Pine Grove Notes on Local Families
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shelton visit Flora Allred's family in Pine Grove while Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Tucker welcome a baby girl. Minnie Tucker returns from Birmingham. Lorenee Tucker returns from Kalamazoo after ten months. Arther Shelton and Cleo Tucker travel to Florida. Cleo and Minnie visit with the Hensleys. Mrs. S. I. Tucker remains unimproved after a broken leg. Sam Hensley hosts, and Len e Shelton visits Minnie Tucker. Richard Tucker plans a Florida trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Tucker
Minnie Tucker
Linnie Hardin
Birmingham
Lorenee Tucker
Kalamazo
Mich
Arther Shelton
Florida
Cleo Tucker
Frank Tucker
S. I. Tucker
Sam, Hensley
Lene Shelton
Richard Tucker
Santa Arrested in Detroit After Chimney Climb
Police freed 69 year old William Gallagher alias Santa Claus on a drunkenness charge after he promised to be good until Christmas. He was found by officers attempting to climb down a non existent chimney on Michigan Avenue. A remark from the Detroit sheriff noted a high school without a stadium is like a fish without water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Detroit
Santa Claus
Joseph J. Gillis
William Gallagher
Gallagher
Gillis
Michigan Avenue
Old Lady Bets on Dixey Dean at Races Mixup
A visitor at a racecourse mistakes Dixey Dean for a horse, asking to bet on him. The bookie gently corrects her, noting Dixey Dean is a football player and not a horse. The scene includes a child’s inquiry and a stray verse about love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixey Dean
Dixie Dean
Quips and Quirks from a Patchwork Page
A collage of jokes and wry observations from a Worcester Telegram page. Panels of humor include magazine covers and fashion as poems, road signs at crossroads with four filling stations, a Scotch bachelor dodging evacuees, Palm Beach intrigue, and the timeless gag about secrets and pets.
Food Saving Plans Given by Morgan County Leader
Jimmy Bloodworth, chairman of the Citizens Food Conservation Committee for Morgan county, spoke at the Decatur Civitan club noon meeting at Lyon's hotel. He urged food conservation now to aid Europe, noted personal savings from conservation, and outlined how individuals could join the campaign. Leonard Moody presided and announced Civinette party next Tuesday at Somerville Roads school with Ford Wear winning the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Bloodworth
Citizens Food Conservation Committee
Morgan County
Decatur Civitan Club
Lyon's Hotel
Bloodworth
Europe
Alvis Briscoe
Food Onservation Committee
Civitan Club
Leonard Moody
Somerville Roads School
Civitans
Ford Wear
1947 Diet Shows 17 Percent Food Rise Since WWI
The record notes that in 1947 Americans consumed about 17 percent more food than before World War I. It also mentions museums with leather samples proven to be at least 10,000 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirates
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Birmingham
Ala
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mary Ann
Susan
Fred
Local Society Notes and Family Moves
Mrs J D Law returns home from visiting son C A Law at Trade. Mr and Mrs Robert Jones move with family to Hanceville. Mrs Leta Bartlett returns from visiting son Ola Bartlett near Nesmith. Mr and Mrs C A Law and boys were guests of Mr and Mrs ei Baker of (text truncated).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Law
C. A. Law
Robert Jones
Hanceville
Leta Bartlett
Ola Bartlett
Nesmith
Trade
Cenior
J. Mr
Ei Baker
Gardendale Visitors Center on Saturday
Freddy Yeager and Flora Edna Allen were married on Friday November 28 in the local community ceremony with attending Gardendale visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardendale
Freddy Yeager
Flora Edna Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawrence County
Flora Allred
Mrs
Edward Shelton
Sam Hensley
Malcolma
Abers
Lie
Henry Norton
James Norton
Lafayette & Sycamore Sts
East Wilson Avenue
Blackhawk
Mammy
Libby
Sapghetti
Neal Cagle
Meats Hardware
West Moulton St
Junius
Little Alfred
Papa
Alfred
Ollie J. Robertson
Worcester
Mass
Telegram
Ladies Home Journal
Rossroads
London
Phyllis
Palm Beach
Flossie
Dora
Culliaan Willingham
J D. Law
East Moulton St
Thers
Brazil
Bk. UO
Crafi Morris Minor
Deo
CANDY
Brown
Philadelphia
Navy
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