Vacations and visits fill Chatter Box time in town
The Chatter Box notes June vacation arrivals from the West Coast and Memphis to Lake St John Louisiana. Joe Price joins his parents Margaret and Ed Price for a June stay while Ed Mary Helen and Debbie Price join from Memphis. The group plans a return trip home for the last week of Joe’s visit. Also visiting are Nancy Moss and her parents the George Kincaids from Memphis. Freddie and Wanda Peek announce the birth of Scarlett Ann last Sunday with grandparents Fred Earline Peek and Henry Kitty Hill. Mary Anne Stone heads to Hawaii to visit cousin Maj. and Mrs Harold McClanahan Jr. Carol and Fred Remmers with Pamela join from Memphis at Virginia Brooks’s apartment along with Phil Hicks and Dwayne Van Huss for a river weekend. A Caribbean cruise concludes the sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
Joe Price
Margaret
Ed Price
Lake St. John
Louisiana
Memphis
Mary Helen Price
Debbie
Joe
Freddie
Wanda Peek
Tuscaloosa
Scarlett Ann
Fred
Earline Peek
Oneonta
Henry and
Kitty Hill
Columbus
Miss
Virginia
J. P.) Brooks
Carol
Fred Remmers
Pamela
Phil Hicks
Dwayne van Huss
Local social notes and visitors mingle across states and countries
Anna McBride Sr. celebrates a family reunion with sisters and relatives amid visits from Bobbie Harville in Corpus Christi and others touring from Gary Indiana and Burlington North Carolina. Residents plan Burningtree guest stays with the Downtowner in Montgomery as Judy Jones visits from Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
B. H.) McBride
Bobbie
Vernon D.) Harville
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ed Jane
Debbie
Susan
Marie
T. A.) Newell
Louise
J. C.) Vines
Tuscaloosa
Hazel
Hugh) Porter
Bessemer
Montgomery
Allison Brewer
Judy Jones
Virginia
al Jones
Nickens Orr Engagement Announced in Hartselle
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nickens announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Vennessa Nickens to Charles David Orr. Both families are tied to Morgan County and Birmingham linkages. Mary Vennessa Nickens is a Morgan County High School graduate and dental assistant trainee. Charles David Orr is a Morgan County High School alumnus with ties to Florence State College and John C. Calhoun State Technical Junior College, now at Fort Leonard Wood for National Guard training. Wedding plans will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Harry Nickens
Mary Vennessa Nickens
Charles David Orr
Charles Lovelady Orr
Morgan County High School
John C. Calhoun State Technical Junior College
R. W. King
Florence State College
Fort Leonard Wood
National Guard
Miss Connie Franklin Engaged to Bobby Pepper
CAPSHAW Mr and Mrs Johnny Franklin announce the engagement of Miss Connie June Franklin to Bobby Lewis Pepper of Athens. The couple plans a August 9 wedding at Capshaw Baptist Church. Miss Franklin will attend the University of Alabama Huntsville in the fall and is a graduate of Athens High School. Pepper is employed at the Molisanto Company in Decatur and serves in the National Guard. The families name regional connections including Columbia S C Harvest Rogersville and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Franklin
J. R. Collins
Columbia, S.C
Decatur
Mr. Collins
Ernest Self
Harvest
John*Thomas Franklin
Mr. Pepper
O. J. Wear
Rogersville
Mr. Wear
Johnny Pepper
Athens
East Limestone High School
Athens Limestone Hospital
University of Alabama, Huntsville
Athens High School
Athens College
University of Alabama
Huntsville
Molisanto Company
National Guard
Decatur Duplicate Bridge Winners Noted
The Decatur Duplicate Bridge Morning Club met at 9:15 in the Pet Hospitality Room with winners led by first place pairing Mrs. W. B. Allen and Mrs. William E. McCormick. The Tuesday Night Club followed at 7:15 with Master Point event results in North-South and East-West, listing top pairs such as Ruth Dervelle and William E. McCormick, and Lee Damsky with C. D. Darnell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Duplicate Bridge
Pet Hospitality Room
W. B. Allen
William E. McCormick
N. P. Conway
Enoch Poole
Lee Damsky
Rutledge S. Thomas
Ruth Dervelle
Rutledge S.thomas
Grady G. Stubbs
Gene Newman
R.W. Stoner
Miss Barbara Sanders to Wed Airman J C L Heath
Miss Barbara Ann Sanders to marry Airman J C L Heath in an October 12 ceremony at Fairview Baptist Church. Barbra Sanders, a Decatur High School graduate, works at First National Bank. Heath, also a Decatur High alumnus, earned a B S from Bob Jones University and serves in the United States Air Force stationed in Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gilman Sanders
Barbara Ann Sanders
J.C. Louis J. Heath
Eddie Louis Heath
Trinity
Walter F. Lamon
J. E. Sanders
Mr. Sanders
John Heath
West Moreland
Tenn
Dexter Owen
Priceville
Sanders
Decatur High School
Anderson Business College
First National Bank
Heath
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S. C
United States Air Force
Dayton
Ohio
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The
Nancy Moss
Nancy
George Kincaids
Hawaii
Mary Anne Stone
Maj
Harold Mc.Clanahan Jr
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Bahama Islands
Virgin Islands
Bill Briscoe
Steve Chenault
Gary
Ind
Lester Robinsons
Jemison
Montervallo
Bertha
M. E.) McCutcheon
Bebe Briscoe
Burlington, N. C
Burningtree
Mary
Charles Johnson
Ben Coolidge
Alex
Springfield
Alabama
Lorena
Mac’’ McLeod
Washington, D. C
Denver
Colo
Sara McClanahan
Decatur Pbx Club, Inc
Robbie Griggs
Shockleys Restaurants
Nickens - Orr Truth
Miss Nickens
Mary Wilson
John Nickens
W. M. Roberson
Mr. Roberson
Mr. Orr
Charles F. Orr T
Charles G. Patton
Birmingham
Patton
Bruce Johnson
Mary Venessa Nickens
Capshaw Baptist Church
Motown
Miss Connie June Franklin
C. D. Darnell
Fred Gerkensmier
F. E. St. John, II
E. E. Bawsell
James. Ratliff
Charles L. Murphree
A. D. Sample
Miss Sanders
Fairview Baptist Church
Decatur Apothecary
MD Grant St
First
Federal
Kyle Sullivan
Pert
Cinderella
Parisian
Gateway Center
Darian
Henry Lee
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