Society of Decatur Club Delights with Programs and Parties
A Decatur society page highlights a Dramat ic Club meeting featuring devotionals and a play The Famous Finding with actors including King Ferdinand Donald Branum Queen Isabella and Columbus An Inquiry Box session followed. Other notes cover Bridge Club prizes Friday Thirteen gathering and a Belle Mina housewarming with neighbors from Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Hardin
King Ferdinand
Donald Branum
Queen Isabella
Marjory Irwin
Columbus
Thomas Speer
Harold Vaughn
Harry Rehberg
Alice Kendall
Personal Notes From Local Social Circles
Mrs. T. Z. Bailey and Mrs. Brad Bibb visited Nashville for the day. Annie Peebles Richardson returns from Birmingham after an extended visit to Mrs. Ashford. Pu laski guests include Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap and Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Dunlap visiting the Alexanders. Judds return from Columbia after the holiday. Mrs. Henman Kyle and son Jimmy visit Birmingham and Anderson. Mrs. Mary E. Buttrey remains ill at Oak Street home for two weeks. Mrs. Henry Sigman visits Birmingham with sister Mrs. C. B. Sanders. Mrs. George Truesdale recovers from a recent illness at McNeill Apartments. Elizabeth Wallace visits Mt. Pleasant relatives and will return Friday. Mrs. Buchell of Birmingham visits sister Mrs. Will Emens in Trinity. William R. Nelson family move to Bank Street. Ella Lancaster and Ellen Gilbert return home from Pulaski after holiday with Judge Lowe. Mrs. J. M. Lipscomb of Pulaski visits Knoxville with husband, then stays with sister Mrs. W. T. Lowe before returning home.
Scottsboro Case Retry Delays as Jury Deliberates Long
In a Morgan county retrial, Clarence Normis the second defendant in the Scottsboro case failed to reach a verdict after 12 hours of deliberation. Judge Callahan extended security around Samuel Leibowitz as further trials were postponed indefinitely pending higher court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prme
Price
Ruby Bates
Leibowitz
Clarence Normis
Scottsboro
Callahan
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Jackson
Morgan County
W. W. Callahan
International Labor Defense
Jackson County
Norris
Victoria Price
Southern Railway
Stevenson
Ala
Paint Rock
United States Supreme Court
Heywood Patterson
Doctor Goodwin in Birmingham Stricken with Pneumonia
Word arrived that Dr. L. F. Goodwin former pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church is critically ill in Birmingham with double pneumonia. His condition caused wide sorrow in Decatur where he was beloved by many who knew him.
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L. F. Goodwin
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Goodwin
Decatur
Alton Roper Suffers Broken Leg in Unusual Accident
Alton Roper of Danville Route 2 sustained a broken leg after being dragged under the wheels of a car while helping to pull it with a wagon and a team of mules near his home. The incident occurred several days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Roper
E. Roper
Danville
Mr Roper
Fair and Colder Weather Forecast
After unseasonably warm days the Washington forecast calls for a taste of winter with fair and colder conditions. Thursday's outlook remains chilly with dry skies and light winds as the temperature falls.
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Washington
Practice Tonight at Central Baptist Choir
Choir practice will be held this evening at Central Baptist Church at 8 15 oclock, immediately after the mid week prayer services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Morgan County PTA Council Meets at Moulton Heights
Morgan County Council of P T A convenes at Moulton Heights School December 9 starting 9 30 am with registration devotional and committee appointments. Program includes welcome by Boyd Puryear address by Mrs James Fitts Hill discussion led by Mrs H F Sherrod reports from locals and state program discussion ending at 3 00 pm.
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Morgan County Council of
P.T. A
Moulton Heights
L. P. ‘Troup
Morgan County Council
Boyd Puryear
Moulton Heights Junior High School
James Fitts Hill
Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
H. F. Sherrod
P. T. Association
Mary England
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Trinity Visits Austinville For Three Basketball Games
Austinville hosted Trinity for junior and senior boys and girls games on Thanksgiving Day. Doris Roper led the Austinville girls with 31 points while Doris Roper and E Hendon starred for Austinville boys. Trinity's Sheats led the senior boys with 15 points as Austinville prepares for Priceville and Falkville games this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Austinville
E. Hendon
King
Waites
Bice
McDonald
Sheats
Rrill
Nelson
Johnson
Meadows
Seldon
Nancy Lovell
Ruby Looney
Mary Jane Olinger
Bernice Westmorland
Kimbrell
Beams
Mooney
Battles
Terry
Belvins
Phillips
Doris Roper
McElvania
D. Hendon
Justice
Mathews
Stephenson
Waits
Blevins
Lamon
Rev
Franklin
The
Baptist Church
Priceville
Education Board In Meeting Today
The county board of education met at 1 PM to reorganize and elect a chairman and vice chairman. They planned to approve several federal aid projects for county school buildings and for new constructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Paramount News Shoots Reporters at Courthouse Gathering
With court permission the press group was shot after the jury was discharged and defendants removed as reporters filed their stories at the Postal substation near the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount News Today
Atiacens
Officers and Teachers Meet at Central Methodist Church
Church officers and teachers gather Thursday at 6 30 pm to map Sunday school plans for the coming year. A department and class attendance contest will be discussed along with Christmas pageant plans. A supper will be served and an urgent request issued for full attendance.
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Central Methodist Church
Lindberghs Land At Natal Brazil Arrival Draws Crowd
Celionel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Natal Brazil after a 1900 mile Atlantic flight from Bat Streets. Crowds lined ships and docks to greet the famous flyer and his wife as their monoplane touched down at 2 55 p m Brazilian time.
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Natal
Brazil
Celionel
Charles A. Lindbergh
South Atlantic
Bat
Mission Society Plans Social at Parsonage
The Woman's Missionary Society of the West Decatur M E church met at Mrs. Oscar Hames home on Eighth Avenue. After scripture and prayer, the group decided to host a social at the parsonage Thursday night and will reconvene next Monday with Mrs. J E Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Cottingham
Cullman
Cotingham
Holland
Ninth Street
R. M. Mc Glathery
John R. Turner
B. R. Ross
Hostess Society
Cottingham
Ninth Street Missionary Society
A. Z. Bailey
Woman's Missionary Society of the
West Decatur
M. E. Church
Oscar Hames
Eighth Avenue
West
D. E. Warren
Ciety
T. H. Wilson
J. E. Wallace
Grishams Visit Relatives in Ath ens Local Post
Mrs C L Grisham Mrs A J Grisham and Mrs Garth of Athens were guests of relatives in the area, visiting casually and sharing time with family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Grisham
A. J. Grisham
Garth
Athens
Annual meeting notice of The New Morgan County Building and Loan
The New Morgan County Building and Loan Association calls a stockholders meeting at its Decatur Alabama office on January 6 1934 at 730 PM to elect a board of directors and transact any proper business. President W B Shackelford and W M Voorhies sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Building and Loan Association
Decatur
Alabama
Is Epilepsy Inherited and Cure Possible
A free booklet from the Educational Division Dept 4 545 Fifth Avenue New York invites readers to request doctors opinions on epilepsy inheritance and curability. Limited offer while supplies last.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
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Bridge Club
E. N. Penick
Early Phinisy
Early Phinizy
H. R. Davis
George Truesdale
McNeil Apartments
Belle Mina
Robert Bibb
R. H. Wolcott
A. C. Bailey
T. Z. Bailey
J. R. Daniell
Progressive Culture Club
Will Emeris
John D. Wyker
F. F. Tidwell
Tutwiler
Helen Kellar
W. T. Lowe
Joseph Woods
John Banks Sewell
Sarah Emens
Buchell
Jeff Davis
Legion Auxiliary
W.O. Smith
Seventh Avenue, South
Woodmen
F. M. Burks
Garden Club
Decatur Garden Club
Louis A. Neill
Jackson Street
Will Wyker
Mattie Jones
M. R
Methodist Missionary Societies
Brad Bibb
Nashville
Annie Peebles Richardson
Mrs. Ashford
Thomas Dunlap
8S. O. Dunlap
Pulaski, Tenn
J. H. Alexander
Mrs. C. B. Judd
Columbia, Tenn
Mary E. Buttrey
Oak Street
Henry Sigman
C. B. Sanders
McNeill Apartments
Elizabeth Wallace
Mt. Pleasant, Tenn
Mrs. Buchell
Mrs
Will Emens
William R. Nelson
Bank Street
Ella Lancaster
Ellen Gilbert
J. M. Lipscomb
Mr Lipscomb
Knoxville
Tenn
Goidel’s
SAM Frank & Moore
Ntrancin
RKO
RADIO
Arava
Gilbert Roland
Princess
Mildred Harris
Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood
Girl’s Lambs
Katherine
Chicago
Katherine Sheldon
Otsego
N. Y
Dr. Goodwin
Alton Roper Hurton
Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau
Austinville School News
Paramount News
Mary Sparkles
Mary Pickford
Napoleon
Maria Louisa
Los Angeles
Methodist
Mission Society
W. B. Shackelford
W. M. Voorhies
Dee
Coleanor Cahaba
Black Creek
Jellico
Montev
Decatur Ice
E.E. Robbes « Sans
pHone
Piano CO
Second Ave
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