Speake Family Visits and Local News
Mrs Charles Speake recovers from a stroke at home after hospital visit. Williams Lindsey and sons from Hartselle visit. Rev Shakelford called to Birmingham for Mary. Ella Green of Mississippi visits Step hensons recovering from surgery. Florida visitors J A Hawkins and Robert Melson meet John Procter family and aunt Lillie Faulkner visiting from California. Jan and Casey Hembree of Milton Florida visit Hagans. Beasons' mothers visit to be with daughter Jane before she leaves for university again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lindsey
Hartselle
Shakelford
Birmingham
Mary
Ella Green
Mississippi
J. E. Stephenson
Green
J. A. Hawkins
Robert Melson
Florida
John Procter
Lillie Faulkn
California
Jan
Casey Hembree
Milton, Fla
0. A. Hagans
J. D. Hembree
Mr. Beasons
Springville
Bass sisters announce engagements in Decatur area
Miss Julia Lee Bass will wed Eugene Wayne Lamon and Miss Jane Lois Bass will wed Terry Mercer Geloneck. Parents and grandparents across Decatur and Detroit are listed. Julia and Jane are Decatur High School grads. Julia and Eugene attend Florence State College. Jane will enter University of Alabama. Geloneck also a University of Alabama graduate. Engagements planned for September at the brides’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
John Benjamin Bass
Atlanta
Julia Lee Bass
Eugene Wayne Lamon
Jane Lois Bass
Terry Mercer
Geloneck
Eugene Louis Lamon
Mercer Geloneck
Wilbur
Elmon Lee Mercer
Mercer
Otto Geloneck
Detroit
Mich
Julia Bass
Decatur High School
Florence State College
Lamon
Jane Bass
University of Alabama
Chatterbox Notes and Local Happenings
Hubert Humphrey attended events while Savana Whitman Judy Ferguson headed to Florida for the school season. Families visit Lake Charles and St Francisville as Miss Elizabeth Houston and Miss Constance Pierson tour Rosedown Plantation. A cradle rocker from India costs 21 dollars and Caladiums frame the 17th century landscape as summer flowers peak. The column ends with a quip about timeliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francisville
Elizabeth Houston
Constance Pierson
Rosedown Plantation
Athens vows action on garbage with direct mayoral contact
Athens mayor George Plytas urged residents to report uncollected trash by calling the health director, and if unavailable, to call the mayor at home. The report notes a TV camera converting X rays to video signals can magnify tiny computer components during inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
George Plytas
Generous servings rely on a pound of spareribs
Guidance notes that a pound of spareribs yields a generous serving for each person when preparing fresh pork spareribs. It emphasizes using one pound per diner for portions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Speake
W. C. Martin
Jane
Decatur
William Arthur Guyton
William Augustus Bass
Montezuma
Mr. Lamon
Dan Minor Walden
Mr. Walden
John Louis Lamon
Miss Jane Bass
Chatterbox
Hubert Humphrey
Savana Whitman
Judy Ferguson
Lake Charles
Mack Dinsmores
Ryan Dinsmore
Marvin Dinsmore
Sarah Worth
Bob Crowe
India
Pennleigh
S-M-L
Grant
Ginger Lane
Little Girls
Little Boys
Oxford
Dot Aldrich
First Methodist Church
Decatur Civinettes
Jim Garner
Ken Hooks
School OF
Crestline
Bosy Beaver
Joyce Lane
Orion
Dacron
Arant
Big Beaver
Grant Maid
Student’s & Men’s Permanent Press
Joyce Lane Permanent Press
Avril
Takearpte
Decatur Shopping Center
Highway
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