Champion Family Reunion Feasts At Somerville Home
A Champion family reunion was held August 14 at the Somerville home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Champion. A noon picnic lunch was served. Family members from Birmingham, Union Grove, Falrville, Danville, Decatur, Hartselle, Wheeler, and Somerville attended, including Leona Haley, Lonnie, Martha, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion
W. H. Champion
Somerville
Leona Haley
Lonnie
Martha
Birmingham
Pierce Turner
Andria
Etna Nappier
Union Grove
Norman Owens
Butch
Jackie
Falrville
Fred Crow
Horace
David
Roger Dale
A. R. Turner
Eroy
Elmos Turner
Danville
Mattie Pearl
Brenda
Roy Champion
Faye
Royce
John W. Bracken
Elvady
Marshall
Arold
G. H. Curbon
William
Jeanette Taylor
Wheeler
Mildred Champion
Decatur
Wayne Turner
J. A. Turner
Ray
S. E. Berry
Thomas Crow
Mary Ann
Dewitt
Bobby
Billy
Carol
Cecil Turner
Cecil Howard
Elvie Champion
Mattie Mae
Gene
Norma Turner
Thomas Dodson
Lionel and Taylor
Hartselle
Horace Champion
George F. Cooley
Catherine Joyce
Lara Turner
Tommy Horn
Dora Faye
Anthony
Patsy
Mrs Irene Jones Reelected VP At Dance Masters Annual Meet
Mrs Irene M Jones returned from Washington DC where she attended the Sixty fifth Annual Convention of Dance Masters of America at the Shoreham Hotel during July and August. She was reelected for a third year as vice president and named chairman of the Direct Member Branch. She previously chaired the Trophies and Awards Committee and served on the finance committee, and was honored at luncheons by Mrs John Sparkman and Mrs Carl Elliott. She has led a Huntsville School of Dance for twenty years and plans to begin a Decatur studio in September.
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Irene M. Jones
Washington, D. C
Dance Masters of America Incorporated
Shoreham Hotel
Jones
Washington
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Cambridge
Vestoff Serova Russian School of Dance
New York City
Personal notices of travels and visits across states
Mrs Minnie B Lyle of Priceville returns from a two week vacation visiting Florida and the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg Tennessee. Ernest Morrow and Oscar Morrow with their families return to Mobile and Bessemer after visiting relatives including Walter Morris family from Omaha Nebraska now in Decatur. Walter Morris and daughter Ann plan to depart for Omaha after visiting his mother Annie L Morris. Charles Harvey leaves for a vacation to Miami Florida.
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Minnie B. Lyle
Priceville
Florida
The
Smoky Mountains
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
Ernest Morrow
Mobile
Oscar Morrow
Lane
Billy
Bessemer
Dudley Howell
Greenville
Mississippi
Walter Morris
Ann
Omaha
Nebraska
Decatur
Mr. Morris
Annie L. Morris
Advice on marriage and intellectual equality in Dorothy Dix column
Dorothy Dix counsels Robert to marry an intellectual equal, arguing brains endure while beauty fades. A dull wife leads to loneliness as shared interests vanish, while a wife who reads and discusses books keeps fireside lively. The column also suggests wives support working husbands to reduce infidelity fears and equates diligent wife duties with a stenographer’s professionalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Dorothy Dix
Revival at Hickory Grove Church Attracts Morgans County Dwellers
Local residents attend a revival at Hickory Grove church while others plan travel to Louisiana for a week with relatives. Several area families are noted as visitors, patients, or involved in community tasks. A note mentions a group wiring Mafnt hotels in Black Warrior forest and a family trip to Black Warrior lake for swimming. The entry ends with a reference to the fourth Sunday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Grove Church
O. W. Hogan
Near Cullman
Clell Smith
Corinth
Louisiana
John Wilcutt
Vesta Jonston
Birmingham
Ray Aldredge
Peggy
W. W. Guthrie
Wanda Jean Guthrie
Charlie McClellan
Penns
Vista Jongton
Jack McClellan
Susie Laay
Lorene Turrentine
Katheren Alexander
J. D. Bonds
T. A. Price
Hartselle Hospital
John Laay
Bruce Bonds
Henry Turrentine
Piney Grove
Lookout Tower
Black Warrior Forest
Dave Hancock
Detroit
Herbert Wilhite
Sarah Wilhite
Royal Fairbanks
Leonard Alexander
Black Warrior Lake
Oak Ridge WSCS Holds Session
The Oak Ridge Methodist church Woman's Society of Christian Service met on the church lawn Monday night with local men helping work on the annex. The program opened with singing and devotion by Miss Louise Bailey, then Mrs. Olen Cooper led the evening study "Learning to Trust" from Newness Of Life. Mrs. Earl Lege spoke "A Christian's Benediction" before a Circle prayer and a covered dish supper for the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Church Lawn
Louise Bailey
Olen Cooper
Oldest World Map? Clay Tablet Found North of Baby lon Site
A clay tablet unearthed 200 miles north of Baby lon ruins and now kept at Harvard University is believed to be the oldest map in the world. The discovery highlights early cartography with inscriptions suggesting geographic representation long before modern mapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Harvard University
Public singing day invitation announced
The notice invites the public to a singing day event. It emphasizes a cordial welcome for all attendees and calls for community participation in the musical gathering.
Japan’s Women Conquer Omine Mountain After War Change
Five Japanese women climbed Mount Omine in Nara Prefecture southwest of Tokyo, marking the last peak opened to female climbers after Japan’s postwar constitution granted women freedom. Before the war women were barred at many peaks and temples barred them. now the new day for women allows mountain ascent once forbidden.
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Tokyo
Japan
Omine
Nararefecture
The least used letter in the English alphabet
A trivia note stating that the letter Z is the least frequent in English text, highlighting its rarity compared to other letters.
Bakery Ordered to Reinstate Workers and Halt Interference
Washington August 18 The Malbis Bakery Company of Mobile Alabama must stop interfering with employees seeking union representation and reinstate four discharged workers under a consent decree issued by the National Labor Relations Board The decree covers bakeries in Alabama and Florida and orders compliance with labor rights.
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MIL
Wyker
Will Wyker
Wilson Lake
Thomas Hendrix
Skeggs Crawford
R. T. Harris
John C. Bragg
Lloyd Lively
Elmer Loyd
Garner Pride
Allen Wallace
Miss Collier
Miss Barnes
Willie Royce Collier
Davis Street
Phyllis Barnes
Lloyd L. Lively, Jr
First Baptist Church
Jo Hamilton
Irene Jones
Dance Masters OF America
Ussie
Ift
Battrey
Charles Harvey
Miami, Florida
Miss Dix
Dorothy ‘Dix
Reno
Stenogs
Bell Syndicate, Inc
U. S
Patent Office
South America
Sas
Parig
New Orleans
Mexico
Keokuk
Iowa
Morgan County Corinth
J D
Oak Ridge
WSCS
Astryc’ Shop
Jersey City
New Jersey
SN Ame
OPER
Wee
Second Avenue
Carbee Bree
Vianos
Gold & Purple
Rose & Royal
Teal & mx
Vanistyy
Carole King
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