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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1929
Page
2
News from Just Around Home covers church revival at Ninth Street Methodist Church in Decatur, plus farmers praising recent rains. Local residents attend events, swap news on road work, school staff, and community tastemakers from Tanner to Eva and Welti.
Federal farm board gains a cadre of women scientists from the Agriculture Department including cytologists biometricians nutritionists and entomologists to guide cooperative campaigns and crop research. Dr Louise Stanley leads vitamin tests while Dr Eloise Cram studies poultry parasites to curb losses.
Oswald Stephenson was the guest for Johnnie White on Monday. Catherine Terrell visits her aunt Mrs. Agnes White for the week. Alta Clark stayed with Roy White on Saturday. Mrs. R. L. White visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Roberts for the week. Mr. and Mrs. Coy White were guests of sister Mrs. Hubbard Terrell. Several residents attended the gathering at Wren on Sunday. Rainfall benefits local crops.
Community notes from Danville Route 1 report attendees and visitors. Mr. and Mrs. B H Poole spent the day with Mr. and Mrs Will Vaughan. Rev Ben Jones will conduct a service at Penns School Saturday. The public is invited to attend. A J Morris attended church service at Hopewell Sunday. L M Morris visited the bedside of Co L Gray Sunday. Felton Hogan visited the bedside of Coleman Gray Thursday. Mr and Mrs R C Childress visited with Mrs Rube Jarrett. Inez Gray has returned home after visiting her sister in Decatur. Mr and Mrs Floyd Hogan were Sunday night guests of Mr and Mrs Richard Morris. Mrs Lou Roberson and Mr and Mrs C Childers visited the bedside of Gray Sunday.
Miss Ruth Mooney visits grandmother near Pleasant Hill with family. Lola Mae Malone travels to Trinity to visit relatives and attend a ball game at Miss Lole Mae Ma Ethel Philips Frances Lile and others join Ethel Philips at the ball games Tuesday. Mrs W Bass hosts guests including Martha Emens Lena Bat Ruth Sherri and Ethel Philips.
Willingham residents report attendance at an all day singing in Logan, plus multiple visits among relatives. Families from Cullman Boaz Evergreen and Center Grove share weekends with kin, church gatherings, hospital stays and revival attendance noted.
Messrs and Mrs participants from Athens and nearby towns attend family visits fishing trips and a chicken stew at Calvin Eubanks residence. Names include Mrs. Calvin Eubanks Mrs E C Sharp Mrs A N Clement W M Clement John Schaub Elsie Clement and others in a string of Thursday through weekend calls and hospitality.
Misses Sara and Aline Blair left last week for Scottsboro for a few days. Miss Ader and Ora Crane visited Miss Bernice Wilder for a week. Mr and Mrs Leon Guisn and Mrs H L Brown departed Saturday for Hat S ne, Mississippi, for several days as part of their travel plans. Miss Evelyn Nelson was also noted as spending time away.
The H F C B Union held its monthly meeting at Vinemont Junior High School Sunday afternoon with sixty two leaguers and several visitors. The program included readings, prayers, a piano solo, and league songs. Falkville won the banner for highest attendance. next meeting set for Hanceville in August.
A large crowd attended the annual singing in Corinth. Locals traveled to Cross Roads near Logan for Friday picnics and ball games and to Merry Lee in Walker county on Saturday. Visitors came from Akron Ohio and Decatur. Several families, including the Looneys, Jordans, Jennings, and Brascwells, shared visits in Falkville Battle Ground and Cullman areas. Tom Watson fell seriously ill at home. Funeral services were held for Mr. Smith in Cullman with Rev. Max Love officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Blackmon hosted and were joined by Mrs. J. F Pearson and daughters Viola Ladie Essie and Pearl from Morris Alabama who returned home after a visit. Beulah Watson spent the weekend at her Hartselle home. Mrs. T. J. Blackmon and daughters Myrtle and Jennis V plus Mrs. Gertrude Blackmon of Akron Ohio visited Monday. Mr Justice and companion from Lawrenceburg Tennessee stayed with Marvin Justice. Miss Vera Nesmith was the guest.
Miss Kathleen South attended a Saturday night event. Mr and Mrs Mose Rowell and family visited Mr and Mrs W A Sheats Sunday afternoon. Beulah Watson visited Nora Johnson Monday evening. Several residents attended church at Liberty Sunday.
Alvie Belle of Leesdale visited Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Poole and children were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Vaughan Sunday. Elnora Louise Cleo Kirkpatrick and Dewey Hogan visited Paul Alverson on Hart Selle route 1. Hendon and daughter of Decatur and Wallace Hogan of Lebanon visited. Lucille Woods of Akron Ohio is visiting relatives here. Essie and Evie Crowe were guests of Irene Dutton Thursday. Dutton of Decatur spent the past week with sister Will Burgess. Elnora Kirkpatrick, who works in Decatur, spent the weekend with her parents. L. M. Morris and sister Allie Bell of Decatur visiting relatives in Birmingham. Wesley Hogan ill but receiving friends locally. J. E. Dutton and family weekend guests of relatives in Birmingham. W C Kirkpatrick and children Horace Lee Nina Fay Johnny Dallis visited. Richard Morris and family weekend guests of S W Gray family. Travis Hogan and Mrs. A. Morris spent Sunday with them. Rev. W. E. Pritchard of Addison visited friends Friday. Ruth Shaw spent weekend with Hattie and Rosa Tedford. Rev Ben Jones of Etheridge Tenn will conduct church services.
At Penn's school auditorium a revival begins the first Sunday in August with Rev. Pritchard assisting. A Saturday evening meeting in the same week at the school auditorium precedes the revival.
Mr and Mrs P E Counts plan to return to New York City after a three week visit with their parents in Mt Hope. Various locals including Mr W T Woodall, Curtis Smith, and Miss Eva Jackson visited relatives in Decatur. H M Layman of Decatur returns to Mt Hope to lead a second Presbyterian meeting, welcomed by the community.
Henry G Swift and son from Arkansas visited relatives here the past week. Mrs O L Judy of Moulton visited friends Friday. James Porter Ennis and C J Porter recently returned from Corinth Mississippi. Morgan Sherred of Courtland spent a short time Friday afternoon. William Garnett of Decatur visits his aunt Mrs Edgar Landers and family. Mrs Pearle Buchheit is in Hot Springs Arkansas recuperating. Robert Fretwell of Mt Hope is…
Oak Grove reports a singing school opening Monday drew a large crowd. Rev Cur filled his regular appointment Saturday evening and Sunday morning with sizable attendance. Local families and visitors, including Lettie Owens, Grace and Nora Morgan, Versie Gray, Dottie Mae Gray, Luther Standridge and O Neal Standridge, and area residents were noted in weekend church and social visits.
Mrs Saltie Wilson of Town Creek visits brother A A Roberts and Mr and Mrs J E Murphree plan a three week visit to Detroit and Tennessee. Numerous residents and visitors, including families from Pin Hook Danville Haleyville Jasper and Birmingham, are noted with travel visits and local greetings.
Mrs. Clifford Meigs returns from Florida. Local families visit in Tuscumbia and Florence. Edgar Ballentine Jr. hosts Kentucky relatives. Dooley Gilchrist returns from Nashville with a broken ankle. Daniel Gilchrist travels to Gadsden for physician care. Russell Fowler from Baltimore joins family with Chardavoynes. Fishing trip and swimming party with many locals. Various errands include Birmingham and Decatur trips. Stokes Goodrich visits Payetteville and Huntsville. Families Gilchrist and Hotchkiss spend time with relatives in Memphis.
Miss Lucille Chunn dined with Mrs. Rubye Bussey as several residents visit kin. Louise Womack and Lillian Layman stay with her mother, Mrs. Bert Norris, while Mrs. Luke Norris and children visit in Anniston with Mrs. Beasley. Huey McClellan and Elmer Neville drive to Birmingham to visit relatives. Mrs. Mary Wise remains seriously ill at home. Dana Grace Staten of Florence visits her grandmother Mrs. W. R. Staten. Mrs. Jess Crane and children along with Mrs. Will Carter and Mrs. Mollie Moss spend time in Tuscumbia. Mary Katherine McClellan shows improvement at her grandmother Staten’s home.
A. A. Roberts and family left Tuesday morning for Oklahoma to visit relatives and friends and expect to be gone for several days. Mrs. W. H. Latham suffered a sunstroke but is improving. Mrs. Tennie Young and her Birmingham grandson visit Mrs. Wilburn Murphree. Jessee Montgomery of Decatur was a guest. Local people attended a singing at Wren and fished at the river this week. William Young and Bryan gomery were among attendees.
Rev Stovall of Mississippi preached at the Baptist church Sunday evening and Dr Wyatt of Birmingham will assist in the revival meeting which began August 4. Ardmore High and Grammar schools opened with the largest enrollment in local history. Local teams report cricket results: Ardmore beat Tanner 23-16. Rogersville defeated Ardmore 18-4. Visitors include Bunyan Brock and Duke Daniel of Blanche and Miss Florence Hooper of Washington DC.
Normal weather has allowed Alabama cotton to advance steadily with a favorable outlook for a full crop. Deterioration in parts of southeast Alabama is linked to square shedding and boll weevil activity while north Alabama shows completed cultivation and optimism. Weather in the next five weeks will largely determine total production. Corn needs rain in some areas, but yields are expected to be average or above.
The federal Farm Board proposes a 20 million dollar cooperative marketing corporation to unify wheat pools and cooperative elevators. It would export about 200 million bushels annually, with equal representation for pool and elevator interests and financing from the revolving fund, banks, or member stock.
An old fashioned grove meeting starts tonight at the J. G. Cox place four miles out on the Somerville pike. H. L. Kirby leads the services with a talk on the word Bible. Session continues for several days. Services begin at 7:30 PM and the public is invited.
Farmers and milk handlers are urged to shade roadside milk stands and cover milk cans transported by wagon or truck. Heavy jackets for milk cans help keep milk cold during warm weather.
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