Standridge Home Hosts Supper Honoring Detroit Guests
Austinville residents Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Standridge entertained Tuesday with a dinner party honoring guests from Detroit and Decatur including Mr. and Mrs. James Thrasher and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clemons. others attended from Decatur. The Aug 4 meeting of North Alabama Shrine No. 7 will be held at the Decatur Masonic Temple. Mary Martha Class Picnic at Delano Park followed by Pilot Club picnic at Seneca Springs with plans for a tea on Aug 17. Reverend Selvidge honored with a watermelon cutting at Horace Standridge residence as visiting friends join in Decatur events.
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Standridge
Detroit
Lowell Standridge
Austinville
James Thrasher
Michigan
Fred Clemons
Joe Fain
Mary McDougle
Decatur
North Alabama
Order OF the White Shrine OF Jerusalem
Decatur Masonic Temple
Mary Martha
Central Baptist Church
Delano Park
Pilot Club of
Seneca Springs
Ruby D. Sandlin
Lula Mae Boggs
Girl Scout Day Camp
Mary Marlowe
Legion Home
Bank Street
Selvidge
J. F. Selvidge
Judy
St. Albans
West Virginia
Horace Standridge
Moulton Road
West
Personal notices of travels and visits across several states
Mr and Mrs Lawson Mills and Misses Jackye Mills and Bettye Wear spend a week in Panama City Florida. Douglas Fisher and Walter Terry return from Pulaski Virginia visit. Eleanor Creel leaves Birmingham for Nashville Tennessee for a few days. Lilbourne Hall visits relatives in Guin Alabama. F M Campbell returns from two months trip to Florida and near Memphis underwent a operation at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Jean McRae and Annie Laura Sivley head back to Chattanooga after visiting W E Sivley Sr and relatives. Knox McRae remains with daughter in Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis. Howard Hagood back from Daytona Beach Florida and Columbus Georgia. T A Newell called to bedside of ill mother Alice Martin in Bessemer. Esther Kilgore and Ora Jennings back from Detroit Michigan and Windsor Canada. Molly Ann Hendrix also mentioned in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox McRae
Memphis
Tennessee
Miss Jean McRae
Baptist Memorial Hospital
T. A. Newell
Alice Martin
Bessemer Hospital
Bessemer
District Medical Meeting Slated Here On Sept 28
Morgan County Medical Society hosts Northwest Alabama district event on September 28 with about 100 doctors expected. Dr Ferdinand F Schwartz of Birmingham spoke on physical medicine methods while Dr L R Murphree outlined plans at the Cornelian Hotel. Dr James G Day from Cullman urged hosting duties.
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Morgan County Medical Society
Northwest Alabama
L. R. Murphree
Morgan Society
Cornelian Hotel
James G. Day
Cullman
Murphree
Dr. Murphree
Ferdinand F. Schwartz
Birmingham
Schwartz
Decatur Scouts Camp weekend hike near Bald Knob
Decatur Scouts under Dr. Thomas C. Bingham completed a weekend hike and camping trip. The group of life and second class Scouts left Decatur on Friday July 28 and returned Sunday July 30 establishing a temporary camp on the West slope of Bald Knob near the Wheeler national wildlife refuge. They spent most of the time in the refuge preparing for merit badge tests.
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Cup of Decatur
Omas C. Bingham
Decatur
Bald Knob
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Local residents plan visits after summer travels
The item lists numerous people visiting relatives or returning home from trips. Names include T B Greer and Jimmy in Granada Mississippi, Maryleen Duncan in Nashville, Jane Reinert in Birmingham, Mimi Jones and Martha Frances Kilgore from New York, Sylvia Smith from Moulton, and several families planning upcoming visits to Florida and Georgia.
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Mimi Jones
Martha Frances Kilgore
New York City
Family Reunion At Guntersville Dam Day
The children and grandchildren of Mrs. Alice Vest and the late Milton Vest gathered at Guntersville dam on July 25 for a family reunion. Attendees included Mrs. Alice Vest, Mrs. Hoyt Vest, Mrs. Olen Tapscott, Don and Jimmy, Mrs. Ester Smith and Carl, Dean Vest duo, John Harold, Wayne and Norman, Grady Chasteen duo, Benard and Orval, Ruth Carter and Jeannette from Hartselle, and Pruitt Vest duo Janie and Dicky from China Lake California. Swimming, fishing and photography were enjoyed.
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Alice Wst
Milton Vest
Guntersville Dam
Richard Wallace
Hoyt Vest
Alice Vest
Olen Tapscott
Don
Jimmy
Ester Smith
Carl
Dean Vest
John Harold
Wayne
Norman
Grady Chasteen
Benard
Orval
Ruth Carter
Jéannettee
Hartselle
Pruitt Vest
Janie
Dicky
China Lake
California
Morgan County Winton Community Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Ambrose Doss and others from Decatur Florence and Birmingham were dinner guests Sunday of their parents Mr and Mrs A L Whitten. Numerous relatives from Nashville Hartsville Atlanta Sheffield aided by local families visited over the weekend.
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Ambrose Doss
Decatur
Oscar Childers
Florence
Huel Sharp
Felton Sharp
Lester Whitten
Charles
Ronald
J. C. Whitten
Birmingham
Opal Whitten
Sheffield
A. L. Whitten
Joe Bishop
Eva
A. L. Johnson
Samuel Taylor
Newt Abner
Homer Breeding
Nashville
Tennessee
Hollis Breeding
Bill Dobbs
Hartselle
Howard Dobbs
Gary
T. C. Dunaway
Warren McGee
Lois McGee
Somerville
Winfred McGee
Atlanta
Georgia
Gloria Ann Winton
James Winton
First Bent Plywood Seats Pioneered in New York 1870
The first use of bent plywood appeared in the making of railroad station seats in New York City in 1870. This marks an early application of curved plywood in furniture design.
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New York City
Stars at Del Mar A Hollywood Suburb by the Sea
Del Mar California in summer fills with famous visitors from Hollywood. Celebrities such as Al Jolson Chico Marx Betty Grable and Bing Crosby frequent the track and beaches. Crosby helped link Del Mar to stardom through golf tournaments and ongoing celebrity lore.
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DEL+MAR
Calif
Hollywood
del Mar
al Jolson
Chico Marx
Betty Grable
Joe Frisco
Bing Crosby
del Bingle
Rancho Santa Fe
Golfing legends and a race track rise in early fame
Bob Burns studied Ozark golf methods while Bop Hope practiced jokes on unsuspecting galleries. Natives claim trees near a fairway never regrew as Johnny Weissmuller chased a lost ball one noon. About eleven years earlier a race track opened and Crosby became president with Pat O’Brien as vice president greeting visitors.
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Bob Burns
Ozark
Bop Hope
Johnny Weissmuller
Crosby
Pat O’brien
Bing
O'Brien
Also Mentioned on This Page
Social
Ry As
Ptus
Terrell
Douglas Fisher
Walter Terry
Mrs
I. M. Fisher
Pulaski, Virginia
Eleanor Creel
C. U. Campu
F. M. Campbell
Florida
Jean McRae
Annie Laura Sivley
Chattanooga
W. £. Sivley
Howard Hagood
Daytona Beach
Columbus
Esther Kilgore
Ora Jennings
Windsor
Canada
Molly Ann Hendrix
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Phil Hendrix
Camp Cosby
T. B
Greer and
Granada
Mrs. Greer
Ie V. L. Deese
Feegy Barncissee
Covington
Louisiana
Marilyn Millican
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Maryleen Duncan
W. J. Duncan, Jr
Sylvia Smith
Moulton
Annie Barlow
Jane Reinert
Mary Jeeves
Reinert
Reeves
Birmingham Southern
Birmingham Conservatory of Music
Mary Jo Reeves
Jane
Harold Garner
Tim
Roy Garner
Athens
Turner Hosch
Sallie Miller
Henry Turner
Michele
Miami
Fla
Jenna McCulloch
James McCulloch
W. S. Sharp
Glencoe
Thomas W. Schuessler
Tommy
Auburn
B. F. Tingle
Tuscaloosa
Falkville Methodist Church
D. P. Doyle
Morgan County
Winton
Arlene Livley
Don Williams
Laboon
Depatment Store
W.T. Grant
Second Avenue
Mrs. Owens
Penney
QAT
Mrs. Ratliff
Penney’s
Penney's
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