Rain Delays Hit Blair Gardens and Patches
Rain fell Tuesday easing drought in Blair area but gardens and truck patches suffered damage after ten weeks of little rain. Local residents hosted visitors from Battleground Bethlehem Addison and Cullman while multiple church events and family gatherings were noted through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruel Buckelew
Battleground
Ted Buckelew
Dink Cheatham
Bethlehem
Lowell Via
J. W. Cheatham
Wesley
Malcol Cheatham
Westminster Presbyterian VBS closes with student program
Tonight at 7 45 the closing program of the vocation Bible school run by Westminster Presbyterian Sunday school will be presented by the pupils in the church auditorium. Certificates of award for two weeks work will be issued by Rev John A Troxler with help from Miss Watkins and Mrs Troxler. Special musical selections and Bible study portions will be offered, followed by a picnic lunch and swim at Seneca Springs.
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Vocation Bible School
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School
Church
John A. Troxler
Miss Watkins
Pork Chops En Casserole And Budget Menu Items
A 4 person budget feature shows pork chops baked in corn with green pepper, rice and cream style corn, with a 1.80 daily cost. It includes a Sunday meal plan with pork chops, creamed potatoes, lima beans, bread, and shortcake plus Raspberry Ice Cream and a Monday menu of tomato juice, cereal, and braised shoulder lamb, totaling about 1.40 per day.
Scout Patrol 11 Meeting At Henderson Home
The Poineer Patrol of scout troop 11 met at Wallace Hendersons home on Thursday night June 5 1941. The meeting opened with the scout oath and discussed a patrol merit system explained by the patrol leader. A brief reading followed before refreshments and a game called Seek and Find. The meeting adjourned with taps and the scoutmasters benediction. Scribe Claude H McBride Jr.
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Boys’ Scout Troop
Wallace Henderson
Claude H. McBride, Jr
Negro Executed for Rape Murder in Texas
Tommie Harris, 20, an African American, was electrocuted at the state prison in Huntsville for the rape and murder of Edna Barr Allen, an 18 year old expectant mother from Grandview. He faced the death penalty after a 12 member jury convicted him last April.
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Huntsville
Tex
Tommie Harris
State Prison
Edna Barr Allen
Grandview
Harris
McLemore Child Dies After Illness of Colitis
Léonard McLemore five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J C McLemore died at 8 30 Thursday morning at the home Danville route 2 after a two weeks illness of colitis Funeral rites were held at 2 pm today at Aldridge Grove by FE Byars Church of Christ burial was directed by Drinkard Survivors include the parents two brothers Robert and Cecil and grandfather J W McLemore Pallbearers were Frank Chambliss Gamyon Thomas Ernest and Thad McLemore Flowers cared for by Misses Bernice Levine Smith Imogene and Beatrice Sparks Nelda Marline and Levener McLemore
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Léonard McLemore
J. C. McLemore
Danville
Aldridge Grove
FE EB. Byars
Church of Christ
Drinkard
Robert
Cecil
J. W. McLemore
Frank, Chambliss
Gamyon
Thomas
Ernest
Thad McLemore
Flowers
Bernice
Levine Smith
Imogene
Beatrice Sparks
Nelda
Marline
Levener McLemore
Rites Held for W. A. Barnes at Austinville Church
Funeral services for 87 year old William A. Barnes were held at 2 PM at Austinville Methodist Church with Rev. Hugh E. Wright officiating. Burial followed at Roselawn Cemetery. He died Thursday morning at his son Marvin Barnes’s Hillsboro route 3 home. Surviving: two sons Marvin and Luther. two brothers Council and Lucian. a sister Mrs. Fannie Hall Anniston. Pallbearers named Elmer Bussey S H Bradley F B Roberts Andrew Hall Bill Thompson Forrest McCluskey.
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William A. Barnes
Austinville Methodist Church
Hugh E. Wright
Roselawn
Brown
Mr. Barnes
Marvin Barnes
Hillsboro
Marvin
Luther
Decatur
Council Barnes
Sheffield
Lucian Barnes
Moulton
Fannie Hall
Children’s quarrel ends in death in Abbeville
In Abbeville Alabama Grady Wiggins aged 12 was killed by a shotgun blast in a incident described by County Solicitor Jack Ward as a children’s quarrel. Jimmie Lee Henry aged 10 faced a juvenile court hearing before Probate Judge J P Mitchell on the case as the sole accused.
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Abbeville
Ala
J. P. Mitchell
Jack Ward
Grady Wiggins
Jimmie Lee Henry
Vacation Bible Schools Run Across Athens Churches
Practically all Athens churches schedule daily vacation Bible schools for children age 4 to 16 starting next week. Children will be taken to programs on religious and practical subjects with ample instruction and activities.
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Athens
Ala
Attorney General Rules Jefferson County Notary Fees Improper
An Alabama attorney general opinion held that Jefferson County lacked legal authority to pay premiums on bonds and other expenses for qualifying some employees as notaries public. The ruling was issued after yesterday's handdown regarding games and recreational subjects.
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Jefferson County
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