Bugles In The Afternoon At Sunset
A Warner Bros color Technicolor feature on the post Civil War west. Ray Milland Helena Carter Hugh Marlowe and Forrest Tucker star as the 7th Cavalry fights to restore order amid Sitting Bull's influence and the Little Big Horn clash. The cast also includes Barton MacLane George Reeves Gertrude Michael and James Millican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Milland
William Cagney
Warner Bros
Technicolor
Helena Carter
Hugh Marlowe
Forrest Tucker
Sitting Bull
7Th Cavalry
Custer
Battle of
Little Big Horn
Eugles
Ernest Haycox
Barton MacLane
George Reeves
Gertrude Michael
James Millican
Coca Cola party greets guests in Courtland home
Mrs Hood Harris hosted a Coca Cola party for about forty guests including out of town visitors Mrs Dick Parker Florence and Mrs Dolores Sartor of Decatur and Mrs Sanders Cortner Jr of Columbus Georgia. Also a watermelon party entertained Courtland kindergarten 1951 1952 at Town Creek playground with refreshments for named children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood Harris
Sanders Cortner Jr
Columbus
Georgia
Dick Parker
Florence
Dolores. Sartor
Decatur
Anzie Aston
Courtland
Town Creek
Glenda Smith
Edith
Lane Weaver
Amelia
Jimmy Gilchrist
Ann
Robbie Redman
Linda Carpenter
Carolyn
Billy Hudson
Stanley Vaughan
Neces Coburn
Sue Lee
Diane Harris
Ray Campbell
Priscilla
Rawhide Opens at Sunset With Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward
Power and Hayward lead a Western suspense drama set at an Outpost along the Overland Mail in the 1880s. A lone station keeper defends against a band of outlaws led by a crazed killer while sheltering a woman and her niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrone Power
Susan Hayward
Overland Mail
Rawhide
Miss Hayward
Hugh Marlowe
Jack Elam
Girl In Every Port stars Groucho Marx in seaside farce
Groucho Marx and William Bendix star as two salty tars with twin race horses in a rollicking RKO comedy. Marie Wilson co stars as the car hop. Don DeFore and Gene Lockhart contribute to the farce as complications arise in the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groucho Marx
William Bendix
Navy
Marie Wilson
RKO Radio
Frederick Hazlett Brennan
Don DeFore
Don
Marie
Gene Lockhart
Residents and visitors pen Decatur social notes
A string of social items in Franklin and nearby towns reports visits and hosting. Mrs Garth Gilchrist Sr and several friends gathered with family in Decatur on Monday. Mr and Mrs R H Tweedy III traveled to Indiana to visit Cecil Carey. Mrs Ferguson of Evansville Tennessee stayed with Mr and Mrs Clifford Reding. A group including Stanley Kracke Carl Reding Ed Rose Earnest Butler and Benny Green shared a barbecue in Decatur Tuesday night. Anzie Aston and Town Creek visitors called on Pruitt Parker and C C Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Kentucky
Garth Gilchrist Sr
Price Terry
Grady Terry
Clifford Clabhorn
Marie Waldrop
Sandra Terry
Decatur
Glenn Wells
R. H. Tweedy III
Cecil Carey
Anderson
Indiana
Clifford Reding
Ferguson
Evansville
Tennessee
R. H. Tweedy Sr
Riley B. Moore
William Moseley
Fishpond
Lee Sr
Holladay
the Pines
Stanley Kracke
Carl Reding
Ed Rose
Earnest Butler
Benny Green
Anzie Aston
Town Creek
Pruitt Parker
C. C. Horton
Grable Dailey In Musical Film At Ranch Today
Betty Grable and Dan Dailey headline the Technicolor film Call Me Mister at the Ranch Drive-In Hartsel today. The movie is a vibrant adaptation of the Broadway hit with added material and a Japan occupation backdrop. Danny Thomas co stars as a leading comedian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Ranch Drive-In
Hartselle
Twentieth Century-Fox
Japan
Danny Thomas
Me Mister
Wild West Rodeo And Thrill Circus Arrive In Decatur
The National Rodeo and Thrill Show comes to Legion Field in Decatur on Wednesday and Thursday September 3 and 4 featuring Princess Peggy Ann the four year old trick rider. Peggy Ann rides with her father Roy Simpson and horse Trigger in a two hour performance alongside 52 other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood Thrill Circus
Legion Field
Decatur
Peggy Ann
Florida
Roy Simpson
Trigger
Dave Devil
Courland Courtland area notes turning Thursday closings to summer hours
Tuesday and Thursday social roundups fill Courtland Decatur and Town Creek with visits and guests. Mrs B H Green Nadine Green and others shop in Decatur while many locals visit Florence Birmingham and Hazlewood high school events. A 30 day Korea furlough returns home for Robert Ferguson. Merchants work Thursday openings through summer. Betty Vaughan stays overnight with Melva Felkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazlewood High School
Clifton Dossey
Hayes Aircraft
Birmingham
James Blythe
Daniel Gilchrist Jr
Decatur
Early Phinizy
Georgia Miller
H. B. Beard
R. H. Tweedy, Jr
Russell Fowler
Lavonia Chardavayne
Riley B Moore
R. H. Tweedy Sr
Russell Pruett
Leighton
Pruett
Robert Ferguson
Manuel Letson
Korea
B. H. Green
Nadine Green
Hollis Green
Riley B. Moore Sr
Harold Green
Florence
Claude Lee Terry
Pruitt Parker
Leroy Pollard
Ann Tyson Horton
Tuscaloosa
Courtland
Betty Vaughan
Melva Felkins
Flaming Feather Western Epic at Mars Theatre
Paramounts Flaming Feather opens Wednesday at the Mars Theatre. Sterling Hayden Forrest Tucker and Aileen Whelan star in a Technicolor adventure about a Ute uprising led by the hooded Sidewinder. A canyon battle and cliff fortress assault build to a dramatic reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Mars Theatre
Sterling Hayden
Forrest Tucker
Aileen Whelan
Sidewinder
U. S
Local Social News From Decatur Area
Mrs. Cordelia Pullin remains at home due to illness. Mrs. Marvin Thompson and Wayne of Kalamazoo are visiting her family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed McKelvey moved to an apartment at Courtland Downs. Dyar family women hosted a party at Mrs. Robert Agee’s home. Mrs. Doris York and children travel to join Mr. York in Akin South Carolina. Miss Katie Frank Gilchrist hosted guests for dinner. Hood Harris Jr. suffered a broken arm. Dwight Terry stayed with his aunt Mrs. Clarence Heflin Jr. and Mr. Heflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Green
Nadine Green
Decatur
Roy Thomas
Robert Evans
Tuscumbia
A. H. Vines
Melba Vines
Ed Norton
Russell Counts
William C. Barnes
Florence
Pearl Terry
Courtland Downs
B. H. Collins
Frank Coburn
Frances
W. J. Terry
Town Creek
Hollis Green
Floyd Cross
Mather Cross
Walter Letson
Will Lee Sr
Wheeler Lake
Russell Fowler
Lavonia Chardavoyne
J. A. Ussery
Dorothy Arthur
Mattie A. Locke
C. T. Happer
James Todd
Willis Saint
Ramona
Homer A. Tidwell
Shelby
Cordelia Pullin
Fishpond
Marvin Thompson
Wayne
Kalamazoo
Michigan
E. D. Loosier
Laura Loosier
Ed McKelvey
Dwight Terry
Clarence Heflin Jr
Mr. Heflin
Hope's My Favorite Spy Opens at Mars Theatre
Bob Hope stars in My Favorite Spy at Mars Theatre in a Paramount comedy. He plays both the spy and the burlesquer opposite Hedy Lamarr, with romance and intrigue in exotic Tangier as a burlesque comic resembles an international mastermind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope
Mars Theatre
Paramount
Bob
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy
Tangier
Mississippi River height above New Orleans streets
The Mississippi River surface between dikes at New Orleans sits about 3 feet above sea level and above the city's average street level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Igles
Agr
Forrest Carter
Marlowe Tucker
Tenn
Droopy
Louis Stevenson
Charles Laughton
Sally Forrest
Boris Karloff
Bugs Bunny
Anal Don Defore
Courtland News
Groucho Marx As
Salty Tar
Gibson
Margaret Garth Murray
Gallatin
William Hudson
J. A. Gilchrist
Buster Smith
Will Lee Jr
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Doris Ann Terry
Martha Jane Terry
Marvin Swilling
Nadine Watson
Russellville
Clint Terry
Bailey Terry
Hillsboro
Matt Graham
Mountain Home
Susan
Dewey Bynum
Paul Moore
Donna Gail
Larry
Auburn
Curtis Terry
Billy
Garth Gilchrist III
Mary Aurora
M Yours
William Lundigan
Wild West Rodeo and Thrill Circus
Limestone County
Athens, Ala
Brown & Wallace
Midway
Theatre For Colored
W. Vine ST
Hope
Mars
America
Crea
New York
Crescent Amusement Company Theatre
Bill Mauldin
David Wayne As
Joe
Tom Ewell As
Willie
Leo Gorcey and
The
Bowery Boys
Randolph
Joan Leslie
Ellen EW Knd
Gechard Rober
John Russell
Alfonso Bedoya
Smabbmim Pie
Johnny Mack Brown
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!