Louise Grizzard Vernis Gillespie Nuptials Reported in Mississippi
Mr and Mrs Henry Leroy Griz announce the engagement and marriage of their daughter Marjorie to Vernis C Gillespie of Mississippi. The ceremony occurred December 26 at the home of Reverend G N Ber in Iuka Mississippi. The couple resides on Moulton Road.
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Louise Grizzard Vernis Gillespie
Mississippi
Henry “Leroy Griz‘Decatur
Erige
Marjoriesse
Vernis C. Gillespie
G. C Gillespie
Stone
G Nber
Iuka
Moulton Road
Local Personal News From Prichard to Birmingham
W M Brothers visits his son in law and daughter C D Lamon in Prichard Alabama then plans a stop in New Orleans to see Mrs E L Brothers widow of Elkin Brothers. Several locals travel for visits to Mobile Abilene Florence Birmingham and Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Lamon
Prichard
Alabama
Mr. Brothers
E. L. Brothers
Elkin Brothers
New Orleans
Louisiana
Joe Hagler
Hilton
Birmingham
Limestone County Court to convene week of February 13
A Limestone County Court jury session is scheduled for the week of February 13 with civil and criminal cases to be tried. Miss Marie Moore will serve as court reporter, succeeding Mrs. Alvin Shaw. The docket is heavy due to postwar arrests and litigation activity. Funeral services for Jennie E. Clem were held. she leaves a large family. Local officials report a $31,000 donation to sight conservation. Community events featured Jim McCord as guest speaker at the Athens Rotary lunch. illnesses and rain-related disruptions affected daily life as Town Creek neared flood stage and roof leaks increased.
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Sherman Powell
Decatur
Athens
Limestone County
Marie Moore
Huntsville
Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit
Alvin Shaw
Jennie E. Clem
North Houston Street
Holland’s Gin Church of Christ
A. J. Rollings
Spry
Old Scrooge
Church of Christ
Bryant Thompson
Alvin Hardiman
Marvin McMunn
Woodrow Moyers
J. P. Bratcher
Herman Brown
R. Clyde Wellden
Walter Traylor
Athens Lions Club Sight Conservation Fund
Jim McCord
Tennessee
Athens Rotary Club
Hank Mabry
Clyde Mabry
Louis Speake
Athens High School
Flanagan Lumber Company
Gordon Swint
Malone Circle
J.B. Carrington
Athens Lumber Company
New Education Units Begin in Athens County
Three new vocational education units start operations this week in Ardmore High School and Trinity High School Athens. Fred Cornelison Auburn graduate will direct vocational agriculture at Ardmore with Catherine Rainey leading home economics. Trinity High School will now offer general home economics under Oliver Harris Huntsville A and M graduate as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore High School
Fred Cornelison
Auburn
Madison County
Catherine Rainey
Trinity High School of
Athens
Oliver Harris
Huntsville A
M. Negro College
Trinity
William R S Mackay Sells Two-Third Interest in Athens Asset
William R S Mackay has sold a two thirds interest in an Athens asset. Details of buyer and remaining ownership were not disclosed in the brief item. The sale marks a partial transfer of control in the Athens property, with regulatory filings not yet reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R
Mackay
Athens
Prohibition violator and bad check case in Limestone County
Red Rock Bottling Works employee moved to Florida. Two men were sentenced to three months hard labor in the state pen. One for violating the prohibition law and the other for writing a bad check. The first offense was suspended on a $94 fine and costs with six months probation, probation denied for the bad check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Florida
Limestone County
Freight train derailed in Bynum Alabama
A Southern Railway freight derailed near Bynum today after a broken rail. Superintendent H. C. Mauney said seven cars spilled pig iron but damage was slight. the train was traveling from Birmingham to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum
Ala
Southern Railway
H. C. Mauney
Birmingham
Atlanta
Car Vandalism Leaves Vehicle Damaged In Birmingham
Pyree Hart reports he damaged his own car on a Northside Street at night. He returned to find four punctured tires burned holes in seats dashboard smashed radio aerial torn off exterior mirror damaged wires pulled from under the dash and license plates bent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Jan
Pyree Hart
Baltimore Tackles Baby Racket and Adoption Laws
Baltimore officials vow tougher rules after investigators reveal a booming black market in babies. Assistant state's attorney Anselm Sodaro describes the city as a hot bed of illicit baby placements, with minors placed in unstable homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Anselm Sodaro
Irregular Adoptions Declared High as Animal Numbers Shift
The prosecutor calls the irregular adoptions volume tremendous while noting a drop in U S horses and mules from 21 431 000 in 1915 to about 10 million today and a rise in tractors from around one thousand to nearly 3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
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