Society and club tales from Morgan County society pages
Societies in Decatur and nearby towns report a busy week of meetings. The Progressive Culture Club opened with readings and Mussolini sketches, the Tuesday Night Bridge crowd hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, and the Morgan County W M U held its annual session with officer installations and prayers. Other clubs met Thursday and Friday for bridge, devotionals, and planning, with notices of forthcoming meetings and social events across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Bailey, Jr
Clemens
W. M. Alexander
Mrs. Clemens
Morgan County
Morgen County
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Decatur
J. D. Pickens
Southside Baptist Church
B. P. Cartwright
First Baptist Church
B. L. Malone
P. H. Sandlin
Special session unlikely for budget balancing in 1950s US
Washington reports Democrats have given up on enacting budget balancing measures this session and will not call a special session. The Ways and Means Committee members dropped all tax proposals through March 4, while Speaker Garner withheld any comment on a potential new session, signaling party handlers pursue a session to pursue what lawmakers deem improbable now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Garher
Pettingill Talk Today On How Folks Got Bible
Dr Pettingill leads a conference on how people obtained the Bible with sessions through the week except Saturday. Two daily meetings at 10 am and 730 pm, plus three Sunday services to be announced. Public invitation urged and attendees asked to bring their own Bible for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettingill
Chicken thieves raid Mrs Dunaway's Plymouth Rock flock
Police report several Plymouth Rock hens and other poultry were stolen from the rear hen house of Mrs J T Dunaway at 1709 Sixth Avenue South on Tuesday night. The thieves entered through an alley at the back of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Dunaway
Sixth Avenue
South
Plymouth Rock
Wilhite Bonded After Preliminary Arson Hearing
Dewey Wilhite was arraigned before Judge W. T. Lowe for a preliminary hearing on four arson charges connected to the Sandlin home fire at Round Top west of Falkville. He was placed under $1,000 bond. Sandlin, asleep inside, suffered painful burns as the house was nearly destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Wilhite
W. T. Lowe
Sandlin
Round Top
Falkville
William Sandlin
Mrs. Mittwede Dies in Hartselle Alabama
Mrs. P. Mittwede died at her home in Hartselle after a lingering illness. The note places the event in April 1933 Jasper Alabama. The item mentions executives of Life Underwriters Associations of Alabama and urges club members to enter a contest with no names on essays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silk Stocking
Alan Wallace
East Vine Street
Jasper
Ala
Life Underwriters Associations of
Alabama
J. W. Rutland
L. E. Creek
Sheffield
Arrivals to Hotel Lyons list diverse urban guests
A printed arrivals list shows guests at Hotel Lyons including J. C. Booth and M. Butterfield from Illinois, Birmingham visitors Leake and Moore, Memphis entrants Curry and Barclay, Montgomery residents England and Wells, and others from Chicago Mobile Ripley Attalla Lexington Corinth and beyond. The item reads as a social register of arriving figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Booth
Elwood
Armistead Leake
Birmingham
W. A. Curry
Memphis
Tenn
M. J. Butterfield
Wheaton
Ill
Louis Moore
Albert Barr
J. H. Ethridge
Chicago
E. O. Thublin
Mobile
H. W. West
Mary England
Montgomery
W. A. Barclay
R. D. Coffin
Ripley
Miss
H. C. Wells
H. Yeatman
Florence
W. E. Cheairs
H. W. McGee
Attalla
Ala
H. C. Rohrer
Lexington
A. Thompson
Ohmene
J. F. Rennie
R. le Jones, Jr
Tuscaloosa
B. E. Moorehead
Irvin Rudy
W. N. Baker
Jacksonville
Fla. US
A. Watson
B. E. Elliott
Corinth
Pettey to Receive Legion Uniform for 8th District
Joseph M. Pettey, longtime active member of the local American Legion post, won a Legion uniform awarded by the Alabama department to the district leader who recruited the most members. He earned the uniform for the eighth congressional district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Pettey
American Legion
Legion
Alabama Department
Mr. Pettey
Presiding Elder to Preach Twice in Somerville and Hillsboro
Dr. L. G. Sturdivant, presiding elder of the Decatur district, will visit Somerville on Saturday to preach at 11 o'clock and lead the conference in the afternoon. On Sunday he will fill the Hillsboro Methodist church pulpit and conduct fellowship in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Sturdivant
Decatur
Somerville
Hillsboro Methodist Church
Two Fire Alarms Answered Tuesday
Two alarms were answered by departments on Tuesday. A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a vacant house owned by O. L. Newson at 411 West Market Street. A parked car in the 1100 block on Fourth Avenue South received minor damage from faulty wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Newson
West Market Street
Fourth Avenue
Bishop McMurray to Speak at City Mission Conference
Bishop McMurray of Missouri will lead an all day mission conference January 27 at Central Methodist Church. An outstanding church event, the meeting will be held there with a noon lunch for out of town visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop McMurray
Missouri
Central Methodist Church
Young mother laid to rest after ten day illness
A service will be held in the home by Rev. E. T. Tonn pastor of the local Lutheran church, of which the deceased was a member, with interment in Hartselle cemetery. Funeral services are set for 10 30 Thursday morning. She died at age 15 years 7 days leaving a husband three sons one daughter and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Tonn
Hartselle
Attractive Apron Frock Pattern 2370 by Anne Adams
Pattern 2370 features reversible fronts and decorative trims for an apron frock. Sizes 16 to 20 and 34 to 44 available. instructions included. Catalog offer includes 32 pages of Anne Adams designs for fall, winter, juniors, and larger figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
Edith Street
New York City
Cloture Threat Sparks Senate Filibuster Reply
Senate filibusterers pledge no business will be transacted by unanimous consent while the cloture motion on the Glass banking bill remains before the body. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma voices the challenge, insisting on control over debate limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Thomas
Oklahoma
Unanimous Consent Enables Bo Business
The body proceeds with its business by unanimous consent, allowing swift action on routine items and avoiding formal motions. Members align to clear the agenda and finalize decisions without division.
Chicken Theft Charged to Negro Bud Grayson
Bud Grayson, a Black man, was arrested by city police on Tuesday and jailed on a petit larceny charge. He allegedly stole chickens from Frank Bikes on Wells Street, was fined in police court this morning, and consigned to the…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Grayson
Frank Bikes
Wells Street
Grayson
Rainfall Totals Slight Amid Morning Report
Rainfall measured over a 24 hour period ending at 7 am totaled .05 of an inch. The brief notes light precipitation across the region with no significant weather events reported.
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Moon
Lowe
W. H. Long
Marjorie Broadus
Charlotte Broadus
Broadus
Mrs. Bailey Bridge
H. H. Ash
R. L. Payne
J. B Berkstresser
Ruby Bussey
J. D. L. Burns
Pernie Stevenson
Margaret Fund
J. A. Howl
White Cross
Mary Howell
Grace Harris
J. L.davis
J. W. Thompson
B. L. Landers
W. E. Birney
8. L.heath
W. E. Knight
J. W. Entrekin
D. D. Norris
J. T. Nelson
Jesus
Shaffer
Austinville Church
Will Spanabel
Miss Dupont
Sabine Dupont
H. R. Davis
Phillip Humphrey
Central High School
Drastic Club
Katherine Papenberg
Annie Laurie Speer
Lucille Chenault
Thomas Speer
Katherine Harvey
Howard Weaver
Elizabeth Berry
Amos Lovin
J. F. Lovin
Ww. c. T. Vu
First Methodist Church
W. F. Price
Julian Harris
Iris Finley
Mary Battle Hendrix
John Lee Robinson
Tuscumbia
R. G. Cortner
Thornton Newsom
Helen Bynum
Courtland
B. P. Wallace
A. F. Houston
Mrs
William Houston
Sam Poster
The
Benevolent Hospital
William Moseley, Jr
Henry Morgan Gilbert
Rufus Peerson
Constance
Amanda McCarty
Jackson Street
Wilbur Bailey, Jr
Mrs. W. M. Bailey
Ferry Street
Nancy Pierce
Huntsville
Homer Stovall
Tennessee
T. C. Chandler
McNeill Apartments
Perry Street
Kelley Bitting, Jr
Federation OF Women’s Clubs
Dorothy Lane Rutland
Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs
L. E. Creel
State Federation
Luden’s
Luden
Uinseen
Tate
Goidel’s Fox
Wohl’s
Princess
Halfwits
Bert. Wheeler
Robt
Woolsey
Funnu
Edna May Oliver
Rosco Ates
Edgar Kennedy
Hotel Lyons
Pettey
Decatur Daily
Parker
Hiscox Chem
Wis
Patchogue
N.Y
Vicks Plan
8. W. Taylor
Joplin
Enney
Bayon Hose
Copton Batts
Bozo Tennis
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