Society Notes and Local Reunions Across Town
Society notes report Beta Sigma Phi meeting at Miss Frances Kirkpatrick home and plans for a summer dance. Class of 1951 Austinville High School holds first annual reunion with a Hatfield Lake picnic and list of attendees. Pilot Club of Decatur to hold Tuesday evening meeting at Miss Kate Oakes home. Marriage announced for Jean Lee to Melvin McCaghren in Iuka Mississippi. Various family events include a going away party for Nancy Holloway and Meccleskey family reunion at Shumake Park with attendees from Decatur Selma and Birmingham. Updates on local residents recovering from surgery and travels home from Daytona Beach plus Elizabeth Pirie arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GMA Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Frances Kirkpatrick
Watkins
Austinville
Austinville High School
Hatfield Lake
Jimmy Ratliff
Carolyn Todd
Carlton Key
Boyd Johnson
Linnie Ruth Rivers
Ayers
Judy Blackwell
Mar Isley
Billy Don Looney
Eloise Compton
Clara Jones
Don Harris
Patsy Etheridge
Carolyn Stover
Pilot Club of
Decatur
Kate Oakes
Noah C. Lee
Jean
Melvin McCaghren
Robert D. McCaghren
Danville
Iuka
Mississippi
G. N. Gober
Arthur Walling, Jr
L. H. Holloway
Hartselle
Mary—Nell_Tucker
Linda
Gail O’barr
Peggy Joyce McDonald
Linda Perry
Rebecca Ann White
Faye Breedlove
Joyce Payne
Patsy Jo. West
Bonnie Harden
Barbara Stephenson
Betty Johnson
Gail Sharrott
Shirley Faye Blankenship
Barbara Rea
Brenda Plemons
Judy Faye Atkins
Charles E. Howell
Mikie Cost
Charlotte Ayers
Mary Frances Woodall
Carolyn Rodgers
Linda Jean Walling
Tony Patterson
Mamie Rodgers
Dave Sims
Jean Lee
US Navy
Charleston
South Carolina
AAUW Approves Sixteen Colleges for Membership
The National Committee on Standards for the American Association of University Women announced on May 26 approval of sixteen colleges and universities meeting AAUW membership requirements, increasing the total number of institutions on the AAUW roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee On Standards
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Homecoming for student after year at Florence college
A student returns home this weekend to spend the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pirie after completing a year of study at Florence State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McCaghren
Merline McCaghren
Nye Hill
Chestnut Street
Charleston
South Carolina
U. S. Navy
Ed Pirie
Florence State Teachers College
AAUW Adds New Degree-Granting Institutions to Approved List
The American Association of University Women expands its approved degree list to include Arizona State College Tempe Central State College of Oklahoma Edmond and others. The Decatur Branch invites local women graduates to join, with contact details for membership chair Mrs. William D. Sims Jr at 835 J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
AAUW
Arizona State College
Tempe
Arizona
Beaver College
Jenkintown
Central State College of Oklahoma
Edmond
Okla
Central Michigan College of Education
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
College of St. Rose
Albany
N. Y
Greensboro
N. C
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
Nazareth College
Rochester
Nebraska State Teachers College
Wayne
Neb
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Phillips University
Enid
Oklahoma
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Texas
San Francisco State College
San Francisco
Calif
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville
State Teachers College
Towson
Decatur
William D. Sims, Jr
Bus crash in Gravelines kills 34 Belgians on river bridge
A bus carrying Belgian tourists from a French holiday collapsed through a guard rail into a river in Gravelines. At least 34 dead and 15 injured as two brothers pulled five others from the water before emergency crews arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravelines
France
Diplomacontinued night graduation exercises at high school
Commencement exercises will close tonight with graduation exercises at the high school at 8 P M. After the processional and singing America Rev Lee Franklin will lead the invocation, followed by announcements by Superintendent Walter M Jackson, presentation of prizes and awards by Mr Jenkins, the main address by Dr F E Lund president elect of Alabama College, and awarding of diplomas by Dr Frank Chenault president of the city board of education. Exercises will close with the singing of the Alma Mater, benediction by Rev Sheppard Bryan and the recessional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lee Franklin
Walter M. Jackson
Jenkins
F. E. Lund
Alabama College
Frank Chenault
City Board of Education
Sheppard Bryan
Three Hartselle Brothers Honored in Funeral Rites
The service for the deceased from Hartselle 2 was attended by pallbearers Floyd Self Jim Bullard Louis Nicholson Robert McCluskey Lonnie Parker and Aubrey Bullard. He was a member of the Rock Springs Missionary Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Thurman
Irvin
Charles Johnson
Floyd Self
Jim Bullard
Louis Nicholson
Robert McCluskey
Lonnie Parker
Aubrey Bullard
Rock Springs Missionary
Little Cynthia Bentley Wins Local Child Of The Year
Two year old Cynthia Alice Bentley of Moulton takes first in the local child of the year contest by the Star Theatre. She receives a ten dollar check. Cynthia had previously won a Lawrence County High School contest earning a silver loving cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Alice Bentley
Donald Bentley
Moulton
Star Theatre
Cynthia
Lawrence County High School
Salt as Money in Ancient Rome
Ancient Romans valued salt highly, using it as a form of currency in certain times and places, reflecting its essential role in daily life and trade.
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Rome
Chrysler Imperial Steals Spotlight With New FirePower V-8
The article hails Chrysler's new Imperial with 180 H P FirePower V-8 and full time power steering. It invites readers to test drive the car and experience the easiest and safest steering wheel on the market today. The piece emphasizes excitement over the car’s engine and steering performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
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Nancy Holloway
Nashville
Tennessee
Vanderbilt Hospital
Mrs. Moore
Michael Lamon
Birmingham
Mrs
W. F. Lamon
Thomas €. Burgess
Daytona Beach
Florida
St. Augustine
Silver Springs
Elizabeth Pirie
Bradley
Citizenship Club
Somerville Road School
J. R. Bradley
Elaine Avery
Mary Frances Garnett
Lynn Haney
H. Leon Reeves
Eighth Ave
Hallmark
Ira‘s Book & Gift Shop
E. Moulton
Outane
Meau
Fstess Statf Vacuum Stores, Inc
3Rd Ave
Ala
Withon
South
Walker
Arab
Featuring
Mr. and
Raymond Walker
Arabia
Hunter Zephair
J. B. Sheats Co
E. Moulton St
Murray
Stone Lumber CO
Ave.e . Market ST
Imperial
Smith Motors, Inc
Oak Street
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