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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1928
Page
8
Local items show visitors and calls on residents, with names like Viola Holland Perry Daly Guthrie Brooks Gipson Robison Ayers Malone and many others. Travel to Athens Birmingham Decatur Melbourne Akron and Bessemer reflects a busy social page around midweek visits and family gatherings.
Mrs James Hodges is ill at her home. Bit Turiny and daughter of Ard visit relatives here. Mae and Katie Belle and Mrs L C Holland visit with Mrs George Barnes. Hastings is ill at his home. Crowds attend the singings at Boyd Chapel. Friends visited Mt Pleasant for George Moore Sunday. Mrs Ezra Brock of Ard attended relatives. Miss Muzzsie Wales and Miss Brock hosts. etc.
Neel News reports guests visiting from Pine Bluff Danville and Decatur with families hosting Monday night events. Attendees include Erby Long E H Hillson Harm Long Hermon Long Nila Roper Ula Roper Danville guests J T Monday night, Union Grove trips, and music entertainments in Hartselle.
Ina Elam of Decatur visited Mise Blanche Breeding of Athens as relatives rode together along Route One.
Sunday school dismissed for Flat Creek program. Mrs. R J Thrasher visiting granddaughter Gracie Walker. Ladies Aid planned a Fourth of July picnic. W F Daniel family hosted by Percy Thrasher. A W Price and Jack Miller with families attended Caddo church services. Lois Ahead and Canny Daniel helped with flowers for the children's day program.
Mrs W J Lee and Mrs Hugh Lee of Town Creek visited Moulton on school business. Mrs W J Lee then left for an extended western trip through Oregon Washington California and Colorado to pursue educational work.
Miss Novie Almon leaves Florence to study for six weeks in Ashland North Carolina. She has long served with the Florence city school system and will return for the next session. Mrs. Earl M. Hodson travels to Birmingham after the death of her father D M Carmichael. He died at his son’s home and was laid to rest near Goodwater.
Rain slows farm activity but a week of sun could push conditions toward normal. Several businesses in Moulton will begin Thursday afternoon holidays through June August, a custom that grants workers a few hours of recreation.
Miss Ellen Irving returns from a visit to Birmingham Miss Nettie Lou Witt visits Athens friends and relatives Mr Don Suggs James Tolly and James Pitts motor to Fayetteville Tennessee for Chautauqua and stay with Mr and Mrs T D Suggs J J Bartee of Mobile visits sister Mrs R P Riddle returns home Mrs B A Bibb and Mrs James Hill visit Decatur Young people of the community Athens and Decatur attend a dance at the auditorium with an orchestra from Decatur Miss Virginia Massey visiting Birmingham this week Miss Mary A Bibb returns from motor trip to Montgomery Mobile and other points In Mobile she visits Miss Dorothy Hiden Gilbert White ill but improving.
E B Downing travels to Kansas City for the Republican national convention. Mrs John C Forney returns from Birmingham for daughter Lees illness. Lawrence county board of revenue holds regular meeting drawing local citizens. Mrs Hilda Cowan visits Birmingham. Education head Earl Hodson attends sister-in-law's death near Athens. State Child Welfare officials seek a welfare worker to replace the school attendance officer J T Harris. Evangelistic services occupy J T Harris’s time in Moulton and Fairfield.
Tanner I M Lawson completed a two week motor trip to Nashville and other Tennessee points returning home with notes on his travels.
Mrs E K Hill traveled to Pulaski Tennessee to visit her daughter Mrs Bertha Sims. Howard Hull returned home after college in Maryville Tennessee. Mrs Robert Nichols recuperating after a weeklong illness. Little Miss Julia Dent Woodard of Decatur visits Mae. W D Lyle Rev and Mrs McDonald and Mrs Herman McDonald and children of Ragland Florida went to Decatur Wednesday. Nichols and Lyle expect to return Friday from a business trip to Tennessee for Kil O Nite Chemical Co. Earl Anderson hosts friends Saturday for birth anniversary. Many plan to attend Redpath Chautauqua in Athens.
Heavy rain has ceased after days of downpour. Mrs Commer Cole and daughter Sarah Elizabeth visit a ill mother in Fayettville Tennessee. J B Smiths attend a House and Wall tent meeting in Huntsville drawing many locals. Several locals visit relatives and attend services with Rev House in Huntsville.
Mr and Mrs A A Matthews hosted an informal party with games and contests. Prizes went to Miss Zeta Duke and Ronald Johnson. Grady Robinson of Jemison visits Vinemont. Mrs John Mitchell stays with son Shields in Birmingham. A Thursday night storm caused brief telephone outages. repairs completed. Louise and Lorene Thompson return from David Lipscomb College Nashville to spend summer at home.
Farmers here lag behind work due to heavy rain. Sunday attendance at Leafton singing. Several local residents, including the Reeder and Gray families, report illnesses and visits. Various social activities noted with neighbors visiting and traveling to Hartselle and Vinemont.
Local residents visited relatives and attended services at Rescue and nearby towns. Mrs J C Edwards and Pauline stayed with Mrs Calvin Owens while Broadus Ramsey, Lee Hornbuckle and Owen Garrison traveled for business and visits. Farmers report delays due to ongoing rains.
Lonnie Sweat of GulfportMiss came home with sister Onah Stewart and stayed with D P Woodal family Sunday Mrs Sweat returned Monday Dr Harper county health officer of Moulton administered typhoid inoculations in Hillsboro Thursday afternoon
V Morris traveling salesman of Tuscumbia visited Wednesday on business. Joe Hollenbeck Courtland garage manager spent several hours here last Wednesday on business. Guy Terrys Barber Shop moves to E D Odoms old office. Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Almon of Moulton guest of Mrs Paul Horton last week. Mrs Dan Ewing of Decatur guest of her brother E D Oden and family Wednesday. Miss Dorothy Daniels visiting Miss Kathleen Odom this week.
Arthur Stewart of Albany Indiana was hosted by his sister Mrs. John Thompson in Hillsboro last week. He will be accompanied on the trip by family members and friends.
Austinville news notes several visits and travels among residents. Miss Marie Thompson visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stroup. Athens visitors Meadows and Barksdale return home. Rev. H. W. Blythe comes and a wife’s illness in Gorgas hospital is reported with improving condition.
D P Woodall announces Sunday school at 10 o clock with invitation to bring a friend. Woodall serves as superintendent and leads the program.
Mrs Z L Hill and host couple Mr and Mrs Calvin Owens hosted Sunday guests. Lena Long of Huntsville visits her mother Mrs Jeff Owens. Raymond family plans summer vacation near the mountains. Inez and Mary Huskey visit Loretta Edwards. Kathleen Owens visits sister Mae King. Pantie Barksdale returns home near the moon.
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