Social notes from Trinity area events and O E S practice
Mrs Rayburn Neville hosted a refined Thursday evening bridal party at her Trinity home for the Neville Smartt group with a silver wedding cake centerpiece and green white decor. The Questers Club picnic at Trinity Mountain drew about twenty five with plans for twice monthly meetings next season. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No 320 O E S plans a practice at the Masonic Temple August 25 at 3 PM.
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Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Neville-Smartt
Questers Club
Wallace Meadows
Trinity Mountain
DANCY
Mary” Lou Dancy
Masonic Temple
Help Find Housing for Baker Hornbuckle in Decatur
All Wright Pastry Shop seeks a two bedroom unfurnished apartment or attic for baker Hornbuckle who commutes from Huntsville. The shop requests names and contact details of anyone with a lead to housing in Decatur. Two daughters aged seven and twelve are mentioned.
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All Wright Pastry Shop
Hornbuckle
Decatur
Huntsville
Personal News From Little Rock to Baltimore and Beyond
Mrs Gratz B Gilbert of Little Rock accompanies sister Miss Lucy Bell to Baltimore for medical treatment at Johns Hopkins infirmary. Mr and Mrs J F Bush return from ten days with a brother at Del Mar Hotel Vero Beach Florida. Miss Lucy Coyle will return home today after visiting her brother at New Market Alabama. Mr and Mrs Fred Inglis enjoy a two week vacation at Edgewater. Mr and Mrs Hastie Eimac Britnell left for a vacation to Ashville and North Carolina then hurried to Pontotoc Mississippi for Mrs Britnells father ill ness. Mr and Mrs Bob Nelson and daughter Faye return from visit to Butler s Mill Woodville Alabama. Mrs Leo Wright leaves for a weekend visit with friends in Chattanooga Tennessee. Mrs J H Speigle of Birmingham visits sister Mrs J R Huie for revival services at the Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Bush
del Mar
Vero Beach
Florida
Lucy Coyle
New Market
Ala
Beh L. Britnell
Ashville
Points
North Carolina
Pontotoc, Miss
Bob Nelson
Faye
Butler's Mill
Woodville
Operetta at Greenwood Park Delights Large West Decatur Crowd
The two act outdoor operetta The Maid and the Golden Slipper played to a big crowd in Greenwood Park Friday night. Henry Walk starred as the prince with Cinderella Charlotte Birdsong and a cast of 50 current and former Joe Wheeler and First Ward students. The show featured fairy scenes, a godmother Jo Ann Parker, Cupid Don Dublin, and a chorus of 13 with a minuet by lords and ladies. Directing was Mrs Thomas Harvey and Miss Katharine Hoppers with Mrs L M Livingston at the piano.
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Henry Walk
Letha Nan Parker
Greenwood Park
Joe Wheeler
First Ward School
West Decatur
Jo. Ann Parker
Cinderella
Charlotte Birdsong
Betty Faye Terry
Naomi Bolding
Cupid
Don Dublin
Permit Given for Oil Well in Talladega County
A new oil drilling permit was issued for a second wildcat test in Talladega county Eastern Alabama. Ken E. Lamb trustee receives permit to Harper No 1 in section 35-20-4E near Sycamore using a light rotary rig.
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Mobile
Ala
Talladega County
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
Ken E. Lamb
Harper No
Sycamore
Lamb
Collins No
Dickens County
C. H. Murphy
McShan
Rose
First National Bank
Manchester
Walker County
First Liberty Ship SS Patrick Henry Laid Up in Mobile Ghost Fleet
The SS Patrick Henry, the first Liberty ship built in the wartime program, has been laid up in Mobile's Ghost Fleet by the War Shipping Administration. Launched September 27, 1941, at Bethlehem Fairfield in Baltimore, it began war service seven days after Pearl Harbor.
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Mobile
War Shipping Administration
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Pearl Harbor
Baptist Tent Weekend Guests Invite Local Attendance
Miss Charlotte Cook of Columbia Tennessee visited Miss Clyta Gray Pitts this week. Miss Marianna Mason plans to leave Saturday for Montgomery to work with the War Assets Commission.
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Charlotte Cook
Columbia, Tenn
Clyta Gray Pitts
Sermon Explores Pharisee Pride and True Repentance
Evangelist Porter Barrington recounts a Bible story contrasting the good man doomed to hell with the wicked man saved by humility. He warns that many church members have forms of righteousness without rebirth and urges repentance as seeing oneself as God sees. The sermon topic is Satan's Desire.
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Hell
Heaven
Evangelist Porter Barrington
Satan
Postwar road plan stopped in Montgomery
The federal moratorium on road construction until October 1 delays Alabama's $18 million second year postwar road program. E N Rodgers of the State Highway Department says projects may be postponed but the first year program remains unaffected where commitments exist. Permits from October 1 to March 1 will be issued on a priority basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
E. N. Rodgers
State Highway Department
Office of War Mobilization
Alabama hosts 14th annual coaching clinic
Nearly 200 high school and junior college coaches from the Southeast attend Alabama's 14th annual coaching clinic in Tuscaloosa. Coach Frank Thomas, the principal tutor, is absent due to a sinus infection. Lectures and demonstrations on basic football offensive systems will continue through tomorrow with Alabama staff leading sessions.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sroughout
Southeast
Alabama
Frank Thomas
Dear Miss Dix And The Reluctant Musician
Dorothy Dix advises a 16 year old girl unhappy with piano lessons and a mother’s pressure. She argues radio offers escape from forced music and urges recognizing a child’s talents rather than forcing musicianship. Another reader asks about marrying someone of a different faith and Dix says mixed marriages are dangerous when both are devout. suggests ending the relationship to avoid future conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Miss. DIX
Dear Miss Dix on Widow Naming and Titles
Guidance on proper form of address for widows and divorcees. It explains Mrs. John Doe for a widow and suggests using the spouse’s surname with the widow’s given name, and notes how a divorced woman should be styled as Mrs. John Smith Doe or with her maiden name.
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Miss DIX
John Doe
Nancy Doe
Joni Doe, Jr
John Smith Doe
Austinville Schools Open for Short Day on Monday
The Austinville schools announce a 8:15 a m opening Monday with a noon dismissal on the first day. After the half day the regular 8:15 am to 3 pm schedule will resume. Faculty listed by name for each grade and subject with Principal Lera Teague noted.
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Austinville
Hafford
R. Leeman
Austinville School
E. B. Gurley
Cecil Crawford
Mary Collier
Harjorie Prater
Irene Murphy
Eva G. Foster
Lera Teague
Frances Collier
F. M. Briscoe
Hubert Brooks
Mavis McCaghren
Janie Kell
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B. M. Bloodworth
Lilla Mae Halfacre
Claude Barwood
J. R. Gray
Garnett Young
Yancy Vaughan
Gordon Parker
J. M. Pearce Sr
Bobby Halfacre
Hugh Terry
Betty and
Hugh Jr
Grant St
LOYD
Onus
Fred Inglis
Edgewater
Leo Wright
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. H. Speigle
Birmingham
J. R. Huie
The
McCullough
East Main St
Hartselle
S, M- Davenport
First Liberty
Baptist
Ophone
Moye’s Shop
Belk Hudson
Meadow
Tuscaloosa Clinic
Dorothy DIX
St. Joseph
Hallmark
City Park
Goidel’s Drug Store
Second Ave
E. Vine
State National Bank
Gauty
Gunter
Second Avenue
Samson
Samson Luggage
Simmon
Broilers
Crosley
LLOYD
CROME
Furniture CO
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