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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1944

Page

6

Corley Gaines wedding at Memorial Drive Methodist

Miss Edith Marie Gaines wed Master Sergeant Robert A. Corley at Memorial Drive Methodist Church in a simple ceremony. Rev G C Corley officiated as glare of gladioli and candles formed the background. The couple then hosted dinner at the bride’s home before leaving for a wedding trip and a future home at 109 Eighth Avenue West.

Corley Gaines Edith Marie Gaines Robert A. Corley Memorial Drive Methodist Church G. C. Corley Miss Joy Neill Jim Corley Birmingham Alabama Decatur Senior High Sgt. Corley Birmingham Southern College B. L.gaines Miss Gaines

Visitors Gather for Harris Family Over Two Weeks

Mrs. Earl Alverson of Omaha Nebraska is due this week for a two week visit with Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Harris. Also visiting are Captain and Mrs. D W Coe and their daughter Chinky and Lt. and Mrs. Gil Coughlin of New Albany Indiana staying with the Harrises.

Earl Alverson Omaha, Neb Robert T. Harris D. W. Coe Chinky Gil Coughlin New Albany Ind Fred Sheffield Dorothy Jean Nancy Monroeville Ala Clarke Rounrea

Local residents gather for visits and travel notes

A collection of brief social items notes visits and furlough returns. Sam Wright suffered a head cut after a porch fall at 618 East Vine. Families and friends from 618 East Vine, Wilson Lake, Barksdale Field, Tulane, Birmingham, Memphis, and Jackson are mentioned in weekend travels and visits.

Sam Malone Wright East Vine Street

Local social notes list departures and visits across several families

Mrs Joe Humphrey plans a visit to her daughter Mrs Robert Nabors and family while Mrs Smith Trimble has moved to Seattle for a new job. John Eyster joins a mas group for Camp Mondamin in North Carolina. Mr and Mrs C H Eyster visited Birmingham. Mrs Nial Jackson Adele Florence visit W W Dinsmore and Mrs J E Blair recovers at home. Burford Barnett and her son John Barnett stationed with the U S Marines at Duke University.

Margaret Nell Liles William Eric Knight James Garfield Liles Falkville Nell Atlanta Gia Camp Mackall North Carolina Lacon Alabama Miss Liles Alabama College For Women State Teachers College Florence Glee Club Women’s Decatur Birmingham U. S. Department of Labor Georgia Knights William Edwin Knight Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn Glider Airborne Artillery Nial Jackson Adele W. W. Dinsmore Burford Barnett Selma John Barnett U. S. Marines Duke University Durham, N. _C

Navy families visit and travel notes listed in local column

Coe and Lt. Coughlin serve with the Navy while staying with the Harrises on Finley’s Island. Numerous relatives and friends visit or return home from duty including Mrs. Fennell Davis of Birmingham, Ted Hule from Tulsa, Ensign Woods in Norfolk, John A. Caddell heading to Louisville, and many others visiting family in Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. A baby girl named Martha Jo was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nabors in Jasper June 8, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick suffered a broken leg in a fall at home, later taken to Hamill’s Clinic for treatment.

G. C. Kirkpatrick Hamil

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B. M. Bloodworth Estelle McCormick C. E. McCormick Danville Route Three Allie Roberts Cora Roberts Walker Bynum Neel First Presbyterian Church Virginia Ann Gates Memphis Chester King Neill Stevenson U.S. Army Fort McPherson Carolyn Clyde Stevenson W. .E. Stevenson Gene James Howell Carl _Linderman Martha Little Cecille L. G. Linderman J. B. Linderman Junior Linderman Paul Woodall Tobe Stroup Horace Standridge Mizpah Masonic Hall First Methodist Church G. R. Mason Henry Sigman James H Johnson A. B Markham Oak Street Central Baptist W. M. S Mason Crow Westminster Presbyterian Auxiliary Woman's Auxiliary Westminster Presbyterian Church W. C. McClung Ailie~Roberts Jolifiston St Evelyn Beauty Shop Over Speake Warren & Ratliff's For Pilot Will Wyker William Woolshies Wyker Wilson Lake Lynne Lumsden U. S. Army Air Corps Barksdale Field Shreveport W. H. Lumsden Henry Day Tulane University New Orleans W. H. Day Knox McRae John D. Lile Memphis, Tenn J. H. Pettey Winn C. Clelland Jackson, Ala Alabama College At James E. Beard Tonopah Nevada Mrs E. E. Beard W. D. Lee W. R. Riley Mary Anne Scottsboro Howard W. Craft Central Baptist Church East Church Street Joe Humphrey Robert Nabors Smith Trimble Seattle Wash John Eyster Tuxedo, N. C Camp Mondamin C. H. Eyster J. E. Blair Seventh Avenue West Fennell Davis Ben Fennell Leighton Kate Lile Ted Hule Tulsa Okla J. R. Huie Ensigno Washington, D J. FE. Stewart Tarmer Syd Dublin Joe Woods San Francisco Cal J. H. Calvin Woods Ensign Woods Norfolk John A. Caddell Louisville E. S. Harris Jr Tuscaloosa John A. Caddel W. F. Bdswell Jr W. F. Boswell Sr Points Florida Frank Hulse Baby Dane Ala Camden, S Dora Allen and E. Caudill Ned Anderson Frank Wiley University of Alabama Sarah Redding Sewell Trinity Camp Dunreamin Fayetteville Tenn Suzanne Shelton Ann Layman Charlotte Orr Margaret Ann Emens, Sandra and Ella Darwin Davis Jack Dinsmore Susan W. M. Dinsmore Rhode Island J. R. Daniels Rex Poll K. T. Rives Ralph Dougherty Montgomery Lynn Mrs. W. A. Dougherty Louisville, Ky Jasper, Ala Martha Jo Pettey’s Cleaners Goidel Moye By Gunter Milady Gunter America
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