Community Honors Thurman Mayfield and W M Randolph
A August 3 dinner at Cave Springs near Priceville honored Thurman Mayfield and Mrs W M Randolph with family birthday celebrations. The Childers family reunion at Eva Baptist Church featured talks songs and a noon picnic with many members and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman Mayfield
W. M. Randolph
Cave _ Springs
Priceville
Hartselle
Army
Wesley Smith
Somerville
Add Randolph
Danville
Travis Lott
G. B. White
Clarence Mayfield
Roy Gullion
Dean
W. M. .Randolph
Charles Davis
Decatur
Eva Baptist Church
Childers
Johnson
Elizabeth Childers
Union Grove Woman's Society meeting notes
The Union Grove Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Russell Parker's home. The program opened with a hymn sung by attendees, devotion on Fellowship, a business session, a paper on hymn writer Phillip Bliss, and closing prayers. Refreshments were served to listed members. Next meeting set for August 18 at Mrs. McWhorter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Turner
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Austinville Methodist Church
R D. Clark
C. E. McRight
Union Grove Woman's Society of Christian Service
Russell Parker
Newt Kitchens
Parker
Kitchens
Daniel
McWhorter
Millard White
J. G. Aldridge
Kyle Clark
Dwight Harp
Louise Hampton
Mackey Hampton
Dianne Hampton
Family reunion and church meeting notes from Decatur area
The clipping records a family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Luther Clemons in Decatur Route Two honoring their son Benny who left for military service on August 6. It also describes a Basham Chapel Methodist Church Women Society program with prayers and Bible lessons and community members from nearby towns attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Clemons
Decatur
Benny
H. L. Monk
Hartselle
D. W. Stringer
Missouri
S. N. Welch
Cleo Gresham
Windy
Decantur
Pennsylvania
Keil
Donald Keil
Tenth Avenue South East
Paul Henry
Paul
Norwood
Henry
Family gathering with multiple Clemons and friends in Decatur and surrounding towns
An afternoon event featured photographs, games, and a watermelon cutting. Attendees included numerous Clemons and Slaten families from Decatur, Austinville, Florette, Hartselle, Knox, and surrounding areas, with additional visitors and named children and spouses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Clemons
Annie
Joe
Lucille
Benny
William Clemons
Allen
Diane
Jimmy
Hershel Harvel
Margaret
Decatur
Buford Terry
Dorothy
Charles
Austinville
Arthur Clemons
Florette
A. Slaten
Knox
Patsy Slaten
Nancy Clemons
Bill Waddell
Kay
Jerry
Vickie
W. W. Foshee
Martha
Cynthia
Glenn
Hartselle
Willie Bott
Donnie
E. R. Lott
Billy
Prentiss Long
Terry
Nathan Prince
Elbert
John Wood Owen
James
Thomas Goodwin
Melvin Slaten
Gail
Sue
Curtis
Margaret Lawrence
Allen Rooks Begin Smoky Mountains Vacation Return
Dr. and Mrs. Allen Rooks have returned from a vacation trip to the Smoky Mountains. Mrs. Phil Pointer, Mrs. Terry L. Moore, Zoe and Jerry Moore will leave Saturday for a month long vacation to Monteagle Tennessee with house guests Amelia and Lelanda Moore Coronado California for a week's visit before returning to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Allen
Rooks
The
Smoky Mountains
Phil Pointer
Terry L. Moore
Zoe
Jerry Moore
Monteagle
Tennessee
Amelia and
Lelanda Moore
Coronado
California
Dorothy Dix Addresses Wife’s Greatest Problem
Dorothy Dix discusses the most serious problem a wife can face in leaflet D.9 philandering. To obtain a copy, send a 3-cent stamped self-addressed envelope to Miss Dix for this newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Miss Dix
Revival Services Set At Ryan Baptist Church August 10
Sunday School at Missionary Baptist Church drew a large crowd. Revival services begin Sunday August 10 at 11 o'clock with Rev. Hester from 85th St. Baptist Church Birmingham as evangelist. Vacation Bible School closed with 75 average attendance. Mrs. Carl Greene was principal. Community farm meeting met Monday night for monthly session. Ryan Missionary Society held Royal Service program Tuesday. Nineteen from the community attended the district Sunday school meeting at Center Grove. D F Tidwell purchased store and house from Hercell Latham. Tidwell will take store over soon. George Hutcheson currently operates it. Tidwell is from near Cleveland Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Baptist Church
Ryan Baptist Church
Hester
85Th St. Baptist Church
Birmingham
Carl Greene
Community Farm Meeting
Ryan Missionary Society
Center Grove
D. F. Tidwell
Hercell Latham
Tidwell
George Hutcheson
Mr. Tidwell
Cleveland
Ala
Mrs. Emma McClendon Dies in California at 84
Funeral services for Emma Dorris McClendon 84 of San Bernardino Calif were arranged after her death Thursday. Survivors include two sons Dennis McClendon of Decatur and R D McClendon of Nashville three daughters Ruth Melson Frank Blackstone and Elizabeth McClendon six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Dorris McClendon
San Bernardino
Calif
Dennis McClendon
Decatur
R. D. McClendon
Nashville
Ruth Melson
Frank Blackstone
Elizabeth McClendon
Local Social Notes From Lawrence County
Mrs Wesley Curtis of Speake visits her niece Miss Jean Jackson. Mrs John Sullivan and daughter and granddaughter visit sister and aunt Mrs Ennis Roger in Georgia. P L McCaghren Enon Mr and Mrs Orman King and children Johnson Chapel visit mother grandmother Mrs J W McCaghren Jessie and Jerome. Morris Lowery Moulton Heights visits grandmother Annie Lowery and aunts Carley and Ethel. Mr and Mrs J C Royer and children return to Georgia after two week visit with Homer McWhorter family. Mrs Biddie Johnson is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Curtis
Speake
Jean Jackson
John Sullivan
Wilbur Jackson
Erney Ferguson
Ennis Roger
Georgia
P. L. McCaghren
Enon
Orman King
Johnson Chapel
J. W. McCaghren
Jessie
Jerome
Jerome, Thursday afternoon.—Morris Lowery
Moulton Heights
Annie Lowery
Carley
Ethel
J. C. Royer
OFFICE CAT SINGS AROUND THE POST OFFICE FEUDS
A chaotic office scene unspools with Myrt Elmroot and Floss Karbunkle arguing over a mean valentine. Cordelia Pinkberry and the Anti-Tobacco society are mentioned amid broader café and shopyard chatter. A police officer keeps the peace as side gags mix with a classroom joke and family quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrt Elmroot
Floss Karbunkle
Myrt
Cordelia Pinkberry
Cactus Suffragist Club
Anti-Tobacco Society
Cordelia
Chicago
Palace
Floss
Valentine
Hod Whipple
Michigan
Hod
Niagara Falls
Gesell Books Among Public Library Offerings
Public library features Arnold Gesell works from Yale on child growth and development. The catalog highlights Infant and Child in The Culture of Today and The Child From Five to Ten with guidance for home and nursery schools, prenatal attitudes, and development through age five to ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Gesell
Clinic of Child Development
Yale University
Gesell
Ravel
Koussevitsky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gessel
Ilg
Oldest diamonds in ancient Greek figural eyes
Two small diamonds are among the oldest known, set in the eyes of a 5th Century B C Greek statuette housed in the British Museum. The fragmentary note highlights the antiquity and provenance of the gem in the ancient artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. C. Childers
Henry Childers
Gaynell Driver
James Childers
Harold Driver
William Childers
Billy Mosteller
Ollie Drinkard
Shelby Drinkard
Demerious Lindsey
Marzelle,Wayne and
Wilda
Elzin Childers
George Childers
Jessie Fortenberry
Eugene Holmes
Edward Fortenberry
Oliver Childers
Harvey Bailey
Millard Holmes
Leo Veal
Raymond Chesser
Berlin Childers
Mrs. Lace Childers
Ezra
Homer Hawkins
W. H. Jennings
W.S.C.S
Cahaba
Thomason Coal Co
Railroad and
Cherry Sts
Union Grove
Parker Home
Benny Clemons
Stringer
Monk Home
Jesus
Basham Chapel Methodist
M. M. White
Chester McCaghren
Chaysé
Edna Martin
Toney Ratliff
White
Dawson Jones
Jerusalem
Shirley Kay Jones
Frances
Muriel Nissen
Keith
A. S
M. M
Patsy
Gracie
Mom and Pop
Jack Jakovac
Mgr
George Perry
RADIO
SHACK
Youngstown
Hwy
Lafayette St
Goodyear Service Stores
Lee and Line Sts
Neal Stephenson
Evans Metal Awning CO
Morgan County
Ryan
J. J. Moon
Woodall Bros. Barbecue
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghren
Junius
Hal
Cal
Agnes
Kurfees
H. Leon Reeves
Public Library
By Heather Comer
Decatur Branch Aauw
Amco Sales Company
North 21St Street
Alabama
Ranor
Jean M. Snow
301 Range St
Kal Nena
Stride Rite Shoes
2Nd Ave. S.E
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