First Father of Father's Day to Receive Local Loot
Decatur merchants plan a charity gift haul for the first Father of Father’s Day on June 17. The list includes pajamas, dress shirt, shoes, jewelry, a piano harp, a flower arrangement, shirts, and various gift items from local stores for the dad who is honored that week. If the first baby arrives after midnight June 16, he will be the extra beneficiary of the gifts.
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Decatur
Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Dad
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Wilder
Belk- Hudson
Sterchi’s Jewelry Arcade
Sterchi’s
Hunter Furniture Co
E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co
J. C. Penney Co
Sherrow
Rose Jewelry Co
Narwhal Tusk Harpoon References In Arctic Lore
The narwhal tusk can reach ten feet and is sometimes sharpened into a harpoon for hunting. A conical brass tube is described in relation to the horned predator.
Ethiopia's Christian Heritage Among the World's Oldest
Ethiopia stands as one of the earliest nations to adopt Christianity, tracing its roots to ancient communities and enduring faith traditions across centuries. The prominence of this heritage shapes religious practices, ethnicity, and national identity in the region.
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Ethiopia
Earth
Pineapple Ala couple wed in Baptist church ceremony
Wiley Watts Stanford of Pineapple Alabama married Charles Richard Sikes son of L W Sikes Cullman in a Sunday morning service at nine o'clock. Rev E W Roark officiated. Music by Miss Mary Lyda and Dorye Lyda accompanied the couple. The bride wore embroidered organdy over taffeta with halo pearl headpiece and carried a white Bible with orchid. Best man was L W Sikes. ushers Wiley Stanford Jr and Richard Johnston. After a wedding breakfast the couple left for New York. Mr Sikes stationed at Camp Slocum with the U S Army.
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Wiley. Watts Stanford
Pineapple
Ala
Charles Richard Sikes
L. W. Sikes
Cullman
Baptist Church
E. W. Roark
Mary Lyda
Dorye Lyda
Mary Matheson Williamson
Wiley Stanford, Jr
Richard Johnston
New York
Mrs. Sikes
Mr. Sikes
Camp Slocum
U. S. Army
Summer recreation program opens in Cullman
Starting June 11 the Cullman summer recreation program opens at East Elementary playground City Park and Cullman High School for afternoon softball leagues. Hours are 10 to 12 and 2 to 6 Monday to Friday directed by Oba Belcher and Miss Martha Narmone with two leaders. Youth Center for teens meets Tuesdays and Fridays.
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East Elementary
Cullman High School
Oba Belcher
Martha Narmone
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Oden
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Oden 39 who died in Cullman hospital will be held Sunday at Union Hill church with Rev D H Davenport officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery Mass Service in charge. Surviving husband Marcus Davenport four sisters Mrs Burton Brown Falkville Mrs Cecil Reeves Cullman Miss Lill ie Mae and Nellie Holmes Lacon five brothers Elmer Holmes Decatur Texas John Holmes Nathaniel Holmes Virgil and Freddie Holmes Lacon
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Carrie Oden
Cullman Hospital
Union Hill Church
D. H. Davenport
Church Cemetery
Marcus Davenport
Burton Brown
Falkville
Cecil Reeves
Cullman
Lillie Mae
Nellie Holmes
Lacon
Elmer Holmes
Decatur
Texas
John Holmes
Nathaniel Holmes
Virgil
Freddie Holmes
SIKES STANFORD The marriage of Miss Irene Stanford
The marriage notice reports the engagement of Miss Irene Stanford daughter of Mr and Mrs with details of the wedding plans and families involved, reflecting a young couple's union reported in the society column.
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Sikes-Stanford
Irene Stanford
Mary Jackson Engaged to Julian Bland in Hanceville Wedding
Mr and Mrs Wyatt J Jackson of Hanceville announce the engagement of their daughter Mary to Mr Julian Bland. The wedding is planned for June 23 at the First Baptist church in Hanceville.
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Wyatt J. Jackson
Hanceville
Mary
Julian Bland
First Baptist Church
Personal Notices Highlight Social and Travel Moves
Local society column lists Dr and Mrs Sidney Morrow returning from Danville Kentucky and Mrs F E St John planning a trip to Santa Barbara California. Readers see visits from Asa Fuller and Virginia Pate in town, plus relatives attending graduations and medical conventions in New York Atlantic City and Camp Slocum.
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Sidney Morrow
Danville
F. E. St. John
Alfred Thurlow
Santa Barbara
Calif
Elizabeth Orwell
Asa B. Fuller
Augusta
Virginia Pate
Atlanta
Forney Fuller
Robert Rosson
Charlotte Rosson
Bill Hembree
Union Springs
University of Alabama
Miss Rosson
Hembree
J. G. Daves
W. J. Lovell
New York
Atlantic City
Daves
Douglas Lovelace
Grove Hill
D. C
Fuller
Eddie
Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles Sikes
Sikes
Camp Slocum
Dwight Kierbow
Dallas
Texas
J. R. Kierbow
Cullman
Marvin Kelley
Annie Rowell
Mary Kelley
Mildred Kinney
Louis Hauk
Harry Parker
Jacksonville
Fla
Captain Bowman Named New SA Head In Decatur
Captain Ed Bowman arrives this week to head the Salvation Army unit in Decatur, succeeding Major William Langer who transfers to Birmingham. Bowman and his wife and two children move from Vicksburg Mississippi after serving in Gulfport Natchez Vicksburg and Alexandria. He starts June 13 with first service June 17, public invited.
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Ed Bowman
Salvation Army
Bowman
Decatur
Vicksburg
Miss
Gulfport
Natchez
Alexandria
William Langer
Birmingham
Westside Vacation School Delayed to Start Monday
Westside Vacation Bible School at Westside Presbyterian church is postponed to begin Monday at 9:00 AM. The change aims to boost daily attendance and accommodate children from the western city section with a full schedule of work study and play.
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Westside Presbyterian Church
New Jaycee President Price Vows Global Outreach
Lee Price, 33, Swainsboro lawyer and FBI OSS veteran, elected U S Junior Chamber of Commerce president on the ninth ballot at the national convention. He will dedicate time to Jaycee activities, aim to spread the movement worldwide, and plans to relocate his family to Tulsa for headquarters duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Lee Price
U.S
Coca-Cola Company
Price
FBI
South America
Norway
America
The
Jaycees
London
Brill Intelligence
Red Devil
University of Georgia
Jayccees
Swainsboro
Europe
Georgia Jaycees
Jaycee
Tulsa
Okla
Twilight at the Equator Ends Quickly
At the equator twilight ends rapidly as the sun dips below the horizon faster than in higher latitudes, causing brief evening darkness compared with regions farther from the equator.
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Equator
Barber Shop Shaves Mug Declines as War Sparks Self Shaving
A World War I era trend saw the traditional barber shop mug vanish as soldiers learned to shave themselves. The shift reflected broader changes in daily grooming as military and civilian routines adapted to wartime constraints.
Shaw Descendant Claims Link to Macduff and Cromwell
The late George Bernard Shaw asserted his lineage reached Macduff Thane of Fife and Oliver Cromwell. The claim ties Shaw to historic Scottish and English figures as a notable personal ancestry note.
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George Bernard Shaw
Macduff, Thane
Fife
Oliver Cromwell
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Korea
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William Eubanks Jr
W. H. Eubanks
Sixteenth Avenue South
Cullman News
Jackson-Bland
United States
Langer
Westside Vacation
Jaycee Head
Oslo
Helen Janeway
Valley Forge
Clark
Julia
Laetitia
Finley Island
Loyd’s
State Experimental Station
Chapman Chemical Company
Chapman
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Aice
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