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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1928
Page
8
W D Brown and W Helms kin visited east Morgan relatives while Brannon Newman families hosted members. Ed Harris funeral rites held with family present. Leone Gibson spent holidays with Ed Gibson family. Church of God began meetings with Rev J E Garrison from Decatur. Price Bryant visited sister Linnie Heard. Robert Ethridge ill at home. Community singing invited for the fourth Sunday each month.
Somerville items list local residents at holidays with travels visits illnesses and family time. Notables include Miss Inez Oden of Athens college home for Christmas and Mrs. Minnie Harris passing away at her son’s home.
Miss Amy South and Blair near Battle Ground wed in a Saturday ceremony on December 15. Friends here celebrate the couple planning to live in Corinth. The column notes visits, relocations, illnesses, and social events involving local families such as the Blairs Bryant Rooker Heard King Jennings and Williams with attendees at Piney Grove school activities.
Miss Virgil and Pauline Waldrop return home after a week with friends in Decatur. Miss Mattie Sue Waldrop visits Saturday with Misses Ber a and Bertha Paul. Montgomery moves to Moulton to make his home. Julian Young of Auburn College arrives for holidays with friends and relatives.
Danville Route 1 residents Miss Elnora Kirkpatrick and relatives from Philpot and Debatur visited 5 W Gray and family Sunday. David Hogan is recovering from pneumonia. Union Tabernacle services planned. Dewey Hogan visited Hartselle and Decatur. Mr and Mrs Marvin Penn relocate to Danville. Rev Pritchard of Addison to lead services at Penn's School on the first Sunday in January at 11 o'clock.
Local notes document visits by James and Mrs James Jackson of Sardis Springs and Harrison Mullins with daughter Christine of Elkmont. Families from Elkmont Daly town and Nashville visit, with Auburn student Arthur Spence home for holidays and Miss Mamie Pettus of Madison staying with relatives. Several residents recover from surgery and others attend Sunday services.
Mrs. P Pattillo spent Friday in Birmingham. Miss Martha Ellen Wilson student of the local school left for Montevallo Thursday afternoon to spend the holidays. Misses Marguerite Gibsom, Kate Sobotka and Sara Blair returned last Monday night from Montevallo where they are attending school. Cecil Crawford arrived home Saturday. Miss Katherine Pattillo a senior at Randolph Macon college in Lynchburg Virginia has arrived home to spend the holidays. Miss Helen Jackson arrived Tuesday from Abington Virginia.
Martha Washington pupil Charlie Stewart arrives to spend the season holidays. Miss Nell Wasson and Miss Ruth Puckett return from Iowa where they attended college. Mrs. Thomas Crawford will return to Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. German Harris of Greenville, Texas, visit Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Harris.
Mrs W D Griffin and daughter Ruby visit relatives in Rome Georgia. Mr and Mrs Ben Smith of Oneonta spend weekend with Mrs W T Crawford family. Geraldine Briscoe visits grandparents in Ruth Alabama. Cecil Crawford, Howard College student in Birmingham, spends holidays with his parents. Alma Ryan visits Geneva Julian. H E Holmes hosts a musical afternoon at home. W J Briscoe and D T Crawford visit Decatur for business. Clara McNally moves to Ryan. G T Woodruff in Falkville. J M Julian visits W J Briscoe. L Shelton attends business in Cullman. Prof Ryan visits grandfather Sunday. Orville Oden visits parents D C and Mrs Oden.
The Ermont Route 1 column notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Jay Guthrie to his parents, plus guests including Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Robison with Mrs. Reba Pressnell, and other families such as the Phillips, Clem, Brooks, Daly, Putman, Wales, Hasten, Jackson, Vickers, and Evie Vickers. Families share weekend and weekday visits in the community.
Miss Ruth Emens Miss Sara Pearl Emens and Miss Madeline Lile hosted a shower for Mrs James Jeffries born Nannie Mooney at Trinity High School auditorium Tuesday afternoon. Guests included Pauline Beams Lola Beams Lorine Lowery Mary Bass Merle Bass Ruth Mooney Frances Lile and the Lile and Mooney families with several friends attending. A variety of pretty and useful gifts were given and refreshments were served.
The text notes gatherings hosted by local residents over a weekend. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Christopher Dewitt Roberts entertained the seniors of the Agricultural school on Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brackeen visited Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Daniel Sunday. Miss Itaca and Christine McLemore visited Miss Laura Lou and Miss Elizabeth King Sunday. Miss Mattie Lou Shannon visited Miss Nettie McMahan Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Compton visited Mrs. Eunice Karnes.
Mt Hope school girls defeated Haleyville girls 45 to 4 on a Friday afternoon. The article notes many local students and families traveling for holidays and visits with relatives, with several mentions of town, school, and college connections.
Mrs T R Alexander and Mrs Annie Mae Craig shopped in Decatur Wednesday. Lula and Novie Almon from Florence arrived to spend holidays with T F Almon and family. Mount Hope principal J B Bentley and teachers Annie Martin and S S Barksdale visited. Mrs Mallie Kerby Masterson of Florence and Arthur Armour of Decatur were business visitors. Out of town guests included James French of near Hillsboro and J T McKee of Florence.
Mrs. R. H. Tweedy Jr hosted Tuesday Night Bridge with four tables. Guests included Annie Campbell Cary Hotchkiss Mamie Gilchrist and Charles Hotchkiss. Ladies high score went to Mary Haywood Gilchrist and men high to James Blythe.
Hillsboro residents record holiday visits and illness. Garnet Ennis of Moulton spent Sunday with his parents. David Woodall, Athens Woman's College student, arrived to spend holidays with relatives. George Gray and family ill with flu. Edom and Woodall shoppers in Decatur. Mrs. J R Walker and baby visit. Kenneth Odom from Riv erside High in Decatur weekend. Miss Ethel Landers and Edgar Landers Jr shopped in Decatur. Hardin family Christmas shoppers in Decatur.
Mr and Mrs Walter Andrews of Ohio arrived Monday night to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs J O Norris. Miss Annie Belle Jones Lurleen Norris and Annie Shaw were guests of Mrs Elmer Neville Wednesday evening. Bud Strickland and family moved to Decatur to make their home. Miss Lucile Chant visited Mrs Ruby Bussey Sunday. Florence Woodall spent Sunday afternoon with Mary Fay and Peggy Neville. Annie Belle Jones and Mr and Mrs Walter Shaw visited Hartselle Tuesday and attended the show. Oran Wright attended the show. Thomas Pion of Haleyville was the guest of friends Sunday. A Christmas program will be given at Flint school auditorium on Miss Annebelle Jones will leave Saturday for her home in Tusumbia to spend the Christmas holidays.
The 1929 outlook from Old Moore shows near eastern threats and several wars through January to December. Mars-linked disasters hit ships, Dublin political tragedy, and a royal family death cited, with booms and busts across Europe and Asia and a prince injured by betrayal.
Miss Lucile Woodall spent Sunday with Miss Lurleen Norris and Miss Minnie Addie Graham visited Miss Ethel Matthews of Priceville. W. B. Sanders and family of Harford are mentioned. Fred Chunn is seriously ill at his parents' home, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Chunn.
Mrs G W Reid improves after flu illness. Mr and Mrs J A Humphries attend Bethel ham church. Jewel Sheats ill with severe cold. Harvie Leonard and Hover Andrews attend Sunday singing. Little Mercis Oakley ill at J H Oakley home. Lila York and Bertha Andrews of Upshaw attend Sunday singing. Mary Gray ill at home. Lloyd White visits from near Birmingham with the Pearsons. Emma Jones visiting relatives at West Point. Pearl McCagr en Jewel Sheats and Pearl Smith motor to Cullman. Georgia Andrews of Mt Vernon visits J D Andrews. P T A will meet at the school Thursday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. R. T. Tyler traveled to Huntsville today for a brief visit with Mrs. Tyler's mother, staying for a short time.
Dr George E Boyd pastor of the First Methodist church and his wife Mrs Boyd are ill at the parsonage with influenza. The notice reports the pastor and his wife suffering from flu symptoms and receiving care at home.
R. T. Sheppard has returned from Gadsden where he spent the Christmas holiday with relatives.
The many friends of Mrs. J A Bacon learn that her condition after pneumonia at home in Gadsden continues to improve. Mrs. R T Sheppard remains at her mother's bedside.
A boys meeting is planned at the Y M C A for Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The event invites local youths to attend and participate in planned activities.
The HI Y club will meet at the YMCA Thursday evening at 7 o clock.
The weather bureau reports a 24 hour temperature range with a high of 51 degrees and a low of 28 across the area. Strong cold air pushed in, bringing a brisk morning as commuters bundled up.
The Tennessee river remained stationary today with a local gauge reporting a level of 4.6 feet. No flooding is reported and officials monitor conditions along the river.
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