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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
2
Hope News reports social visits and family travel across five Tennessee Valley counties. Local residents attend weddings, illnesses, and illnesses, with multiple mentions of Decatur, Hartselle, Danville, and nearby communities.
Miss Vera Fowler and Miss Christine Crawford spent Sunday afternoon together. Families and friends from Rock Creek to Six Mile visited relatives, teachers, and neighbors across Center Grove and Union Grove areas. Several social gatherings and church events were noted with many local residents mentioned by name.
An old 1931 advertisement exhorts readers to take Carter’s Little Liver Pills to “wake up your liver bile without calomel.” It touts quick, gentle relief through daily bile flow, claiming the pills clear a poisoned, sour feeling and restore buoyancy, priced 25 cents at all stores.
Mr and Mrs G Cole of Cullman attended the event with Miss Lou Hawk Goslin at Ryan on Sunday.
Miss Vivian Hardin was guest of Miss Pauline Jones on Friday. J J Byars visited Mr and Mrs W T Byars on Sunday. Mary Riddles of Austinville teaches at Jones school house. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs J O Jones and they hosted Friday night guests. Lareda Holmes visited Ola Mae and Geneva Hardin Sunday. Oneida Jones was guest of Pauline Jones on Saturday. The W T Byars family visited Mr and Mrs J H Hardin on Monday. J B Shaneyfelt and son James Albert attended Fairview Sunday school. Howell Wiley of Falkville stayed with relatives near Round Top Sunday night.
Ottis Wiley, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wiley, remains very ill at home after several months of sickness. Friends express concern as his condition shows no current improvement.
Mrs Pearl Verner of Birmingham is visiting relatives in Decatur, staying with family members and enjoying time in the city during her visit.
Mrs. John Wardlow is spending the week with her daughter Mrs. H. H. Osborne and her son E. O. Wardlow in Sommerville.
Caddo News lists Sunday visits and weekend stays among residents. Mr and Mrs Jack Couch and daughter Ruby spent Sunday with Harvey Fuller. Esther Mae Fuller stayed with Anhnie Whitlow. Billy Carroll visited his parents Otto and Mary Carroll. J T Harris from Tennessee dined with L M Bayne. John Harvey Fuller visited Floyd Terry in Morris Chapel. Joe Whitlow visited Otto Carroll’s home Saturday night.
Prof and Mrs R V Ford made a business trip to Decatur Saturday. Mr and Mrs Dan Simpson spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs W E Clark. Mrs J W Long, ill with a cold, is improving nicely. Program at Baptist church Sunday morning directed by Miss.
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