Community social notes from Lebanon area residents
Reverend Roscoe Wilhite visited Tuesday night with Reverend W. W. Coleman and family. John Knox hosted a Thursday night party. Jim Rackard and family travel to Missouri then Chattanooga for Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Tom Fitzgerald of Missouri holidayed locally then returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Parnell and family plan to move here. Scott Hudson hosted a social hour with friends from the Hartsville route. Dick Freeman stayed with cousin Gladys Coleman on Wednesday night. Carl Coleman visited Falkville on Saturday. Theron Knox and family moved to the community for the year ahead. Pierce B. Matkin was guest of Phelix Thomason Saturday night.
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Ophene
Loree Crabb
Mildred
Mary Elner Smith
Kathryn Church
Wooley Springs
Hitts
Ausleys
Huntsville Road
Erie Lee Holt
Ethel Hamilton
Nick Johnson
Hagood
Athens
Decatur
A. L. Chapine
Mary Elner
Mildred Smith
J. D. Goforth
Huntsville
Paul Hargrave
Roscoe Wilhite
W. W. Coleman
John Knox
Jim Rackard
Missouri
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Missionary
Seminary Ridge
Tom Fitzgerald
Harris
Parnell
Scott
Hartselle
Dick Freeman
Gladys Coleman
Carl Coleman
Falkville
Cedar Plains Residents Visit Relatives Across Cities
Cedar Plains locals report visitors from Decatur and Birmingham during the holidays and past week. Mr and Mrs Fred Winfrey joined relatives in town while Miss Addie Jenkins stayed with Mildred and Wilma Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Fred Winfrey
Decatur
Oacle Austin
J. B. Cole
Birmingham
Addie Jenkins
Mildred
Wilma Jackson
Wilma Jack
Fairview
Hollie Cole
Weekend social notices from Battle Ground area
Miss Audry Vawter of Centerville visited the Rowelle family over the weekend. A singing at the Blackmon home drew a large crowd. Several local families shared visits Sunday including Smith Gray Reid Vawter Blair and Humphries. Various guests numbered among Grey Heats and Tucker households with dinners and hospitality noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audry Vawter
Centervillé
W. M. Rowelle
Marion Blackmon
Walter Smith
F. M. Gray
H- M. Reid
West Point
Homer Vawter
Centerville
Frank Blair
Nell
Transylvania
Lai
T. F. Gray
Raymond Humphries
Elmer Brewer
Archie Rowell
Pauline
Louise Gray
Novel Humphries
Jewell Sheats
Ethel Tucker
Jewell Vickery
Stella Hallmon
Floyd Chandler
Near West Point
Roy
Humphries
Neel School Reopens After Holidays Amid Social News
January 4 marks school reopening after Christmas break. Obituary family notices include Mrs. Smith’s relatives visiting Wren. Social items note tacky party prizes won by Bertha Rever and Roy Roberts, plus multiple local visits, guests, and a New Year pound supper hosted by Inez McAbee. Five delegates elected for Oak Ridge convention next Saturday. Mrs. Willis Hicks ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Singleton
H- H. Bogger
Claudie Boger
Effie King
Wren
Smith
Ola Aldridge
Liberty
Inez McAbee
R. C. Puckett
A. G. Maddox
Cleere
Arthur Owens
Danville
Lake
Texas
Connie Lake
Mamie Roberts
Decatur
J. H. Roberts
Center Grove Hosts Guests From Decatur
Mr. and Mrs. B L Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Homer King and daughter Geraldine visited Center Grove with extended hospitality from Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B .L. Ryan
Homer King
Geraldine
Decatur
Social Rounds Include Visits From Area Families
A weekend of visits and gatherings centered on the McKee and Horton households, with Rock Creek and Center Grove neighbors attending Friday and Saturday events. Guests included Hay Fowler of Elora Tennessee and many locals. Mildred McKee plans to teach in Rural Grove after Christmas.
Community Notices from BASHAM NEWS
Mr and Mrs Earl Rose and others visit family over the weekend. Families including Mayfield Legg Rose Martin Jones White Thompson and McCleskey share Sunday and Saturday visits in Oak Ridge and surrounding households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rose
G. B. Jones
Bowen Mayfield
G. B. Legg
Oak Ridge
Hollis Rose
Baby
Walter Rose
Wallace Martin
R. H. Vinson
F. G. Mayfield
R. E. Messer
M. M. White
E. E. Martin
Kathleen Rose
Evelyn White
Zola Mae Martin
Irene ‘Thompson
Mary McCleskey
Maggie White
Dorothy McCleskey
Bessie Lwis Jones
Lola Pearl Martin
Ruby McCleskey
Opal Thompson
Bessie Thompson
Lois Jones
Rubie Lee
Odel Braswell
Falkville Missionary Harvest Day Program Opens
The Falkville Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church met to plan an interesting harvest day program. Members discussed activities, refreshments, and the program outline for the upcoming event, inviting participation from the church and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville Missionary Society
Woman’s Missionary. Society of the Methodist Church
Pettusville social notes show visitors and holidays
Mr and Mrs Al Barto of Nashville Tennessee visit relatives in Pettusville. Arthur Spence and Mrs Spence stay with Rev and Mrs R F McDonald in Flint Alabama. Several locals host and visit kin across nearby towns during the holidays noting quiet times and young people gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Barto
Nashville
Tenn
Arthur Spence
Veto
Benton Pettus
Will A. Gilbert
Dalytown
Ath Holt
Bessie Holt
W. D. Evans
Lipstick Girl Edna Robb Webster Leads Departure to Travel
Marcia Moyer, a Mitchelfield cosmetics department worker and aspiring buyer, is chosen to explore sales of a New York cosmetics firm. Ted Stanton, her longtime love, is left behind as Percy DuMott offers Marcia a countrywide demonstration role. She accepts, after farewells and a final kiss at Paradise Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Moyer
Mitchelfield
Ted Stanton
Marcia
Ted
New York
Percy DuMott
Paradise Inn
Local youths host a Thursday night party at Adams home
A group of young people gather at Mr. and Mrs. Phone Adams to view the year’s end and new year’s arrival. Evie Ryan visits Irene Patterson. Mrs. Will Thompson and daughter Evelyn of Cullman stay with relatives. Annie Williams and daughter Katie Lee visit Virgil Thompson. Ralph Aden returns to Auburn for studies. seniors hold a Thursday party at Mrs. Dottie Lamons. Culture Club meets with Mrs. W. P. Hughes. Annie Oden remains bedridden after piano accident. Sunday singing draws several attendees. all invitees urged to attend first Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phone Adams
Evie Ryan
Irene Patterson
Will Thompson
Evelyn
Cullman
Annie Williams
Katie Lee
Virgil Thompson
Ralph Aden
Auburn
Dottie Lamons
Culture Club
W. P. Hughes
Annie Oden
Midnight on a Pullman Train A New Work Journey
Marcia boards a dim Pullman to Chicago to begin work under a district manager. She recalls childhood train rides, fears isolation among strangers, and imagines distant travels while confronting nerves about fitting in with new colleagues and city life. The scene shifts from Mitchelfield memories to the crowded city, exposing class tension and revulsion at urban poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia
Ted
Springfield
Davey
Mitchelfield
Hersel
Rome
Tunis
Savoy Grill
London
Chicago
New Mexico Admitted to the Union in 1912
On this day in 1912 New Mexico achieved statehood joining the United States as the 47th state. The admission followed decades of Territorial status and marked a milestone in Western expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Horoscope for those born on this day
Today’s reading notes that people born on this day have notable mechanical skill and a careful watchfulness over their interests, combined with affection. The outlook suggests steady focus and reliable, loyal behavior in personal and professional spheres.
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