Community Notes: Socials and Faith Group Meetings
Mrs. R C Higgins hosts an ice cream supper on August 2 honoring Talmadge Higgins Tilmon Moses and Levi Smith before army duty. Alathean Bible Class at Central Baptist meets Friday evening at Mrs Erskine Chaul t. India photos and native handiwork shown. Rainbow Girls meet at the Masonic Temple at 7 30. Christan Service groups hold meetings and a quilt project for Echman Virginia. Blackwell family reunion at Hatfield Lake August 20 with Huntsville and Ardmore attendees. Mrs Barrett C Shelton hosts luncheon at Decatur Country Club for Gene Orr and Woolsey Fennell Jr. Oak Ridge Women’s Society meets Monday August 15 with devotional on faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Higgins
Talmadge Higgins
Tilmon Moses
Levi Smith
Central Baptist Church
Erskine Chenault
India
Joe Weatherly
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Moss Chapel Methodist Church
W. B. Harvel
Ray Griffith
Echman Community House
Echman
Virginia
Leon Griffith
Marvin Griffin
Blackwell
Hatfield Lake
Decatur
W. G. Blackwell
Mabel Blackwell
W. G. Blackwell Jr
Carolyn
Walter
Glenn
G. A. Blackwell Sr
Nancy
Jennie Lee
Carol
G. A. Blackwell Jr
Ernie Blackwell Sr
Ernie Blackwell Jr
Pollyanna Balckwell
Janice Irvin
Hilda Holly
B. F. Terry
Judy Bentley
Samuel McClendon
Louis Rickey
Huntsville
J. W. Cooper Sr
Gary
J. W. Cooper ,Jr
Beth
Bernard Roberson
Marvin Rawels
Ed Dickson
Catherine
Filas Blackwell
Toney
A. J. Blackwell
Marcus
Jane
Edith
Jerry
Judy
Carol Sue
Hatcher Boyles
Barrett C. Shelton
Decatur Country Club
Gene Orr
Jacksonville
Florida
R. W. Orr
Woolsey Fennell Jr
Tuscaloosa
L. A. Neill
Hill Ferguson Jr
Redding Emens
Thomas Hendrix
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Olen Cooper
W. O. Terry
Lottie Wynn
James Sybert
Dennis. Wallace
Personal notices recount Decatur area visits and travels
Mrs Clarence Lipsky returns to Boynton Beach after visiting New York City and Decatur. Floyd Sherrod Jr patient at Jefferson Hillman Birmingham eye injury receives letters. Mrs N H Flannigan back in Birmingham after weekend with Shafer family. Brenda Joyce Sherrill and Frank Shafer Jr visit. Hunt family returns from Ponte Vedra. Harold Aday returns from Jacksonville and Daytona Beach. J S Heggie Jr Dallas joins wife and sons for visit in Trinity. Heggie to return home after extended stay. Lesser, Banks and Kimbrell to return from Daytona Beach trip. A T Hanson returns from University of Alabama Tuscaloosa. tapped for Kappa Delta Pi. Marguerite Livingston visits Tuscaloosa. Fred S Hunt Sr and W M Voorhies visit Birmingham. Paul McKee and Carol Ann visit Decatur relatives then Magee before Fort Worth. Reverend James Savoy leaves for Lufkin Texas after three weeks in Decatur as supply minister. Paul and Mrs Hardeman return to Winfield after caring for ill father C J Hardeman. Henry Hanson to receive AB at University of Alabama then to New York City September 3. Fisher Horlock and daughters to visit Hoffs in Decatur on Sherman Street. Dr John C Bragg returns from vacation in Rochester. Fannie Wallace moves to Florence to live with daughter William Connor. Martha Bailey Betty Jo Gaddie and Comer Ezell spend a week at Clearwater Tampa. W E Kimbrough family returns from Michigan. Six Americans in ten live in cities.
Local Sports and Social Notes from Morgan County
Community updates from Morgan County include a Monday school day with Kathryn Edwards as teacher and various weekends visits. Families such as Breedlove Tyler Garrison and McLemore share gatherings with relatives in Hart selle Decatur and Neel with multiple households mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scool
Kathryn Edwards
Grace Taylor
Leonard Bates
Hartselle
Coy Breedlove
Johnnie Tyler
Romey Garrison
Grady Morris
Gaines McNutt
Cardui touted as relief for change of life symptoms
An advertisement urges women to try Cardui as a stomachic tonic to ease fatigue, irritability, and nervous tension during the change of life. It promises restored vitality and a brighter outlook, claiming the product supports home life and overall well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardui
Cardus
Aldridge Grove Families In Witness, Births Reported
Mrs. Claude Hyde and Miss Frances Cole spent nights at the bedside of Mrs. Wayne Barrett in a Moulton hospital. Wayne Barrett and wife announce the birth of a daughter at Irwin Dyer Infirmary in Moulton on August 17, naming Anna Margaret. Community notices include local visits and kin gatherings across Aldridge Grove and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hyde
Frances Cole
Wayne Barrett
Moulton
Irwin-Dyer—Infirmaryj
Anna Margaret
Marlin Gillespie
Billy
Lowell Cole
Curtis
Bernard
Penn
Frank Morgan
Decatur
Elmer Payne
Hartselle
D. W Dodd
Dodd
Hansel Hyde and
Dale
Austinville
Arthur Rodgers
Gillespie
Willard Cole
John Chaney
Vinemont
Cordie Cole
Genny
Frances
Sunday School Plans Shaped at Central Methodist Church
The Central Methodist Church board of education met to set Rally Day for September 17 with an attendance goal of 600. Promotion Day will close September with department programs. McClary announced a supper for officers and teachers on September 25 plus annual class reports. Reverend Guthrie outlined plans leading to the October 18 annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
The
Central Methodist Church
J. E. McClary
W.N. Guthrie
Local Notes From Cullman County Community
Mrs J D Law returns home after the death of her mother Mrs Flora Pruett on August 11. Families visit kin in Adamsville and near Birmingham. J D Law was ill. revival at Cross Chapel draws many and adds new members. Several local families sick or visiting relatives in Cullman and Vinemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Law
Flora Pruett
Chalmus McManus
Winfred McManus
Adamsville
C. M. Baker
Chester McManus
Jack Harp
Bethlehem Church
Cecil Jones
Leta Bartlett
Sarah
Donald Bryant
Birmingham
Ervil Baker
Coy Baker
Cullman
Loyd Williams
Cross Chapel Church
J. M. McManus
Louise Jaeger
Edwin
Robert
Vinemont
Fred Jaeger
J. Hudson Law
Vallejo
California
Albert Harp
Lillian Teal
Clara Jones
Florida
Does dress reveal a girl's character and mind
Dorothy Dix and readers discuss judging women by clothing and heels, noting vanity, thrift, neatness, and behavior as indicators of future wife potential. A young man seeks advice on marriage pressure from a sleepless relationship, and a mother laments a daughter claiming adoption despite baptismal proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Pete
Polio Rate Rises in Alabama but No Epidemic Seen
Alabama health officials reported twenty seven new infantile paralysis cases in the past week, the highest seven day total of the year. Dr D G Gill noted only five counties had more than one case and only Jefferson and Montgomery exceeded seven for the year, with Jefferson at 36 and Montgomery at 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
D. G. Gill
Hoarding Condemned by Grand Jury in Fort Payne
A newly empaneled grand jury was urged to oppose hoarding of commodities as a public sentiment issue. Judge John M. Snodgrass, from Scottsboro, opened the fall term of circuit court and warned jurors that hoarders should face strong penalties, equating hoarding to aiding communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Payne
Ala
John M. Snodgrass
Scottsboro
Daughter’s Delusions Prompt Call for Psychiatric Help
A speaker ridicules a daughter who believes she is the long lost child of someone powerful. The remark suggests she needs a psychiatrist to treat her fantasies and questions the idea of adoption and theft. The tone exposes social disdain toward perceived mental illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Dorothy Dix Advice Leaflet Request
Reader tips for maintaining a happy marriage are printed in leaflet D-7 Disposition. To obtain a copy send 5 cents and a stamped self addressed envelope to Miss Dix care of this newspaper P O Box 98 Times Square Station New York 18 NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Dix
Times Square Station
New York
N. Y
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Higgins
Rainbow Girls
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Moss Chapel
W.S.C.S
Harold Blackwell
Adcock
Ardmore
Oak Ridge
Clarence Lipsky
Sarah Mitchell
Boynton Beach
C. W. Mitchell
Lipsky
New York City
Floyd Sherrod, Jr
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Jefferson- Hillman Hospital
N. H. Flannigan
Frank Shafer
Brenda Joyce Sherill
Frank Shafer, Jr
Fred §. Hunt, Jr
Ponte Vedra, Florida
Harold Aday
Daytona Beach
J. S. Heggie, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Maxie Lesser
Bobby Banks
Red. Kimbrell
A. T. Hanson
University of Alabama
Hanson
Kappa Delta Pi
College of Education
Marguerite Livingston
Fred S. Hunt Sr
W. M. Voorhies
Paul McKee
Carol Ann
Magee
Mississippi
Fort Worth
Teaas
James Savoy
Lufkin
Atlee H. Hoff
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Paul Hardeman
Winfield
C. J. Hardeman
6Th Avenue East
Henry Hanson
Fisher Horlock
Houston, Texas
Sherman Street
John C. Bragg
Rochester
Minnesota
Fannie Wallace
Florence
William Connor
Martha Bailey
Betty Jo Gaddie
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Comer Ezell
Clearwater
Tampa
Arthur JF. Anders
Iuka
Anders
Mary Imogene Spiegel
A. H. Spiegel
Eric Anders
Sol Anders
Route One
Morgan County
Rocky Ford
Miss Oneil
Charlie Edd Howell
John Edwards
R. L
Ozelle
G. P. McLemore
Alice Roberts
Neel
Barnes Cathcart
Royce Bridges
Earl Harris
C. W. Bedingfield
Helen Henry
School of Dancing
Decatur, Ala
American Legion Hall
Lawrence County
Aldridge Grove
Francis Cole
Mobile
PThe state _ Conservation Department
Baldwin
Elmer Yates
Spiegel Nash
City
M. F. Yates
Yates
Wildwood
Seattle
Washington
Cullman County
Willingham
J D Law
Livingston State Teachers College
Edith Hallmark Adkins
Frederick E. Adkins, Jr
Adkins
Hazelwood High School
Town Creek
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Bain Studio
Courtland
S. K
Grant
Cotton Jacquard
Rayon
W.T. Grant
Second Avenue
Kurfees
H. L. Reeves
Eighth Ave
West
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