World Club Members Plan Christmas Play At Church
The Boys and Girls World club of Central Methodist church held a weekly meeting with a festive program. Miss Mary Katharine Smith presided as plans for a Wednesday Christmas play were outlined by Miss Mary Louise Reed. The event included readings, music, a violin duet, and a gift exchange, with an audience invited to attend the 7 30 p.m. show at the church auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys and Girls World Club
Central Methodist Church
Mary Katherine Smith
Mary Louise Reed
Sarah Frances Age
Frances Hodges
Miss Teague
William Reed
James Albert
Miss Reed
Miss Hodges
Virginia Graham
Maxie Graham
Reed
Church Auditorium
Christmas Pageant Features Readers and Choir at Local Church
Sunday school members read and a junior choir sang carols during a Christmas service led by Dr. James D. Wallace. Mrs. E. W. McLeod chaired the Christian Education committee gathering funds for ministerial relief. Juanita Buchanan to visit from Washington, D. C., for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Mary Thompson
Marie Ballas
Lahleen Kinney
H. C. McRee
James D. Wallace
John W. Jones
E. W. McLeod
Auxiliary Committee For Christian Education and Ministerial Relief
Southern Presbyterian Church
Personal Christmas Travels and Illnesses Intermix in Local Notices
Local society notes list Mrs Sam Frank in Benevolent Hospital with severe illness. Numerous visits and holiday travel include Miss Maureen and Miss Elizabeth Bull visiting relatives, Miss Martha McDaniel holidaying in Florida, Miss Ruby Reeder in Florence, Johnny Caddell as a Tide guest, and many others heading to Union Springs, Birmingham, Atlanta, Athens, and Opelika for Christmas.
Local Christmas Guests From Hartselle and Birmingham Arrive
St Clair of Hartselle will be the Christmas guest of Mr and Mrs Harry Malone. Mr and Mrs Wallace Gammon and daughter De Lene and Mrs Allene Gammon of Birmingham will visit their relatives and celebrate with Mrs Roy Peteet. May Jones and Sarah Bloodworth are home for the holidays with relatives. Dorothy Frazier a student at Alabama College is home for the holidays after time in Birmingham. Billy Wyker a University of Alabama student is holiday guest of his parents. Flora Mitchell attends Alabama College and is here for a holiday visit.
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Central Baptist Circles
Central Baptist W. M. S
J. N. Freeman
Seventh Avenue
West
A. L. Praierz
J. H. Williams
Circle Four
Hosey
Fourth Avenue
Johnny Caddell
University
Mrs
T. A. Caddell
Malone,Jr
The
University of Alabama
A. E. Baker and Family
Birmingham
R. L. Smith
W. P. Dozier
Opelika
Mr. Dozier
Allen Grimes
Athens, Ga
St. Clair
Hartselle
Harry Malone
Wallace Gammon
de Lene
Allene Gammon
Roy Peteet
May Jones
Sarah Bloodworth
Dorothy Frazier
Alabama College
Miss Fricker
Billy Wyker
J. Will Wyker
Flora Mitchell
Parole system hampering Birmingham crime control
Milton McDuff, police bureau of identification head, said the parole system makes curb of a crime wave near impossible. A weekend check found eleven robberies, numerous looted businesses, and several safes blown as convicts released by the governor roam freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Milton McDuff
Police Bureau of Identification
McDuff
No Sessions Planned for Morgan County Courts This Year
As of now, there will be no sessions of the Morgan county or the circuit court between now and the year's start, according to current knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Circuit
Sheriff Bud Davis in Falkville on Official Business
Sheriff Bud Davis visited Falkville on official duties today, meeting local officials and reviewing county operations. The trip focused on public safety coordination and community outreach efforts.
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Falkville
Bud Davis
Riverside Hi Y Club Collects Toys and Clothes
The Riverside high school Hi Y club will collect toys and old clothes for the Decatur Charity Council. Collection booths will be at Gilbert Crane’s Second avenue store and Russell Speake’s Bank street store with Wednesday and Thursday set as collection days. Call Miss Marjorie Davis at 320 J or Miss Nell Dix at 1282 to arrange pickup.
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Riverside High School
Decatur Charity Council
Gilbert Crane
Second Avenue
Russell Speake
Bank Street
Marjorie Davis
Nell Dix
Christmas Day Services at Westminster Presbyterian
Westminster Presbyterian announces special Christmas Day services next Sunday. Sunday school begins at ten, morning worship at 10 30 with Rev Hart delivering a Christmas message, and a five o clock vesper featuring traditional carol singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Hart
Review Denied to Luke Lea and Son
Luke Lea former U S senator and his son Luke Lea Jr were denied Supreme Court review of the North Carolina Supreme Court denial for a new trial in a conspiracy to defraud a North Carolina bank case. Wallace Davis, former president of Central Bank and Trust Co of Asheville, also refused review.
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Washington
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Luke, Jr
North Carolina
Supreme Court
North Carolina Supreme Court
Lea
United States
Leas
Wallace Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Pension ruling cited by Butler P A Hine for veterans
Butler P A Hine commander of Frank R Stockton Post 2214 VFW says Veterans Administration rulings affect widows pensions and urges veterans to stay in touch. He notes efforts to inform on employment and stresses the need for honorable discharges and selective membership rules within the VFW. Information on membership offers available at headquarters.
Masonic Temple Damaged By Fire
The Masonic temple in Athens burned Saturday night damaging the interior. A quantity of contractor tools for the Athens post office project stored in the temple were destroyed. The blaze affected the building adjoining the new federal site.
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Masonic
Athens
Federal
Tips for Proper Table Setting From a Homemaker Manual
A household guide explains setting the table with two feet between plates and napkins placed to the left of forks or on the plate. It instructs folding napkins squarely and avoiding decorative shapes.
Mother of Fugitive Robert Burns Seeks Cleared Extradition
Catherine Burns of Pittsfield Massachusetts Says her son Robert Elliott Burns will be cleared despite his arrest in East Orange New Jersey and pending extradition to Georgia. Burns, famous author of I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, previously escaped from a Georgia prison camp twice.
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Catherine Burns
Pittsfield
Mags
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
New Jersey
East Orange
Burns
Former Pal Burns Former Pal Scores Burns
Ex-convict Flagg testifies about a string of robberies in France and Georgia with Burns. He details gunpoint heists at a bakery and a grocery earning hundreds, a pardon years later, and Burns’ escape aided by a bribe.
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France
Flagg
the Volunteers of America
Burns
S. Bernstein
Bernstein
Georgia
Arrivals List Names Guests From Cities Across Nation
A long roster of travelers arrives at Hotel Lyon and related venues. Among the names are R. R. Boyd of Bt. Louis, C. F. Cobleigh in Kanes City, and families or individuals from Anniston Prairie City Chicago West Palm Beach Nashville and many others.
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R. R. Boyd
Bt. Louis
R. L. White
Anniston
C. F. Cobleigh
Kanes City
Mr. and
Jes Geo. Roberts
Prairie City
Iowa
John A. Scott
Branston
River Gauge Rises as Milling Tide Passes
After several days of rise on the Tennessee river this morning the gauge at seven o clock shows 16.6 feet signaling milling activity and high water conditions in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Ill at Home Co C Jennings Residing Lawrence Morgan Line
Co C soldier Jennings is reported ill and staying at his home on the Lawrence Morgan line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Jennings
Lawrence-Morgan Line
Also Mentioned on This Page
World Club
Central Methodist
First Presb Church
First Presbyterian Church
Woman's Auxiliary
Mary
Jesus
Joseph
Dinner
Valley Country Club Dinner Club
Juanita Buchanan
Washington, D. C
J. D. Buchanan
Muriel Evans
Sam Frank
Benevolent Hospital
Nallie Bobbitt
Maureen
Ernest Garrett
Faithla
Elizabeth Bull
Nashville, Tenn
W. P. Baugh
Martha McDaniel
Sateurday
St. Augustine
Miami
Key West
Florida
Ruby Reeder
Florence
Central High School
Louise Bronaugh
Madison
F. H. Pointer
Gadsden
Mary Broadus
M Broadus
John Henry Bitting
Oglethorpe College
Atlanta, Ga
Katherine Haynes
Union Springs
Betty Foster Pointer
Robert T. Harris
W. C. Cunningham
Bir
Rhea Lide Carson
Atlanta
F. A. Bloodworth, Jr
W. Weber
Frank Sunderland
Leonard Traywick
W.B. Bean
Earl
Wilder
Princess
Li-He
Arliss
Roxy Theatre
New York
Pitt
Irene Malindzak
New Philadelphia, C
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers
Warren Hel
Warren Heller
Ler
Irene
Pittsburgh
Girls HY Club
Westminster
Chri
Mrs. Roosevelt
United
Hine
Masonic Temple
Ae Mary
Astok
Evalyn Knapp
Savoy Cafe
Palace Cafe
Hum
Wilder’ Sicheiaae
MR. Farmer
Decatur Ice & Coal Co
Pal Scores Burns
Curlee
Lyon
H. Finger
Chicago
L. R. Barnhill
West Pal Beach
W. R. Barnhill
West Palm Beach
W. C. Barnhill
W. T. Carrigan
J. W. Huber
Philadelphia
W. E. Hupp and Son
Lexington
B. Larrimore
Mumfordsville
Mary Davis
Town Creek
Nell Major
Nashville
Mary E. Sharp
Nash
Mary Neal
J. W. Chariton
J. Fechner
Shelbyville
Ind
Norman Fechner
Ibyville
A. L. Rhodes
Champaign
Til
Rosalie L. Wolfe
Little Rock
C. E. Wilson
Tenn. Co
F. Muzzey
Tenn
G. A. Bliss and Family
Flossmoor
Chas. Roemund
J. D
Beauchamp
Jacksonville
Pia
Lon A. Dubie
Cleveland
Bob Hall
Detroit
Maxine Baltzly
Masillon
Ohio
L. C. Ewing
F. L. Ebey
Topeka
Kan. N
L. Pevsner
Darnall Burkes
D. C
Ike J
Kunn
Frances Davison
Andalusia
Goidel
Ron
Sieries
Santa
Lee
Moore & Stevens
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