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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1931

Page

2

Wedding Bells Shine Amid Hometown News and Visiting Guests

Local notes from Just Around Home across five Tennessee Valley counties recount social visits among the Guyer, Wade, Winton, and Collins families. A June 6 wedding of Erma Lucile Collins to Seldon Day Slaton near Hillsboro is highlighted with brief ceremony details and future home at 1332.4th. Bible study and church notices close the page amid furniture sale ads.

Tennessee Valley Counties Slaton-Collins Erma Lucile Collings Seldon Day Slaton J. P. French Hillsboro J. T. Harris Lawrenceburg Tenn G. P. Collins L. & N. Railway Company

Local Social Notes Include Illness Updates and Visits

Several residents attended a singing at Maple Grove on Sunday. Mrs Gillym Blowe has been ill but is now able to be up. Mr and Mrs W C Gwathney entertained at their home. Claud Jenkins and family hosted relatives from Decatur after visiting Maple Grove. Irene Gwathney and Nell Blackburn visited Mrs Blowe. Mrs George Sturdivant Jr. underwent a serious operation at Huntsville Hospital. MT TABOR NEWS includes Miss Malvoline Sanders of De.

Jean Jacq Ueline Silas Brown Art J. O. Guyer L. Henderson J. V. Henderson R. L. Henderson Alice Guyer Thomas Prattville Kate Blanch Winton Hartselle Maple Grove Gillym Blowe W. C Gwathney J. M. Wae W. R. McNeal J. G. Jenkins Goldin Magdeline Jenkins Lester Jenkins Decatur Claud Jenkins Irene Gwathney Nell Blackburn Gillam Blowe George Sturdivant, Jr Huntsville Hospital

Local social notes and upcoming singing services

The column lists visits from Collinwood and Hartsville guests, local families hosting and traveling, and plans for community singing. It notes the second Sunday in May as the recent successful gathering, the first Sunday in August for the annual singing, and an all day event at Mt Zion on the first Sunday in July. Church services are set for Sunday with Sunday school at 10 am and an address by Rev. Hudson at 2 pm.

Claude Mitchell Joe Everett Wright Bethel Mt. Zion Hudson

Falkville P T A to Sponsor Saturday Play

Listen a musical comedy by Falkville P T A will be staged Saturday night at eight in the school auditorium Falkville. The Daniel Producing Company of Millen Georgia supplied the script with Newton Powell in the lead as a country boy who goes to the city. Eloise Mc Crosky provides the love interest with comedy. Minnie Lee Crowe plays the small town flapper who vamps a traveling salesman Ted Freeman. Una Long portrays the city girl who vexes her sweetheart Zel fie Brown. Elonese Ryan plays the spinster to vamp the hero with her millions. Cast includes Sue Summerford Jean Drinkard Lionel Key and Herman Freeman. Numerous choruses in modern and old costumes add to the show with Daisy Belle Wiggins Thelma Gibson Laura Howle Opal Isabel Elizabeth Cloud Ruth Francis Mildred Lyles and Melba Jean Smmiey in the main dance and song chorus plus a Kitty Kat and Uncle Sam chorus.

Falkville Parent Teachers Association Falkville Daniel Producing Company Millen Georgia Newton Powell Eloise McCrosky Minnie Lee Crowe Ted Freeman Una Long Zel Fie Brown Elonese Ryan Sue Summerford Jean Drinkard Lionel Key Herman Freeman Whitch Daisy Belle Wiggins Thelma Gibson Laura Howle Opal Isabel Elizabeth Cloud Ruth Francis Mildred Lyles Melba Jean Smviey Kitty Kat Uncle Sam

Ahrens Family Guests at Norris Home in Gadsden

Mr and Mrs Walter Ahrens with their sons visit Gadsden to spend time with Mrs Norris and family. Mrs Mollie Hughes and her niece Miss Louise Womack shared Sunday dinner with Mrs Norris.

Tom Mann Reece Eee Graton Gay Nashville Marie Tapscott McWhorter Decatur Huey McClellan McClellan Walter Moore Nettie McClellan J. B. Howell Elmer Neville Mira Hae Poegke Danville Ocbe Willie Smith Jewel Smith Walter Ahrens and Sons Gadsden J. O Norris Mollie Hughes Louise Womack

Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Gatherings

Mrs B H McBride and infant daughter plus Kathryn and Evelyn Janie McBride returned from Decatur after two weeks with Mrs Tom Newell. Families including Veitch Crawford Corum Collins and Dottage hosted and visited across the weekend with multiple dinners and church services noted. George Eugene Collins and children joined other locals for meals and social visits.

B. H. McBride Kathryn Evelyn Janie McBride Decatur Tom Newell Elmer Veitch J. C. Crawford Bessemer Veitch G. T. Corum Ollie Potter John C. Darmer Jim Darnell Pauline Arthur Doughton Charlie Hames Flower Hill G. P. Collins

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