Engagement News of Edwina Gray and Stanley Ames
Society notes announce the engagement of Edwina Gray to Stanley Ames of Missoula Montana. Details cover education and honors of both families with extensive college milestones and honorary memberships cited alongside social club involvement. A theater party honoring Ray Thornton precedes Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Edwina Gray
Stanley d Ames
Missoula
Walter Ray Ames
Montana
A Powers
Kens College
Phi Theta Kappa
Mie
Phi Sigma Society
Columbia University
New City
Ames
Mon- State University
Chem- Club of
New York
Sigma Xi
Phi
Pi Mu
Nu Social Fraternity
American Chemical
Soand
American Associator the Advancement of
Ray Thornton
U. S. Navy
Bonnie Lee Mur
Tona Smith
Edelweiss
Lonnie Wer
Loyd Scott
Edwina Gray Powers
Athens
Alvin Dow Powers
Stanley Richard Ames
New York City
Personal notices and club events fill community page
Mrs. Raymond Brown is reported somewhat improved at home on Sixth Avenue West after weeks of illness. Mrs. Voorhies returns from a visit in Tennessee. Mrs. Sewell travels to Birmingham with companions. Dr. and Mrs. Guyton welcome daughter Francis Virginia born June 18. Various circles and auxiliary meetings announced for Westminster and Central Methodist churches. Relatives and visitors listed, plus a birthday party hosted by Mrs. J. T. Tatum for daughter Jerry with patriotic decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Brown
Sixth Avenue West
Robert Rosson
South Park
Gues
Mesdames
Bill Griffin
Harry Parker
R. W. Holland
Voight Culpepper
H. O. Thompson
W. Major
Barney Bland
Fred Garret
Fred Cocke
Rotary Ladie's Night Ends With Laugh Fiesta In Cullman
The Rotary Club held its annual Ladie's Night at St. Paul's Lutheran church with Rev. Helmly giving the invocation. Bob Sapp MC'd a "Laugh Fiesta" program featuring a human bingo session, word-making contest, a Hindu Prince skit, a Baby Contest, and a Battle of the Sexes song finale. Prizes went to Sapp for Shakespeare works and to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sapp for word games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Ladie
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Henry Arnold
C. C. Helmly
Bob Sapp
Whiteside
Sheakspeare
Joe Sapp
Rotary
Geo. Lenehert
R. E. Moore
Edward Apel
Venetia Hauk
M. S. Whiteside
T. A. Robinson
Noel Nabors
Walter Herrel
Bill Griffin
Emil Loegler
Jack Moyers
R. W. Holland
C. L. Moore
O. B. Hodges
Mary Eva
Roy Jordan
Bill Buettner
Tom Shotts
Conrad Howard
King Tharr
Virgil Fowler
O. K. Lamb
Henry Meyer
J. G. Daves Marise
Peggy
Hartselle
Ross Currier
J. E. Stone
Aaron Walton
Ways To Reduce Excess Fat By Helen Follett
A health column outlines methods to reduce fat on the back of the neck and midsection. It describes self massage techniques to dissolve adipose tissue, and suggests exercises to tighten the spine, lift the chest, and swing the arms for several minutes, followed by rest and deep breaths.
Athens Area News Briefs Highlight Local Graduates and Visits
Mr and Mrs N R Nichols Jr returned from Marion Ala where they enrolled their son R B Nichols in Marion Institute after his May honor graduation from Athens High. The column notes various local families welcoming births and visits, students at Florence State Teachers College, and local residents traveling to Nashville and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Nichols, Jr
Marion
Ala
R. B. Nichols
Marion Institute
Young Nichols
Athens High School
Bonner Neville
Eutaw
Hazel Magill
Athens
Fourth Service Company
WAAC
Sykes
William Henry Sykes
John Marshall Sykes
Charles Sykes
Philadelphia
Charles .H. Sykes
Snead Christopher
Joseph Snead Christopher
Malcolm Rogers
Nashville
Peabody College
William Bruce Nelson
Jimmy
Bay Minette
Powers Hospital
John David Chandler
Washington, D. C
William P. Chandler, III
Nonie Painter
Birmingham
Rufus Allen
H. B. Malone
George Harsh
Memphis
Tenn
Charles H. Sykes
W. G. Martin
Bessie
Carrie Sykes
David Patton
Patton
Judy
Carolina
San Diego
California
Jane Thompson
Louisville
John R. Coffman
Frank Simmons
B. D Peck
Eugene Chenault
Decatur
W. E. Maples
E. R. Naylor
Athens College
James E. Horton
Green
Local social notes and wartime industry updates from Clarksdale
Clarksdale residents gather for a salad course and prize awards in a high score event. Goodwin Farr announces a new hydrating plant will open Friday for a test run with about forty temporary workers, expanding to around one hundred later. Two thousand tons of potatoes are projected for overseas shipment during the 1943 season. Also noted are visits and travels of local families and military personnel including Chief Petty Officer Ted Brown, Dr G W Biedsoe, Mrs L B Freeman, the Hamricks, Pvt Dinsmore Green, and Mrs J D Dinsmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Farr
Farr
Ted Brown
G. W. Biedsoe
Hot Springs
Ark
L. B. Freeman
Birmingham
W. F
W. W. Hamrick
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Cullman
Pvt
Dinsmore Green
Naval Base Hospital
San Diego
California
Wilbur Green
J. D. Dinsmore
Falkville
Committees Named At Woodall’s Business Club Meeting
At the June session of the Business and Professional Women’s club at Woodall’s one new member Mrs Claud Barwood was welcomed. President Mrs Meredith Woodall appointed committee chairmen for bulletin education entertainment finance health house international relations legislation membership Pratt memorial program coordination public affairs publication publicity radio scrapbook transportation parliamentarian and others. The chairs will meet with Mrs Woodall at her home Monday at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’ Club
Woodall
Claud Barwood
Meredith Woodall
O. B. Smith
W. O. Sullivan
Edna Holland
Butler Hine
Frances Royer
Carrie Alexander
Fiora Boyd
Earl Williams
Carolyn Blair
Pratt
Gussie Bell
Winnie Sentiff
Clio Lovin
E.G. Hamilton
Mary Louise Otte
Bertha Timberlake
Alma Shauber
Addie Goode
Twenty Men Go Into Navy Enlistments by County
The Navy recruiting station serving four counties announced 20 youths ages 17 and 18 enlisted in the Navy in the first 15 days of the month Madison county leads with 10 enlistments Morgan county 5 Jackson 4 Limestone 1. The Decatur station opens Mondays at the Morgan County Courthouse with invitations for 17 year olds to talk with recruiters about Navy opportunities WAVES and SPARS papers also available for interested young women aged 20 to 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Madison County
Morgan County
Jackson County
Limestone County
Decatur
Brier Visits Athens on Friday for Business
Business visitor Brier traveled to Athens on Friday to engage in meetings and potential partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brier
Athens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Civinette Club
Floyd Sherrod
Betty Simmons
Bet Johnson
Dorothy Ne
Betty
Jackson
Miss
O. E. Hunt
Simns
Miss Johnson
Shirley Braswell
Betty Crawford Lawend Judson Hawthorne
Amber OF Commerce
Jey’s End
T. C. Chandler
Chary Commerce
J. W. Clapton
J. T
T. J. Cottingham
Philip Pointer
Captain Burrus
Burtl Air Base
L. R. Nash
Women's Chamber of Commerce
Eugenia Hodges
Heon
Mildred Ozier
Jackson Vine
PARTY
Ned Shackelford
Maud Preuit Fennell
Leighton
Kate Life
Mary Ann Bagley
Sandra Neher
Nacy Clara Malone
Beverly Smith
Margaret Wiley
Jan Warren
Rush Hart
Charles Smith
Betty Hazel Hamilton
Martha Williams
Mike Ellis
Bill
Sammy Stone
George Godwin, Jr
Boogie Phelps
Johnny
Jerry Tatum
R. B. Bagley
Thelma McKenzie
Tatum
Martha Argend
Andy Shelton
Margaret Ann Norwood
Dick Still
Elizabeth Pettey
David Chandler
Geraldine Craig
Howard Johnson
Wanda Pettey
Hugh Halbrooks
Bertha Mae Timberlake
Johnny Glasscock
Wendellyn Gray
Turner Davis, Jr
J. T. Pettey
L. J. Pettey
U. S. Marine
Vera Ambrose
U. S. Marine Corps Office
Mobile
South
Marine Corps
John Banks Sewell
Sarah Redding Sewell
Margaret Ann .Emens
Marlene_.McBride
Camp Winnastaska
Tom Guyton
Francis Virginia
Westminster
Westminster Presbyterian Auxiliary
Circle One
Aileen West
Hunter
Circle Two
Westminster Guild
Irene Blackwell
Kate Lile
Ben Fennell
Fennell Davis
Fairfield
First Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
Fred S. Hunt, Sr
E. W. Fischer
D. C. Shaw
Garner Pride
Montgomery
W. H. Anderson
South Limestone
Mrs. Holman
Pelham, Ga
Fred
Gordon Stull
Anna Lou Adams
Memphis, Tenn
J. B. Schimmel
W. W. Ridgway
Central Methodist W. S. C. S
Central Methodist
W. S.C
C. D. Patterson
Robert Gray
Sam Brown
ST. John's Guild
St. John’s Guild
Jackson Street
St. John's
Episcopal Church
Moye
Courtland Army Air Field
Katherine Haralson
W. D. Haralson
Greensboro
N. C
Harry W. Wallick
D. H. Wallick
George W. Chant
Europe
Curtis Moore
J. A. Dunlap
Symphony Club
Mesdames G. W. Bledsoe
Kearney Bland
Forney Fuller
Carl Stiefelmeyer
E. D. McAdory
J. M. Oldacre
Anne Kinney
F. E. St. John
Walter Herrell
Lowela Hanlin
Freda Hartung
Jesse Oldacre
Second Ave
Helen Follett
Marguerite Chapman
Rayon
Poplin
Gabardine
Lisle Knit
Buttrey’'S
D L Rosenad, JR
State Teachers College At
Florence
Mary Evelyn Holt
Bessie Carolyn White
Elizabeth Pitman
Mae Bowers
Rt. 5
Mary Case
Rt. 2
Elizabeth Morris
Elkmont
Clarksdale
Evelyn
Over Speake,Warren
Goidel’s Drug Store
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