Local Society Notes Highlight Meetings and Weddings
Community groups announce meetings at Legion Home and church parlor with officers elected for Mizpah Chapter and Eastern Star. Engagements and upcoming weddings noted for Sylvia Faye Kitchens Schlosser with June 23 ceremony at Union Grove Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M._ Kitchens
Route Three
Decatur
Sylvia Faye
Fred Franklin Schlosser
Fred J. Schlosser
Eleventh Avenue West
Union Grove Methodist Church
Personal News Highlights Family Travel and Hospital Visits
Mr and Mrs Howell Turney and daughter Lynne visit Albert Peck at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Jacqueline Johnson travels with Martha Frances Kilgore from Fort Walton to Decatur. Kilgore undergoes appendectomy at Hamil Clinic Hospital. Beulah Kilgore travels to be with Martha Frances Kilgore. The piece lists several family trips and hospital stays across multiple states, naming towns and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Turney
Lynne
Albert Peck
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Tennessee
Jacqueline Johnson
Martha Frances Kilgore
Fort Walton
Florida
Miss Kilgore
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Beulah Kilgore
Moultrie
Georgia
Marshall Sandlin
Marsha Jean
Eddie Sandlin
Long Beach
Panama City
Rev Ledbetter Becomes Fulltime At Northside Baptist
Rev Ledbetter, a native of New Hope Alabama, resigned after 15 years with the State Highway Department to take fulltime service at Northside Baptist Church on West Wilson Avenue. The church, started 14 charter members, now reports 175 members with a paid building value of 6500 and plans an auditorium in the near future. Other notes mention Mrs Anna Moebes Stewart heading to Los Angeles to make her home, and Rev and Mrs Sturgis returning to Winnsboro South Carolina after visiting Mrs Sturgis’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith E. Ledbetter
Northside Baptist Church
West Wilson Avenue
New Hope
Ala
Ledbetter
State Highway Department
Road Department
Korea's Losses Told By Ambassador in New York
Korea's ambassador to the United States says the Korean War has killed or displaced millions, reporting 3,000,000 killed and 10,000,000 homeless, with families losing homes and possessions. The ambassador cites widespread devastation and human toll across the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
New York
U. S
You Chan Yang
Pastor outlines plans for new auditorium and classrooms
In a church meeting the pastor stated funds are being saved to construct an auditorium and add eight Sunday school rooms to the building project. He described progress on the assembly room and eight Sunday school rooms and announced future expansion goals.
Revival Underway At Northside Baptist Church
A revival meeting at Northside Baptist Church on Wilson Avenue is underway with services held weekly. An official who recently left his country spoke in support, accepting honorary chairmanship of American Relief For Korea Inc, a private group collecting clothing and supplies for shipment to Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northside Baptist Church
Wilson Avenue
Sions
American Relief For Korea,Inc
Korea
Revival Continues Through June 30 at Paint Rock
Morning sessions begin at 11 o clock and evening services at 7 30 led by Rev Roy Stone pastor of Paint Rock Baptist Church. The revival runs daily until June 30 with public urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stone
Paint Rock Baptist Church
Cancer overtakes heart disease as leading killer of men
New data show cancer now kills more men than women in the United States, becoming the top cause of male mortality while other diseases decline. Health officials note rising lung and colorectal cancer burdens, urging prevention and screening efforts targeted at men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
1343Rd Engineer Auxiliary
Legion Home
White's
Blue Ribbon Shoe
Houser’s
Higginbotham
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ninth Street Methodist Church
John McCant
Tommy Briscoe
Helen Johnson
Somerville Road
Lawton
Oklahoma
Mr. Briscoe
Fort Sill
U. S. Army
Marion Burke
E. L. Thompson, Jr
Frank McLaughlin
Mary
Yvonne Porth
Johnson
Morgan County
American Legion Auxiliary
Greenwood Park
Birmingham
Alathean
Central Baptist Sunday School
Maisie Bethany
Mizpah
Mizpah Chapter No. 19
Order of the Eastern Star
Decatur Masonic Temple
Central Baptist Church
Greer Black
C. W. Bethany, Jr
Jemison
Alabama
Joe Brazelton
Francena Arnold
Kathleen Malone
Doyle Taylor
James Drain
Bethany
Fice
Britt Taylor
Robert Taylor
L. E. Brooks
Northern Finch
Danville Two
Larry Davis Hogan
Wayne Hogan
Danville
D. A. Hogan
Ada Davis
Bill Walker
Joe Toone
Joe Templeton
Russell Travis
Brenda Sue
Fla
Ed Pirie
Elizabeth Pirie
Mississippi
Bob Speake
Eddie Speake
Atlanta
S. O. Nelson
Cpl
Dan Weatherly
Danny
Fort Campbell
Kentucky
Joe Weatherly
Connie Self
Holly Grove
Arkansas
Thomas C., Bingham
Roy Hodges
H. Leon Reeves
Ave. West
J. H. Smith
A&s
Appliance Co
Grant ST
Neal Stephenson
RT. 1
Austinville
Koret
Sidran
Bos
Rev. Ledbetter
Anna Moebes. Stewart
Los Angeles
California
R. L. Sturgis
Winnsboro
South Carolina
Chenault
Lurance
REAL
Chrysler
Northside Baptist
Goidel
6Th Ave
Ofcatur
Merle Norman
2Nd Ave
Evelyn Ross
Mary Harrison
Lois Steenson
Drake Hotel
Chicago
Smith Motors, Inc
Oak Street
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