Local social notices list weddings and reunions in town
A schedule notes Frances Vir Worsham and Johnny Horner wedding on Saturday at 7 30 p m with close friends. A Pointer family reunion includes Mrs Woody Bunn Mrs B H Malone and others at home 9308 Sixth Avenue South. Friends from Clowna Birmingham visit and Mrs William Simmons is ill at Fourth Avenue West. Cora Lee Speake improves after appendix surgery at Price and Irwin Infirmary Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Simmons
Fourth Avenue
West
Cora Lee Speake
Moulton
Price and Irwin Infirmary
Visitors From Many Cities Gather in Local Area
Several residents and guests are noted in the roster of short visits and returns. Warley Pierce of Huntsville and Mrs. W. B. Edmundson plan Tennessee Valley Show attendance. Mrs. W. O. Morrison lies ill at her son Edward’s home on Third Avenue South. Bernice McClure attends an instructors convention in Bien Hoa before returning to Nort Haven. Tommy Carson returns from Atlanta to stay with his mother Mrs Ide Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Polytinsky and daughter Gene Ellen spend the weekend in Florence. Mrs. Alan Wallace visited Birmingham on Saturday with relatives. Clifford Speake, near Danville, hosts a gathering. Ann Cooper accompanies Mrs. Ferrow Himes from Atlanta to Birmingham. En route, week-end visits with the Rushings in Birmingham. Ruth Lee Morrow of Parkin, Ark., spends time with her grandparents. Lester Smith of Florence visits his grandmother Fanny Godfrey. Mrs. Sanders travels from Birmingham and Talladega for an extended stay with daughter Mrs. J. H. McMath. Myrtle Graves returns from Greenville, Ala. and David Chunn visits Gededen with relatives. Harwell returns to Selma. his wife and son stay two weeks. Mrs. Walter D. Sanders and her parents visit, followed by Mrs. Dalton Davenport and son Edward Baston and Miss Margaret Garey leaving for Richmond, Va. Edithua to spend the summer with sisters in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrow Himes
Ann Cooper
Dalton Davenport
Edward Baston
Margaret Garey
J. B. Harlow
Richmond
Editheua
Davenport
D. Richards
White House dogs and wheat talks in 1934 roundup
The column recalls presidential dogs including Major and Pat, notes a lack of kennel custody since Coolidge and Hoover, and recounts bickering over gifts. It then shifts to the International Wheat Agreement, detailing concessions to Argentina and the final 295,000,000 bushels for this year and next to secure international control. The column shares a Dan Roper tale about a 230-pound sturgeon and reports on dairy stocks, prices, and far-flung reader notes from Ely Nevada to New York and Russia.
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Scottie
May Craig
Hattie Caraway
Pat
Coolidge
Hoover
White House
United States
Canada
Australia
Idaho
Agriculture Department
T. O'R
Ely
Nev
U.S
J. F
San Francisco
NRA
Hugh Johnson
New York
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Jacques Z. Suritz
Suritz
Rudolf Nadolny
Wilkes Barre
United Mine Workers
Washington
Indianapolis
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Ice Cream Supper at Hillsboro Baptist Church
An ice cream supper is planned Wednesday evening June 27 from 7 30 to 10 on the Hillsboro Baptist church lawn. Iced tea lemonade sandwiches and homemade candies will be served with proceeds benefiting the church. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Baptist Church
Gilbert White Jr Visits Atlanta Relatives
Gilbert White Jr visits his uncle and aunt Dr. and Mrs F L Bivings in Atlante city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gilbert White, Jr
Mrs
F. L. Bivings
Atlante
Birth of son to Mr and Mrs J T Woodrutt
A 1/2 pound son was born on June 4 at Benevolent Society Hospital to Mr J T Woodrutt and Mrs Woodrutt of 1420 Sixth Avenue.
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Benevolent Society Hospital
J. T. Woodrutt
Sixth Avenue
Beach Cotton Clothes For Summer Wear
The article praises new cottons for beach and home use, highlighting terry cloth slacks and striped shirts in blue green brown or red. It notes nautical anchors as a decoration on shorts and a red blue halfer top, with cotton gabardine beach sandals.
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Good Housekeeping
Jimmy The Gent at Princess Theatre sparks laugh riot
Warner Bros presents Jimmy The Gent a fast paced comedy featuring James Cagney as a blunt heir hunter in a comical tale of fake heirs bribery and rival firms. Bette Davis co stars with Vivacious dialogue and sharp humor in a modern light hearted caper. The film plays today and Tuesday at the Princess Theatre.
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James Cagney
Warner Bros
Jimmy the Gent
Princess Theatre
Alan Dinehart
James
Cagney
Bette Davis
Warner
Deductive Play Reveals Bridge Trick Worth 4 Odds
Veteran teacher EV Shepard analyzes a bridge hand showing precise deduction of opponents’ trumps from bidding. The article details a sequence from opening diamond to final ruff, explaining why certain plays yield four odds and how misreads can ruin the run.
Famous aviator Wedell killed in Iowa crash
James R. Wedell 34, famed speed flier and airplane builder, died when a Gypsy Moth crashed during instruction near Patterson Iowa. Student Frank Sneeringer of Mobile Alabama was critically injured. Wedell held the world speed record of 305.33 mph set in 1933 at Glenview Illinois and was known for mercy flights including a 1400 mile transfer of Sue Trammel to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Mercy
Sue Trammel
Houston
Tex
Johns ‘Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Fire Destroys Three Barns at Belle Mina
Fire of unknown origin Sunday totally destroyed three barns belonging to J. H. Tolley on the Toll ey farm near Belle Mina. The blaze broke out around noon and swept the structures, causing total loss of buildings and contents. No stock was lost as all animals were in pastures. A large quantity of corn hay and other feed and many farming implements were destroyed. The Tolley farm adjoins the Tennessee Valley agricultural sub station north of Belle Mina.
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J. H. Tolley
Tolley
Belle Mina
Tennessee Valley Agricultural
Wedell Winged Air Pioneer Jimmy Wedell
Jimmy Wedell was famed for bravery and speed, though he shunned praise. He designed two famous aircraft and led Wedell Willias Air Inc in Patterson under Harry P. Williams during barnstorming tours in his era.
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Jimmy
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell-Willias Air Inc
Patterson
Harry P. Williams
Wedell
Make This Summer Frock With Anne Adams Pattern 1762
A summer fashion feature promotes Anne Adams Pattern 1762 for cotton frocks with a stylish yoke. Available in multiple sizes, size 16 requires 3 14 yards of 36 inch fabric and includes illustrated sewing instructions. Orders and price details for the pattern and the Summer Book are given.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th
Wzest
New York City
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Poster Pointer
Lewis C. Brown
W. O. Watson
T. M. Jones, Jr
A. W. Hill
Clowna
B. A. Tillery
Birmingham
Warley Pierce
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Edward Ae
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Ide Carson
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Geene Ellen
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Alan Wallace
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Clifford Speake
Danville
Saar Fine
Benevolent Society
Fannie Jones
Ruth Lee Morrow
Parkin, Ark
Mrs. W. B. Morrow
Lester Smith
Fanny Godfrey
David Chunn
Gededen
B. F. Holmes
Mr. Harwell
Selma
Walter D. Sanders
F. 8. Hunt
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Dan Roper
South Carolina
Roper
Goidel
Rich
Illinois
Decatur Ice & Coal CO
Hillsboro
Allen’s Beauty Shoppe
Owen Wise
Ruth Mary
Strand Theatre Bartselle
Bing Crosby
Screen Entertainment
Mayo
Alice White
Bette
EV. Shepard
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My K
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Louisiana Port
SAM Frank & Moore
Capitol
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Portia
Helen Carloss
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