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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1929
Page
7
Community notes from Decatur area listing visits and family gatherings over the Tennessee Valley region. Residents include Mrs. Garland Rollins and baby in Akron visiting L Henderson, Miss Blanche Winton's weekend in Decatur, and Emmeline Ada Winton with relatives in route one.
A crowded report lists numerous local visits and calls from Sunday, detailing inmates and guests at Auburn Prison, with resident families, neighbors, and out of town visitors in Tuscumbia Sheffield Decatur Courtland and Moulton. The piece closes with church news and Sunday school notices inviting participation.
The Los Angeles Stock exchange building rising on Spring street features a 6500 square foot board room second only to New York. The room will be 70 by 94 by 50 feet, with a long central desk six trading posts, walnut side booths, and an automatic quotation system replacing chalk markers. The street frontage is a five story design, while the main backset rises to 13 stories.
Weathered roads hinder travel yet Sunday morning services draw many. Local families share meals and visit. Joseph Law returns from Birmingham. Cross Chapel hosts North Star singing convention on December 29. Willingham Church lies two miles south of Westville and nine miles west of Cullman.
Mary B. Pickrel visits New Hope as elementary fsar. Linnie Key returns home after visiting Mrs. Thomas Cartee. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam Letson welcomed twins. George Edmund Cross and Leon Jaxton visited Roland on Sunday. The honor roll includes Edna and George Edmund Cross. Cross, Ralph Letson, and Flora Letson hosted guests this week. New Hope school children entertained at F. B. Cross home. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Goodwin returned from a visit to Nola Reding. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Barnes of near Portland visited Mrs. Ice Goodwin. Daisy and Evelyn Letson and Mrs. Floyd B. Cross hosted guests Saturday. Matthew and G. W. Cross attended business in Courtland. Elner Goodwin and Mrs. Reding plus Mrs. Billy Barnes visited in Florence Friday.
A historical note touts a speedy remedy labeled for various illnesses including influenza dengue and malaria. The fragment suggests a medical claim or patent remedy promoted as rapid and effective.
Misses Daisy and Helen Letson and Earon Hadley and Howard Key visited the home of G. W. Cross on Wednesday evening. George Edmund Cross stayed with Howard and Hadley Key Monday night. S B Cross spent Monday night with Roland Cross. Jessie Weems visits E A Goodwin this week. W W Key is ill at home. Ola Letson and family returned to Mississippi after a visit here.
A birth announced for a son on December 3. Local social notes report Connie Gossett and Izola Gossett visiting Willie Mae McMahon, Maggie King visiting Hollis Tuck, Carl Greene visiting Harvey Calvert, Gera McLemore visiting Magdalene and Letha Mae Tuck, Edna Hargrove visiting J F Bracken, Mattie Calvert visiting relatives in Athens, Mattie Lou Shannon visiting Florence Smith, and Harvey Calvert ill with influenza at home.
Walker and son Almon of Somerville visited Mr and Mrs Herbert Maxwell on Sunday. Hiram Luker stayed with relatives in Decatur over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Newt Edmondson and children were in on business Saturday. E V Stephens and Robert were Sunday guests of R L Murphy. Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson were guests of Mr and Mrs L L Johnson on Sunday. Hazel McCutcheon visited Helen Huskey on Sunday.
Local social notes report Mr and Mrs Alex Bryant spending Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jeff Bond. Rachel Stroud visited Della Guthrie. Perry Daly and children visit. Shellie Biggerstaff family move near Hollands Gin. friends wish them well. Biggersstaff residents here four years. Willie Black family guests of Putman and Curry households. Jessie and Lessie Putman visit Thach for business.
Woodland Mills notes steady school progress with good attendance thanks to favorable weather. Several local residents are reported visiting relatives in nearby towns including Decatur Hartselle and Union Hill.
Cedar Plains Iowans report Carl and Nellie Ruth Mc Lemore suffering pneumonia. John Penn has rheumatism at home. Street Sandlin visits Hartselle Decatur highway. Mrs Sandlin hosts Malcolm Roberts of Hartselle. Nettié and Gertrude Mc Kay drive to Decatur. Bronson Isley visits James and Wilson Lindsey. Inez Breedlove misses school due to mother in Benevolent hospital. Baptist church singing every second Sunday invited.
Miss Lucille Woodall travels from Huntsville to be at her mother Mrs. Holland Woodall’s bedside. Mr. and Mrs. Maywood Morris spent Saturday in Birmingham. Miss Annie Belle Jones of Moulton Heights visited Miss Lurleen Norris. Mrs. Spurge Williams hosted by Mrs. Grover Mann. Mrs. Bessie Baker moves to Birmingham for the winter with daughter Mrs. Silas Merritt. Mrs. Ruby Bussey and son Pruitt visited sisters Mrs. Elmer Neville and Mrs. Dave Norris. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carter of Decatur recently stayed with their mother Mrs. Will Carter.
Center Grove residents and relatives visit in Hartselle and Union Grove. Local families attend gatherings, musicales, and church events. Influenza sickness reported among several people. births noted with a December 8 date.
Miss Lettie Draper of Birmingham visited Mr and Mrs Fetgar Landers and family in Hillsboro and returned home Sunday after the stay.
Whisenant moves to Decatur to set a new home while John Greene returns from Texas to Hulaco. Homer Stewart recovers after abdominal surgery last Saturday. Ernest Bolding improves after a week of serious illness.
Mrs H D Lane and Mrs J B Gilchrist spent Saturday in Decatur with others. Mrs R B Moore and Mrs E P Bynum were in Decatur on Tuesday. Mrs Lawson Sykes and Miss Lelia Sykes joined in Birmingham on Monday while Mr and Mrs W C DuBose visited Huntsville. Mrs Susie B Sykes and Miss May Shackelford returned from a visit with friends. Mary Haywood Gilchrist hosted the Tuesday Night Bridge Club with four tables. Mrs Stokes Goodrich and Dr R M DuBose among attendees. Results noted with Miss Lelia Sykes winning ladies high and Dr R M DuBose men’s high.
Ural Atkins, son of Mrs. Mary Lou Atkins, is seriously ill in a Birmingham hospital. Friends and classmates in Oak Grove mourn his condition and pray for his speedy return as a community gathers at Hopewell.
Mrs Bud King of Trinity has been seriously ill according to the Trinity News report. Local residents express concern as health officials monitor her condition.
The weather bureau reported a maximum temperature of 69 and a minimum of 54 for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
The weather bureau reported no precipitation here up to seven o'clock this morning.
The Tennessee river remained stationary this morning with a gauge reading of six feet. The note urges readers to show confidence in Decatur through acts of service and good works.
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