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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
7
A long column from Lebanon area reports visits and hosting by numerous families. Highlights include weddings and engagements, birthdays, road trips to Pulaski and Nashville, and extensive visiting among communities from Athens to Ardmore. Several out of town guests and returning travelers are noted along with church and school activities.
A large crowd attended the Belleview services Sunday morning and evening. Willie Bert Barnes visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Barnes of Mt Zion. Annie Barnes and Bessie Barnes were guests with friends and relatives across the week.
Mrs. Willie Lipscomb visited her parents Mr and Mrs A B Lipscomb last week. J P Lipscomb visited in Huntsville Saturday. Arlen Royster of Florida was visiting friends here. Albert Estelle and Evelyn Lipscomb visited Mr and Mrs Z J Hill Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Erskine Hughes and 5 of Decatur visit friends in Union Grove Lena Hopkins is seriously ill at home with appendicitis Jess Russell of Isville spends time with J C Edwards A H Layman and Opal stay with J C Edwards Lee Hornbuckle and Arthur Hypp visit Albertville E Steadham visits daughter Mrs E J Williams Kathleen Owens and family on mail route in city J W Bowing conducts services at Union Hill Schools expected to open for summer term soon
Mrs. Fred Sparkman has recovered enough to be up. Various local visits and weekend gatherings are listed, including Sparkman and Thompson families, and visits to relatives in Basham, Neel, Mosses Chapel, and Flint. Ned Sharrett of Birmingham visits relatives here.
Dr Clide Brown from near York visited Friday. Mr and Mrs S E Johnson and Virginia Johnson stayed with Mrs Ina Neill Sunday. Prof and Mrs Tidwell hosted guests including J E Peck A J Smith Elbert Weaver family. Ella Bush visiting brother R M Brown in Cullman. Fishing trip to Crow's pond by George Alford Norman Welsh and Billy Lawrence Saturday. Sherrel and Nellie Holmes from Birmingham visited L A Douglas. Tom Franklin and family visited her father near Mt Zion Sunday. Prof J C Tidwell returned Friday from Decatur. Will Woodruff and family were here Sunday.
Reports show a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Martin of Miami Oklahoma on June 5. Anita Nethery, now Mrs. Martin, visited her parents S J Nethery. A Fourth of July picnic near Mooresville included Helen Haynes and friends from Huntsville and Athens. Messages note house parties, visits, and guests from Greensboro, Decatur, Lacey Springs, and Trinity with multiple families and hometown connections.
Coleman-Gray suffers a sprained foot at home. Friends attend Friendship Sunday singing. Richard Morris and family visit S. W. Gray. Hubert Gofels of Flint visits Coleman Gray area. Attendees at Friendship include Ruth Opal Inez Gray and Norman Parker family. Swan Lake outing and Malone Park celebration noted. Ruth Opal Gray drive to Falkville. Local visits by Luther Morris Cecil Adcock and Truman Lenry.
Conway News notes visitors and guests from Friday through Sunday. Grady Waters and Elbert Shelton stayed with the Shelton and Tucker households. W. J. Waters recovers from a recent illness. Lonnie Hill joined N. S. Shelton household guests for the weekend. Emmett and Frank Owens and others attended church. Ola, Canny Daniel and Gladys Gillespie visited relative Nettie Waters family.
Mrs. R B Patton hosted a tea and reception Thursday for Mrs Price Wayne Hendricks Jr a June bride with over a hundred guests. Helen Hendricks and Hazel Wesley assisted as Miss Ada Mae Crutcher hosted a bridge party for visiting guests from Florida and Alabama. Col T T Ashford plans a Plantation summer dance while several bridge clubs met for high scores and prizes.
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