American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Announced for Friday
Morgan County Unit 15 Ameri can Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Friday evening, August 26, at seven-thirty o'clock at the Legion Home on Bank Street. Members of the constitution and by-laws committee will report the changes they wish made and all members were urged to be present for this report.
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Decatur
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Masonic Temple
Rainbow
Eastern Star
Masonic
American Legion Auxiliary
Morgan County
Legion Home
Bank Street
Services for Napoleon Davis Held in Athens
Napoleon Davis 67 a prominent local real estate and insurance man died suddenly from a heart attack Monday. Funeral services were conducted at his residence by Reverend A J Rollings of the Athens Church of Christ. Burial followed in Arab near his childhood home. Davis, a life long Athens resident, is survived by his widow Mrs Ora Davis a daughter Mrs Larry Sewell and three sisters.
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Napoleon Davis
A. J. Rollings
Athens
Limestone County Fair dates set for late September
The Limestone County Fair will run the week of September 26 through October 1, with W I Dobbins again named fair manager for the event. The separate annual Negro fair will follow the white fair at the same grounds from October 6 to 8 for three days.
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Limestone County
W. I. Dobbins
Athens City Schools Open Monday Under Newman Leadership
Athens city schools begin the new year Monday morning August 29 at 9 am with Julian Newman continuing as head of the system. W A Owens, formerly county superintendent of education, joins as principal of the junior high and elementary departments. A teachers institute will convene Saturday morning for all teachers.
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Athens City
Julian Newman
W. A. Owens
Owens
Negro Farm Bureau Meeting at Belle Mina Farm
The Limestone County Negro Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting at the Belle Mina Experiment Farm on the morning of September 2. Barbecue will be served at noon and speaking will follow in the afternoon. About 500 people are expected to attend.
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Negro Farm Bureau
Limestone County
Belle Mina Experiment Farm
Personal notes from Athens area residents and visitors
R G McClure slowly improves at home on Prospect Drive after weeks of illness. Mr and Mrs Douglas Burks of Pensacola are visiting Mrs Burks parents, Police Chief and Mrs J B Whitmire. Arnold Doss and family return from Georgetown SC and visit friends in Columbus GA. Mrs L J Reavis leaves for Dallas after visits in Nashville TN and Decatur. Steele McGrew ill in Birmingham hospital. E A Paul takes post in Athens city business office. Rosenau family trip on Delta Queen to Cincinnati. J W Tillman farm hosts a postponed Land Reclamation Day near Elkmont. McConnell Funeral Homes buys portable oxygen unit for ambulances. Dr B S Kennedy departs England, returning early September. Camps at Wheel er Lake built by Dr A J DuPuy and Thomas S Woodroof. Philip Humphrey, Huntsville car man, dies suddenly. he was uncle of Mrs D L Rosenau Jr. Capt Maurice W Nichols and Mrs Nichols visit en route to Florida. Highway patrol arrests surge in the county since Aug 1. Edgar Berrett takes job at Gish Locker Plant. Athens pool ends season after best year. Mrs Thomas G Steele remains at home near Athens College. Visitors from out of state arrive at Athens College as new administration plans welcoming signs.
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Gatlinburg
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains
Steele McGrew
Alabama Courier
Birmingham
E. A. Paul
Athens
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
Joy
Jill
Louisville
Ohio River
Cincinnati
J. W. Tillman
Elkmont
McConnell Funeral Homes
B. S. Kennedy
England
Wheeler Lake
A. J. DuPuy
Thomas S. Woodroof
Philip Humphrey
Huntsville
Humphrey
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenal, Jr
Maurice W. Nichols
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Harry Nichols
Florida
Highway Patrol
Edgar Berrett
Gish Locker Plant
Thomas G. Steele
Athens College
Revival Set At Falkville First Methodist Church
A summer revival at the First Methodist church in Falkville begins Sunday with morning worship led by Rev. Woodfin K. Grove. Evening services at 7:30, daily topics to be announced, 3:30 pm children's sessions directed by Tom Dill of Birmingham, and congregational singing nightly. This year worship returns to the new sanctuary after two years in a tent.
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First Methodist Church
Falkville
Woodfin K. Grove
Tom Dill
Birmingham
Methodist Church
Monthly Sing Convene at Pryor's Chapel
The monthly community sing will meet Thursday at 7:30 PM at Pryor chapel in South Limestone. Jack Miller, chairman, said several well known singers will perform including Decatur Stamps quartette and the Austin family. The public is invited.
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Pryor Chapel
South Limestone
Jack Miller
Decatur Stamps Quartette
Austin
Nickel silver used in architecture and decoration
Nickel silver is employed for architectural hardware and decorative fixtures due to its resistance to atmospheric corrosion and its ease of cleaning.
Bored at Home and the Modern Marriage Dilemma
Dorothy Dix advises Winnie to endure a dull husband rather than divorce over silence, noting many marriages dull but respectable, and suggests filling evenings with reading or radio while stressing companionable traits when choosing a spouse. The column then answers a 24 year old questioning marriage for love, affirming that most marry to belong to a partner and share life, with few wed for meals tickets or to avoid spinster label.
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Miss Dix
Mother
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