Society Notes Highlight Mrs Stuart and Mrs Fite Gatherings
Mrs Gaines Stuart hosts a morning party on Oak Street for Miss Virginia Prince Calvin of Sullins College and Miss Barbara Allen of Long Island New York. Guests mingle in a festively decorated home with a fairyland Christmas tree and holly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines Stuart
Oak Street
Virginia Prince Calvin
Sullins College
Calvin
Barbara Allen
Long Island
N. Y
Tistletoe
Holly
Minia
Roy Fite Jr
Pegay Brown
Bridge
Thomas C. White
S. H. Malone
East Vine Street
Louisa Barnett
Marjorie Irwin
Fite
Joe Hagler
Gérard Neher
Donald Braman
Anderson
Alert Pinkston
Nashville, Tenn
Joe Renneker
Bob Durham
Jane Harris
Marge Penick Jones
Mason Pearce Jr
Roy Fit
Music Clubs Share Festive Evening of Performances
The Juvenile Music Club hosted the Hartselle club at Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall with a varied program of piano solos, duets, dances, a playlet, and a chorus. Guests included Nancy Allen Pattillo and Joan Henderson among others, followed by Christmas carols and social hours. Also noted are engagements and holiday visits involving local families and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall
Hartselle
Wendellyn Gray
Nancy Carolyn Roberts
Kartselle Club
Joan Henderson
Mozart
Nancy Allen Pattillo
Betty Dean Walker
Ann Z
Little Town of Bethlehem
Joyce Nelson
Peggy Groover
Carolyn Finney
Mary Emily Barnum
Kathleen Lively
Eleanor Hamilton
Sammy Pruett
Annie Ruth Waldsmith
T. Rollo
David Allen Gibson
Virginia Reel
Miss Waldsmith
Local ChristmasVisits From Area Families
Local residents announce holiday plans with relatives across Alabama and Tennessee. Dallas couple Mr and Mrs Zeke Rogers and baby visit Reed Rogers in town before Birmingham Christmas trip. Joe Renneker and William Martin families also traveling. Various students and servicemen return home for holidays from Bradford College Huntingdon College A P I Auburn University Alabama College Camp Polk and other ties to Birmingham Tuscumbia and Pulaski noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clarence Brewer
Helen May
Sam Howard Haney
Birmingham
Ala
Zeke Rogers
Baby
Dallas
Texas
Reed Rogers
Joe Renneker
Crude Rubber Supply Is Cut Amid War Tire Push
Akron tire makers begin producing tires from reclaimed rubber. Goodyear's P W Litchfield warns these are wartime tires unfit for highway speeds, while Firestone plans similar output. He notes Malaya’s loss threatens 95 percent of crude rubber supply and warns a 10 to 15 year recovery. A U S stockpile and scrap-rubber potential are cited to meet essential needs. Car owners urged to care for existing tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Akron @ubber
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Litchfield
Harvey 8
Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Malaya
East Indies
United States
Navy grad James E. Puckett from Pensacola School
James E. Puckett son of Mrs Thelma B Puckett of 701 12 2nd Ave recently graduated from the Aviation Machinist Mate School at the U S Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida Thelma B Puckett said he enlisted in June and went through Norfolk Virginia for training He entered Pensacola in August and upon graduation became eligible for promotion to aviation machinist mate third class a petty officer rating with a substantial pay increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Puckett
Thelma B. Puckett
2Nd Ave
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Puckett
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Alabama Unemployment Wages Rise in Third Quarter 1941
Alabama's unemployment wages paid by 417 reporting units totaled 111,712,268 in Q3 1941, a 198 percent rise from Q2. Total covered workers exceed 500,000 across 6,000+ employers. end-June 360,1 workers grew to 960,240 by September, up 84 percent. Benefit payments in November were 201,147, the smallest monthly total since 1938, with 1941 total around 3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John D. Petree
Atate
Uemployment Compensation Agency
Petree
Unemployment Compensation Agency
State employment up in November boosts Alabama placements
Nationwide and Alabama job data show November placements totaling 6,167 through state employment service activities, lifting Alabama’s 1941 total to 64,280. The report notes shifts in industries including cotton and oil ahead of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Employment Service
Alabama
Flying unit possible for Decatur graduates ages twenty seven
Decatur may form a local flying unit if enough high school graduates aged 20 to 27 volunteer promptly. Gwinnie Puckett leads the appeal urging immediate action to develop a class of hopefuls for the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Gwinnie Puckett
Young Men Urged to Join Refresher Course
Twenty young men may take refresher courses on required subjects. Mr. Puckett must form the full class of 20 by this week for the course to be offered. Interested men should contact Mr. Puckett by telephone 266. urgency emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlow
Alr
Puckett
Mr. Puckett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Stuart
Solarium
Miss Allen
Katharine Boswell
Crawford Reeves
Florence
Anne Johnson
Marjorie Wilder
Betty Foster Pointer
Nan Ingram
Nellie Clarke Roan
Tom White
Jackson
Burnham
Lothrop Withington
Tom Guyton
William S. Day
Nne Kimbrough
Mary Ja. Tillery
Bunny Pepper
Greenwood
Mrs. Fite
Rivet
Erlene Walker
Handel
Mary -Nell Groover
Playlett
Beethoven
Betty Stewart
Melody
Brewer
HANEY
James Lucien Bush
Jacksonville
Bia
Mra
J. D. Bush
Paul Crawford
Mra. J. D. Bush
Dana Satterfield
Tuscaloosa
Bing Crosby
Mary Martin
Brian Donlevy
Carolyn Lee
Princess Today
Qan
Sropepe
Ouye
Donleny
LD Wide
Tana 13
Coolec
Charles Dickens
Doc Christian
River's End
Mance
Gary End
A NA Ucgsie
Preisser
William Martin
Billy
Ann Kimbrough
Boston
Mass
W. EB. Kimbrough
Miss Kimbrough
Bradford College
Mary Ford Tillery
Huntingdon College
Mrs. Crawford Reeves
Mr. Reeves
J. B. Zuccarello
Pulaski
Tenn
Jane Toppy
Claudie Shumake
University of Alabama
Ed Davies
Auburn
A. D. Jervis
Mary McClure
Alabama College
Bernice McClure
R. G. McClure
Jimmy Tiller
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Steele Andrews
Anniston
Helen May Brewer
A. M. Roan
Avery Roan
Tuscumbia
Robert Hudson
City Park
Second Ave
Rochelle Hudson
Bruce Bennett
Capitol
Goidel’s
Sears
Wey
Penney’s
Everetts
Hone
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