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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1946

Page

8

Betsy Elam Guest of Honor at Tuscaloosa Tea

A series of social events surrounds Betsy Jane Elam of Tuscaloosa, bride to be of Horace Poll. Attending afternoon tea at Mrs T Z Bailey’s Sherman Street home were Mrs Rex Poll and other guests, with Miss Elam wearing striped taffeta and corsages of white carnations. The event drew about two hundred guests and featured a formal receiving line and decorated dining room.

Betsy Jane Elam Tusca Horace Rex C. Poll T. Z. Bailey Thomas Bailey Mary Augusta Bibb Sherman Street Lewis C. Brown Elam Jerry Wallace Barbara Hale Ann MacEntire Wendellyn Gray J. R. Daniels Mr. Dryden Frank Stone Cornelian Cornelian Hotel Sara Jeffries Tuscaloosa Ala

Merger blueprint advances for Tuscumbia and Sheffield

A sub committee was authorized to draft and refine a consolidation blueprint for Tuscumbia and Sheffield. The plan mirrors features of Albany and Decatur mergers. Attendees included city officials, chamber leaders, and veterans groups with further organization participation planned for August 22. A forum radio program on Wednesay will discuss details.

Tuscumbia Sheffield Albany Decatur Florence Times Tin Mien Cnet Ale Alito Obyr Sheffield Pilot Club Sheffield Veterans of Foreign Wars Sheffield Board of Commerce Tuscumbia Chamber of Commerce Central Labor Union Thomas Steger Sanford American Legion C. W. Nelson Howard King Charles T. Polk Cowles Horton Seth R. Mapes Ada Saywell Cary Buffington DC. Powell J. D. Mitchell Joe Pride C. L. Beard J. H. Branyon M. E. Hastings Bill Howard R. E. Thompson Christie Summers

Final Rites Held for Mrs Williams at Johnson's Chapel

Mrs Mollie Williams 57 died Friday evening at her Danville home. Funeral Saturday at 3 PM at Johnson's Chapel with Rev A H Hardiman and Rev M H Harper officiating and interment in the adjacent cemetery directed by Peck of Hartselle. She is survived by husband W C Williams three brothers Dan Williams Willie Williams Jones Williams, with pallbearers Ty Smith Curtis Stroup Ed Long Seldon Long Orman King Guy Long.

Johnson's Chapel Mollie Williams Danville A. H. Hardiman M. H. Harper Peck of Hartselle W. C. Williams Dan Williams Decatur Willie Williams Jones Williams Ty Smith Curtis Stroup Ed Long Seldon Long Orman King Guy Long

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