Christmas Gatherings At Bakr Home And Local Socials
A busy Christmas season is recounted with a family reunion at Mr and Mrs H L Bakr s Third Avenue home highlighted by Santa stockings a lit tree and a grand turkey dinner. Guests include J H Baker Pearl and Bessie Baker Walter Craig and others from Taladega and Louisville. Other items note a Tuesday Bridge Club meeting hosted by Mrs W B Markstein and a Progressive Dinner party hosted by multiple couples with Santa Claus name draws and floral table decor. Also mentioned are a Musical at the Smith residence and society notices for the Alabama College Alumni Association and Silk Stocking Club meetings along with a Nancy Worth Jones party at the Princess theater with friends.
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H. L. Bakr
Third Avenue
West
Santa
Bessie Baker
Grandmother
Mrs. Baker
Mattie Mae Smith
Walter Smith
Twelfth Avenue West
Matthews Sisters
Rev
Steadham
Nancy Worth Jones
Jane Malone
Mary Penick Jones
Marjorie Irwin
Doris Gardner
Birmingham
Jean Gray
Margaret Dulaney
Marion Boswell
George O’brien
Tommy Carson
Eliftherios Ballas
Billy Simrell
John Edward McMurray
Leroy McEntire, Jr
Noel Carpenter
Jones
Princess Theater
Champ
James Nichelson Returns to Montgomery After Weekend Visit
James Nichelson has returned to Montgomery after spending the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nichelson
Montgomery
Mr. and Jr
W. P. Russell
Family and friends share holiday travel notes and visits
A flurry of Christmas and New Year greetings fills the town as families return from Alabama Tennessee and Georgia travel to see relatives. Miss Leena Waugh Jewell Cooper and many others are listed visiting or hosting in Hartselle Eva Selma Nashville and Birmingham with health news and local stopovers.
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Leena Waugh
Hartselle
Senate contest going unabated in Bankhead-Heflin fight
In Birmingham Alabama former Senator Heflin pursues contest of John Bankhead’s U S Senate election. A commissioner will hear testimony from more than 100 witnesses. Hearings center here starting January with Bankhead and Heflin to nominate a commissioner. Heflin alleges irregularities in the November 1930 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
John H. Bankhead
United States
Senate
Bankhead
Heldin
Congress
Hartwell Dover Hit In Eye By An Arrow
Hartwell Dover ten year old in Gadsden Alabama suffers an eye injury from an arrow shot by a playmate during a holiday incident. The accident occurred on December 30 in Gadsden.
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Hartwell Dover
Gadsden
Ala
Malt Brick Sales Deemed Legal in Alabama
Alabama Attorney General Thomas E. Knight ruled that selling malt bricks is not illegal. The opinion states that the mere sale does not violate the law, and violations must be shown with evidence arising from individual sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Thomas E. Knight
No Rainfall Recorded Over Last 24 Hours
There was no rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning.
Daniel Cupid Has One Day Record
Huntsville Alabama reports a holiday spike in marriages as 16 marriage licenses were issued on Christmas Day. Courthouse records show the surge as a one day event reflecting limited romantic activity during the festive period.
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Daniel Cupid
Huntsville
Ala
Dan Cupid
Election method changed by laws at Anniston
Anniston Alabama to abolish general city ballot in 1932 and elect the 12 city council members by ward voters while mayor and council president remain elected by the general electorate. Legislature 1927 act requires council president and mayor by general vote in cities over 20 000. Anniston census 1930 places it in that class though listed as below 20 000.
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Anniston
Christmas Visits and Teaching Duties note in Alabama towns
Miss Edith Murphree spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. CCC Murphree, at Hartselle and will resume teaching at Gandy's Cove this week. Miss Christine Hart is visiting friends and relatives in Falkville for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jewell Cooper
Hartselle
Mrs
M. J Cooper
H. H. McConnell
Jennie Davidson
Birmingham
Edith Murphree
Ccc
Murphree
Gandy’s Cove
Christine Hart
Falkville
Make This Model At Home By Anne Adams
Pattern instructions detail a softly draped bodice waist with horizontal tucks and a pointed seam skirt. Long and short sleeves, lace vestee, and sizes 36 through 46 with yardage notes. Order pattern 2153 for 15 cents, catalog 25 cents, from Decatur Daily pattern dept New York.
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Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York City
Public sale of pledged securities in Decatur bank notice
On Tuesday, January 5, 1931, the undersigned will sell at public outcry for cash at the Court House door in Decatur, Alabama, securities pledged to secure an indebtedness including 120 shares North Alabama Building and Loan stock, 4 shares North Alabama Building and Loan stock, 10 shares Citizens Industrial Bank common stock, 10 shares Citizens Industrial Bank preferred stock, 10 shares Textile Realty Company stock, plus the balance due on a note by John Thomson of $812.63 and interest, with collateral security. Dated December 30, 1931, Tennessee Valley Bank.
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Court House
Decatur
Alabama
North Alabama Building and Loan Association
Citizens Industrial Bank
Weather Report Shows 65 High and 38 Lows
The weather bureau today reported a maximum temperature of 65 and a minimum of 38 for the 24 hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning.
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Weather Bureau Today
Home Management Now Being Taught In Tuscaloosa County
In Tuscaloosa County the most efficient home management system is taught under trained leaders. Demonstrations cover selection and care of beds and bedding with plans to develop other home problems later.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
Demonstration Club Aids Unemployed In Lafayette
In Lafayette Alabama a winter relief effort sees home demonstration clubs cooperating with the county welfare department. They contributed 170 pounds of dried fruit 138 pounds of dried vegetables 98 quarts of canned fruits and vegetables and 14 quarts of syrup to assist the unemployed.
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Lafayette
Ala
County Welfare Department
Auburn specialist demonstrates clothing renovation lesson
In Troy on October 30, Dorothy Dean, Auburn clothing specialist, presented a clothing renovation demonstration as a useful lesson for Pike County home demonstration clubs.
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Troy
Ala
Dorothy Dean
Auburn
Pike County
Birth of Twin Daughters for Glasscock Family
Mr and Mrs J A Glasscock former city residents now of Blountsville announce the birth of twin daughters Margaret and Martha on December 17.
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J. A. Glasscock
Blountsville
Margaret
Martha
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Southside Baptist Church
Baptist Adult Union
Will Spanobel
Food E. Halbrooks
J. D. Pickens
J. W. ‘Motes
George Wells
Bible Readers
Lizzie Bean
Charles
W. R. Smith
Marvin Rankin
F. S. Hunt
R. L. Maury
Aldrich
Bryan
E. R. Wolfe
Maury
Bob Stephenson
Rome C. Stephenson
South Bend
Ind
American Bankers’ Association
Mary Stuart
Stephenson
Bridge Club
W. B. Markstein
Ferry Street
H. R. Davis
Early Phinizy
Tennis Tidwell
H. D. Barnum
PARTY
A. E. Humphrey
R. N. Harris
Milton Harvey
William Moseley, Jr
E. T. Rushing
C. B. Elliot
Harris
Harvey
Santa Claus
Musicale
Alabama College
Morgan County
Alabama College Allumni Association
Carnegie Library
Silk Stocking Club
C. A. Edwards
J. W. Sandlin
Jim Dobbs
Nallie Bobbitt
Maureen Bobitt
Albertville
Atlee Hoff
Mrs. Ponsonby Kyle
Hamilton, Ala
R E. Rogers
Rhea Lide Carson
Atlanta
Pulaski, Tenn
John Patterson
Tennessee
Rogers
Texas
Bama Jane Grant
Eva
Lucille Lamon
Chattanooga, Tenn
J. T. Weatherly, Jr
Pat Thornton
Selma
Ruby
Clara
Gradt Paulk
Cloverdale
Mrs. E. Stripe
Fifth Avenue West
Ruby Brittain
Nashville
Mrs. W. C. Vaughn
Charlies H Burke
H. L. Kirby
Mt. Hope
R. R. Rowe
Polly
Elkton
Tenn
Elizabeth Morris
Edna Motes
T. T. Frye
Mattie Simp
Hillsboro
8. O. Nelson, Jr
Bobby
Troy B. Rots
Leverne
Nashville, Tenn
8. O. Nelson
T. R. Holland
Hilsboro
Vaughn
Neal Cagie
Mt. Hope, Ala
Mary L. Peck
Hattie Wayne Counts
Bob ‘Fennell
Reynolds
Charles H. Burke
Dorothy
Jim
Lucien Royer
Mrs. C. C. Murphree
Fairview
H. B. Akers
Jean Harlow
Pittsburgh
Marino Bello
Miss Har
Low
Miss Harlow
Jo Eas
He-Man
Trene Purcell
Lillian Bond
Tallulahankhead
George White
Elkmont Springs
Anne Adams
Council No
C. M. Riggshee
S. H. Bradley's
Campbell & Street
Moulton Street
J. A. Thornhill
Johnson St
Thos. Hodson
H. Farish
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