Society notes honor Jack Spratt at Courtland road party
Mr and Mrs Jack Spratt of Washington DC were honored at a bridge party hosted by sister Mrs W E Teed at her Courtland road home. Prizes included beads for Miss Fanny Brown Collier and a deck of cards for Mr Jack Dillehay. A silver bowl was given to the honorees, with ice cream and sweets served later. Many relatives and friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fanny Brown Collier
Marcella Collier
F. Tidwell
Alan Campbell
University, Va
Russell Green
R. L. Stephenson
Tennis Tidwell
F. A. Bloodworth, Jr
Cynthia Davis
Wack Dillehay
Local society notes include several visits and weddings
Miss Ellen Groenendyke improves after illness at home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell visit relatives in Birmingham. Mrs. Hartung visits Huntsville. Waddell daughter Myrtle Frances weds Robert Owren Pettey with Rev. Nabors officiating. Many locals host and visit kin across Alabama and Tennessee. several travel for study and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Russell
Birmingham
J. J. Waddell
Myrtle Frances
Robert Owren Pettey
A. H. Nabors
Central Methodist Church
Crawford Reed
Frak James
Jules de Launey
Margaret Crow
Collier Crow
James
Mr. de Launey
New York
Columbia University
de Launey
England
Oxford University
Eleanor Lackey Visitor Identifier Fragment
Eleanor Lackey who has been visiting here for several weeks appears in a partial local notice or social column fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Lackey
Pageant Heaven Bound to Be Repeated at King's Memorial
The pageant Heaven Bound will be presented again at King's Memorial Episcopal Church in Mc Cartney Lafayette Tuesday night August 9 at 8 o'clock. The production features over 50 of Decatur's best voices and is sponsored by the Negro Methodist Episcopal church with white friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Memorial Episcopal Church
McCartney
Lafayette
Decatur
Negro Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Ragsdale Visits TS Vet at Tuscaloosa Hospital
Mrs. Joe T. Ragsdale visited her husband Joe Ragsdale a World War I veteran at the government hospital in Tuscaloosa. Friends are pleased to learn he is showing some improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe T. Ragsdale
Joe Ragsdale
Government Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Mr. Ragsdale
Optimism Expressed by Standard Oil Leaders in North Alabama Meet
Standard Oil officials from Alabama voiced optimism about the region’s future during a conference at the Lyons hotel in Birmingham. D H Bohler FJ Parks A C Anderson EJ Reynolds RB Davie and other North Alabama agents attended a morning session followed by a Woodall’s barbecue. Hosts included Mrs R E Rogers and Mrs Green for the visiting officials’ wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Standard Oil Company
Lyons
Woodall’s
D. H. Bohler
Birmingham
Alabama
F .J. Parks
8. C.’ Anderson
E. J. Reynolds
R. B. Davie
R. E. Rogers
Green
Libby Holman Reynolds Indicted In Murder Case
A newspaper report details Libby Holman Reynolds and Walker facing first degree murder charges after a formal inquest concluded Reynolds died from a gunshot. Libby fled to Cincinnati, hid with her sister, and authorities pursued her as bail became impossible under state law. The piece also notes Victoria Nyanza as Africa’s largest lake and a major freshwater body after Lake Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby
Walker
Coronner
Reynolds
Cincinnati
Myron Kahn
Scott
Kahn
Holman
Winston- Sch@em
Polikoff
Graves
Victoria Nyanza
Africa
Lake Superior
The Tenderfoot brings Joe E. Brown to a big screen
Joe E. Brown stars as a Texas rancher who travels to New York with his last money. He buys a show that fails then becomes a hit thanks to a wild turn of events. Ginger Rogers leads a large cast including Lew Cody and Robert Greig in a lavish production praised by critics as one of the era’s funniest films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Brown
Joe
New York
Gage
Wilfred Lucas
Spencer Charters
Ralph Ince
Mae
Madison
Marion Byron
Herry
Seymour
Jill Dennett
Alan Lane
Metropolitan
Critsics
Brown
Condition of Henry A. Skeggs Deteriorates at Home
Little changes are noted in the condition of Henry A. Skeggs who remains critically ill at his Walnut Street residence. He is described as possibly growing weaker hourly and is unable to take nourishment as of Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Skeggs
Walnut ‘Street
Battles of Caja Harbor Recalled as Civil War Bloodiest
A fragment recalls a Civil War battle at Caja Harbor noted as among the bloodiest in American history. The account emphasizes intense combat and high casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caja Harbor
America
Benson Heads South for Two Week Vacation
Decatur school superintendent Benson departed Saturday for south Alabama to spend a two week vacation with family. He will not be paid during this period due to the schools' financial condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Decatur
South Alabama
Prolific cod fish yields 9 million eggs from 15 pound female
A single cod female weighing 15 pounds produced an estimated 9,000,000 eggs highlighting extraordinary fecundity. This observation underscores the species' reproductive capacity and potential population growth.
One Cent a Day Pays Up to $100 a Month Ad
A vintage ad promotes Postal Life and Casualty Insurance with a one cent daily rate promising up to 100 dollars monthly. It urges readers to send name address age beneficiary and relation for a policy and offers a free inspection with no nation required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Life & Casualty
Tomlin
Rand
Adv
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business Women's Circle
Business Women’s Circle
Central Methodist Business Women’s Circle
Miss McElreath
E. D. Whitman
Frances McElreath
Fairhope
Ala
Julia Wert Hildreth
Edith Puscell
Ruth Johnston
Dorothy Patterson
Mabel Pointer
Ann Tillery
Thomas Hodson
Johnston Street
Mahlon Trimble
Claude Trimble
Jim Matthews
Bee Line Highway
J. V. Murphree
Evie
L. R. Murphree
J.R. Lackey
Nashville
Henry Bivens
Ellen Groenendyke
Henry Hartung
Huntsville
Maggie Mae Long
Mrs
W. H. Long
P. Jackson
Cullman
William E. Steed
Fairhope, Ala
Katherine Wood
Sylacauga, Ala
Frances and
Mildred Nungester
Fay Hoskins
Pulaski, Tenn
Sam Evans
East Moulton Street
Virginia Stewart
Athens, Ga
Mrs. C. O. Johnson
D. R. Clarke
Springfield
Mass
C. H. Bird
T. 8. Aiken
W. H. Greer
Tri Cities
Here
Will Skeggs
Oklahoma City, Okla
Hon
H. A
Skeggs
George Jackson
Earl and George, Jr
Mobile, Ala
James Alton Brittain
Jasper
Louisville
OR. Johnson
Mrs. Jackson Calvin
J. H. Calvin
Ollie E. Schrickel
Gaughter
Arlington
Texas
Ing
Travis Callahan
Points
Kentucky
Ralph W. Cowart
University, of Alabama
E. Ww. Godhbey
Rayburn Neville
Wwilliam Steed
Roy Smith
Lilian Houser
Nolen Roper
Ten Valley Greenhouse
Athens
James A. Garnett
Baker's Landing
Tennessee River
Percy Snabnett
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Peggy Wilds
O. Freed' Baur
Jane
Nashville, Tenn
Mrs. Ann Minor George
J. M. Minor
Jim Oakes
Pulaski
Preuit Cartwright
Preuit, Jr
Foster Bailey
W. A. Bailey
Mobile
Pensacola
Fla
John Arantz
Mrs. O. Freed Baur
Robert
Wilton
Rev. Nabors
Joe E
The
Tenderfoot
Ginger Rogers
Lew Cody
Town
Batistes
Chandler
H. R. Speake
H. T.cook
W. R. Alexander
Wadnut St
Bank St
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Co
Pretty June Clyde
Screenland
Holman Reynolds
Big Mouth
Funny Man
Princess
Morgan’ Cojisity Motor’Co
Goidel's
Ligon
Second Ave
Moulton St
Silk
Georgettes
Grant -St. AT
First-Ave
Decatur’s
Goodrich Silvertown, Inc
Hunter Furniture CO
Morgan County Motor CO
Rountree’ Lumber CO
Sivley & Sandlin
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Twin City Bread CO
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