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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1929
Page
2
Local items list dozens of social visits events and trips across five Tennessee Valley counties. People visit relatives attend picnics and ball games. Names include Daisy Adams Novél Miller Wilda Smith Estelle Zeigler and many families sharing greetings and travel.
Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M Hyde lauds a national crop reporting network. Ten thousand seven hundred eighty miles of telegraph lines and radio links widen official crop news to farmers, challenging criticism of early forecasts and stressing accuracy and transparency. Local notes mention social visits and community events in Lacey Springs and nearby areas.
Mr. and Mrs. Auray Hill and child visited Mr. and Mrs. Rigsby. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tankersley of Moulton and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Higdon of Falkville stayed with sister Mrs. Frank Brannon and Mr. Brannon. Little Hazel Brannon sustained facial bruises from a porch fall.
Danville area notes report several visits and guests including Miss Eva Wright Miss Julia Burch and Ruth Rushing with birthday dinner plans. Residents M E B Phillips L M Morris A R Dutton and families are mentioned with illnesses and trips to Hartselle. Revival services begin at Andrew s Chapel third Sunday under Rev Yates.
Crops are looking fine in this section after the recent rain. Mr and Mrs Arban Dodd of Despatur spent the past week with his relatives here. Mr and Mrs Clyde Gray of Moore visiting his parents and relatives here. A C Dodd is ill at her home.
The paragraph lists numerous visitors and hosts across towns including Tusca Hart Florette Cullman Rome and Rome Georgia. It mentions Mrs Mollie Edwards Mrs M G Julian Miss Althea Bean Myrtle Bean Florence Horton Harvey Ryan and Jene among others spending time with local families and relatives over a weekend.
Little Jerone Scroggins stays with sister Mrs Lester Ryan. Evelyn and Robbie Lott visit Miss Mattie Lou Storie. Tim S. Storie and Leonard Walker drive to Decatur. Mattie Lou Storie visits Estelle Free. Large crowd attends Friday typhoid shots. Annie West and Billy Doris visit Atlanta. Clara Nuby visits Velma Harden. Pinkie Nuby visits Lillie Lee Mardis.
Mrs. Mattie Dean entertained friends Wednesday for Miss Viola Dean of Birmingham. Various residents, including Misses Viola Dean, Louise McClanahan, and Ed Hendon, visited Birmingham and Decatur areas. Several couples and families traveled to Athens Cullman and Falkville for visits and overnight stays.
Dr Will Nichols of Florida visits parents in Tanner as Woodward and Lytle families host relatives. R P Mullen from Memphis and Mrs Mullen of Athens visit J L Andres. Crops improve after July rain. farmers plan to finish laying by. Community clubs gather for a grove luncheon with talks on scientific farming and county cooperation.
The Madison county demonstrator gave an engaging talk on better homes. Juanita Thompson delivered two fine readings during the program. Col Clements from Athens was a delightful visitor on the occasion.
Miss Dick Lamon hosted a Sunday school party Thursday with niece Edna Margaret Lane as guest of honor. Numerous local friends attended including Lois Jones Opal Thompson Evelyn Jin Edith Brothers Kathryn Jones and many others. Ice and cake followed after games as Laverne Lane aided the hostess. Ramon Wear of Oklahoma visited relatives R E Messer.
The community learns Dwight South remains unimproved following an appendectomy. Several local residents visit Cullman on Wednesday including Mesdames Bill and Danard Eddleman Loyd Wieson and sister Alice Wilbur Veal visiting his brother Leroy Veal Marcel South Ruth Veal Eunice Gladys Veal attend a Saturday party hosted by Essie Hill with games and an ice course. Hubert Livingston and daughters June Violet and Marie visit Rock Creek relatives. H A Strickland visits Johnston family. Jewell Catherine Eddleman visit Veal sisters Wednesday. Mrs Hubert Livingston visits Mrs E G South Tuesday. Fred Eddlemon visits cousin Adolphus Eddlemon Wednesday.
Mrs Frank Gilchrist and her children left Friday to visit relatives in Covington Tennessee on Tuesday night of their cousin Miss Dottie Mae Gray. Revival meeting will begin the third Sunday in August at Oak Grove.
Mr and Mrs G W Barnes and son visited J J G Barnes family near Athens. R J Gray and children stayed with J T Gray family Mt Zion. Grace and Nora Morgan visited Mrs Etta Dunn. Dottie Mae Gray stayed with Ada Ray Barnes near Athens. Ticie Annie Gibson visited Mrs J N Gibson. Versie Gray visited Edith Standridge. S J Miller and daughters visited Price family. Ruby Johnson visiting sister Mrs Henry Jett. Edd Owens and son Kermit weekend with her mother G W Barnes. Ruby Essie Phillips spent Sunday with cousin Mrs George Jett Mt Zion. R J Gray and daughter Madeen with waters Conway. D L Lunsford and daughters weekend with E L Standridge Caddo. Versie Geneva Gray and Coy Gray guests.
A list of Hartselle residents and relatives visited L. H. Hendon who remains seriously ill. Attendees included Rev Turk, Mrs Green Puckett, Mr and Mrs Lee Johnson, Mr and Mrs S H Hendon and daughter Edna, Willie McDaniel, Mrs Lynch and her father, Mrs Millins, I D Russell, Mrs Charlie Day, Mrs Carl Francas, and W M Reithmaier.
Mrs H S Thompson celebrates birth of Obedeen, an eight pound son born July 7 to Mr and Mrs Lesker Frost. Thompson family, including Newell Odell and Mae Dell, visited John Moses of Fairview on Thursday.
Reports show residents from Battle Ground attending a Cullman area singing event over the weekend. The Opportunity School opened Monday with Miss Watson of Hartselle as teacher. Several visitors from Bremen Georgia Eber NEZA and Arab attended, with guests staying overnight at Reid and Gray households.
Sammie Fartenberry suffered severe injuries when his hand was caught in a well drilling machine and was severed. Friends express sympathy and wish him a speedy recovery as Mrs. Eulah Sewell and Miss Mildred Moses join as guests.
Dockets over the weekend in municipal courts recorded 35 cases from police activity. Ten charges were for gambling, with other cases including several drunkenness offenses and assorted offenses.
D. W. Speake, longtime member of Speake, Warren & Ratliff, returns to the Second Avenue firm after a ten day absence spent on vacation in Red Boiling Springs Tennessee.
The morning reading showed 89 degrees in Decatur while the government observer cited a night minimum of 73 degrees. This brief weather note records a warm December day with a notably high daytime temperature and a mild overnight low.
The Tennessee river level dropped to five feet today as government observer Z. Trimble announced the updated stage marking a continued fall.
Associated Press photo shows Charles Wilson of Hall North ve 8 seated with other Farm Board members appointed by President Hoover for the administration's agricultural program.
Representatives of two negro Masonic lodges in the city are in Mobile to invite the negro grand lodge body to convene in Decatur during 1930. Dr W J Woods and Charlie Vaughn represent the lodges at the state convention. If accepted, 2000 to 3000 delegates would come for a four day meeting in summer 1930.
Thomas A. Bowles president of the Central National Bank is back at home after weeks in a Birmingham hospital. Friends in the city and Tennessee Valley express sincere gratification that he is unlikely to need further treatment.
E W Collier city clerk of Decatur suffered facial and body injuries after being hit Sunday afternoon by a Black boy on a bicycle at Vine and Bank streets. He returned to his desk Monday morning and stayed home that afternoon.
Miss Kate Frank Gilchrist entertained the Tuesday Night Club with six tables of bridge and high scores won by Mrs James Blythe and Edward Pippen. Tea honored Mrs Charlie Hotchkiss and Mrs Denby with six table bridge, ice course, and gifts for the honoree. Social notes mention several residents traveling or attending weddings, with Mrs Stokes Goodrich serving as matron of honor in Fayetteville Tennessee and others visiting Montgomery and Atlanta.
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