McDonald Williams announce marriage of Moore McDonald
Social news item reports the August 15 1929 wedding of Moore McDonald daughter of Mr. and Mrs J B Williams. Groom a railroad employee. Couple leaves for Nashville then home at 129 Seventh Avenue West. Includes other society notices and local engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald-Williams
J. B. Williams
Daugh Moore McDonald
Miss Williams
Riverside High School
L & N Railroad
McDonald
Thought and Poetry Reflections on Conscience and Learning
A compact meditation contrasts obedience and conscience with education and learning. A farmer voice notes snow feeding springs and speaks of desertlike souls being blessed, suggesting resilience and renewal through nature and wisdom.
Engaged Miss Dorothy Benagh to wed Mr William Wert McNelley
Announcement from Athens notes Miss Dorothy Benagh daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Benagh Birmingham Alabama will marry Mr William Wert McNelley also of Birmingham in a ceremony set for Sept 11 Dorothy born in Athens and with many Athens relatives mentions visits by Miss Johnnie Schrader from Memphis to sister Mrs W A Hoppers on Fifth Avenue during the past two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lanter
Eleanor
Nashville, Tenn
E. B. Garner
Benagh-McNelley
Athens
Dorothy Benagh
W. H. Benagh
Birmingham
William Wert McNelley
Johnnie Schrader
Memphis
W. A. Hoppers
Fifth Avenue
Philathean Class Delights Central Baptist Sunday School
The Philathean class met this week at Frances and Sadie Garnett’s home. The program centered on Team Work with prayers, Nehemiah reading, a Dorothy Bacon poem, a business session, a talk by Frances Watkins, discussion, and a social hour with refreshments.
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Central Baptist Sunday School
Frances
Sadie Garnett
Dorothy Bacon
Frances Watkins
Willie Kitchens and sisters to return from motor tour
Willie Kitchens and sisters Zella and Louise are expected home Sunday after a two week motor tour through the northeast and Canada. Mrs. F. G. Dudley of Pleasant Hill Alabama is the expected guest of her daughter Mrs. Eugene Bailey Sr.
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William Connor
Florence
Wellington Bosworth, Jr
Emma Woodward
Austinville
Roy Odom
Willie Kitchens
Zella
Louise
Canada
F. G. Dudley
Pleasant Hill, Ala
Eugene Bailey Sr
Vienna dancer invents head conducted orchestra concept
Frau Elsa Wisenthal of Vienna founder of Battuta dances uses head movements to conduct the orchestra, turning dance into an active driving force and artistic stimulus. She plans to present the method at the International Congress of Dancers in Paris this fall.
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Vienna
Elsa Wisenthal
Frau Wisentha
Frau Wisenthal
International Congress of Dancers
Paris
Court Term Ends in Lawrence County Briefly
The Lawrence County circuit court at Moulton concluded its criminal term after a week of sessions under Judge James E. Horton. A civil suit proceeded on the final day with a ruling pending.
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Circuit Court
Lawrence County
Moulton
James E. Horton
Merchants Leaving For Eastern Trip
Members of the Syndicate Buyers of America from the Decatur Russellville Huntsville Albertville Collinsville Haleyville and Decatur will depart for New York markets tonight. They will join other Southern section merchants in New York under the secretary manager at Decatur.
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America
New York
D. W. Speake
Decatur
J. E Orman
Russellville
P. S. Dunnavant
Huntsville
Ab Luther
Albertville
Oliver Hall
Collinsville
J. B Gentle
Haleyville
Otto Moebes
Randolph Leaves YMCA to Join Middle West
C. J. Randolph resigns as YMCA secretary effective September 1 and says he will join a middle western institution. He declined to name his new plans but confirmed receiving several offers to serve as secretary there.
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C. J. Randolph
YMCA
Middle West
West Virginian to Dive in Local Pool
Donald Grubbs of Huntington West Virginia signs to enter the fancy diving contest at Malone Pool as part of the water carnival along with swimmers from Athens Hartselle Cullman and Decatur. Pool management says details are set and another large crowd is expected Monday night.
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Alabama
Donald Grubbs
Huntington
West Virginia
Malone Pool
Athens
Hartselle
Cullman
Decatur
Former Pastor to Visit Decatur
Rev. W. N. Sholl, formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian church, now serving at an Oklahoma church, is expected to visit Decatur next week. He presently resides in Montreal North Carolina and previously volunteered as an army chaplain with the American Legion post during the war.
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W. N. Sholl
First Presbyterian Church
Oklahoma
Tallapoosa County
North Alabama Baptist College
Danville
Tennessee Valley Bank
Decatur
Morgan County
Zep In Wireless Contact With Japan On Voyage
The Graf Zeppelin was speeding across Western Siberia at 70 miles per hour when a Japanese radio station picked up its position at 7 40 this morning about 750 miles west of Yakutsk. Life aboard the world girdling ship was stated to be normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Japan
Sibera
Yakutsk
Siberia
Governor's Night Kiwanis Feature in Huntsville
Huntsville Kiwanis club honored J Walter Clopton of Decatur governor of the Alabama Kiwanis district with a Governor's Night program. Clopton spoke briefly on Kiwanis work across Alabama towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville Kiwanis Club
J. Walter Clopton
Decatur
Alabama Kiwanis District
Alderman Hanged For Double Murder
James Horace Alderman a 50 year old rum runner was hanged at the coastguard base for the slaying of two coast guardsmen in a gun battle on the high seas two years ago. He walked to the scaffold with a prayer and the trap was sprung at 6 03 as the sun rose over the Atlantic.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
James Horace Alderman
Coastguard
Alderman
Atlantic
Soviet Cavalry Beaten Near Manchuria Amid Rail Station Clash
Official Chinese reports say 700 Soviet cavalrymen were repulsed at Jalianor on the Chinese Eastern railway 22 miles south of Manchuria. Casualties were heavy on both sides with twelve Russians dead and Chinese reporting four killed and twelve wounded including two officers. Russians stayed on Chinese soil about three hours. A second clash at Meiyaotze near Manchuria followed a bombardment and was said to be continuing.
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Peiping
China
Jalianor
Manchuria
Mukden
Meiyaotze
Green Named Temporary State Superintendent of Banks
OD F Green of Montgomery named by Governor Graves as temporary successor to C E Thomas. Green will serve until Jefferson County grand jury charges against Thomas are resolved. He previously headed the banks department 1919–23 and has held multiple legal and political roles in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
OD. F. Green
C. E. Thomas
State Banking Board
Green
Thomas
Jefferson County
Secretary of State
Mr. Green
Kilby
Charles Henderson
State Superintendent's of Banks
State Favored In Muscle Shoals Suit
Assistant attorney general Knight said a federal appeals court ruling favoring North Dakota in a bank taxation case may aid Alabama in its suit seeking 250000 dollars for hydro electric power generation at Muscle Shoals sold to private interests. The decision hinged on whether a bank performs a government function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Ons K. Knight, Jr
United States Bycuit Court of Appeals
North Dakota
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Births Reported for Three New Daughters
Born to Mr and Mrs Roy Griszard a daughter on August 16 and to Mr and Mrs W George on August 11 an eight pound girl named Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Griszard
W. George
Cine Virginia
Pound
Women Vice Consuls Face Varied Life Abroad in 1947
The Associated Press profile notes two young women shipping abroad as vice-consuls Miss Nelle Stogsdal to Beirut and Miss Margaret Warner to Geneva will encounter high costs and living adjustments yet engaging opportunities. Stogsdal can rent a 14 room palace for 35 dollars monthly but must supply heat and electric light. Warner will live pricey Geneva amid League of Nations activity. Both expect passport work and night shifts in summer. Stogsdal may escape Beirut heat by weekend trips while Warner meets European notables. Other cited female diplomats include Pattie Field in Amsterdam and Willis in Valparaiso Chile, with Lucile Atcherson previously serving in Bern and Panama.
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Associated Press
Washington
Beirut
Syria
Cenave
Switzerland
Nelle B. Stogsdal
Margaret Warner
Geneva
Europe
League of Nations
Miss Warner
Miss Stogsdall
Syfi
South Bend
America
Ican
Géc Heva
Chile
Lucile Atchereson
Columbus
Ohio
Berne
Panama
Vets Set Wedding During Camp VFW Convention
A romance among Veterans of Foreign Wars members ends in a wedding at the St. Paul convention. Kittie Mulhall of Chicago will wed Charles V. Nolan of Clifton Kentucky during the August 25 to 30 gathering, with the ceremony read before delegates.
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ST. Paul
Kittie Mulhall
Chicago
Charles V. Nolan
Clifton
Kirby to Deliver Series of Sermons at Connecticut Mills
H. L. Kirby will begin a series of sermons at the community house in Connecticut Mills Sunday evening at 7 45. He will preach there each evening during the approaching week with all sermons based on Isaiah 1 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Kirby
Connecticut Mills
Nolan Return From France at Fort Sheridan Hospital
Nolan, recently released from service in France, is listed as a patient at Fort Sheridan Hospital in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan, Il
Nolan
France
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Charlotte
N. C
Forrest Reservation
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W. A. Brown
J. T. Jones
H. A. Moore
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James Duncan
G. R. Mason
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Community Welfare Board
H. S. Roberts
Sherman Street
W. H. Ritter
D. D. NieGehee
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Miss Nungester
W. M. Voorhies
J. G. Woodruff
Federation of Missionary Societies
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John D. Wyker
W. A. Gulledge
Frances and
Cordelia
Verbena, Ala
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Robert Bradford
Mabel Allen
Priceville
J. C. Ward
Vental and
Van
D. P. Hendrix
Viola Ward
A. A. Walker
North Carolina
Gorman Jones, Jr
Allene Jones
Sheffield
Fanny Jones
Viola Sharp
Virginia Speer
Louisville
Seymour
Ind
Cincinnati
B. H. Tanner
Maggie Bell Denton
Wichita Falls
Kansas
Mr. Tanner
F. O. Pettey
Lucille Giles
Fayetteville
Tenn
J. R. Daniel
Mi'dred Sewell
Nashville
T. C. Spight
M. H. Todd
Gasden
Atlanta, Ga
George Moore
Arthur Teak
Jasper
J. B. Latham
Landersville
E. L. Scott
J. Q. Sewell, Sr
Jesse Quimby III
George E. Boyd
Monteagle
G. D. Wiliamson
Gasden, Ala
Mr. Williamson
Miss Bessie Speake
Mrs. Porter Smith
Baby
Peggy Jo
Comer Ezell
Mrs. Ezell
M. Nix
Paul Dix
Benjamin Martin
Mary Belle Watson
W. S. Newberry
Gussie Bennett
Dallas
Texas
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Charles H. Pryor
United States Navy
Rev
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Gadsden
J. R. Doss
Ray Smith
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Ann Provine
Paris, Tenn
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Ocean Springs
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Tuscumbia
Tom Hendrix
Auburn
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Napps
Pointer
C. A. Campbell
Frank Murray
S. C. Maulsby
Dayton
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Mary Simmons
W. H. Thompson
Clanton, Ala
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Katie Marvin
Nancy
Shelbyville, Tenn
Warren Phillips
Ardmore, Tenn
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Laverne
S. O. Nelson
Joe Weatherly, Jr
Sam Nelson, Jr
Bobby
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Percy Snabenett
J. W. Clapton
Albert
Brevard
Camp Transylvania
Clapton
James Johnson
J. W. Jones
Mobile
Florida
J. E. Crim
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Miss Morrie Jones
E. D. Bailey, Jr
South
Louis A. Nell
Birming
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Maurice Sparkman
Herman Kyle
Anniston
Herma
Haruce
M. A. Stroupe
Atlanta
RA Oo Th Camao
Deca
Mary Battle Hendrix
Randolph Macon
Lucia Reeder
Gladys Sheppard
Lucia Riddle
T. G. Morrow
New York City
Sa Ga
Dr. Morrow
Tony, the
Wonder Horse
Deadwood
Clarence E. Mulford
American Legion
OF Man
God
Davis Sts
Orchestra
Randolph
Zep
Governor’s Night Kiwanis
Dunlop
Egypt
Sivley & Sandlin
Second Avenue
Pot KY
Ular
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Kirby
John D. Wyker & Son
Princess
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Alice Aeuste
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt
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Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
Douglas MacLean
Marie Prevost
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