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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1944

Page

7

Winchester Girl Weds Decatur Man in Winchester Ceremony

Irene Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Dudley Harry Wilson of Winchester Kentucky wed Harold Lee Vaughn son of Mr and Mrs John Herman Vaughn of Decatur at First Methodist Church Winchester on Sunday December 17 at 1 30 PM The couple will reside in Birmingham Alabama following a brief wedding trip Attendants included Miss Bonnie Joe Wilson maid of honor Eugene Culton Jr as best man and several brothers and friends The church was adorned with apws cedar and chrysanthemums and organist J Smith Hayes played.

Winchester Decatur Dudley Harry Wilson Irene Harold Lee Vaughn John Herman Vaughan Sixth Avenue West First Methodist Church E. M. Fossett Sion Bonnie Joe Wilson Eugene Culton Jr Willian Brook — Wilson Edward Jones Boyle Jr Washington, D. C Julian Knippenberg Lexington James B. Moore Berea J. Smith Hayes Nancy Minerva Caywood Boone Avenue Berea Business School Union College Barbourville University of Kentucky Walgreen Agency Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Birmingham Ala Irene Wilson Kentucky Vaughn John Herman Vaughn

Personal notices of Christmas visits and marriages

Local social column lists numerous Christmas visits and gatherings across cities including Knoxville Birmingham Decatur and Nashville. It records Rosa M Trapp wedding to Pvt John H Cheek in Decatur with Rev B B Burks officiating and notes several families hosting relatives over Yuletide and Christmas week.

T. J. Suggs Rosa M. Trapp John H. Cheek Lewisburg Tennessee B. B. Burks Decatur

Honor Roll Lists Made Public At Union Hill High

Union Hill High School released its honor roll for the month. Junior II students include Joan Yancey Margaret Prince Magdalene Bowling Dorothy Couch and others. Senior III lists Evelyn Morris Alene Wheeler and multiple named students.

Union Hill High School Joan Yancey Margaret Prince Magdalene Bowling Dorothy Couch Alice Greenhaw Elanda Lee Lemons Jeannie Myrick Latherine Bowling Willie Sue Brown Joe Criscoe Betty Joyce Garrison Dolores Greenhaw Verna Helma Lafaye Lemons Jean Marie Ransom Alverine Smallwood Daphine Brooks Ary -Grace Compton Verlin Helms Mary Virginia Hornbuckle Herbert Lenox Sue Metcalf Clifford Parker Paul Ransom Hurshel Shumate Elbert Thomas Everett Couch Bonnie Osborn Glenn Greenhaw Freda Henderson Avies Hill Evelyn Morris Alene Wheeler Margaret Irvin Roberta Lenox Imogene Prince Janice Ransom Margaret Couch

Donald Church Is Honored At Party

Mrs Wallace Church hosted a Christmas party on Jackson Street for Donald Church and his friends. Santa arrived with stockings of candy and nuts and gifts from the tree while Wilodene Mastin told a Yule story and games and songs entertained the children.

Donald Church Wilodene Mastin Santa Joel William Thomas Goree Flora Jane Tidwell James Hoyt Powell Anne Linda Jards Carolyn Faye Robertson Allen Poole David Milton Peck June—Claire Linda Gale Pate Mary Linda Hodges Hazel Hodgins Anne Parker Betty Willodene Martin Beverly Bubba Nebrig Joe Anne Bob Montgomery Janis Thompson

Visitors arrive to join family from March Field

Jean who has been at March Field California for several weeks has arrived to be with her parents. Mr and Mrs Luther Handley and Mr and Mrs John Wood and daughter Helen have returned from a visit in Birmingham and New Orleans Louisiana.

Billy Hine Great Lakes Naval Training Station Ill Butler P. A Dan Walden Montgomery Mr. Walden Jean March Field Calif Luther Handley John Wood Helen Birmingham New Orléans

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