Marie La Roche Roberts Wedding Planned in Grace Church
Society notes announce the wedding of Miss Marie Louise La Roche to Mr. John Fount Roberts at Grace Protestant Episcopal Church in Charleston. The ceremony features Miss Amanda La Roche as maid of honor, bridesmaids Frances Scarborough Ruth Stirewalt and Mordenai Raisin, best man Phillip F. Roberts, and ushers Thomas Scarborough A L Armstrong and Aaron Raisin. Reception follows at the bride’s home with a prior rehearsal event and showers honoring the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Louise la Roche
Arthur D. la Roche
Ashley Avenue
John Fount Roberts
Decatur
Ala
Charleston
D. C
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
William Way
Marie Burnham Taylor
Marian Hornick
Miss la Roche
Amanda la Roche
Frances Scarborough
Mordenai Raisin
Ruth Stirwall
Phillip F. Roberta
Sheffield
Thomas Scarborough
West Point
A. L. Armstrong
Aaron Raisin
Y. Wilcon Scarborough
Merry Boulevard
Mrs. Scarborough
Miss Scarborough
John Nellard
Hugo Pearce
Margaret Doyle
Miss Raisin
Miss Stirewalt
Broad Street
Courier
8. C
Three Way Pattern by Anne Adams
Anne Adams pattern 4284 offers three sun styles for children sizes 2 through 10 with bonnet. Includes fabric yardages and nickel price. mail order to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St New York. Local notices detail visits and illnesses among Decatur residents and military family movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Mrs. Lewis C. Brown Leads Girls to Tower Beach Visit
Mrs. Lewis C. Brown will chaperone a group of six girls on a trip to Tower Beach Florida. The girls are Misses Ann Kimbrough Mary Ford Tillery Sallye Barnum Mary Stuart Terrell Ruth Laubenthal and Betty Foster Pointer. They left for Tower Beach early this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. Brown
Tower Beach
Fla
Ann Kimbrough
Mary Ford Tillery
Sallye Barnum
Mary Stuart Terrell
Ruth Laubenthal
Betty Foster Pointer
Old College Custom At Auburn Sticks Despite War
Auburn notes lasting campus traditions as cadets train amid war effort. ODE-Glomerata beauties from the 1948 year book spark pride but staff say they flag no priority in pulchritude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old College
Auburn
Ala
A.P. 1
Bradford
Russellville
School of Home Economics
Kappa Delta
Adams
Cordele
Chi Omega
Eversole
Vincent
Alpha Gamma Delta
Mills
Birmingham
Vineyard
Jackson
Tenn
Cardinal Key
Allen
Frances Evelyn Ellis
Centre
Albany
Sphinx
Woman's Honorary Society
Phi Kappa Phi
Miss Moyer
Hendrix Set for Transfer to Camp Claiborne Louisiana
Hendrix will be moved to Camp Claiborne in Louisiana for further processing and reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix
Camp Claiborne
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers to Meet Dressing Quota
The American Red Cross surgical dressing division needs 3 550 dressings by June 30 and requests 30 volunteers daily for the 56 remaining June hours. Mrs. J. Y. Hamil says her team has never missed a monthly quota and believes extra effort could reach it, producing about 457 dressings an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
J. Y. Hamil
Degree of longitude length at equator stated
The text notes that one degree of longitude along the equator measures 60 miles. This fact is presented as a simple geographic measure without additional context.
Mole Consumes Insects Each Day Equal To Its Weight
A mole eats insects daily totaling roughly its own body weight. This keeps a steady intake as it digs and forages through soil for food.
Hartselle Deacons Hold June Picnic and Meetings
The Deacons of First Baptist held a June picnic on the Sherrill lawn with hostesses Mrs. M. H. Broom and Mrs. Guy Roberts. A supper followed by a regular business session included many families and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
R. L. Sherrill
M. H. Broom
Guy Roberts
R. A. Payne
Gwendolyn and
Nelle Payne
W. Pray
Lee Palmer
J. A. Howle
Arthur Smith
J. E. Stone
Frank T. Smith
Local Social News Highlights Weekend Visits
Mrs. R N Moore of Danville returns from a visit. Peggy Poteet visits Miss Margaret Ann Cain. Sgt. Gilbert Maze returns from Alaska for a 15 day furlough. Mrs. O D Collins goes to Houston for three weeks. Mrs BR Currier guests Birmingham. Mrs Tommy Kimbrough travels to Chicago. Mr and Mrs T E Kimbrough visit with Frances. Mr and Mrs Robert Mason guests of Les Williams in Guntersville. Josie Puckett visits Bradford Hale in Garden City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Smith, Jr
Hollis Williams
U. S. Navy
Cambridge
Maryland
James Baker
Alaska
J. D. Baker
Parkville
Frances Baker
Hartselle
Fort Belvoir
Clifford Coggins
Athens
Sam Ashworth
Tommy Crutcher
San Diego
Calif
D. G. Channell
Jean Freeman
New Orleans
John Astor Halbrooks
Alaska Command
John Halbrooks
Richard Parker
Elaine Parker
Daytona
Ohio
J. D. Johnson
Winfrey
Birmingham
J. ©. Tidwell
Gandy’s Cove
Arthur Smith
Phil Markham
Bangor
J. H. Horsley
Everett Thomas
Agate
John T. Kyle
James Howell Stephenson
George Stephenson
Columbiana
EB Ll. Drinkard, Jr
J. H. Gibson
Daugh
Ter
R. N. Moore
Danville
Peggy Poteet
Margaret Ann Cain
Gilbert Maze
O. D. Collins
Houston
Texas
BR. Currier
Tommy Kimbrough
Chicago
Ill
Ae Kimbrough
T E. Kimbrough
Frances Kimbrough
Tuscumbia
Robert Mason
Guntersville
Les Williams
Josie Puckett
Bradford Hale
Garden City
Bank gives funds to buy kudzu for Morgan county farms
Citizens Bank of Hartselie donated to the Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District to purchase kudzu seed. Seedlings will be grown free of charge at the Thorsby nursery and delivered to supervisors next spring. About twenty to thirty thousand Kudzu seedlings will be available to Morgan county cooperators, enough to plant forty to sixty acres under farm plans for hay and grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Citizens Bank of
Hartselie
Northwest
Alabama Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Thorsby
Alabama
J. A. Marvey
Marvey
OPA Revokes Four Gas Ration Books in Decatur Case
Four gas ration books held by Decatur residents were revoked after OPA inspectors presented evidence of misuse to the gas rationing board last Wednesday. Investigations found three drivers transporting whiskey. a fourth with a C book for a defense job did not surrender the book when the job ended. One driver was using an A book and tampering with a speedometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
OPA
OPA Board Action on Book Misuse Led to Suspensions
Investigations found misuse of books. two individuals were notified before the board. One book was revoked for six months and another indefinitely, as stated by OPA representatives. Jewell Hall, OPA attorney, was unavailable for comment at his Birmingham home, while the local gas rationing board did not release names of those who lost their books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Glasscock
Fort Belvoir
Herbert Roan
Alaska
Win Hartselle
Hewlett Roan
Bethel Road
C H. Roan
Julius Glasscock
Howard Roan
Bunyon Roan
Gregory Glasscock
Emmett Roan
Mary Virginia Roan
Andres
Valerie Andrés
Mary Dunlap
Decatur
William Hartselle, Jr
Billy Hartselle
Jean Tanner
Chloe Dunlap
Parkville
OPA» Ney
OPA
Jewell Hall
Birmingham
Moon surface area stated at about 14,657,000 square miles
The article notes the lunar surface covers roughly 14,657,000 square miles. It presents the figure as a scientific estimate without detailing measurement methods or context.
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MR. Roberts
First Baptist W. M.S
First Baptist W. M. S
Bailey’s Lodge
Finley’s Island
J. W. Clapton
Helen Bynum
J. W. Cunningham
Harry Carpenter
Eugene R. Guy
Dr. Smith
United States Navy
Mrs. Chandler Cain
Sam Stephenson
Sammy
W. C. Bailey
Stephenson
Charleen Morgan
Pascagoula
Miss
J. W. Rushing
Tuskegee, Ala
E. L. Haley
R. A. Nunn
Danville Road
Elizabeth Davidson
Charleston, S. C
Annelle McCulloch
EB. N. Davidson and Sons
Billy and Junior
Betty McCulloch
R. E. Catlett
Camp Winnastaska
Mary Anne Catlett
Marylen Duncan
Jan Poteet
Billee Kimbrough
Charlotte Orr
A. E. Jackson
Bill Stone
William G. Stone
Jackson Street
Garland Lovelady
UV. 8
Navy
Seattle
Wash
Nelle Frank Moore
Earl McBride
Somerset
E. E. McBride
Camp Rucker
Raymond Brown
McBride
Hillsboro
E. D. Bailey, Jr
Betty Lile
Trinity
Kate Lile
Thomas
tHenarix
Granite City
Mrs. Hendrix
Lee
J. H. Smith
Montgomery
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
Carolyn Ysane Adams
Miss Margaret
Margaret Abe
Miss Euan
Wss
Maly Vineyard
Mrs
Carolyn Moyer
Margaret
Welen
Jim Saliba
Rachel Pattillo
Morgan County High School Auditorum
8S. T. Rollo
Edith Mae Schimmel
The
First Methodist Church
W. L. Groover
Willie ‘Ruth Groover
Dorothy Jean Owen
Willie Ruth Groover
Cleo Larkin
Branscomb
W. J. Terry
Jessie
Sarah Phillips
Clare Boyce Larkin
Kathryn Mimi
Elizabeth
Ruth
Neal Britnell
U. S Navy
Jean Sample
Helen Polytinsky
Jean Weinman
Billy Parker
Louis Thompson
Hal Peck Smith
American Legion
Morgan County High School
Sally
U. S
Yourse
Beautifel
Ptt
Rainey’s
Beauty Shop
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