and she wore an orchid received Mrs. Hays her education at the Danville high school, State Teachers College at Florence, and Peabody College for Teachers, of Nashville, Tenn.

She taught at Trinity high school and Central Heights school at Florence before being employed in Birmingham. Mr. Hays was educated at the Fort Payne high school and received his degree in commerce and business at the University of Alabama. He is a veteran of World War Two. For the past year he has been employed by the B.

F. Goodrich company in Birmingham, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida. recently transferred to Talladega where he is manager of store. out-of-town guests attended the wedding and reception. BLOODWORTH-KING Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Davis King, of this city, announce the marriage of Planning A DANCE? The armory can be rented on Friday and Saturday nights. Phone Decatur 743 AFTERNOONS ALSO ROSE JEWELRY LEADS AGAIN! Ladies' SPEIDEL Expansion Watch Bands NOW Formerly $9.00 $5.95 Incl. Fed. Tax At Rose Jewelry You Will Find All Nationally Advertised Merchandise At.

Nationally Advertised Prices! NEVER AN INTEREST OR CARRYING CHARGE YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED AT ROSE JEWELRY CO. THE FRANK BROTHERS HUNTSVILLE DECATUR Saw Pictured above following their recent marriage Hartselle Methodist Church are Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. who are residing in Athens.

Before her marriage Mrs. Young was Miss Nancy Evelyn Bean of Hartselle. (Hobbs Photo). DOROTHY THY DIX Released br The A RESTAURANT in a small Connecticut town bears this intriguing legend on its front: "If your wife cannot cook, eat here and keep her for a pet." wonder if that isn't the best remedy, for that the has cure ever of the been divorce sugevil, for when you come down to brass tacks the main thing that is the matter with matrimony is that husbands and wives expect too much of each other. They are not content with their mates possessing a few desirable qualities.

They expect them to carry a full line of all the charms and 1 virtues, and when they find out that their Marys and Johns are not all around perfectionists. they feel that they have been gypped. Curiously DOROTHY DIX ugh, it is only in DOROTHY DIX marriage that otherwise reasonable human beings expect to get the whole works for the price of a marriage license. They don't expect to have a few diamonds thrown in when they buy a peck of potatoes, or for the kitchen stove to into a concert grand. but they turn, expect the impossible of marriage.

and to spend the balance of their lives in a trance of roman- DAY OF AWAKENING pipe dream and find that marriage is fthat of work. worry, bills, and their husbands and wives are not fairy princes or pinfeathered angels, they no longer each other through rose-colorspectacles, but through magni- ages of 4 and 14 years were cordially invited to enroll for the last week. 14 cordially There are two classes in the school with Class One taught by Mrs. F. S.

Hunt, Mrs. Van Dyke. Mrs. Ann Kinsbery Goforth and Miss Mimi Jones assisted by Mary Emily Burnum, Marian Bloodworth and Sandra Davis. Teachers for Class Two are Mrs.

H. B. Norwood, and Mrs. Clifford Vaughan assisted by Ann Coleman and Darwin Davis. Mr.

William S. McAliley is superintendent with Miss Mary Louise Garrett as assistant superintendent. Each afternoon refreshments are served to those attending by the different circles of the Woman's Auxiliary. "White Swan" DIAPER SERVICE Only 20c dozen. Only Diaper Service Ap.

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fallen out of love with their wives because they have lost their youthful beauty, and the peevish, fretful women who find their husbands dull company to live with, and the world is filled with broken homes and half-orphaned children and embittered divorced men and women who have lost all faith in everything that is true and prod. But the solution of this problem is not in the separation of husbands and wives and their trying to find mate nearer to their hearts' desires. It in in their making the best of what they have, in their concentrating on the rood points of their mates and shutting their eyes to their defects. For the quest of the ideal mate in a less one. No such creature lives.

Mary may no longer be young, beautiful and but that does not keep her from being a crackerjack cook and She may have lost her figure, but the will never lose her loyalty and tion. Her conversational repertoire may run from the nursery to kitchen and back again, but the reason her husband big shot is because she made of her shoulder a ladder on which he climbed to success. And many a wife rides in limousines and wears sables cause quiet little man, who has never thought of himself as a hero, as great lover. has worked his fingers to the bone to give them to her. So if you happen to be married to wives or husbands who can't cook, why not make pets of 'em? Daily Records MARRIAGES Archie Leon Kelso, Cullman and Ellen Marie Ellis, Cullman.

Joe Smith. Jr. Florence, and Ones Chambers, Elkmont. James Hoyt Watkins, Somerville and Mary Alice Atchley, Somerville. Roy McKinley Black, Decatur, and Helen Marie Wiley, Decatur.

Jake Ledlow, Decatur, and Margaret Walker, Decatur. Deeds J. L. Dundy to W. E.

Price, $100. Ralph Jones to Herbert Hallmark, $400. -Bryan McAfee to Mrs. J. W.

Willama $1750. James H. Norton, to' Mrs. J. Williams, $1500.

Joseph E. Peters to Leslie M. Jones, $1000. W. L.

Roberson to Wilsie A. Bolton, $225. R. E. Spragins, et al, and 2.

H. Beadle. $525. Joe E. Terry to Herbert C.

Bridges, $1800. Insist on The ONLY diaper service that -gives you double protection for your baby's health. DIAPER SERVICE CO. Phone 2236-W MRS. DONALD, PONSONBY KYLE, who before her marriage to Mr.

Kyle 21st. was Miss Rita Mary Brueggemann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Francis Brueggemann. Belleville, Illinois.

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle at home with Mr. Kyle's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ponsonby MISS CHAPPELLE McGUIRE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. McGuire of Tuscumbia, became the bride of Mr.

Elgan L. Black of Decatur and Sheffield in a ceremony at the home of Bro. and Mrs. Rufus Underwood, Decatur. on June 17.

Mr. and Mrs. Black are pictured above following their marriage. their daughter, Brenda Elizabeth, to Mr. John Hubert Blood worth, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

The wedding occurred July ninth, 1947 at the home of Judge T. C. Almon, Somerville road. The bride was dressed in blue linen with white accessories and a corsage of white carnations. Mr.

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703 SECOND AVE. PHONE 995 Bell Sendicate. tying glasses that enlarge other's every fault and foible. They have come to the crossroads of their fate and just a step down the road is the divorce court. yet neither one has done the other any harm.

It is just that they have expected too much of marriage, too much of life, too much of each other. So we have the philandering husbands who think they have Davidson, were the attendants. ills After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Bloodworth will reside in Decatur where the groom is em- see ployed as a salesman for a local ed firm.

SUE MOYE TO BECOME BRIDE OF JAMES A. EATON IN AUGUST the The engagement and approaching marriage of Sue Moye to Mr. James Allen Eaton is announced today by Mrs. Arthur Stephens Moye, mother of the brideAugust ninth has been set for the wedding which will take place in Homestead a Methodist church with Dr. S.

H. Davis officiating. H. Miss Moye is a graduate of the Homestead high school and has been employed as bookkeeper by Brooker Lumber company, N. C.

for the past four years. Mr is a graduate of Dresden high school at Dresden, Tennessee. He served three years in the U. S. Marine Corps and is now employed by American Telephone and Telegraph Co.

with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of Mr. and G. A. Eaton, of Mobile.

Alabama. Friends here of the bride-to-be will read with interest the above clipping from a Homestead, Florida paper. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN The Daily Vacation Bible school of the First Presbyterian Church completed Friday its first week with the afternoon meetings to be continued through next Friday from 2:30 o'clock to 5:00 o'clock each afternoon in the Sunday school annex. Any children between the this were we swamped at the Opening of our Sale We Apologize for Being Obliged to Lock the Doors We knew that a Store-Wide Sale of merchandise of known value such as we carry--with price reductions on everything, and with everything new, this year's stock -would appeal to a bargain hungry public. We made lots of extra preparations to handle big crowds.

But you swamped us--we couldn't crowd all of you into our store- we had to lock our doors. We're sorry. But we appreciate your patience in waiting your turn to cash in on the bargains. We thank you for coming. We're glad you were pleased with the genuine bargains you found here.

All The Bargains Advertised In Our Page Ad Last Thursday Continue On Sale This Week While Stocks Last If you could not fulfill all your needs Friday or Saturday, come this week. There is still a store full of bargains. Nothing held back. Everything in the store now at Remodeling Sale Prices. Speak a Darren MAR Rat PROMISE OF SATISFACTION SINCE 1005.

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