Christmas society news and events in Decatur
The Entre Meres Club hosts a Friday Christmas party at Mrs. Fred Henneberger’s Sherman Street home. TVA hosts a pre-Christmas dance with T. M. I. from Sweetwater providing music at the local TVA office. Joe Wheeler PTA children perform a Christmas program at Memorial Drive School with a mothers social and gift exchange. TVA Ladies Luncheon Club plans a January eighth event at the Masonic Building Johnston Street. First Methodist Church offers a White Christmas service at five o clock directed by Mrs. Earle Calvin. Master Al Jones plans a Christmas Day birthday party with friends.
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ARTY
Entre Meres Club
Fred Henneberger
Sherman Street
TVA
Decatur
Sweetwater
Tenn
Joe Wheeler P.T. A
Memorial Drive
TVA Ladies
Masonic Building
Johnston Street
Mazpah
O. E
First Methodist Church
Earle Calvin
Personal Holiday Guests Fill Local Homes Across Town
Miss Maud Odom and Sam Byars plan weekend arrivals for Christmas with families in Bessemer and Birmingham. Athens College faculty member Miss Laura Davis visits her brother Hartwell Davis before departing to Tampa for holidays. Several families from Jasper, Evergreen, Montgomery, and Gurley expected for Christmas visits with local relatives.
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Laura Davis
Athens College
Hartwell Davis
Girl in the Fur Coat at the Princess Theatre
The Riverside auditorium crowd enjoyed The Girl in the Fur Coat last week. The success prompted a second performance tonight at the Princess Theatre with the same cast as they refine stage presence and voice for the larger venue. A large fundraiser supported the school annual fund, with interest doubled by the show.
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Riverside Auditorium
Willard J. Brown
Princess Theatre
Princess In
Riverside
Judge Malone Returns From Bellamy Deer Hunt
Judge B. L. Malone returned from Bellamy where he joined the Allison Hunt Club for a deer hunt.
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Judge B. L. Malone
Bellamy
Allison Hunt Club
600 Troops Check Racial Outbreaks After 2 Are Slain
Violence erupted as a mob attacked guardsmen at a courthouse burning the building. Firemen fought to unroll hoses while dynamite thrown into the flames exploded without injuring anyone. Circuit court Clerk Will Landers valued the wreck at $150,000 with $50,000 insured.
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Will Landers
Montgomery Will Hear Carol Singers
Montgomery Alabama plans city wide carol singing from 4 to 6 pm on December 24. Mayor W A Gunter orders noises and commercial distractions to cease during those hours. He urges homes institutions clubs schools and other places to cooperate and keep the spirit of Christmas.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Gunter
Empty Kegs and Bottles For Sale in Mobile
In Mobile on December 2 1936 25 000 empty beer and whisky bottles are to be sold under an order from Judge Claude A Grayson. Sheriff W H Holcombe who seized the bottles will receive one cent per bottle after court costs are paid. Any remaining funds go to the state law enforcement fund. This sale marks Mobile’s first disposal of bottles that were broken before. The city garbage department objected to handling broken glass.
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Mobile
Ala
James A. Crane
Claude A. Grayson
Mobile Circuit Court
Grayson
W. H. Holcombe
Montgomery
Work Starts on Morgan County Training School
Plans are made to rebuild the Morgan County training school for negroes at Hartselle. Stones are hauled to the site as the superintendent of education announces work on replacing the old structure has begun and patrons express pleasure.
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Morgan County Training School For
Hartselle
Hoff joins Sewanee Scholarship Society selection
Atlee Hoff of Decatur was among five Sewanee students inducted into the Scholarship Society at a meeting hosted by Dr. George M. Baker. Membership requires two years at the university and an 85 percent average. Hoff, son of Mr and Mrs ADH Hoff of 436 Bevan Street, is a Decatur High School graduate with a strong scholastic record.
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Atlee Hoff
Decatur
Sewanee
University of the South
George M. Baker
College of Arts and Sciences
Young Hoff
Decatur High School
Retiring President Honored at Shower
Mrs. J. M. Philpot retiring president of the missionary society of Austinville Methodist church was honored with a miscellaneous shower at Mrs. Will Royer’s Cedar street home. About 30 attended as Christmas games followed by gifts and a Christmas tree centerpiece.
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J. M. Philpot
Missionary Society of
Austinville
West Point Elementary Plans Holiday Operetta at Audi torium
The West Point elementary school schedules an operetta in the auditorium on Thursday evening December 2. A Christmas tree will be added as a holiday tradition. Vera Jordan is recovering after several days of illness. Ebenezar church hosted its monthly meeting with many attendees. Dr and Mrs L B Cornelius visited Birmingham this week. Jewel Sheets Mildred Tankersley visited Miss Sheets' Battle Ground home. Myron Roberson Leon Graham and Ernest Graham were Sunday guests of Burtas Morgan.
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West Point
Vera Jordan
Ebenezar
L. B. Cornelius
Birmingham
Jewel Sheets
Mildred Tankersley
Miss Sheets
Battleground
Myron Roberson
Leon Graham
Ernest Graham
Burtas Morgan
Bonanza Quartet to Sing Christmas Carols Around City
The Bonanza Quartet will sing Christmas carols on Monday evening in various parts of the city. The group will perform anywhere requested and asks listeners to call 732 and notify A. L. Moye to arrange a location.
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Bonanza
A. L. Moye
Mullen to Direct Roosevelt Ball 1935
Mullen is reappointed to conduct the 1935 Roosevelt Ball by national chairman Henry L. Doherty. Proceeds this year went to the Warm Springs Foundation with 70 percent retained next year to aid infantile paralysis sufferers in locales hosting the balls.
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Roosevelt
Henry L. Doherty
Warm Springs Foundation
Christmas Bells Pleasing Theater Showcase at Princess Theatre
A fair sized audience enjoyed Christmas Bells at the Princess Theatre last night. Proceeds benefit the grammar school library fund. The Tap numbers by Misses Bobby Peterson Shirley Bragg and Marguerite Jernigan impressed the crowd. The performance displayed unusual talent and strong coaching.
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Princess Theatre
Library Fund
Grammar School
Bobby Peterson
Shirley Bragg
Marguerite Jernigan
Christmas Dance Thrills Community With Big Tree and Presents
A Saturday night Christmas party features a huge decorated tree loaded with presents for all attendees. The event begins at 9 30 and a large crowd is expected to attend this festive gathering.
Former Decatur Resident Curtis Hammond Dies in Birmingham
Curtis Hammond former Decatur resident died at his Birmingham home. Funeral rites and interment will be held there tomorrow. He is survived by his widow and three sons Gloyce of Philadelphia Percy and Clyde of Birmingham. Hammond long connected with the L and N Railroad in the area was well known and his death caused regret across the city.
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Curtis Hammond
Decatur
Birmingham
Mr. Hammond
Gloyce
Philadelphia
Percy
Clyde
L. & N. Railroad Company
Laymen's League Plans Meeting at St John’s Parish House
Laymen's League leaders met at H. B. Beard's home to finalize plans for the monthly meeting to be held Friday evening at 7 30 o'clock in St. John's parish house.
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s.League
H. B. Beard
St. John’s Parish House
PTA Sponsors Stunt Night at Central High
The Central PTA will sponsor a stunt night in the Central High School gym at 7:30 tonight. Teachers prepared an unusually good program and all parents were invited to attend.
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The
Central P.T. A
Central High School
Miss Katherne Weaver to Spend Christmas With Weavers
Miss Katherne Weaver of Riverton Madison County arrives Friday to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Elbert Weaver.
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R. C. Wight
Rebecca Jane
Robert Clarence, Jr
Kitty Ann
T. R. Covey
Katherne Weaver
Riverton
Madison County
Elbert Weaver
Weaver to Spend Christmas With Parents in Decatur
Howard Weaver of Howard College plans Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Ebert Weaver in Decatur.
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Howard Weaver
Howard College
Mrs
Ebert Weaver
Decatur
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Priday
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Malcolm Adams
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Henry Binford
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Roy Billings
Mack Elam
Springfield
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Ida Bell Price
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Ann Dvorak
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Roscoe Karns
Hobart Cavanaugh
Glenn Manner
Marporie Glenn
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Brian Evans
Helen Hayes
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