Ward Jones Wedding in Hartsel le Bethel Baptist Church
Hilda Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest L Jones of Hartselle, married Bert M Ward Jr son of Mr and Mrs B M Ward of Hartselle at Bethel Baptist Church Hart sel le on Friday at seven oclock Rev Billy Stephenson officiated in a ceremony attended by immediate family and a few friends. The decor featured fern and gladioli, Wanda Praytor played and I Love You Truly was sung. The couple left for a short wedding trip and reside in Hartselle.
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Ward-Jones
Hartselle
Forrest L. Jones
Hilda
Bert M. Ward Jr
B. M. Ward
Bethel Baptist Church
Billy Stephenson
Wanda Praytor
Personal notices of travel, study, and health
Mrs. Louis Argend returns from Florence after funeral of uncle James Roy Martin. Mrs. W. C. Bailey leaves for Birmingham to visit daughter Mrs. Sam Stephenson. Miss Marjorie Scroggins resumes studies at Mt Saint Joseph Ohio after holidays with parents. AT&T conference called to Birmingham for business. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Losh and daughter Carlin return to Loudenville Ohio after visit with Leopard family. Mrs. J. T Jones, visiting niece Mrs. W. P. Woods in Mt. Vernon NY, is a patient in New York Hospital. write to Presbyterian Medical Center Eye Institute Room 415, New York.
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Louis Argend
Florence
James Roy Martin
Marjorie Scroggins
Mt. Saint Joseph
Ohio
J. F. Scroggins
Frank Losh
Carlin
Loudenville
M. A. Leopard
J. T Jones
W. P. Woods
Mt. Vernon
New York
Mrs. Jones
Presbyterian Medical Center
Newark
Forest Chapel MYF Plans Curtains For The Church School
The Forest Chapel MYF met at Mrs. Wallace Sims home for a council meeting to plan the coming year. They opened with prayer and a devotion, elected Miss Story as president, and arranged three monthly programs and socials. The first project is buying new curtains for the church school rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Chapel
MYF
Wallace Sims
Baptists Inaugurate Armed Service Plan
In Atlanta on January 7 Southern Baptists launched a plan to expand armed forces service. Dr Alfred Carpenter will direct a program to recruit more chaplains and support those on duty. The home mission board approved a 10000 dollar promotion for the chaplains commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Baptists
Alfred Carpenter
Chaplains Commission
Southern Baptist Convention
Carpenter
Department of Direct Missions
Home Mission Board
Neel School PTA to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Neel School Parent Teachers Association will meet Tuesday night January 11 at seven o clock. All patrons are asked to be present. H R Leeman, superintendent of education of Morgan County, will be the guest speaker.
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Westminster
Woman's
Westminster Presbyterian Church
O. S. Hagerman
Hagerman
Unesco
Association of Flint
Ted Poole
Clarence Davis
1St Corinthians
Clarence Light
Poole
S. E. Whitten
Flint
B. D. Norris
Jack Norris
Ruby Bussey
Cotillion Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Parent Teachers Association
Neel School
H.R. ‘Leeman
Morgan County
Who's Who of Class Named at Danville School
The senior class of Danville School elected its Who's Who, naming Faye Bridges as Prettiest Girl and Buey Long as Handsome boy. Other selections include Maudalene Brown as Best sport girl and Charles Ellis as Best sport boy, plus multiple top honors for Ellis across categories.
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Danville School
Faye Bridges
Buey Long
Mary Dale Morris
Charles Ellis
Maudalene Brown
James_ Elkin Hogan
Hendrene Rogers
Arthur Lee Jr
Rachel Collins
Willodean Glenn
Sue_ Pittman
Billy Penn
Bobbie Garnett
Willodean
Glenn
James Hogan
Fay Bridges
Lawyer Talks To Physicians In Morgan County Meeting
Decatur lawyer Julian Harris addressed about 20 Morgan County Medical Association members at the Cornelian hotel Thursday. The group endorsed a 25 dollar annual AMA member health education assessment and heard histories comparing medicine and law. Dr. Grady Wallace and Dr. L Clemmons were named 1949 program chairmen, with Mr Gorman of Decatur as guest.
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Decatur
Julian Harris
Morgan County Medical Association
Cornelian Hotel
AMA
American Medical Association
St. Louis
Harris
Grady Wallace
L. Clemmons
Gorman
Decatur, I
Soldier Will Be Laid To Rest Sgt William L Simmons Dies Overseas
Rites for Sgt. William L Simmons who died in Kunming China February 22 1945 will be held at 2 30 Sunday at First Baptist Church Rev Jesse Rogers. He arrived home 2 10 Saturday and will go to his mother Mrs William M Simmons 127 Sixth Ave W. Pallbearers named and Brown's funeral company in charge.
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William L. Simmons
Kunming
China
First Baptist Church
Jesse Rogers
Illiam M. Simmons
Sixth-Ave. W
First Baptist Church. Sgt. Simmons
Army Signal Corps
City Electric
W. M. Simmons
Mary Boyd
Bob Wells
Jim Roberson
Decatur
Watson Carlisle
E. Berry
C. R. Roberson
Dennis Norris
William Lowther
Joe Henderson
Brown
New BPW Club Adds Three New Members
The Business and Professional Women's club welcomes three new members after a Thursday meeting in the clubroom. New members are Evola Potts, assistant manager at Woolworth's. Wynelle Gargus, regular nurse at Chenault clinic. and Edna Harmon, secretary at Marvin Rankin Insurance. Oscar Napps showed the film Air Power is Peace Power, loaned by Eastern Airlines. Guests attended including Anne Uhyshers, and a letter from Sheila, a war orphan sponsored by the club, was read by Mrs. Dorothy Woodall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
BPW
Evola Potts
Woolworth’s
Wynelle Gargus
Chenault
Birmingham
Oyster shells saved to aid next season recruits
Fisherfolk gather discarded oyster shells to aid future reefs and guide tiny new oysters to attach themselves, supporting abundance in upcoming harvests.
Dear Miss Dix: How to be a good husband and long engagements
Dorothy Dix advises a groom to express daily love, keep romance alive, share activities and money, involve wife in plans, and praise her thrift and cooking. She warns against dull routines and urges variety, respectful finances, and joint decision making. Mary T notes long engagements strain nerves, preferring shorter engagements for happiness.
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Miss Dix
Dorothy Dix
Mary T
Beli Syndicate
Kirby Now With MATS Sergeant Gurnie Line
Sergeant Kirby Gurnie Line, son of F P Kirby of Decatur, now serves in the finance office at Headquarters MATS Washington DC. He enlisted in June 1946 after Decatur High School, trained at San Antonio and Lowry, and saw duty with Air Transport Command until its 1948 merger forming MATS.
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Gurnie Line
U. S. Air Force
F. P. Kirby
6Th Ave
Decatur
Headquarters
Military Air Transport Service
Washington
D. C
Kirby
Decatur High School
San Antonio
Tex
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Air Transport Command
ATC
Naval Air Transport Service
MATS
Waiting and courtship in the long engagement
The piece urges delaying marriage until ready to wed, arguing engagements foster doubt and shifting loyalties. It notes couples fading before the wedding and advises choosing only when financially and emotionally prepared, warning against marrying out of habit or pride.
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Ard
Unification Act Creates Military Air Transport Service
The newly formed MATS blends USAF and Navy assets to provide scheduled air transport for government departments and global air communications, weather, and rescue. Soon assigned to supply Berlin by air, Operation Vittles becomes a top priority. An estimated one million Americans are permanently disabled by rheumatic diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USAF
Navy
National Ailiey Establishment
MATS
Berlin
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Tursday
Elmer Loyd
Lyons Hotel
First Methodist Church
I. R. Neher
Henry Fleming
W. E. Curry
Reneau’ Carrel
Otis E. Kirby
Henry J. Fleming
J. M. Crain
Ed WN. Price
H. J. Edmonds
W. H. Tankers
F. Trimble
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Reneau Carrel
Marvin Dinsmore
Dalton Fowler
Mae Gardner
Bruce Byars
Ruth Banks Baugh
Leroy McEntire, Jr
Carrell
Johnee
Cecil Timberlake
O. M. Tucker
W. K. Wilder
7. V. Wright
Flint P.T.A
Caddell Drug CO
Elizabeth Arden
Lucien Selong
Yardley
Marcelle
Tabu
W. C. Bailey
Sam Stephenson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
MFT
Baptists
PTA
Hazel Puckett
Wilma’ Terrell
Ramon Wallace
Hendrine Rogers
Robert George
Effie Rhoades
Fay Glenn
Junior Taylor
Christine Wallace
Lois Clark
BPW Club
Clay R. Pollan
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