Betty Baird to Wed Mr. Ger Oakley Season
Society notes announce Betty Baird and Ger Oakley Season plan a wedding on Friday August 29 1941 at 730 PM at Wee Kirk o the Heather Fort Lawn Memorial Park Glen dale California. The Baird family formerly resided locally and invites friends to the approaching marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
French Baird
Hir
Betty
Ger Oakley
Wee Kirk O' the Heather
Fort Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
California
Local visitors greet guests at cordial Bailey outing
Sanders, Miss Beulah Rowell, Mrs. B. A. Turner, Miss Leona Waugh, Mrs. A. S. Blackwell and Miss Eva Fennell were among attendees. A number of visitors were present. The welcome was extended by Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Bailey and the outing was enjoyed by all.
PERSONAL ITEMS AND VISITOR NOTES AT AREA HOMES
Mrs Marvin Yarbrough shows slight improvement at Sixth street home as family and friends visit. Dr Emil Kotcher and Mrs Kotcher arrive from Jackson for a weekend stay with Mrs Kotcher. Various relatives from Baltimore Nashville Tampa and Memphis visit or travel as extended stays end and new plans form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Yarbrough
Sixth Street
R. A. Sparkman
Nashville, Tenn
Make This Model At Home Teen Age Dress Has Gay Trim
Anne Adams Pattern 4870 offers teen sizes 10 12 14 16 with options for everyday or party wear. Embroidery trims and contrasting bodice panel can update the look while simple button trim adds school style. Includes gathers at front skirt, half sash in back, sleeve length choices, and yardage details plus ordering instructions.
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Anne Adams
Colonul
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Local social notes recap a string of visits and travels
The column lists residents and visitors: Marshall traveling with Dr and Mrs W.E. Glenn to Georgia then to Alabama to visit relatives. William Dennis en route to Tullahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McElhannon visiting Columbus. Murdocks traveling to Nashville for their sister Jean Cook’s MA graduation. Virginia Pitts returning from Alabama College. Dr. Pitts planning a Monteagle weekend with speech at the Assembly. Mrs. Albert Hardin in Florence. Morrow family and Thornhill family amid bereavement and illness. Pickens to return from Louisiana with Thornhill family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Virginia Pitts
Alabama College
A. 8. Pitts
A. R. Pickens
Louisiana
A. R. Thornhill
Thornhills
Prayers for Peace Mark Meridian Noon Plea
Meridian Mississippi residents pause for a citywide prayer for peace at noon as a siren sounds. Mayor Clint Vinson announced the event and cited letters from across the nation praising the peaceful appeal. He warned against appeasement and urged crushing offenders.
Sunday’s Lesson at Sunday School
Newman Campbell frames Peter’s persecution era as context for the Aug. 17 Uniform Lesson I Peter 4 12 19 5 6 11 Golden Text I Peter 4 16 The suffering of early Christians inspires steadfast faith and trust in God while inviting sympathy for modern believers facing trials for their convictions.
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Newman Campbell
Peter
St. Peter
Nero
Rome
Paul
Aquila
Luke
Christ
Jesus
God
Christ Jesus
Syndicate
Ino
Tailor Makes His Own Silk in Chicago Hospital
Chicago surgeon William Vandrasek, a 64 year old tailor recovering in a hospital, raises silk worms from eggs he bought in May. He has spun enough cocoons to estimate three pairs of hosiery and has taught nurses to unwind the thread from cocoons, a skill learned since childhood in Austria Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Vandrasek
Vandrasek
Austria-Hungary
Prayer Noonday Observance Led by Meridian Pilot Club
A Meadow City noonday prayer movement started by the 52 member Meridian Pilot club of business women of all faiths, brought to Mayor Vinson who urged townspeople to observe noon prayers wherever they are. Davie Smith, a fireman at the water works plant, has sounded a siren each noon since the appeal began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian Pilot’ Club
Vinson
Davie Smith
City Water Works
Meridian Palises
New York Southern Railway Reports 1941 Income
The Southern Railway reports net income for the first half of 1941 of 7.7 million dollars with 76 percent of earnings shared after preferred requirements, compared to 36.5 million in 1940 and 1.73 dollars per preferred share.
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New York
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Mueller-Faves
Tina Gould Mueller
Boyd Eaves
Birmingham
Reuter
W. J. Williams
Marguerite Reuter
Paul Reuter
Allen
Grant Street
Church of Christ
J. M. Givens
Sherman Street
Jan Poteet
Bob Harris
Country Club
GUILD
Wesleyan
Central Methodist Church
Dillehay
Morrell
Swift
Emil Kotcher
Jackson, Miss
Kotcher
W. T. Giles
Marion Brooke
Baltimore, Md
Tuscumbia, Ala
Wallace Gammon
Roy Poteet
Julian Bronaugh
Elizabeth Johnson
Tampa, Fla
J. W. Pipkin
Addie McCarver
Lillie Howell
Carl Needham
Betty Jo
Ensley
Edward Morrison
Arthur Morrison
Tuscumbia
D. W. Gregg
Little Rock, Ark
W. A. Hoppers
Memphis
Collierville
Tenn
Jack Busch
Columbia, Tenn
C. H. Sanders
Greenville, Miss
H. N. Proper
William Patton
Daytona Beach
Fla
Barry Phinizy
J. Wiley Owen
Hartselle
Steve Penn
Helen’ Ross
Paducah
Marshall Pitts
Winnastaska
Frank Simmons
Athens
Sterchi
Bass
Lana
Yay Nshi
Hartselle Church
W. O. Talley
Nashville, N. C
William Dennis
Dothan
Tullahoma
Warner Sartor
Frank McElhannon
Columbus, Ga
Fred Murray Murdock
Felix Grimsley, Jr
Fayette, Ala
U.S. Pitts
Monteagle
Dr. Pitts
Albert Hardin
Florence
8. H. Malone
Frank Morrow
Anniston
EB. 8. Morrow, Sr
Meridian
Miss
Clint Vinson
Camp Lee
St. Louis
Don “Red” Barry
Lynn Merrick
Republic
Roxy
Ank
Armstrong and Nairn
Dinsmore Bros. Furniture Co
Ave
Jhop
Ronda Ave
Pinanceh Company Hee Eee
Ast
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Carmen Miranda
Rio
Real
Buck Jones
City Park
Reconé Avenue
Goidel’s
Princess
Myrna Loy
Gail Patrick
Jack Carson
Walt Disney
Donald Duck
Donald
Decatur
Beery
Death Valley
ORIOL
Simme Manone Rambeau
SKY Raiders
Donald Woods, Billy Halop
Robi, Armstrong
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